During Huang Shang's time abroad, he saw a lot of top powerhouses, but strangely, except when he was fighting for the fragments of the World Tree, he felt the power of the Thunder Law from the Shield of Zeus in Athena's hand. , other gods reborn in the apocalypse such as Athena are strong, but there is not even one person with the power of law.
At first, he thought that the power of the law was extremely difficult to comprehend, but after returning to China, he found that this was not the case at all. At least as Emperor Yan said, understanding the law, an epic breakthrough, was very important for people like Huang Shang in the last days. It is certainly an extremely difficult barrier for the strong men who have cultivated step by step to break through, but for the many reborn gods who already had extremely high cultivation levels and mastered the power of the law before the end of the catastrophe, this way The passes are almost non-existent.
So the question is, why have Poseidon and the others failed to exert the power of the law from beginning to end?
Didn't you understand?
Still unable to use this power?
For a time, Huang Shang became more and more confused as he thought about it.
However, he also knew that now was not the time to ask such questions, so after meeting Zhong Kui, in order to prevent his identity from being exposed, Huang Shang sent a message to Zhong Kui and entered Fengdu City with Zhong Kui.
"The changes in Fengdu City are so great..."
After a few months, Huang Shang entered Fengdu City again, but Fengdu City at this moment had undergone earth-shaking changes from before, so that Huang Shang couldn't help but look shocked when he looked at everything in Fengdu City.
At this moment, under the leadership of Zhong Kui, Huang Shang did not go through Guimen Pass, Huangquan Road and Naihe Bridge like last time, but came directly to the interior of Fengdu.
Perhaps due to the influence of some kind of power, the interior of Fengdu is almost exactly the same as the Fengdu Ghost City in Huang Shang's territory, except that the area is larger and the aura of death is more intense. At the same time, unlike the somewhat empty Fengdu City in his domain, this Fengdu City was filled with an astonishing number of ghosts wandering around.
But the strange thing is that these ghosts are not as ferocious as the ghosts Huang Shang has seen before, but are calmer and more peaceful than many survivors in the outside world. They live in this ghost town as peacefully as ordinary people living in their city before the end of the world. There are even many ghosts selling various goods and running some shops. At the same time, there are also ghosts buying some things. This ghost town seems to have become much more prosperous and lively.
"This is……"
Seeing this scene, Huang Shang even forgot about the previous question about the secret of the epic realm, and was stunned, showing doubts.
"They're all poor souls."
Looking at Huang Shang's shocked look, Zhong Kui sighed slightly and said: "The spiritual energy revived, the world changed drastically, and countless innocent people died tragically. However, since the six paths of reincarnation had not yet been established, and there was no guidance from the underworld at that time, these ghosts were either the ones after the first seven Being burned by the scorching sun and Yang Qi, the soul will be destroyed, or it will turn into a fierce ghost and harm the world."
"However, after experiencing the yin catastrophe and the heavenly change, Fengdu finally had some changes, so it began to take in those poor lonely ghosts. Later, the yang catastrophe came, the yin and yang were balanced, and many judges spent the yin and yang. We were punished and could finally leave Fengdu and walk outside, so we also started to guide the ghosts from the outside world into the city like in ancient times, and at the same time, we hunted down those evil spirits who did all kinds of evil and went to hell."
At this point, Zhong Kui paused for a moment, and then continued: "It's just that now, although we can perform our duties, extradite the ghosts, and hunt down the evil ghosts, the six paths of reincarnation have not been established, and the underworld is in chaos, so we can only We can keep these wandering ghosts in Fengdu and give them a place to stay."
"Why don't these wandering ghosts have any ferocity or resentment?"
Huang Shang asked curiously after hearing Zhong Kui's words.
You must know that among the 10,000 people who die in the last days, 9,999 of them died unexpectedly, and they definitely did not die at the end of their lives. As we all know, people who die violently tend to accumulate a lot of resentment, but now Huang Shang doesn't feel the resentment that he should have in these lonely ghosts. What's going on?
"This is all thanks to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."
Speaking of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Zhong Kui's bearded face couldn't help but show a look of solemnity and respect, and said in a deep voice: "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, although he is helping your little brother reshape his body and pass on the Buddhist teachings, he is wasting his time. He lost a lot of strength, but the power of faith he accumulated was strong after all, so it didn't take long to recover. After recovering, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has been preaching on the sutra platform. Eliminate the grievances and karma of these lonely ghosts."
Having said this, Zhong Kui smiled and said: "Of course, there are some evil souls and ghosts with deep karma that are difficult to escape, but these guys have all been stuffed into the eighteenth level of hell by us. When their sins are punished by the eighteenth level of hell, After they are almost eliminated, we will take them out and let them receive the baptism of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."
"So that's it..."
