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Chapter 228: Back Then, One Against Three

Chapter 228: Chapter 228: Back Then, One Against Three

Wan An looked at his grandson with loving eyes and sighed, "At the time, seeing him so small and drenched by the heavy rain, I was worried he would get sick and not make it. I never imagined he’d grow into such a sturdy young man so quickly!"

Through the clean and handsome young man before him, he seemed to see his own child grown into an adult.

Once again, Wan An couldn’t help but wonder if he could succeed in cultivation, would he be able to learn about the state of his parents and wife and children in the Netherworld?

Have they reincarnated or are they working as wandering ghosts with nowhere to go?

When he learned from the Yin Messenger that he still had hope for cultivation, these thoughts lingered in his mind and wouldn’t dissipate. But he simply couldn’t bring himself to speak about it; after all, having a grandson was trouble enough, how could he make such demands and try to bring the whole family on board?

"If there’s really no blood relation left, it’s quite tricky." Hu Zhile shook his head in difficulty, "From what I know, a large portion of ghost cultivators can only touch Profound Tier cultivation techniques, bound to struggle to truly pursue the Great Dao. Lady’s Earth Tier cultivation technique still holds hope for completion, to truly achieve at one go, the focus can only be on the ’Ghost Immortal Scripture’."

The topic once again returned to her, and everyone’s eyes collectively focused on her.

Hu Zhile carefully weighed her words, "Both sir and Elder Bai surely know, Heavenly Tier cultivation techniques are rare treasures.

In the Netherworld, the ’Ghost Immortal Scripture’ passed among the Yin Messengers is said to have originated from the Celestial Realm; after all, whether it’s Emperor Dongyue or Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, or the Five Ghost Emperors from east, west, north, and south, the Ten Halls Yama, even Judges, City Gods, and Black and White Impermanence, are truly positions of Divine Immortals, cultivating with techniques naturally belonging to Immortal Techniques.

And the Yin and Ghost Messengers overseen by them can partake in the cultivation of the ’Ghost Immortal Scripture,’ which is the most orthodox practice in the Netherworld. It’s said that nowadays, there are no True Gods, only acting Stewards, therefore the True Skill these Yin and Ghost Messengers receive has become replacements and isn’t complete.

The lowest level Ghost Messenger can only obtain the simplest entry-level cultivation mantra, and as they rise in ranks, they gain more techniques. This replacement piece is said to be divided into ten or even thirty portions, strictly distributed according to the rank of the Ghost Messengers. Those who obtain the complete work, in Fengdu, are certainly prestigious leaders."

Lady Yin Mountain has long coveted the ’Ghost Immortal Scripture.’ As one of her most capable subordinates, Hu Zhile is quite informed on this matter.

But the Yin and Ghost Messengers hold themselves in such high regard and are so difficult to deal with, focusing their gaze upward, barely tolerating unremarkable ghost cultivators or ordinary ghosts.

Thus the Lady could only covet, yet fundamentally had nowhere to seek.

"Ah? It’s that troublesome, huh?" Wan Mingchuan immediately felt disheartened when he heard this, "That’s too difficult!"

Bai Yunqi flicked his forehead, "What foolish words are those? Do you know how powerful Heavenly Tier cultivation techniques are? If the ’Ghost Immortal Scripture’ weren’t in those old monsters’ hands in Fengdu, anywhere else hearing of a Heavenly Tier technique would definitely spark bloodshed!"

"Indeed, if one could find a way to get the true teachings, any trouble would be worth it." Hu Zhile nodded in agreement, then sneakily glanced at sir and Elder Bai, secretly wondering if they could cultivate Heavenly Tier techniques.

Especially sir, whose spiritual power seemed utterly concealed, making him exceedingly mysterious.

Wan Mingchuan rubbed his head and asked, "Are you saying, Long Bro, you don’t have a Heavenly Tier cultivation technique?"

"If I did, I’d have transformed into a dragon and ascended to immortality long ago!" Bai Yunqi replied irritably, "From what I know, the orthodox ’Ghost Immortal Scripture’ should be a high-level Heavenly Tier technique, said to be the closest existence to Immortal Techniques.

Using substitutes nowadays, at the very least should still be low-level Heavenly Tier techniques, worth scheming to seek!"

He waved his hand to grab some paper and pen, spread them on the table, and without lifting his head, asked, "Miss Hu, do you know who the Yin Soul Chief Envoy is now?"

