Chapter 553: Chapter 394: Lord Cui alone is worth a thousand armies!
“Xu… Master Xu, where are we going?”
On the streets of Fengdu City, Xu Yang, who had changed his appearance, strode forward.
Behind him, Chris Smith jogged after him, cautiously asking.
Xu Yang said coldly, “To the Underworld!”
“Ding!”
“Werewolf received a shock, merit points +100.”
“The Underworld?”
Chris shuddered, a look of fear on his face, stuttering, “Could it be… the legendary Underworld Palace, specifically for the trial of Yin spirits? Xu… Master Xu, will I be judged after I go there?”
“Shut up!”
Niu Mang slapped him, angrily saying, “Wherever the master is going, you just follow, why waste your breath?”
When they arrived at the entrance of the Underworld.
Xu Yang was stopped by the guard underworld soldiers.
“No idle ghosts allowed near the Underworld!”
Xu Yang wiped his face and restored his original appearance, saying seriously, “I am Xu Yang, I want to see Lord Cui!”
“What?”
“Master Xu?”
The guard underworld soldiers looked at Xu Yang’s face and heard the name “Xu Yang,” they all stepped back unanimously, their eyes on Xu Yang changed.
“Ding!”
“Underworld soldier was frightened, merit points +1000, spear skill +1.”
“Ding!”
“Underworld soldier was frightened, merit points +100, blade skill +1.”
“Ding…”
Xu Yang even saw a soldier quietly back up a few steps, leaning his buttocks against the wall.
Xu Yang: “…”
“The master is amazing!”
Niu Mang didn’t miss any chance to flatter, saying ingratiatingly, “A person’s name precedes them, like a tree’s shadow…”
“Shut up!”
Xu Yang turned his head and scolded.
Since he had revealed his face, these underworld soldiers naturally dared not stop him anymore.
Xu Yang swaggered into the Underworld, and wherever he went, he encountered underworld soldiers, he could definitely harvest a large wave of merit points!
In particular, the soldiers guarding the Underworld were at least at the level of Ghost King, so just by taking a trip around the Underworld, Xu Yang had gained tens of thousands of merit points or more.
He had an idea and opened the system attribute panel.
[Age]: 22 years
[Daoist Arts]: Divine Ascension Scripture
[Skills]: Fire Manipulation Skill (divine power), Water Manipulation Skill (divine power), Wulei Rules (Divine Master), Paper Cutting Skill (divine power), Earth Escape Skill (divine power), Dream Creation Skill, Land Spirit Skill (divine power).
[Martial Arts]: Land Flight Skill (Great Success), Soul Searching, Disguise Art, Eight Forms of Famous Sword Skills (Great Success), Great River Sword Manual (Great Success)
[Divine Powers]: Rain Invocation, Flame Spewing, Mountain Shaking, Turning Stone into Gold, Communicating with the Netherworld, Interrupting Flow, Summoning Clouds, Strength Increasing, Water Talisman, Wind Borrowing…….. (Too many, ellipsis.)
[Cultivation]: Daoist True Monarch (Dao), Land Immortal (Martial Arts)
[Treasures]: Supreme Purification Seal (Immortal Artifact), Jiao-slaying Sword (Immortal Artifact), Large Iron Hammer.
[Merit Points]: 853,000
[Storage Space]: 10,000 cubic yards
He hadn’t checked before, but now that he looked at it, he was surprised!
“I was on a small island overseas, closed-door cultivation to challenge the rules of the Thunderbolt, and used up all my merit points. It hasn’t been long since then. I haven’t deliberately brushed up on merit points, but I already have more than 800,000…”
Looking at the constantly rising data in the [Merit Points] column of the attribute panel, Xu Yang suddenly felt…
Lord Cui was doing it this way.
It didn’t seem so inappropriate!
In front of them, another squad of underworld soldiers was patrolling.
Xu Yang stopped the squad and asked, “Is Judge Cui in the backyard residence?”
“Yes…yes…”
The squad of underworld soldiers obviously recognized Xu Yang and hurriedly answered apprehensively, providing another wave of merit points, pushing Xu Yang’s merit points closer to 900,000.
