If the Chaos Green Lotus and the Great Dao Divine Fetus are immortal, Jiang Chen will not die. In this way, it is the future. When he is about to succeed in reshaping the ancient world, he is killed. It doesn't matter. He can be resurrected at any time to make a comeback.
Allies and so on are just a pretense. The main purpose is not to hold back those great supernatural power users who are preparing to take action against Jiang Chen, but to attract their attention and give Jiang Chen a chance to make plans.
This plan was inspired by Jiang Chen from Xing Tian.
Preparing a life in advance to hide in the dark for the future can indeed play an unexpected role.
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Jiang Chen moved forward, preparing to leave the Nether World, but he did not go to the Gate of Hell, but went in another direction.
After traveling in the void for an unknown amount of time, a huge city suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Chen's eyes. It was larger than any other city in the world. It had distinct streets, numerous shops, and countless pedestrians walking through it. It was extremely lively.
"Fengdu City!"
"No, it is not called Fengdu City now, but should be called Fusi City!"
Looking at the city in front of him, Jiang Chen said its name, "The city is in vain!"
Jiang Chen was very familiar with this city, because it was the city he built with his own hands, a city specially built for people who died in vain. Therefore, this city is called the City of Death in vain. However, Jiang Chen preferred to call this city Fengdu City.
Fengdu City, which is the residence of Emperor Fengdu, is also the holy land of ghosts. The place where the Underworld Division is located is where Emperor Fengdu rules all ghosts.
Jiang Chen named this city Fengdu City, and his purpose was obvious.
Fengdu City is the residence of Emperor Fengdu. If he didn't want to become Emperor Fengdu, why did he name his city Fengdu City?
However, Jiang Chen is not the Great Emperor of Fengdu yet, so this city can only be called the City of Wasted Death, and cannot be named after Fengdu for the time being.
A wasted death means that someone who dies unjustly due to suicide, disaster, war, accident, murder, murder, etc. is called a wasted death. To put it simply, when you die, if your longevity has not come to an end, then your death will be in vain.
The city of vain death is where the ghosts of those who died in vain reside in the underworld.
According to normal prehistoric history, the City of Wasted Death was a city created in hell by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva for the ghosts who died of unparalleled disasters. It is located adjacent to the Naihe Bridge in the Blood Basin Realm of Suffering. The Ten Halls in charge of the City of Wasted Death are King Bian Cheng, the king of Yama, is the sixth palace in Yama.
Unfortunately, that is normal prehistoric history. Now, with the emergence of Jiang Chen, the current of history has long gone astray. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has been deposed by Queen Houtu for hundreds of years, so naturally he has no chance to create the City of Wasted Death.
However, the City of Wasted Death is extremely important to the Netherworld and must appear. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of building the City of Wasted Death fell on Jiang Chen.
After all, the reason why Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was deposed by Empress Houtu was entirely due to Jiang Chen. If you kill someone, the destiny that he should fulfill will naturally fall on Jiang Chen.
Of course, building the City of Wasted Death for people who died in vain is not a bad thing. On the contrary, it is a good thing. After completion, you will gain a lot of merit, and there will be an endless stream of merit.
People who die in vain are those who have not yet exhausted their life span. However, before the Yang life is exhausted, one cannot enter reincarnation and can only wander in the netherworld. Until the Yang life is exhausted, one can reincarnate again.
But it is not a problem to let the souls of these people who died in vain wander in the netherworld. Therefore, the emergence of the city of vain death has become inevitable. This is the embodiment of order in the underworld. Wandering souls who cannot be reincarnated are collected into it and managed centrally to prevent them from causing trouble.
After the people who died in vain die, they will all gather in the city of vain death to live until the end of their originally destined life span.
For example, if a person is destined to end his life at the age of ninety, but accidentally dies early at the age of forty, he will be concentrated in the City of Wasted Death after his death. He will not be able to leave the City of Wasted Death until he is ninety years old, and be reincarnated again.
During this period, the souls of the dead in the city can live like people in the Yang world, and can go to the city to watch and see whether the people who murdered him have received the retribution they deserve.
However, their personal freedom will be strictly controlled. They will not be able to receive ghost paper and paper offerings burned by relatives and friends in the upper world to the dead souls, nor will they be able to return to the upper world to accept offerings from relatives in the upper world during the Ghost Ghost Festival like other dead souls.