"Of course, I know, the acting Yin Soul Chief Envoy is Lord Lu Qingyan." She thoughtfully traced the name in her palm.

Bai Yunqi pursed his lips and asked again, "And the Soul Detention Chief Envoy?"

"Lord Yan Ning."

The held pen didn’t manage to fall, his brows slightly furrowed as he suppressed the twitching corner of his eye and countered, "The Demon Nether Chief Envoy wouldn’t be that guy, Jian Shichu, would it?"

Hu Zhile, witnessing this, was both delighted and shocked, "Elder Bai actually knows Lord Jian?"

"I..." Bai Yunqi opened his mouth but didn’t utter what he intended. His complex expression seemed quite vulgar, then he tossed the brush onto the table with annoyance, "Venerable family, I’m truly stuck this time.

The Demon Nether Chief Envoy Jian Shichu once served as the Nether Demon Envoy Leopard Tail. In the past, my true form had some conflicts with him. Unable to defeat me, he called on acting Ghost King Lu Qingyan and Impermanence Yan Ning for backup. Mountains collapsed under our battle, I nearly killed all three of them, but they were stopped by their supervisor’s supervisor, the commanding Ghost General Zhaotian, forming a feud. Who would’ve thought, as times change..."

His heart was filled with mixed emotions, as over the years, he degraded while they all advanced and became Chief Envoys.

Jiang Yuan heard this statement and felt genuinely sorry for his contracted pet, whose true form was an advanced Divine Travel Realm monster but failed a tribulation repeatedly, leading to the demise of the various forms he gathered, leaving behind only this lone weakling, dropping in realm to mere slumber.

The disparity was certainly hard to accept, from three against one failing against his small underlings who then soared to high Ghost Official lords.

Although Old Master Wan was considered basic authority in the Netherworld, it wasn’t drastically urgent to succeed in one go, they needed to figure out other methods.

"Then let’s not take shortcuts, pave the way with money." Jiang Yuan waved his hand, setting a stack of Cold Crystal Jade on the table, and laughed, "What’s the big deal? Invite Yin Messenger Ma Hongtu for some drinks, first to thank him for taking care of the old master; second, with us here, won’t we be able to extract some information?"

The venerable family had spoken, Bai Yunqi didn’t make things hard for himself, quickly adjusted his mood waiting to probe for details from the minor Yin Messenger.

"Little Bai, I have a matter to ask you." Jiang Yuan recalled the information he found on his phone and quietly asked, "I’ve heard the Ten Great Shadow Generals’ ghost messengers are divided into three departments, the Ghost King, Black and White Impermanence as well as Leopard Tail, Bird Beak, are all considered Shadow Generals. How come when you mentioned earlier, there were Chief Envoys and Ten Great Shadow Generals, which differs from what I understand?"

The opposing party froze upon hearing this; wondering what kind of venerable family could be simultaneously ancient and young, knowing ancient secrets yet unclear about the current Netherworld situation?

"What the venerable family mentioned was the standard equipped during the True Gods’ presence in Fengdu. Back then, what was called the Ten Great Shadow Generals were indeed ten divine positions overseeing different affairs, among them Leopard Tail, Bird Beak, Fish Gill, Yellow Hornet, the four Great Shadow Generals respectively overseeing beasts, birds, fish, and insect souls.

But since the Celestial Realm disappeared, with True Gods no longer appearing in the world, what’s labeled as acting Shadow Generals are just people selected from amongst the less impressive. How could they have the mana of True Gods? Thus what used to be the positions of Shadow Generals like Leopard Tail, Bird Beak became low-level ordinary positions.

On top of them, additional Chief Envoys were added; above the three Chief Envoys, another set of Ten Great Shadow Generals was included, and what used to be ten divine officials was now completely managed by today’s twenty-three acting agents."

Bai Yunqi patiently explained, lazily reclined in his chair with a sigh, "Twenty-three agents naturally can’t match ten True Gods, or else why is the Netherworld in such chaos? From Ghost King and Impermanence down, who knows how many proxy ghost messengers and Yin messengers increased from ancient times, yet even still, they barely manage to operate."

"So, nowadays those three Chief Envoys definitely have engaged with the ’Ghost Immortal Scripture,’ but combined, they can’t best even you, indicating the substitute Heavenly Tier technique has serious dilution issues."