Chapter 0001: Sudden Death from Drunkenness
The Creation Continent is a cultivation world that absorbs the aura of heaven and earth, and the continent is dotted with hundreds of empires, living hundreds of millions of human races, and all strata of the human race enjoy the peace under the protection of the empire, and they have to pay a considerable amount of taxes to the imperial court on time every year to obtain the protection of the empire and the right to use the land.
The tax burden of the Creation Continent is different from that of other continents, and the subject matter of the tax payment is not ordinary grain, but any of the cultivation resources such as spirit crystals, heaven and earth elixirs, and heaven and earth treasures, or two or three. Therefore, the vast majority of these rapidly improving cultivation resources on the mainland are actually firmly controlled by the ruling classes and magnates of the various empires.
The abrupt changes of heaven and earth, climate changes, the population on the continent is expanding day by day, the spiritual power between heaven and earth is becoming thinner and thinner, and the dependence of cultivators on resources is getting higher and higher, and the excessive development of spirit crystal mines and the barbaric collection of heaven and earth elixirs have caused the cultivation resources on the continent to become increasingly barren and scarce.
As a result, the ruling class and elites of the empire intensified, using all means to exploit and plunder resources, so as to ensure the supply of their own power or family cultivation resources to the greatest extent.
The elixirs and spiritual crystals obtained through hard work and even at the risk of their lives were stripped away by the government and yamen, and sometimes they could not make up the tax burden by exhausting all means, and they were ruthlessly imprisoned or slaughtered by the government, and the class contradictions became increasingly prominent.
Especially over the years, there have been continuous disasters and famines, in order to ensure the spiritual crystals and elixirs handed over to the imperial court every year, they have to squeeze out as much time as possible to find them, not to mention cultivation, sometimes even filling their stomachs has become a problem, the people of the empire have to dry up and fish, and many elixirs have been ruthlessly looted and on the verge of extinction, and the ruling class ignores this and lets it go, only considering whether their own forces still have the cultivation resources at their disposal.
More and more people had to get up early and be greedy to raise taxes, and they had almost no time to cultivate, and gradually became ordinary cultivators, with low strength, and the two-level differentiation became more and more obvious.
It is said that the general trend of the world will be united for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time, and the country has never been blessed with good fortune and evil, although it is the mandate of heaven, it is mostly due to man-made disasters; there is a fixed number, there must be an omen.
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To say that the strongest comprehensive strength on the mainland is the Xuanyuan Empire in the East, the reason why the empire has stood firm for so many years, its root lies in talents, the Xuanyuan Academy founded by the empire, as the cradle of the empire to cultivate talents, naturally has great contributions, and its status in the empire is transcendent.
Xuanyuan Academy is the highest level of the Xuanyuan Empire, directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, divided into two groups of Wendao and martial arts, large and small branches are densely distributed throughout the empire, belonging to the cradle of the Xuanyuan Empire to train civil and military generals.
If it is said that all the civil and military officials of the current dynasty are from Xuanyuan Academy, it is biased, but without exception, almost all the officials of the current dynasty have the experience of further study in the academy.
Located in the branch of Xuanyuan College in Xiangfu City, after ten years of hard study, the students of this year's Wendao sequence finally ushered in this moment of graduation.
At this time, the food inn next to the college is very lively, the graduation banquet of the Wendao sequence is being held here, the merciless time and years, the stars are changing, and the era of dominating one's own destiny has quietly arrived.
He Shang, the protagonist of the story, has never drunk wine since he was a child, and he takes the route of Wendao, basically has no alcohol at all, and at the banquet wine table, he smacks the liquor into his stomach, and he is drunk like mud all of a sudden, and he falls unconscious on the floor of the food inn.
The wheel of fate has quietly changed tracks since this time, and the heavens have played a big joke on him, and he has studied the way of Wenchen for ten years, determined to achieve the dream of Zaifu under one person and above ten thousand people, and since then it has come to an abrupt end, and he has devoted himself to the mysterious, magical and incredible path of martial arts cultivation.
In a daze, I don't know how long it took, he had a strange dream, in which he was escorted by black and white impermanence to a glorious and solemn hall, and in the middle of the door hung a large plaque, engraved with the three vigorous and powerful characters of 'Penal Law Palace', and the font exuded a majesty from time to time, quickly enveloping his whole body.
"The legendary Penal Palace?" He Shang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and suddenly felt cold all over his body, his legs kept shaking, and his whole body lost strength.
For these instinctive reactions of his, black and white are not strange, in front of the strict and majestic penal hall, there were many people who had been frightened and incontinent, so they did not feel surprised, and walked into this solemn hall by themselves.
In the middle of the main hall sits a middle-aged man with a white face, a crown on his head, ear protection with incense bags on both sides, a ruffled lapel wide-sleeved robe, and long boots on his feet.
On both sides of the main hall stood a row of powerful and arrogant guards, exuding a powerful aura on their bodies, and there was always a faint terrifying and murderous aura in their eyes, reflecting the majesty and sacrosanctity of the palace.
Black and white impermanence escorted him to the center of the hall, pressed him to the ground, black and white impermanence bowed and saluted, and then black impermanence reported: "His Royal Highness the King of Yama, the deceased is here, please Your Highness ascend to the court for judgment and ruling!"
Hearing these words, He Shang couldn't help but feel the world spinning, and his body couldn't help but tremble violently, and he murmured: "Oh my God! Could it be that I really lost my life like this inexplicably?"
