Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 297 - 297 286 Ascending the law altar worshipping Hou Tu

297: 286 Ascending the law altar, worshipping Hou Tu 297: 286 Ascending the law altar, worshipping Hou Tu Those who haven’t reached this realm, if they want to enter or leave the Netherworld, will have to pass through the passage connecting the two realms.

These ghosts living in the Netherworld aren’t very powerful.

Not to mention Immortal Dao cultivators, even those who have just stepped into the path of cultivation are few, aside from being souls, the rest are barely different from mortals.

Those ghosts lacking abilities, if they wish to leave the Netherworld, must dash desperately towards the passage at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, hoping to escape the Netherworld through it.

Unfortunately, they encountered Jiang Chen halfway, who had entered the Netherworld to investigate the situation.

Perhaps out of desperation, these ghosts stopped running when they saw Jiang Chen, kneeled on the ground, and begged, “Immortal, save us, please save us!”

These ghosts were not fools, they knew that with their strength, it was unlikely that they could reach the passage.

As for Jiang Chen, who was heading deeper into the Netherworld at this time, he must be a powerful individual.

If not, how would he dare to venture deeper into the Netherworld at this moment?

With this thought in mind, these ghosts gave up on heading for the passage and turned to Jiang Chen for help.

To them, this was already the worst-case scenario.

It couldn’t get any worse than this.

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Jiang Chen, who had initially intended to delve deeper into the Netherworld, frowned upon hearing their cries for help.

He couldn’t help these ghosts even if they pleaded with him.

Jiang Chen was a living person and these were the dead.

Surely, he couldn’t bring them into the Mortal Realm?

Bringing them into the Mortal Realm?

On second thought, this would actually be a good solution.

Anyway, in Jiang Chen’s hands were already the souls of countless living beings from the Shu Region.

Given the amount he already had, he wouldn’t mind adding a few more souls.

With this thought, Jiang Chen activated the Netherworld Banner and collected all these ghosts.

He had to take them, leaving them in the Netherworld would only result in two scenarios.

They could be affected by the aftershocks of the powerful beings from the Three Realms and their souls completely shattered, or they could luckily reach the passage and from there enter Qingcheng Mountain.

In the end, he would have to take them away anyway, so it would be easier to do so now.

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After collecting these ghosts, Jiang Chen continued onwards.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Immediately, before Jiang Chen could react, the Shangqing talisman exploded with a dazzling immortal light, pouring forth like a surging sea.

At the same time, the void in front of Jiang Chen silently shattered and rapidly spread towards him, clashing with the oncoming immortal light, grinding against each other.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen didn’t hesitate to retreat.

At that moment, the Merit Gold Wheel trembled, appearing automatically from the void.

Seven rotating Merit Gold Wheels emerged, casting their brilliant golden light to envelop Jiang Chen.

Boom!

As soon as the golden light appeared, it inexplicably shattered and dispersed into tiny light sparks.

At the moment when the golden light shattered, Jiang Chen had already used his divine ability to cross through space, shifting himself tens of thousands of miles away.

By then, the Shangqing talisman and the Merit Gold Wheel successively disappeared, no longer reviving.

This also indicated that this place was safe, and no crisis existed anymore.

“Phew～～”

“That was close!”

Only after taking a deep breath did Jiang Chen realize the peril he had just escaped from.

He must have encountered the residual fluctuations from the clash of the powerful forces earlier, hence the crisis.

It was truly terrifying.

Previously, Jiang Chen hadn’t sensed the impending danger at all.

If it weren’t for the revival of the Shangqing talisman and the Merit Gold Wheel, he would have surely suffered heavy injuries, if not perish, from that blow.

The attack that easily shattered the defense of the Merit Gold Wheel had to possess power exceeding that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Taking an unguarded blow of such magnitude would have definitely cause severe harm to Jiang Chen, if not killed him.

“Let’s go, this place is dangerous, we shouldn’t stay for long.”

Through this experience, Jiang Chen had realized the dangers of the Netherworld, losing interest in further explorations.

He transformed into a streak of light, directly leaving the Netherworld.

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After crossing the passage between realms, Jiang Chen was back at Qingcheng Mountain.

After calming himself slightly, he left the mountain base and went to the meeting hall, using his divine ability to summon Zhang Heng, Wang Chang, and Zhao Sheng.

Zhang Heng was the son of Zhang Ling and one of his three direct disciples.

Meanwhile, Wang Chang and Zhao Sheng were Zhang Ling’s other two direct disciples.

These three were third-generation disciples of Shangqing Palace.

Jiang Chen had summoned them as he had instructions for them.

After a while, the three of Zhang Heng hurriedly arrived, stepped into the hall, and respectfully paid their respects to Jiang Chen, “Disciple Zhang Heng (Wang Chang, Zhao Sheng) greets grandfather master.

May I know why you have summoned me?”

Without formalities with them, Jiang Chen instructed, “You three go and gather all the disciples of the palace in the square.

Set up an altar there, offer three sticks of incense, and worship the most merciful and holy Mother Earth.”

“Later, I am going to perform a rite there to lead the restless souls of the Shu Region into reincarnation.”

The three disciples took the order and immediately responded, “We shall obey your command.”

After speaking, the three disciples went to carry out the order, while Jiang Chen took out the Netherworld Banner and examined it quietly.

The countless souls of departed beings from the Shu Region, as well as those he had collected from the Netherworld earlier, couldn’t be kept in the Netherworld Banner indefinitely.

Hence, Jiang Chen decided to use this opportunity when he was free to perform a ritual with his divine abilities, sending them all into the Six Paths of Reincarnation for rebirth.

Normally, for a ghost to reincarnate, it would have to go through the questioning by the Ten Halls of Yama.

After qualifying, they would then be eligible to drink Meng Po’s soup, step onto the Naihe bridge and plunge into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to reincarnate and be reborn.

But now, with such a big mess happening in the Netherworld, it was uncertain whether the Ten Halls of Yama could survive it.

Hence, waiting for them to question these ghosts was likely impossible.

As the saying goes, unusual times call for unusual measures.

At this point, he couldn’t care about so much else, it would be better to send these ghosts to reincarnation first.

Otherwise, having these billions of ghosts staying in the human world for a long time might lead to certain problems.

Life and death are different.

The living should not stay long in the world of the dead.

Similarly, the dead should not reside long in the human world.

This goes against Heaven and Earth’s laws, and if something went wrong, it might induce Heavenly punishment.

Jiang Chen couldn’t afford to take this risk.

He was not a saint.

He could save people, yes.

But if Jiang Chen had to risk his life for that, he would have to think twice about it.

After all, in his heart, as precious as other people’s lives could be, they weren’t more important than his own.

He couldn’t let these billions of ghosts become his death sentence.

Allowing billions of ghosts to reside in the human world was a risk he had never seen anyone take before in all of history.

This only shows how big a risk Jiang Chen had taken.

He must send them away.

He had to send these ghosts away, otherwise, if they were to remain for too long, he could not guarantee that one day, Heavenly punishment would strike down upon him.

Heavenly punishment was not like Heavenly Tribulation, hardly anyone throughout history could survive it.

It was terrifying indeed.