Chapter 435: Chapter 304: Emperor Dongyue!
The Underworld Palace.
Fengdu City.
Inside the heavenly room of a luxurious tavern.
Xu Yang sat cross-legged on the bed, with the jade talisman that Lord Cui gave him clutched in his hand.
36 Heavenly-General Skills, 72 Earth-Devil Skills!
One hundred and eight divine powers of the Daoist Sect!
Any divine power, in any Daoist Sect, was considered a secret, only imparted to the core disciples, never disclosed to outsiders.
Take the Divine Ascension Scripture of the Jingming Sect, for example.
This Daoist Art was seen as the highest code of law of Jingming Sect, a path to attain Dao and Immortality. However, it revealed only three divine powers in total. This comparison emphasized the importance of the jade talisman currently in Xu Yang’s hand.
“Manipulating the Creation.”
“The top-ranked divine power of the 36 Heavenly-General Skills, capable of creating from the void, bringing life back from death.”
“Moving Stars Changing Ladle.”
“This enables one to shift stars, borrow power from celestial bodies; when fully mastered, even rearranging stellar alignments and capturing stars and the moon are effortless.”
“Inverting Yin and Yang, Summoning Wind and Rain, Turning Rivers into Land, Emitting Golden Earthly Light, Mastery of Six Armor Skills, Plant Beans to Create Soldiers, Size Manipulation…”
Xu Yang sighed, “These divine powers are formidable, but it seems extremely challenging to master them… Even getting a grasp of the basics seems difficult. It appears I might have oversimplified things earlier… Compiling one hundred and eight divine powers of Daoist Sect to form Golden Elixir… that’s difficult!”
The 36 Heavenly-General Skills are too difficult to master.
In contrast, the 72 Earth-Devil Skills seem slightly easier.
Of course.
This “easier” is just relative to Xu Yang.
After all, he has a system advantage.
As long as he can get a basic grasp of a divine power and display it on the system attribute panel, he can use the “Deep Blue Points” method to enhance it. As long as he has enough merit points, he can easily produce a divine power talisman!
“I don’t need to worry about merit points.”
“I’m now in control of the two major Ghost Markets in Xi Xia and Fengdu City. There are many ways to earn merit points.”
“Besides, I’m now in the Underworld Palace, surrounded by ghosts… all I need to do now is to practice calmly and try to master these divine powers as early as possible.”
Taking a deep breath, Xu Yang got up and stretched his limbs.
At this moment.
Someone knocked on the door.
“Who is it?”
Xu Yang’s face fell.
At the door, an elderly man dressed in brocaded robes bowed deferentially, “Sir, I am the owner of this tavern. My surname is Wang, and I am called Wang Shiren… I’m sorry for the intrusion. I wanted to bring some specialities from our tavern to you.”
Squeak.
The room door opened.
The old man, carrying a jade tray loaded with a pot of wine, two wine glasses, and a few small dishes, walked in.
“Sir.”
“Here is our shops’ specialty, celestial wine, I hope you enjoy it…
“Leave the celestial wine on the table and go.”
Xu Yang indifferently said, “If there’s nothing else, don’t bother me.”
The old man was very respectful and quickly withdrew from the room.
After he closed the door for Xu Yang, he puffed out his chest and muttered in a low voice, “That was terrifying… who on earth is this guy? A living person brazenly acting out in Fengdu City, and even staying here, arranged personally by Lord Cui.”
Inside the room.
“Ding!”
“A ghost is frightened. Merit points +10000, Cooking Skill +1.”
Upon hearing the system prompt in his head, Xu Yang was slightly taken aback, exclaiming, “The tavern owner… is a Ghost Immortal?”
To the side, Liu Shishi nodded, “I noticed it when he came in… His aura seems to be even stronger than Yue Niang’s, probably among the top-tier experts in the ranks of the Ghost Immortals.”
“Makes sense.”
Xu Yang thought about it carefully and agreed, “To establish such a big business here in Fengdu City, one must be capable. But this Ghost Immortal seems a bit timid.”
His eyes flickered.
He secretly thought about whether he could take advantage of this old man during his stay in the tavern…
A smile crossed his face as he said, “Madam, we have wine and food, why not have a drink together to pass a long evening?”
“Husband, it’s daylight now!”
Liu Shishi pointed outside and laughed, “But the day here in Underworld Palace doesn’t differ much from a night in the human realm.”
She walked over and poured wine for Xu Yang.
The two clinked glasses, Xu Yang took a sip and couldn’t help but say, “Good, good… The wine here in the Underworld Palace isn’t half bad. Though it does lack the taste of human realm wine, its efficacy is much stronger!”
“Human realm wine is brewed for enjoyment, hence it naturally has a finer taste.”
Liu Shishi sipped her wine and said, “But compared to the wine of Judge Cui, this one falls short. I only drank three cups of that wine and felt my cultivation improve. It was almost equivalent to a year of arduous practice. Now, my cultivation has completely stabilized.”
Before long.
The pot of wine was empty.
Xu Yang held Liu Shishi’s hand and laughed, “Madam, how much has your strength increased after your breakthrough?”
Liu Shishi looked at him seductively and softly whispered, “You will know how much it has improved once you’ve tried it.”
“Let’s try it then!”
Xu Yang pulled Liu Shishi into his arms.
