Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 298 - 298 287 Mother Earth Shows Her Spirit

298: 287 Mother Earth Shows Her Spirit 298: 287 Mother Earth Shows Her Spirit With a slight sway of his body, Jiang Chen’s figure left the council hall, arriving at a vast square.

This square, located halfway up a mountainside, was a naturally formed stone platform, wide enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Before Jiang Chen arrived, all of the over three hundred disciples from the Upper Qing lineage had already gathered here, silently awaiting his arrangements.

The ritual altar needed by Jiang Chen had already been prepared by Zhang Heng and the others.

It was fashioned from top-quality white jade, extraordinarily translucent, emitting brilliant lights, clearly not an ordinary object at first glance.

In front of the ritual altar, there was a furnace, not just any furnace, it was the Heaven and Earth Furnace, refined with the power of Heaven and Earth by Jiang Chen himself.

On the ritual altar, a divine statue was worshipped.

It was not Mother Earth, but her incarnation, one of the Four Protectors – the Earth Emperor.

Mother Earth had withdrawn from the world for many years, with almost no legends left about her in the Three Realms.

Unable to find her divine statue, Jiang Chen had to second best and worship her avatar instead.

However, it didn’t pose much of a problem as the avatar is an extension of the original body.

Worshiping the avatar or the original body makes no much difference.

Flanking the divine statue were two treasures, the Netherworld Flag and the Lamp of Salvation.

The key to Jiang Chen’s successful undertaking of sending ghosts into Reincarnation, lies with Mother Earth and these two magic treasures.

The Netherworld Flag and the Lamp of Salvation are precious Ghost Dao artifacts.

As for Mother Earth, the Six Paths of Reincarnation were all created with her flesh body, she is the true master of Reincarnation.

With her approval, the Reincarnation channel opens easily, sending these ghost spirits into Reincarnation would be a trivial task.

Therefore, on this occasion, Jiang Chen was worshipping Mother Earth, not the Upper Qing Saints.

In the matter of reincarnation, it was clear that Mother Earth is more professional.

Even if the Dao Ancestors themselves came, they wouldn’t compare to Mother Earth.

With a glance, Jiang Chen swept over the disciples below, a satisfied nod betrayed his approval.

He stated, “Today, I have a significant deed of Merit to share with all of you.

Are you all willing to lend me a hand?”

Upon hearing this, although the disciples had no idea what this great deed of Merit was about, based on their understanding of their ancestor, it would certainly be of great matters.

Promptly, they replied, “We are willing to lend a hand to our Ancestor.”

After getting an affirmative reply, Jiang Chen again instructed, “All of you should recite the Sutra of Salvation here, aiding me in my endeavor.”

Upon saying that, Jiang Chen turned towards the ritual altar, first, he lit up the Lamp of Salvation with the Merit power within him.

Then, he took out three incense sticks from his storage artifact, lit them with the Lamp of Salvation, and placed them in the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Finally, he paid three bows in front of Mother Earth’s divine statue before picking up the Netherworld Flag on the other side of the divine statue.

At this moment, the disciples, following Jiang Chen’s instructions, together started reciting the Sutra of Salvation.

The ethereal Dao Sound echoed between the verdant hills, seemingly resonating with Heaven and Earth.

After the Sutra was recited a hundred times, Jiang Chen seemed to feel the timing was right.

With a sudden force in his hand, divine light bloomed from the Netherworld Flag, immediately afterward, ghost spirits flew out from it, either hovering in midair or standing on the mountaintop.

In an instant, the temperature of Qingcheng Mountain dropped significantly, as if entering a cold autumn, the chilling atmosphere sent shivers down everyone’s spine.

With countless ghosts appearing simultaneously, the powerful aura of death that gushed was terrifying.

Thankfully, the living humans in the mountains were practitioners, with their abilities protecting them, further fortified by the recitation of the Sutra of Salvation a hundred times, gaining the support of the power of Heaven and Earth.

Otherwise, if the powerful emanation of death struck them, even if it didn’t kill them, they would likely be severely ill, injuring their foundation and greatly reducing their lifespan.

Once all ghost spirits emerged, Jiang Chen bowed again to the statue of Mother Earth and said, “Respected Mother Earth, I, Jiang Chen, have something to report from the Lower realm.

At this time, a chaos has arisen in the Netherworld, and evil spirits are creating havoc in the human world, causing countless ghosts to be unable to reincarnate.”

“Therefore, I, Jiang Chen, sincerely request Mother Earth to kindly open the Reincarnation channel off the normal path, allowing these innocent ghosts to reincarnate.”

“Mother Earth, full of compassion and kindness, I, Jiang Chen, offer my salutation.”

His sincere voice, along with the wisps of blue smoke, drifted into the air, reaching the unknown land where Mother Earth was practicing.

Straightaway, Jiang Chen could feel an incomparably majestic will descending.

The statue of Mother Earth in front of him seemed to have come alive.

Paired eyes full of immense love and compassion emerged from the divine statue, first looking at Jiang Chen, then unto the ghosts scattered across the mountains.

Whoosh~~ Whoosh~~

Unexpectedly, a wind started blowing, howling as it came through the mountains.

Soon after, the space in this area started to distort, with countless rules appearing, profound beyond profound, twisting with the distortion of the space.

Gradually, a huge, black vortex manifested, releasing a mysterious aura.

This was the Reincarnation channel, ancient and mysterious, personally opened by Mother Earth.

Boom roar!

The vortex started rotating, exerting an immense suction force, pulling the myriad of ghost spirits on Qingcheng Mountain, all into it, for their reincarnation.

Through this Reincarnation channel, there was no need to drink the Meng Po Soup [a mythical soup that wipes memories].

Inside the channel, the mysterious Power of Reincarnation was surging, capable of washing away all memories, ensuring that before these ghost spirits reincarnated, their memories were as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

Watching this unfolding right before him, Jiang Chen gradually relaxed.

With Mother Earth taking action, the problem of these myriads of ghost spirits was practically resolved, and he would gain a considerable Merit.

Assisting countless ghost spirits in their reincarnation was a deed that conferred no small amount of Merit.

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Time ticked away, second by second.

The number of ghost spirits on Qingcheng Mountain was decreasing, from the level of tens of millions to just a million.

It seemed like in no time at all they would all have entered the cycle of reincarnation.

However, as Jiang Chen observed, he felt something was off.

He suddenly realized that there was a group of ghost spirits resisting the power of Reincarnation, unwilling to be reborn.

Mother Earth was compassionate and wouldn’t force anyone.

Since these ghost spirits didn’t wish to reincarnate, she wouldn’t compel them to do so.

After three attempts to guide them, those ghost spirits still unwilling to enter the Reincarnation channel were left alone by Mother Earth, allowed to remain in the human realm.

Looking at those ghost spirits resisting the Power of Reincarnation, Jiang Chen’s eyebrows furrowed.

A surge of anger rose within his heart, feeling angered at the fact that these spirits, despite being dead were still so attached to the human realm.

Why wouldn’t they choose Reincarnation, a chance to start over?

Even so, fuelled by anger, he still didn’t say a word.

It was quite normal for spirits to be unwilling to reincarnate, a phenomenon that existed since ancient times.

Otherwise, where did all the ghost spirits in the Netherworld come from?

Aren’t they the ghost spirits who did not want to reincarnate, choosing instead to make the Netherworld their home and live there?

As for why these ghost spirits were reluctant to reincarnate, there were many reasons – some were attached to the human realm, some had unresolved obsessions, and some couldn’t let go of certain past matters, and so on.

In short, there were many reasons.