Chapter Sixty-Eight: The New General
Crossing the archway, the group of three soon arrived at the Yama Palace.
Yan Jing followed behind the two judges, climbing up the stairs, his eyes constantly looking at the buildings in front of him.
It is the area where King Yama sits every day.
Yan Jing thought it would be an extraordinarily grand and majestic palace, but when he got closer, he found that what stood on the high platform was actually a three-story restaurant with a rather simple appearance, only the top was lit.
"This ...... Yama Temple? ”
Raising his hand and scratching his forehead, Yan Jing asked with some hesitation.
"Why, isn't it like?"
Zhong Kui grinned and asked rhetorically.
"Ahem~ I can't say it's not, it's just a little different from what I imagined."
Where had Yan Jing seen the real Yama Palace, and said helplessly.
"This is just a separate courtyard, the real Yama Hall has long been integrated into the Heavenly Dao, it is a place to judge ghosts, do you want to go there to meet the Yama King?"
In order not to let Yan Jing have an unwarranted association, Cui Yu still opened his mouth to explain.
After all, Yan Jing is still a living person, if he really enters the Yama Palace, the Heavenly Dao Law inside will immediately react to him, and if he can't keep it at that time, there will be an accident, so it is better to find another courtyard.
As they spoke, the three of them stepped up the final staircase.
Before Yan Jing could react, the scene in front of him suddenly changed to the hall on the top floor of the restaurant.
On the soft couch in front of him, a young man wearing a ruffled wide-sleeved robe sits upright, pouring wine by himself.
It was obviously a very ordinary scene, the moment Yan Jing saw the other party, he felt that his whole body had become extremely stiff, and even moving a finger had become an extravagant hope, in this restaurant or another courtyard, the young man in front of him was in control of everything!
"Visitors from Heaven...... Are you from Earth, Hexing or Tianshu? ”
Placing the wine glass in his hand on the table, King Yama looked at Yan Jing carefully, and suddenly asked.
The moment the words fell, Yan Jing only felt relaxed, but his expression became more and more solemn, and he bent down and said,
"Back to King Yama, I'm from Earth."
Saying this, Yan Jing quickly remembered the other two world names mentioned by King Yama.
Obviously, the apostles controlled by the Torch and Nanco are not only from Earth, they have also carried out similar actions in other worlds, or is one of these two worlds the birthplace where the Torch and Nanke were created?
Yan Jing remembered that Cui Yu had said that in the great war caused by the collapse of Shinto, there were also visitors from other worlds who appeared.
At that time, he subconsciously thought that they were the apostles led by Nan Ke, but now that he thinks about it, there are nine out of ten apostles from other worlds, and they all participated in that great war.
Although the final result was not satisfactory, their souls after death were captured by Hades and then regained their memories.
"You have Shinto incense, but the power contained in it is only a superficial use, your soul has a Shinto atmosphere, it seems to have great power, but it is only a mortal body, strange, really strange!"
King Yama did not seem to intend to continue his research into the question of where Yama came from, and after learning of the existence of the earth, he changed the subject and referred to the peculiarities of the latter's body.
Shinto weather? Mighty curling?
Yan Jing immediately thought of Di Jun and Gonggong.
All of them contributed to the significant elevation of the statue of the dragon and tiger Yama.
Thinking of this, Yan Jing couldn't help pursing his lips, a touch of struggle flashed in his eyes, and he immediately turned into firmness, and decisively took two steps forward and asked,
"Back to the king of Yama, the idol in my body is a gift from a local little girl after saving the residents of a town from the hands of the extraterritorial heavenly demons when walking in the other world, but it is only a mortal below, I really don't know its use, I only feel that its ability is miraculous, and I hope that the king of Yama will solve the puzzle."
From the time he obtained the Dragon Tiger Yama Statue to the present, Yan Jing has been exploring its usage and evolution on his own.
Now that there was a real immortal figure in front of him, coupled with the reminders of Cui Yu and Zhong Kui when he came, Yan Jing immediately realized that his opportunity to truly understand the Dragon Tiger Yama Statue was close at hand.
Because of this, without waiting for King Yama to answer, Yan Jing straightened up and straightforwardly summoned the dragon and tiger Yama statue from his body.
In an instant, a pale golden streamer filled the hall.
After several missions have been strengthened, the Dragon Tiger Yama statue at this time has changed greatly from the rough appearance when the little girl gave it, but some traces of the earth embryo can still be seen in the details.