All the money and items burned to these dead souls will be temporarily stored with the Shangqing Palace disciples and others who assisted Jiang Chen, until these dead souls see with their own eyes that the people who murdered him get the retribution they deserve, their resentment is relieved, and they no longer have any resentment in their hearts. , and only then would these items be returned to them after they had the idea of reincarnation.
The reason why this is done is for stability. The worship of relatives in the world is the source of power for these dead souls. The more pious the relatives are, the faster their strength will increase. It can be said that this is the prototype of Incense Shinto.
People who died in vain originally harbored resentments. If they were helped by telekinesis, their strength would definitely improve by leaps and bounds and they would transform into vicious ghosts. At that time, under the influence of resentment, their temperament will change drastically, becoming extremely irritable and hating everything.
At least, they can cause chaos everywhere and disturb the peace of the underworld. At worst, it is a disaster and brings disaster to all living beings. Therefore, they must be centralized and managed.
In short, everything is for the sake of stability, and there can be no chaos in the Netherworld.
Of course, not everyone can enter the City of Wasted Death, even if they are those who die in vain.
If you have committed too many sins during your lifetime, your death will not be in vain, but you will die more than deservedly. After death, the soul is directly sent to hell, and there is no need to waste the city of death.
However, because there was no one to supervise the Netherworld, Jiang Chen's City of Wasted Death experienced some small changes.
Yes, since there was no one to supervise him, Jiang Chen simply expanded the authority of the City of Wasted Death. Originally, it could only accommodate people who died in vain, but now, as long as they are wandering souls, they will be admitted to the City of Wasted Death.
Jiang Chen dared to do this, which was the biggest manifestation of the lack of order in the Netherworld. If there was complete order in the Netherworld, how could Jiang Chen's behavior be allowed?
The greater the power of Wusi City, the closer Jiang Chen will be to the position of Emperor Fengdu.
If one day, all the ghosts who cannot reincarnate in the Netherworld come to Fengdu City, it will not be far from the time when Jiang Chen will be crowned emperor.
Although breaking the rules is hateful, Jiang Chen's purpose of breaking the rules is to rebuild a new order in the Netherworld. In this way, his behavior can be understood.
If he is truly crowned emperor in the future, then his actions today will be a feat praised by countless people. The same purpose, but because the results are different, will produce two different effects.
People are blind and follow the crowd. As long as you are great enough, you don't have to worry if you make a mistake, let alone explain anything, because the people below will take the initiative to find good excuses for you.
They will think that you have some unspeakable secret in doing this, but the purpose must be for everyone's good.
This can also be said to be individualism and blind worship. It is easy for people to get lost in the cheers of the crowd and thus not realize their own mistakes.
It is no wonder that the great man of later generations firmly opposed individualism and blind worship. It's a pity that things went against his wishes. After his death, he was put on a altar. Many things were done in his name, which was completely contrary to his original intention.
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Different situations, different choices. In a situation like the Netherworld, Jiang Chen doesn't have to worry too much. He just needs to work hard to cultivate a personality cult. After all, he really intends to become a god. If you don’t engage in personality worship, how can you put yourself on a pedestal?
As long as all the ghosts in the Netherworld believe from the bottom of their hearts that Jiang Chen is the Great Emperor of Fengdu, then he has to be, and this is what everyone expects.
The power of one person is limited, but the power of all living beings is infinite. With the establishment of the divine way, even a mortal, with the blessing of the power of all living beings, can ascend to the altar in one step and possess boundless power.
Appearing out of the void, Jiang Chen stepped into the City of Wasted Death. There was naturally a reason why he wanted to leave the Netherworld, but instead of going through the gate of hell, he came to the City of Wasted Death.
The City of Death is extremely special. It does not entirely belong to the Nether World, but is half in the Nether World and half in the human world. In other words, it is built in a place where the two worlds overlap.
On weekdays, the City of Wasted Death is indeed in the Nether World, but when the Zhongyuan Festival comes every year, the space where the City of Wasted Death is located changes and descends from the Netherworld to the human world.
The underworld and the human world are too close. Every once in a while, the edge areas of the two worlds will overlap. Then, new passages will appear between the two worlds that were originally connected only by the gate of hell.
And this is a catastrophe for the human world. Countless ghosts will escape from this area to the underworld and enter the human world to plunder the life of the living.
