"Report..."
Outside the palace, the anxious voice of a guard suddenly came from the room, obviously he had something to report.
Seeing this, the five people looked at each other and were at a loss for a moment. No one spoke. It was not until Jiang Chen spoke that they came back to their senses.
"Don't pay attention to me, tell him to come in and ask what happened."
After the five people heard this, they came to their senses. The oldest one even shouted out: "Get in quickly."
This attitude is really not good. If it were in the past, they would never be like this. But today is different. They just promised Jiang Chen that they would manage the city of Wusi well. But as soon as they finished speaking, someone came over to report the situation. This was not to beat them. face?
The five people were angry at the person who came to report the news. They came at the wrong time and their attitude was naturally not good.
"I would like to inform you, five adults, that fighting broke out again in Beicheng, and the situation is very serious. General Zhao personally led his troops there, but failed to suppress them. He just sent a letter asking for our support."
The visitor didn't know that he had unintentionally offended the five adults in the hall, so he dutifully reported the news he had received.
"It's them again. Everyone is dead and they don't know where to stop. All the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division are dispatched. We must capture all those who make trouble. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot to death."
When is it bad to cause trouble, but to make trouble at this time, isn't this just giving them eye drops? The five people were angry at the troublemaker's lack of appreciation and directly ordered all soldiers and horses in the city to dispatch. They even issued a killing order to kill all those who dared to resist.
In this regard, Jiang Chen watched from the sidelines without saying anything, let alone interfering with their decision.
"My subordinates are ignorant and make the Patriarch laugh." It was not until the man accepted the order that the five of them said to Jiang Chen with a mocking smile.
"It's not your fault. It's because I didn't think carefully and didn't take them into consideration when I built the City of Wasted Death. This laid the hidden dangers for the City of Wasted Death."
Jiang Chen shook his head, indicating that he didn't care about it.
Jiang Chen knew what happened as early as when the man came in to report. The city of Fusi is so big, and as long as Jiang Chen is willing, nothing that happens here can be hidden from his perception. Therefore, as soon as he thought about it, he knew what happened.
The so-called North City refers to the area north of Wusi City. The City of Fusi is divided into five areas, named after East, West, South, North, and Middle, and is known as the Five Cities. As for the five people in the palace, one person is responsible for taking charge of one city.
Originally, there was no difference between the five cities of the City of In vain, but later, due to the increasing number of wandering souls, among the five cities, the North City and the South City gradually changed.
For some special reasons, there are many wandering souls in the Netherworld who are unwilling to reincarnate. After these wandering souls come to the City of Wasted Death, they will be placed in Nancheng to live.
There is Yang life during life, and there is Yin life after death. When a living person dies, his soul goes to the underworld. When a ghost dies, he does not become a ghost, but completely disintegrates, and his true spirit returns to heaven and earth.
Many creatures were so severely hit during their lifetime that they did not want to be human again, nor did they want to start all over again. They just wanted to completely disappear from this world, so they did not want to go to Naihe Bridge and reincarnate.
Instead, it will stay in the nether world until the Yin life is exhausted and the true spirit returns to heaven and earth.
Yin lifespans are often longer than Yang lifespans, so these ghosts can live in the netherworld for a long time, which means that they will live in Wusi City for a long time. In order to facilitate the management of them, the managers of Wusi City directly concentrated them in Nancheng.
Over time, Nancheng became a gathering place for these ghosts.
Of course, letting them live in the City of Vain Death also has another purpose, which is to reawaken their vitality and give them the idea of reincarnation again. Encouraging people to live a better life is also a meritorious deed.
Apart from living longer, these ghosts in Nancheng have no other problems. In sharp contrast is Beicheng, where the ghosts not only live longer, but each one has great strength.
If you don't become a Golden Immortal, you will eventually die. Even if you are a Mysterious Immortal, your life span is 560,000 years, but there will be a day when your life span will be exhausted.
When these non-Golden Immortal monks die due to exhaustion of life span, the soul they have cultivated through hard work will disintegrate, transform back into the form of soul, and then fall into the nether world, and enter reincarnation like those ordinary creatures. Reincarnation.
