CHAPTER XIX
The underworld is always a dark, dark sky, a dark earth, and an unsettling mist in the air. Not to mention www.biquge.info living, even the undead who have died, will feel uneasy and panic here.
Fortunately, this situation will not last, and every once in a while, the wind will rise, and the mighty wind will sweep everywhere, blowing those undead into the air, like confetti and fallen leaves, and finally fall into the River Styx, along the River Styx, to the destination and starting point of all souls, the place called the sea of souls, the holy place that the gods yearn for but are not allowed to approach.
Of course, on the way to the Sea of Souls, the complete soul will be washed away by the River Styx, gradually crumbling, and scattered into countless spirit children, which are the basic units that make up the soul. In the process, all the past of this soul will completely dissipate, even itself. In the future, these spirits will form new souls with other spirits and start a new life.
Sui Xiong floated by the River Styx, watching as his souls were swept by the Yin Wind and kept falling into the River Styx. They used to have a variety of expressions on their faces, but soon after falling into the River Styx, all of them gradually calmed down and turned to a peaceful color.
It is said that the souls in the River Styx are asleep, a deep sleep that can never be woken up.
With Sui Xiong's ability, it is not difficult to get a few souls from the River Styx, and he also has this idea - the souls that enter the River Styx are almost considered ownerless, and whoever has the ability to catch them will be considered anyone's. As for whether to bring it back to become a believer or to transform into an oracle, that is all your own business. As long as you don't do something hurtful, no one will care.
For example, when he had a conflict with Sui Xiong, and later made peace with him with the help of Wei Ye, and gave him the Dark Night God Department with soul transformation technology, they often went to the River Styx to salvage their souls and go back to transform into believers.
There's no way, what kind of ghosts, vampires, and necromancers are all in the Night God System...... It's not easy for them to recruit believers in a serious way. On the contrary, it is much more efficient to rely on the method of transforming souls to create believers.
Many minor gods, as well as gods who do not preach on the main plane, will choose to do the same. Even the good gods are not against it, in any case, it is better to be able to become a believer and live in the kingdom of God, or to be transformed into an oracle than to become a spirit son and merge back into the sea of souls.
Sui Xiong observed carefully, but after looking at it for a long time, he didn't find even a soul worth his own effort to fish out of the River Styx.
His requirements are very high, and if his soul is not good enough, he would rather not make a move.
Churches like him have deities of sufficient size and are not lacking in the souls of believers.
After a while, he finally found a good soul, the strength of the soul was very high, although it had fallen into the River Styx, it still maintained a relatively intact self, and did not fall into a peaceful sleep like ordinary souls and then began to disintegrate, which is the best material to transform into an oracle.
With a wave of his tentacle, it turned into a slender strand like a fishing line, and lightly probed into the River Styx, and at once it enveloped the soul and hooked it out of the River Styx.
"The intensity is really not low. As soon as this soul arrived, Sui Xiong was sure that his observation was indeed correct, and it was completely worth the special effort to fish. So he hurriedly injected some divine power into this soul, stabilized it, and then put it away for the time being.
Because now there's business to be done.
"Hello, long time no see. Greeting the figure who suddenly appeared not far in front of him, wearing a black robe and carrying a long scythe, Sui Xiong first said off-topic, "Anyway, I've always had a question, your dress is similar to those soul seduction messengers in hell, do they learn from you, or do you learn from them?"
The one who came was naturally the supreme god on the bright side of the underworld, the god of death.
The Grim Reaper obviously didn't expect Sui Xiong to come to the underworld specifically, and after releasing the news of inviting him to meet, the opening remarks turned out to be such a question, and he was stunned for a moment before answering: "I have a cooperation agreement with the Hell side, so I lent them some power." The outfit of the Hellbringer is a ritual necessary to borrow some of my powers. โ
This answer was not at all unexpected by Sui Xiong, so he couldn't help but ask: "Then would you like to sign a cooperation agreement with me?" If there is an envoy from the underworld in the court, I believe it can greatly enhance our country's deterrent effect against criminals. โ
Death nodded: "That's fine, I'm willing to cooperate with all gods who respect the principle of life and death - but is it just for this little thing that you came to me?"
Sui Xiong smiled, hesitated slightly, and still said his true intention.
"I don't approve. After listening to his account, the Grim Reaper replied dryly, "Those lords have lived long enough, and they shouldn't live longer." You help one or two of them once in a while, I'm okay with that. But if you want to help them stay alive on a large scale, you can't do that. โ
Such an answer did not surprise Sui Xiong, in fact, he had almost guessed that it would be such an answer. To the Grim Reaper, nothing else matters except to uphold the workings of life and deathโgood or evil, order or chaos, it doesn't make any difference to Him.
The slightest interference of the gods in the life and death of mortals is acceptable to the god of death. But to interfere on a large scale is beyond the limits of what He can tolerate.
Of course, everything is negotiable, but Sui Xiong can't come up with an exchange condition that can satisfy the god of death, he is not a big-faced cat, and he has no intention of fighting the god of death for this little thing, so he has to forget it.
He sighed with some regret and was about to say goodbye, when the Grim Reaper suddenly asked, "Why did you help those lords to continue their lives?"
"In exchange for them helping me in my mission. Sui Xiong replied.
"There are many conditions that can be exchanged, so why exchange the hardest, and most valuable?"
Sui Xiong was stunned.
He hadn't really thought about it.
For mortals, life renewal is naturally a big deal, and almost anything can be exchanged for this. But...... As the god of death said, as a powerful god, there are many things that he can do, so why should he exchange such a big thing as life extension with those lords?
"And...... I don't think you're pushing for a republic?" Death continued, "that means you're against the family lordship system." If you are against this, why do you want to help the nobles who have passed on the right to rule their territories as a personal good, passed on and inherited from generation to generation?"
Sui Xiong's eyes widened, and he was even more shocked.
On the one hand, he was pointed out to blind spots in his thinking, and on the other hand, he was surprised that the Grim Reaper cared so much about human affairs.
"You...... Why are you studying these?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Because it's boring. The Grim Reaper calmly replied, "The underworld is too boring, and I always have to find something to pass the time." โ
Because it's boring...... Sui Xiong was speechless and was silent for a long time before asking, "Then what do you think, what should I do?"
"What do you do, why do you ask me?" Death asked, "what to do, it should be up to you to decide." โ
"No advice at all?"
"I'm the Grim Reaper, the living thing, don't ask me. After saying that, the figure of the god of death disappeared without a trace, leaving Sui Xiong standing in the air, silently pondering. (To be continued.) )