Even so, no one can ignore its might.
Rao is Cui Yu and Zhong Kui couldn't help but step forward to take a closer look at this moment, while King Yama laughed loudly after looking at it,
"Great goodness! What the girl gave you was nothing more than a clay sculpture, but what you did was recognized by the heaven and earth, and this is the only way to create it, which shows that your heart does not need to be tested again!"
It was only at this moment that Yan Jing realized that the Dragon Tiger Yama Statue was not a prop created by the torch at all, and that what the latter had done was simply to transfer this extremely special legendary item to him.
The persistence and sacrifice in Jingjiang Town that night brought Yan Jing far more than just the recognition of the torch!
King Yama was clearly pleased with Yama's honesty.
What made him admire even more was the origin of this dragon and tiger Yama statue, so he got up and asked,
"Yan Jing, let me ask you, come to me as a general of the underworld, and guard the capital with the underworld, are you willing?"
Hearing this, Yan Jing was stunned for a while.
He never imagined that things would unfold like this.
The two judges on his side were equally surprised, and they all set their eyes on King Yama.
The living have become immortal, something that has never been done before!
After being silent for a long time, Yan Jing finally sighed and wanted to open his mouth to refuse.
It is impossible for him to stay in Hades, let alone in Xudu.
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I don't need you to stay in the underworld or the capital of Xudu, let you serve as the underworld, I just want to give you a creation, I just want to see how far you can go as an outsider, an existence recognized by a party of heaven and earth!"
Without waiting for Yan Jing to speak, King Yama seemed to see through his thoughts and reminded.
to this one.
What else could Yan Jing say?
Become your own person in Hades, and then talk about the follow-up things very harmoniously.
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Yudu City, Bai Family.
In the wee hours of the morning, light snow fell.
Bai Ruosu changed into the uniform of the judge inspector and walked out of the door.
The old butler, as always, stood beside the steam cart parked at the door, holding a copy of today's newspaper in his hand, and respectfully handed it over.
"Did anyone visit this morning?"
After taking the newspaper, Bai Ruosu didn't rush to read it, but glanced left and right and asked the old housekeeper.
"So far, the Soul Master hasn't appeared in the past few days."
The housekeeper knew very well who his young lady really wanted to ask, and shook his head in response.
"Got it...... Let's go, the verdict. ”
After receiving a negative answer, the expression on Bai Ruosu's face darkened slightly, and he adjusted his emotions before sitting in the car.
With the sound of the machine, the steam car went on the road, and Bai Ruosu, who was sitting in the back seat, opened the newspaper.
The first thing I saw was still the news that took up the largest page about the big festival two days ago.
At this time, two days had passed since the end of the turmoil of the festival.
Although the Three Law Divisions immediately came out to explain the situation to the people in the city and assured that all the attackers had been eliminated, the hundreds of casualties still made the incident the hottest news in the city recently.
Of course, in the mouth of the three law divisions, the attackers were a group of poisons transformed by underground forces, who were hidden in advance in the high-rise buildings around Wangxiangtai, hoping to create a horrific attack and increase the momentum of prevention.
In order not to cause panic at the social level, the government also cooperated with the release of many ambiguous "clues" to divert the public's attention to other aspects.
As for the Shinto, news of fallen believers and the like is strictly blocked.
After a brief glance at the contents, Bai Ruosu put the newspaper on his lap and recalled in his mind what happened that day.
As a key participant in the positioning ceremony, although Bai Ruosu did not directly participate in the extermination of the Shinto people and extraterritorial heavenly demons in the other space, he also learned some information through Si Cheng Zhongxiang, who returned later.
The Shinto people and the extraterritorial heavenly demons were all wiped out, and the alien space also completely collapsed.
It is said that the guy who signed the soul contract with her also played an extremely important role in it.
Later, he was invited by the two judges to go to Hades.
Bai Ruosu thought that Yan Jing would return that night, but she really had too many doubts for the latter to answer.
I didn't think it would be two days.
"Have you already left the city...... Won't you even break the contract? ”
Feeling that there was still a soul warrior contract in his body, Bai Ruosu couldn't help but mutter.
Judge Cui once said that he was an outsider.
Now that it has not appeared, it seems that it can only be explained by the fact that the other party has returned to the world in which he lives.