A man and a ghost, they were like an “old married couple” by now, with no inhibitions between them. Their amorous playful mood filled the room.
After a long while.
The passionate haze cleared.
At this moment, there was a knock at the door.
Outside the door, Wang Shiren, the hotel owner, said, “Sir, your dinner is ready. Would you like to come down and eat, or should I bring it up to you?”
Xu Yang: “Beat it!”
“Ding!”
“The ghost was scared, merit points +10000, cooking skills +1.”
The hotel owner shivered, quickly responding, “Alright, Sir, I’ll leave right away… If you need anything, just give the word.”
Seeing Xu Yang’s reaction, Liu Shishi said, “It’s just a hotel owner. Why get angry, my lord?”
“I’m not angry.”
Xu Yang laughed, “He brought us wine, kindly offered us dinner, why would I be angry?”
Liu Shishi was taken aback, asking, “Then why did you tell him to beat it?”
“His motives aren’t pure.”
Xu Yang said seriously, “You’ve just had a breakthrough, and my cultivation level is not impressive in Fengdu City. Why would the hotel owner be so nice to us? He must have seen us brought here by Lord Cui’s confidant… He just wants to have a connection with me and Brother Cui.”
“We should indeed maintain some distance.”
Liu Shishi said, “How can we use his name in such a way? The generous treatment we are receiving from Brother Cui is already a great blessing… Huh, my lord, why have you gotten dressed?”
Xu Yang: “Of course, I’m going down to eat. Hehe… after dinner, I’ll deal with you, you little vixen!”
Liu Shishi: “…”
The restaurant had six floors in total.
The first and second floors were dining areas, with the first floor being the main hall and the second floor having private rooms. The third to sixth floors were lodging areas.
Xu Yang had thought that in the Underworld Palace, all yin spirits don’t need to eat or sleep!
Opening a restaurant in the Underworld Palace must be incredibility unprofitable.
However, surprisingly enough, this restaurant was doing well beyond belief!
The first-floor main hall, with dozens of tables, was crowded with all kinds of ghouls. They were eating, drinking, and chatting loudly. The servers were nimbly moving between the tables, swift as the wind.
Even the private rooms on the second floor were more than half booked.
As for “distinguished guests” like Xu Yang, they naturally got to sit in the private rooms.
Wang Shiren, the hotel owner, personally led Xu Yang into the private room, filled his cup himself, and served three cups as an apology.
Xu Yang naturally didn’t miss out on the opportunity to earn merit points. Within a short time, he had earned 70 to 80 thousand merit points.
“Scaring Ghost Immortals, is just too invigorating!”
“10,000 points each time… If I had seven or eight Ghost Immortals to scare, wouldn’t I instantly become unbeatable?”
Looking at the steadily rising merit points, which had already exceeded 1.2 million, Xu Yang felt pretty satisfied.
But on the surface he remained serious, he said, “Mr. Huang…”
The hotel owner hurriedly replied, “Sir, my surname is Wang, Wang Shiren.”
Xu Yang: “I know your name is Wang Shiren… But do you know why I kept getting your name wrong?”
Wang Shiren shook his head in confusion.
Xu Yang: “In the mortal world, there’s a story called ‘Yang Bailao and Huang Shiren’. In the story, Huang Shiren is a ruthless and greedy landlord. He bullied men and women, charged high interest on loans, and brought about the ruin and death of countless people due to his unscrupulous acts… Mr. Wang, in Fengdu City, are you also like this?”
“Ding!”
“The ghost was scared, merit points +10000, cooking skills +1.”
“Ding!”
“The ghost was scared, merit points +10000, cooking skills +1.”
Wang Shiren had a start, saying, “Sir, that’s a false accusation… I am a law-abiding, virtuous ghost. I would never dare to violate the rules set by the Underworld…”
Seeing the hotel owner about to kneel, Xu Yang waved his hand, beckoning him to leave.
Only him and Liu Shishi were left in the private room.
The man and the ghost enjoyed the underworld’s delicacies. Through the small window of the private room, they could see the scene in the main hall on the first floor.
In the main hall, besides the ghosts eating and drinking, there was also a storytelling ghost.
This ghost was blind.
There was a little ghost girl in tattered clothes by his side.
After taking a sip of his tea, the storytelling ghost said loudly, “Gentlemen, today I’m going to tell the story of Emperor Dongyue…”
Downstairs, a ghost yelled, “Hey… can’t you talk about something else? Who in our Underworld doesn’t know the story of Emperor Dongyue?”
The blind ghost shook his head, asking back, “Then do you know the origin of Emperor Dongyue?”
The ghost laughed, “Isn’t it obvious? Emperor Dongyue is the highest deity of our Underworld Palace. He once co-managed the Underworld with Emperor Beiyin of Fengdu… However, after the incident, Emperor Dongyue fell, and for 600 years there was a break in the Yin-Yang Path. All this was caused by the incident, wasn’t it?”
Upstairs.
Xu Yang’s spirit was stirred, and he exchanged a glance with Liu Shishi!
Emperor Dongyue?
The interruption of the Yin-Yang Path was related to him?
“Nonsense!”
A ghost stood up, slapping the table, saying “Emperor Dongyue was such a mighty deity. How could he have fallen? I heard that he reincarnated as a mortal…”
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