After they reported, they wanted to leave.
Xu Yang had a flash of thought in his heart, his eyes shifting, smiling and saying, “Wait!”
The squad of underworld soldiers immediately stopped.
“Ding!”
“Underworld soldier was frightened, merit points +100, Fire Manipulation Skill +1.”
“Ding!”
“Underworld soldier was frightened, merit points +1000, spear skill +1.”
“Ding…”
The squad leader of the underworld soldiers, whose strength had reached the level of “Soul Differentiation, Manifestation,” asked cautiously, “Master Xu… do you have any other orders?”
Xu Yang grinned.
He intentionally narrowed his eyes, rubbed his chin with his fingers, and scanned the ten underworld soldiers.
Wherever his gaze went, the ten soldiers shivered as if they had been electrocuted.
“Ding!”
“Underworld soldier was frightened, merit points +100, Fire Manipulation Skill +1.”
“Ding!”
“Underworld soldier was frightened, merit points +1000, spear skill +1.”
“Ding…”
The system prompt sounded more frequently.
Xu Yang glanced at the system attribute panel, and he couldn’t help but feel amused!
I just gave them a look, and my merit points have already broken the 900,000 mark?
If I do something else…
Won’t there be even more?
Xu Yang looked up and down at the squad leader of the underworld soldier team, grinning and saying, “You’re quite good-looking, young man!”
“Ah!”
The face of the underworld soldier squad leader changed drastically, and he knelt on the ground with a thud.
“Ding!”
“Yin Soldier frightened, Merit Points +1000, Marksmanship +1.”
“Ding!”
“Yin Soldier frightened, Merit Points +1000, Marksmanship +1.”
“Ding…”
Ten consecutive system notification sounds rang out. The Yin Soldier squad leader kept kowtowing, his voice filled with a sobbing tone, “Celestial Master Xu, I beg you… please spare me. I have an 800-year-old mother at home and a 200-year-old child…”
“Ding!”
“Yin Soldier frightened, Merit Points +1000, Marksmanship +1.”
“Ding…”
Another series of system notification sounds resounded.
The Yin Soldier squad leader, like an ostrich, buried his head on the ground and continued to kneel.
However, this position…
Inevitably, his buttocks were sticking up a little high.
Xu Yang laughed, walked past the kneeling Yin Soldier squad leader, and casually… slapped his protruding buttocks with a smack, mischievously saying, “This figure isn’t bad either… little brother, after I meet Lord Cui, let’s have a drink together?”
The Yin Soldier squad leader’s buttocks trembled, frightened to the point of turning pale.
Listening to the system notification sound in his ears, Xu Yang’s gloominess disappeared, and he laughed heartily as he walked towards the residence of Lord Cui in the Underworld Palace’s backyard.
…
Inside a luxurious residence in the Underworld Palace’s backyard.
Initially, when Lord Cui saw Xu Yang angry, his head felt like it weighed a ton, and he wanted to run away and hide for a few days.
Especially when he “saw” Xu Yang walking through the main gate of the Underworld Palace, Lord Cui even urged his wives and concubines to pack their luggage…
At this moment, seeing Xu Yang’s mood suddenly improve,
Even teasing the Yin Soldier squad leader, Lord Cui mysteriously felt relieved. Without thinking, he “recorded” the scene using his immortality skill.
“Wait a minute!”
After the recording was done, Lord Cui finally reacted with a horrified expression, “What am I doing? Do I think my life is too long? Why would I record these things?”
He glanced around nervously.
Seeing no one around, Lord Cui cautiously stored the recorded “video” in a jade talisman, solemnly put away the jade talisman, and then tidied up his judge uniform and hat. He strode out of the residence.
From afar, he laughed aloud-
“Haha!”
“Celestial Master Xu, when did you arrive in Fengdu City? Why didn’t you inform me in advance? So I could have welcomed you and treated you to a meal!”
Lord Cui habitually wanted to address Xu Yang as “younger brother Xu Yang,” but stopped himself and quickly changed his words to “Celestial Master Xu” as he remembered Xu Yang’s true identity.