Black and white impermanence noticed his abnormality, for fear that he would make some movement and anger the king of Yama and harm the pond fish, the brothers increased their strength with both hands and pressed him to the ground.
Lord Yama replied lightly: "Hmm, you guys have worked hard!"
Black and white impermanence seemed to be quite jealous of Lord Yama, and said loudly: "Your Highness, this is the responsibility of your subordinates, and it is the responsibility and obligation of your subordinates, not to mention hard work!"
Hades raised his eyebrows, raised his head, not angry, and said coldly: "Who is the deceased? from where did he come from, and why did he die?"
Hei Wuchang hurriedly said: "The deceased's name is He Shang, he belongs to the Creation Continent, and the cause of death is sudden death from drunkenness!"
After listening to the report of the black impermanence, Hades immediately picked up the book of life and death on the desk, raised his hand lightly, and a ray of golden light immediately disappeared into the book, which lasted for about ten seconds, his face began to turn from sunny to cloudy, and then the book of life and death was slammed on the desk.
Lord Yama was furious, slapped his anger at the wood, and shouted violently: "Bastard thing, since the ancient ancestor of Pan opened the world, the Hongmeng Continent has lasted for tens of thousands of years, and the matter of loyal courtiers has never made any mistakes in the process of handling errands, why is there such a major mistake this time?"
It turned out that Lord Yama reviewed the book of life and death and found that He Shang's life should not be extinguished, and the time of his death was still blank in the book of life and death. Obviously, this is the first time since the creation of the Netherworld that life and death have been mistakenly decided.
The chaos between heaven and earth has just opened, and after the game of many forces, the Yin Domain is alone outside the world of the Hongmeng Continent, opening up four halls of the Criminal Law Palace, the Reincarnation Palace, the Reincarnation Palace, and the Reincarnation Palace, leading the judgment, reincarnation and reincarnation of thousands of living beings in the Hongmeng Continent after their deaths, judging life and death, and the power is transcendent, which shows that the status of the Yin Domain is remarkable.
The Netherworld stands outside the heavens and the earth for thousands of years without falling, in fact, it still benefits from the fairness and strictness of the Netherworld's ruling, and does not give other forces any handle, otherwise the Netherworld is afraid that it has already been subverted by the forces that covet it and becomes a plaything in the hands of other forces.
Since Lord Yama took charge of the Criminal Law Palace, strict law and discipline, fair ruling, there has never been such a big oolong incident, if this matter is used by someone with a heart, the situation of the Netherworld will be very dangerous, which may be the fuse to subvert the Netherland.
Therefore, this oolong incident is an unforgivable mistake, no wonder he was furious on the spot, even if it was the black and white impermanence of his cronies who followed him for thousands of years.
Seeing the anger of the king of Hades, black and white suddenly became frightened, and immediately knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "Your Royal Highness, your subordinates are all acting according to the iron laws of the netherworld, I don't know what mistakes have been made?"
The king of Hades snorted coldly and said angrily: "The book of life and death shows that this person has not yet reached the time to judge life and death, and you will be in an extremely unfavorable situation in the Netherworld because of a mistake in handling the case, and you dare to quibble here to exonerate your own guilt?"
Black and white impermanence finally understood that there was a mistake in this errand, resulting in a vain death, although I don't know which link went wrong, but the seriousness of the matter is still very clear.
Black and White Impermanence fell to their knees tremblingly, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, begging Hades to forgive them for their dereliction of duty, and swore that they would do everything in their power to compensate him.
Lord Yama sighed, and had the intention of slashing the horse with tears in his heart, and said: "Black and white impermanence, you follow this king's eternal era, and you should have been lightly punished, but this matter has seriously threatened the stability of the netherworld, so don't blame this king for not remembering the old feelings! The guards listened to the order and immediately sent the black and white impermanence into the eighteenth layer of hell to correct the code of the netherworld!"
Looking at the scene in front of him, He Shang probably knew the whole process of the matter, although he was comforted to die at this time, he just sighed that he was ill-fated and died at a young age.
All the guards received the order in unison, and were about to stride forward to arrest him, but Black and White Impermanence did not give up the last hope at this time, and still kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice to ask Lord Yama for forgiveness.
At this time, Lord Yama fell into deep thought: "Black and white impermanence has followed him for thousands of years, and he has never made a mistake in the process of running errands, why did he make a mistake this time? In addition, since the birth of the human race, the date of death has already been set in the book of life and death, and He Shang's date of death is completely blank, what does this mean?"
While they were thinking, the guards set up black and white impermanence and began to carry out Hades' judgment.
Lord Yama looked at He Shang carefully, his thoughts flashed, and he said: "Wait, you are derelict in your duties, as your boss, this king will not escape the responsibility!
After speaking, Lord Yama pointed with his big hand, and a golden beam of light quickly shot into He Shang's dantian, and he suddenly felt a warm current rushing in, and his whole body was indescribably comfortable.
"Obey the decree of His Royal Highness the King of Hades!" Black and white impermanence trembled and kowtowed in thanksgiving, not wanting to stay for a moment, for fear that the king of Hades would change his mind, and quickly set up He Shang and left the Criminal Law Palace.
Lord Yama stepped down from the throne, let out a long sigh, and muttered: "Since the ancient ancestor of Pan opened the world, the Netherworld has gone through thousands of eras, and no one has ever manipulated the government affairs of the Netherworld behind his back, why ...... this time Could it be that the balance of the Hongmeng Continent to maintain the eon-lifetime era will be broken from now on?"
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