"Miss, recently I heard the housekeeper of Liufu mention that he wants to welcome a new underworld general, and a temple dedicated to that underworld general will be built in the capital city, should we also make some preparations in advance, there is no empty arch in the underworld hall in the mansion."
"The new Immortal...... How did I not know? ”
Interrupted by the butler's words, Bai Ruosu was stunned for half a second, and then asked with some confusion.
As the patrol envoy of the trial case, the most relied on weekdays is the power of the generals of the underworld, and now she wants to welcome the new general, but she doesn't know anything, if you want to say that it is not strange, it is fake.
"Don't you know?"
The butler was equally confused, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and said,
"You can take a look at the newspapers, I remember there was a report on it."
Hurriedly picking up the newspaper, Bai Ruosu flipped through it, and soon found the part of the content that the housekeeper said.
Unexpectedly, what the housekeeper said was not any gossip, but a fact that was jointly verified by the government of Xudu and the three law divisions, and it was specially published in the most conspicuous position of the official newspaper.
The gaze swept over the content of the news report and finally landed on the attached picture on the right.
It was a small statue of the Underworld.
He was dressed in a dark robe, carrying a long sword, with a dragon arch guard on his side, and a tiger lying on his feet.
"Dragon Tiger Yama Daojun?"
Seeing the annotation under the picture, Bai Ruosu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
She had never heard of this title, let alone seen any record of this underworld general in the internal books of the Three Law Divisions.
What's more important is the appearance of this mortal general, she always feels a little familiar.
At this moment, someone's voice resurfaced in his head,
"Meet in the old place, come quickly, and have something to explain."
"Divert to the wonton stall by the Minghu Bridge!"
The palm holding the newspaper suddenly tightened, and Bai Ruosu leaned forward, his tone a little excited.
The housekeeper wondered why his young lady went to eat wontons at this time, but his movements were not slow, he braked with one foot, and then turned the steering wheel.
After a few blocks, Bai Ruosu's eyes fell through the car window to the wonton stall with a big umbrella in the snow in front of him.
Yan Jing was still sitting in the same place as before, there were already two or three empty bowls on the table, and he was taking another bowl of wontons from the stall owner.
Get out of the car and walk straight to the table and take a seat.
At this time, Bai Ruosu's heart was full of confusion, and he didn't know where to start for a while.
"I know what you want to ask, I don't have much time left, just eat a bowl of wontons, just listen to me first."
After scooping up a spoonful of lard and putting it into the wonton soup, Yan Jing glanced at Bai Ruosu's expression, and then said,
"There are three important things, after I leave, you can go to Zhong Xiang for verification."
"First, the soul warrior contract between us does not need to be dissolved...... Although it is a pity, but this is the request of Hades, they need to use this contract to position the world I am in, and this is related to the follow-up extremely important plan, I can't say much about the specific content, you just need to remember that no matter what situation you face in the future, you must ensure that your soul is normal!"
The ability that should have been used to create an out-of-body incarnation for himself has now signed an envoy with average ability, to say that Yan Jing doesn't feel pity that it is fake, but when it comes to follow-up plans, he doesn't regret it.
"Second, through the Soul Warrior Contract, you can use my abilities, which is enough to make you the best in the court, if nothing else, you will soon be promoted to the commander and get the key training."
"Thirdly, and most importantly, you will become the eyes of Hades, to observe the world I live in, and at the same time to become a mouthpiece between me and Hades, as for what to do, when you go to the trial, someone will tell you."
After saying the three things in one breath, Yan Jing scooped a wonton and stuffed it into his mouth, and then motioned for Bai Ruosu to ask questions.
"I heard Lord Si Cheng say that you went to Hades under the guidance of the judge."
Digesting the information he had just learned in his mind, Bai Ruosu subconsciously asked,
"What happened?"
"It's not a big deal, it's just that I followed the two judges to meet the king of Yama and talked about some things, you don't need to ask much about the specific content, it's about the future of the capital and the world I'm in, you know too much, it's not a good thing."
Yan Jing raised his hand against his chin, looked at Bai Ruosu, raised his eyebrows lightly, replied with some teasing, paused, and added,
"I thought it was only half an hour, but when I didn't expect to come back, it was two days later......"
That's right, in Yan Jing's view, he only stayed in the Underworld for half an hour.
As a result, when he was sent back to Xudu by the judge, he found that the time flow rate in the two places was completely different, and it was thanks to that there was no time limit this time.