However, once you embark on the path of cultivation, you will undergo extraordinary changes and possess powerful strength. Ordinary mortals are not willing to die despite the fact that ants are still alive, let alone those who possess great power?
They have worked hard to climb to a high position and have power and influence far beyond ordinary people, but in the end, they still cannot escape death. How can they be willing?
Of course they didn't want to, so they caused the most trouble after their deaths.
It's okay for low-level monks. Because of their low strength, their souls after death are no different from ordinary mortals. But once you become a Yin Shen and your soul begins to transform, things will immediately change.
Although after their death, both the Yin God and the Yang God will disintegrate and transform into souls again. But in the end, the essence is still there. Even if it transforms into a soul again, the remaining power is far beyond what other people can match.
The stronger the strength, the stronger the soul formed after death. Some people's souls have power comparable to that of gods.
The North City is inhabited by the ghosts formed by the monks after their death. Not necessarily those who died due to exhaustion of their lifespan, but some were killed by others, leaving only the remnants of their souls, and fled to the underworld to eke out an ignoble existence.
In short, although the origins of these ghosts are extremely complicated, they have one thing in common, that is, they are extremely powerful.
After their death, they did not want to be reincarnated, so they chose to stay in the underworld forcibly, trying to resurrect and follow the path of immortality again.
As for why they are unwilling to reincarnate, the reason is simple. If they are not cultivated to the level of Golden Immortal and do not have the protection of the immortal light, then after entering reincarnation, they will be affected by the mystery in the womb.
If you are lucky enough to be able to solve the mystery of the womb, that's fine. But if you are unlucky and cannot solve the mystery of the womb, you will be confused all your life and have no chance to set foot on the immortal path.
To put it simply, if the cultivation level is less than the Golden Immortal, the consequences after reincarnation are uncontrollable. It is impossible to determine whether he will be a man or a woman after reincarnation, and whether he will be a cultivator or not.
This is tantamount to gambling on life, so those ghosts would rather choose to stay in the Netherworld forcibly than reincarnate.
As for whether they can be resurrected after they stay, that's nonsense? Under Tao Zun, death is death. Resurrection is not that simple. Unless a big shot (referring to the Xiantian Taoist Master) comes to help, otherwise, they may not be able to be resurrected by themselves in this life.
As long as the true spirit is still there, the Innate Taoist Master can easily resurrect a creature below the Golden Immortal. Sounds simple? It is indeed very simple, but he is an innate Taoist who has transcended the long river of fate and has endless fatigue. How can others compare to him?
This is just like Jiang Chen's previous life. The top rich people can easily buy a villa in the capital, but ordinary people may not be able to afford a bathroom in the capital even if they live a poor life.
Resurrection is similar to a house in the capital. The innate Taoist Lord is the top rich man, and the creatures under the Golden Immortal are ordinary people. The former can easily buy a house in the capital, but the latter cannot do it in his lifetime.
Resurrection is so difficult for those living beings under the dead Golden Immortal. It is almost impossible in the world, and not even one in ten thousand people can do it.
Of course, there is a way to take someone else's body in this world. If you take someone else's body, you can indeed be resurrected. But this does not mean that it is not the right path after all. Once it is exposed, everyone will definitely shout and beat him up, and even Heaven will hold him accountable.
In current parlance, it is illegal to seize a body. Once exposed, the consequences can be imagined. If you buy a house illegally, not only will people get in, but the house may even be confiscated.
In the eyes of Heaven, they are already dead people, labeled as dead. If they appear in the world of the living, they will inevitably be hit hard by Heaven, and they will inevitably be struck by lightning. Even seizing the body can't change this.
They were already dead, but they were unwilling to die. They wanted to be resurrected, but they couldn't do it, and they were unwilling to reincarnate. Over time, they became lonely ghosts wandering in the underworld.
Can't live, can't die.
It's a pity that there is no ghost path in this world, otherwise, they can switch to the ghost path instead of just spending it until their Yin life is exhausted. Although the yin life span is longer than the yang life span, one day it will eventually run out, and at that time, they will disappear completely.
After the city of Fusi was established, these lonely ghosts got the news from nowhere, and rushed here one after another, wandering around.