Although the chaos in Shu was caused by the changes in the Netherworld, it was more because this place was where the human world and the Netherworld overlapped. The space was the most fragile. It would be broken by a slight impact, thus allowing the passage between the two worlds to be connected. .
Otherwise, if the human world is so vast, why would ghost trouble break out in Shu?
Jiang Chen built the City of Wasted Death here, and another purpose was to block the passage between the two realms. As long as the city of Fusi is not lost, the ghosts from the Netherworld will not be able to enter the human world.
When he left the Reincarnation Hall before, Jiang Chen calculated the time and found that there were only a few days before the Ghost Festival. Therefore, he did not go to the Ghost Gate, but turned around and came to the City of Fusi.
He planned to leave the Netherworld from here and take a look at the situation in Wusi City.
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Because the Ghost Festival is approaching, Waishi City is extremely lively. There is even a night market. There are countless pedestrians coming and going in the middle of the street, and both sides are lined with various shops.
How is this situation different from the human world? If Jiang Chen hadn't known that he was in the Netherworld and saw this extremely lively scene in front of him, he would have thought that he was in the imperial capital of Luoyang.
"It's so lively. It seems that the disciples of Shangqing Palace manage this place well."
After walking around, Jiang Chen nodded with satisfaction. He didn't care whether the city was hot or bustling. What he cared about was whether the disciples who managed the city performed their duties well.
Now it seems that they are still very conscientious. The quality of a city cannot be told, but seen.
Look at the people inside. If they are indifferent and lack any vitality, or their faces are full of food, or their faces are full of misery, or their children cannot enjoy education, ordinary people cannot afford to live in houses, cannot enjoy medical care, and cannot afford basic living. Not guaranteed...
It is obvious that the officials who manage this city are extremely incompetent and should be killed.
On the contrary, if the people here have something to support them when they are old and have nothing to rely on, and they do not close their homes at night, then the officials here are undoubtedly extremely competent and should be rewarded.
Although the situation in Wusi City is special and very different from that of the human world, the principles of governing the country are the same. Looking at their heartfelt smiles, you can tell that they should be living a good life in Wusi City. Otherwise, you won’t be in the mood to visit the night market.
Jiang Chen was not very surprised that the disciples of Shangqing Palace were able to manage the City of Fusi well. Because it is their merit to manage Wusi City well, and they naturally do not dare to take it lightly as it is the basis for whether they can enter a higher realm in the future.
In this world, saints are in the minority after all, and it is obviously unrealistic to demand the disciples of the Qing Palace with the morality of saints. Jiang Chen also knew this. He couldn't do it himself, and it was even less possible for the disciples of Shangqing Palace to do it.
Therefore, restricting others with morality is completely nonsense.
Under such circumstances, how can we make the disciples of Shangqing Palace manage the City of Wasted Death with due diligence?
In this regard, Jiang Chen thought of a way, that is, let them take care of the city for themselves, not for others.
Everyone is self-interested, and this is especially obvious among monks. After all, the philosophy of many monks is to save themselves first and then save others, even Jiang Chen is no exception.
Of course, monks save themselves first and then save others, which is not like what some people say. Not only does getting rich first not lead to wealth later, but it turns around and exploits the people who made them rich.
Thanks to Daozu and his efforts, Xuanmen monks have very upright values and always keep their word. After they save themselves, they will really save those who come after them. Even when some immortals save themselves, they also don't forget to save others.
Otherwise, do you think that the immortals only established sects when they had nothing to do? In other words, why do some seniors leave their inheritance in deep mountains and forests, waiting for others to pick it up? Is it because they are sick?
No, it's not the case. The predecessors left the inheritance just to save others. I have already embarked on the path of immortality, so I will leave my inheritance to help others follow the path of immortality.
To put it simply, I got rich first, but I didn’t forget my original intention, so I deliberately left part of my property behind to help others become rich together.
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Jiang Chen's method was to target the characteristics of monks to save themselves. The meaning of the existence of the City of In vain is to maintain the order of the Netherworld. Therefore, as long as the city of Wanshi is managed well, corresponding merits will be obtained.
Jiang Chen doesn't want this merit at all. He will give it to whoever manages the city in vain. Under the temptation of merit, are you still afraid that the disciples of the Shangqing Palace will not try their best to manage the city in vain?
Just for these merits, they will do their best!