After hearing Zhong Kui's words, Huang Shang understood immediately.
Although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is not a Buddha, he is definitely one of the most influential beings in Buddhism. After all, the great oath of vowing not to become a Buddha until hell is empty is so classic, even if it is not very common before the end of the world. Huang Shang, who understands Buddhist culture, is also familiar with its famous name.
Moreover, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva originally saved the unjust souls and ghosts in hell in the underworld. Now those unjust souls and ghosts are temporarily thrown into hell to temper their maleness and evil thoughts. With Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s ability, he can save the ghosts of ordinary people who died in vain. That's not something that's readily available.
"What's going on outside the city? Why are there so many living people?"
Thinking of this, Huang Shang asked again.
"Things outside the city...that's a long story."
Zhong Kui shook his head, organized his words, and said: "In the beginning, no strangers were allowed to enter our place. After all, once those ghosts and evil spirits leave Fengdu to commit evil, we are limited by the deterrence of heaven's punishment and there is nothing we can do against them. But as we, the Yin Chai judges, have passed the heavenly punishment and begun to exercise the vocation of Yin Chai and the "Yin Law" as outsiders, no ghosts around Fengdu City dare to cause trouble, and no ghosts dare to secretly absorb the yang energy of living people. , even killing people and devouring souls. Once a ghost dares to do this, we will immediately take action and send him to the eighteenth level of hell."
"Oh, the Eighteen Levels of Hell still have a certain deterrent effect on those guys, so the effect is quite good."
Speaking of this, Zhong Kui smiled bitterly: "But I don't know when it started, when those living people discovered that the ghosts near the ghost city no longer hurt people, and even disappeared after listening to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's sermons. After losing their ferocious nature and becoming no different from ordinary people, more and more people began to gather around Fengdu City, and even began to establish gathering places to live here permanently."
"And these people can be roughly divided into three categories."
"The first type is the idiots whose family and friends are dead, but who have deep obsessions that they can't let go of. They come to Feng just to see the people they meet, even if they are different people and ghosts, they have to look alike. Stay together."
"The second type of people are interested in the safer environment here. After all, although the Yin Qi around Fengdu is heavy, there are many ways to resolve it, and they can even use it to practice. At the same time, those zombies and mutant creatures, monsters And all kinds of monsters dare not approach Fengdu, so this is a very safe place for those survivors who have no ability to protect themselves, so they choose to live here without worrying about being bullied by others in the outside world. Or used as cannon fodder. This category of people is also the largest, accounting for more than 80% of all people."
"As for the third type, they are those who are greedy for profit and are speculative."
"Although Fengdu is a ghost city in the underworld, due to the gathering of yin energy, many heavenly materials and earthly treasures have been born. At the same time, many ghost cultivators also have their own special skills and can refine many precious ghost elixirs and ghost weapons. These things are in the outside world , especially in some places where there are few ghosts, which can be said to be priceless, the value here will be much lower. On the other hand, many heavenly materials and earthly treasures from the outside world are not available here, especially some treasures that reconcile yin and yang. The value here is astonishing. Therefore, many people have also taken a fancy to the prospects and profits in this area, and began to shuttle between Fengdu and other ancient capitals and gathering places, reselling these two types of treasures to earn the difference."
"This kind of person is called a ghost businessman."
"In the beginning, ghost traders were only run by a few individuals, and the scale was small. But soon the astonishing profits were discovered by people from the eight ancient capitals. Then the eight ancient capitals specially sent people to do business here, and even monopolized the position of ghost traders. , a wall that forced many individual ghost merchants to a dead end. Finally, it was the words of the Ten Palaces of Yama and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva that calmed down these disputes and allowed everyone to trade fairly. But even so, because the eight ancient capitals were wealthy and rich in resources, The scale of business conducted by ghost merchants in the eight ancient capitals often far exceeds that of private ghost merchants, and they also make the most profits."
"But there's nothing we can do about this. After all, it's impossible to force others not to do business with the Eight Ancient Capitals."
After saying that, Zhong Kui also shrugged his shoulders, showing a hint of helplessness.
"Ten Halls of Yama?"
After listening to Zhong Kui's words, Huang Shang suddenly narrowed his eyes, with a flash of light in his eyes, and asked: "Senior Zhong Kui, listening to what you said, could it be that the ten legendary Yamas have awakened?"
He remembered very clearly that the last time he came to Fengdu, only Zhong Kui and Meng Po were fully awake. Even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was in a semi-awake state. What about the bull-headed horse-faced face, black and white impermanence, the legendary Ten Palaces of Yama, and even control Emperor Fengdu, who was watching the entire underworld, showed no signs of waking up.
But now that Zhong Kui is saying this, could it be that the Tenth Palace Yama has awakened?
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