Damn!
Before, he thought Xu Yang was the son of the Emperor and had called him “younger brother” so many times… but now that he knew Xu Yang’s real identity, how could Lord Cui be disrespectful?
As for Xu Yang,
“Brother Cui…”
He arrived in the Underworld Palace’s backyard and was about to respond to Lord Cui’s laughter when a system notification suddenly resounded in his mind-
“Ding!”
“Lord Cui frightened, Merit Points +1,000,000, Resurrection +1, Embryonic Transformation +1, Size Manipulation +1.”
“???”
Xu Yang was struck dumb, standing there in a daze.
Meanwhile, Lord Cui was already approaching with a beaming smile on his face, “Celestial Master Xu… please, come in!”
Xu Yang, in a daze, followed Lord Cui into the main hall. It wasn’t until a large table full of delicious food was presented that he came back to his senses, and his gaze toward Lord Cui changed slightly.
Lord Cui, feeling Xu Yang’s gaze, couldn’t help but be scared, fearing that Xu Yang was still angry. He hurriedly explained, “Celestial Master Xu, please hear me out… I didn’t know how to scare ghosts, so I let the ghost officials in the human world ask around about your deeds in the ghost circle.”
“I followed your methods to scare those ghosts…”
“Ding!”
“Lord Cui frightened, Merit Points +1,000,000, Resurrection +1, Embryonic Transformation +1, Size Manipulation +1.”.
Xu Yang did not hear what Lord Cui was saying clearly.
At the moment, all of his thoughts were on the system’s attribute panel!
[Merit Points]: 2.93 million!
As for the[Divine Powers]column…
There weren’t many changes.
Resurrection, Embryonic Transformation, and Size Manipulation.
These three divine powers were part of the 36 Malevolent-Deity Skills!
Among them, Resurrection had self-explanatory abilities: it allowed the soul to return to the body and resurrect the dead. Lord Cui, as the Chief Judge of the Underworld’s Yinlu Department, wielded the judge’s pen and controlled the Book of Life and Death. It was reasonable for him to possess such abilities.
Embryonic Transformation allowed one to change the body into an infant, age, change appearance, or even cause the enemy to age or turn into a baby…
As for Size Manipulation, there was no need to say much.
This was a transformation skill.
Once it was cultivated, one could change the size of any part of their body… or even the size of other objects!
Xu Yang wasn’t surprised to see these divine powers on Lord Cui.
What surprised him was…
Why was Lord Cui afraid?
And since he was a powerful figure in the Underworld with a cultivation level far beyond ordinary immortals… why could he provide Merit Points??
“Originally, Lord Cui was human, and only entered the Underworld after dying… no matter how powerful he is now, he is still fundamentally a ghost?” Xu Yang secretly speculated.
He then chuckled, “Big Brother Cui, you’ve done so much for me along the way. You’re like my older brother in my heart… If I, Xu Yang, don’t even remember such a kindness, can I still call myself a human being?”
“Ding!”
“Lord Cui frightened, Merit Points +1,000,000, Resurrection +1, Embryonic Transformation +1, Size Manipulation +1.”
Just one address of “Big Brother Cui” almost caused Lord Cui’s defenses to break.
He quickly stood up and waved both of his hands, hurriedly saying, “Xu… Celestial Master Xu, I was wrong before. Given your status as the Emperor’s… the Emperor’s, whatnot… how could I, Cui Yu have the virtues and talents to call you my brother?”
The Emperor’s what?
The son of the Emperor… what’s so unspeakable about that?
[Merit Points]: 3.93 million!
Damn it!
This increase in Merit Points was simply too enjoyable!
Lord Cui alone was even more powerful than an army!
Xu Yang glanced at his system attribute panel, not paying attention to what Lord Cui had said. Instead, he had a beaming smile on his face as he grabbed Lord Cui’s hand, “Big Brother Cui, you’ve been helping me so much on this journey. In my heart, you’re my big brother… if I, Xu Yang, can’t even remember such a kindness, can I still consider myself human?”