There was nothing wrong with them. The five men couldn't expel them, so they took them into the city. The original intention was to gather them together and make it easier to manage.
Who knew that this move would actually cause trouble for the city of Fusui. These people relied on their strength and were not restless at all. Although they were not able to seize power, they would gather together to cause trouble every now and then and fight, causing chaos in Beicheng.
Just now, there were ghosts making trouble again in the North City, and the scale was relatively large. Even the general responsible for maintaining public security in the North City couldn't deal with it, so he came to the City Lord's Mansion to ask for help.
As for why they are causing trouble, it has to do with the cultivation of ghosts. As mentioned before, there was no ghost way in the ancient world. Since there is no ghost way, how can ghosts improve their strength?
Simple, the simplest way, and the least troublesome way, is to look for all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can enhance the power of the soul. As long as you eat them, you will become stronger immediately, or even directly restore the Yang and bring back the dead. That is not the case. impossible.
For example, after Xiang Yu's death, instead of becoming weaker, he became stronger and stronger. That was because the Wu Clan found many heavenly materials and earthly treasures for him.
But obviously, it is not easy to find the treasures of heaven and earth. Some people have a hard time finding them even if they spend their entire lives. Therefore, there is a second way to find them, which is cannibalism.
If you want to become stronger, just devour the rest of the ghosts. As long as you eat enough souls, you can continue to become stronger. Even if you are as powerful as Daluo Jinxian, it is not impossible.
But this method has a drawback, that is, cannibalism is ultimately displeasing to heaven and earth. Once it reaches a certain level, it will be punished by heaven, and there is basically no possibility of surviving it.
To put it simply, this method is chronic suicide. The stronger you are, the closer you are to death.
Many powerful ghosts, generals and kings in the Netherworld, in addition to being born ghosts and gods, became stronger by devouring their own kind.
The North City is inhabited by powerful ghosts. If they want to become stronger, the easiest way is to devour their surrounding companions.
Even chronic suicide cannot stop some people's determination to become stronger, so chaos continues in Beicheng.
"These wandering souls are truly lawless. No matter what method is used, they cannot be restrained."
Among the five people, the lord of the North City spoke with extremely angry tone when he talked about them. Obviously, in order to deal with them, the city lord of Beicheng has been worried about these years.
"It's your approach that's wrong. Back then, we advised you to give them some benefits so that they could have something to look forward to. In this way, they can be used by you, and they won't cause you trouble every day like they do now! "
The highest-ranking city lord of the middle city couldn't help but shake his head when he heard the complaint from the north city lord.
The reason why these lonely ghosts came to the City of Wasted Death was because of the name of the Sage of Shangqing?
They feel that this is the orthodoxy left by the Sage of Shangqing in the Netherworld. If they establish a good relationship with them, even if they cannot ask the masters of Shangqing Palace to help return the sun, they can still reincarnate through their relationship.
This will ensure that they can embark on the immortal path again in their next life, and will not live in a state of confusion.
Their abacus was quite good, but unfortunately, the Lord of the North City thought they were a trouble, or that their existence itself affected the order of the City of Fusi, or the Netherworld.
Therefore, the Lord of Beicheng has been thinking of ways to get rid of them. It is best to send them all into reincarnation.
The two sides couldn't urinate in the same pot, so conflicts naturally arose. The ghosts were dissatisfied with the North City Lord's attitude, so they tried every means to cause trouble for him all day long. However, the North City Lord couldn't expel them due to various scruples.
Then, things gradually evolved to this point. Once they made a mistake and were caught by the North City Lord, they would immediately suppress them with thunderous means.
Just as the city lord of the middle city said, if the city lord of the north city is willing to step back and give them some benefits, then these ghosts will not become a trouble, but will become his help.
However, the Lord of Beicheng did not choose to do this and fought them to the bottom with determination.
Jiang Chen agreed with his attitude. Even though the Shangqing Palace was not strong, it was still the orthodoxy of a saint, and not just anyone could come and establish relationships. There are some benefits that you can only ask for if I give them to you. If I don’t give them to you, then you can’t ask for them.
Moreover, whether it is to restore Yang or protect others from reincarnation, it is not a simple matter.
