Chapter 57

"Why haven't Wu You and the others returned yet? Nothing bad happened, right?"

In the Netherworld, Ming He's sigh rang out once again.

He was constantly thinking of his little brother, Wang Chuan.

"Don't worry."

Xiang Xuanqing was starting to get a headache from the constant fretting and looked at Ming He: "You've never been this worried about yourself when you go out."

"Is there any need to be this worried about Wu You and Wang Chuan?"

"That's different."

Ming He looked serious: "This is Wang Chuan's first time going out. I originally wanted to take him along to see the world."

"But now that I've returned and he hasn't, could something have gone wrong?"

"If you stop nagging, perhaps they'll be safer."

Xiang Xuanqing shook his head. Ming He often used any excuse to tease Wang Chuan; otherwise, Wang Chuan wouldn't hide whenever he saw him.

Now that he's suddenly so concerned, are you sure his hands aren't just itching for trouble?

"If you're too idle, go hatch this golden egg."

Xiang Xuanqing pushed the golden egg in his hand toward Ming He.

The two of them had studied it for a long time, using accelerated time to hatch it, steaming it in Huang Quan water, roasting it over Netherfire... all these conventional methods had been used.

They were just one step away from using violent means to break it open.

And just at this moment, Xiang Xuanqing's own Dao body—the green-robed Long Shen 【Da Siming】 who was undercover in the Dragon Clan—sent information.

Da Siming indicated that this was a batch of "Easter eggs" developed by the Dragon Clan's Qian Tian Palace, and they were definitely good things.

As for what exactly could hatch from this egg, Da Siming didn't know.

He said it depended on opportunity.

"Prime Minister Gui was being all mysterious earlier, only telling me, 'When the opportunity arrives, the egg will hatch'."

"I, the dignified Great Long Shen of Yunmeng Marsh, am busy with a thousand tasks; do I have the leisure to wait for opportunity? Of course not!"

"So, while at the East Sea Long Gong, I smashed one right in front of him, but nothing happened."

"Anyway, never mind that. Prime Minister Gui is currently chasing me down; this old fellow has such a temper! It was just smashing an egg, how stingy."

"In short, you'd better not smash that golden egg of yours. I suspect it really is a good thing; keep it for now and see."

Upon receiving this reply, Ming He felt somewhat disappointed.

If it was something produced by the Dragon Clan's First Research Institute, it definitely wasn't Zulong's egg.

And Xiang Xuanqing, hearing that forced demolition was useless, decided to temporarily give up on the research.

"It's not appropriate to keep this egg with me; leave it with you. If any problems arise, you can just toss it into the Tai Sha Tiangong."

Ming He had self-awareness; if kept with Xiang Xuanqing, it might actually produce something good.

If he took it to study, who knows what strange and bizarre things might hatch.

"That works too."

Xiang Xuanqing waved his hand and sent the egg into the Third Heavenly Palace—Wucheng Tiangong.

Inside Wucheng Tiangong were stored some spiritual treasures collected by Xiang Xuanqing, as well as many results of his artifact refining.

Of course, most of them were "unorthodox" spiritual treasures.

Putting this golden egg inside was the most appropriate choice; no matter what hatched, it would definitely be no match for the highly militant spiritual treasures inside the palace.

"Let's go, we're heading to Tai Sha Tiangong."

Xiang Xuanqing patted Ming He on the shoulder.

"Alright!" Ming He smiled.

"It's been a long time since I've seen the 'old friends'; I've missed them."

Many of the items contained within Tai Sha Tiangong were captured by him and Xiang Xuanqing together.

When Xiang Xuanqing and Ming He appeared together in Tai Sha Tiangong, the entire palace boiled over.

"Look who's here?"

"Hahaha, isn't this the 'Big Fish'? Back then, it crashed right into my Luo Tian Net, and I almost reeled it in."

"Oh my, Daoist Ming He, it's been millions of years since we last met, hasn't it? I've really missed you."

"Daoist Ming He, I've missed you too. Seeing you reminds me of the glorious years of the past; alas, they are gone forever."

"I regret it so much; I shouldn't have fished for this fish back then, only to end up in this state now."

Ming He's arrival was welcomed with open arms by the crowd of contained entities.

They were incredibly excited.

Seeing this "old friend," they all recalled the glory of the past.

Back then, they were also masters of fishing and experts at digging pits.

At that time, the sky was vast, and the universe was so boundless.

Ming He was often inside, and they were outside.

But now, the sky has changed.

They are inside, and Ming He is outside.

Inside the Blood Pool Hell, the Saint Sect's First Senior Brother 【Fu Zhu】 heard this and laughed loudly: "What do you know!"

"This is our Sect Leader's peerless brilliant plan."

"The 'fish' you see are actually the 'bait' cast out by the Sect Leader."

"Otherwise, how could we all have been captured one by one?"

Upon hearing this, sixty percent of the contained entities expressed their agreement.

"The Sect Leader is wise and martial; we are ashamed of our inferiority." These sixty percent were all captured because they tried to trap Ming He.

"Do they really acknowledge you as their Sect Leader?"

Ming He didn't mind the mockery from these fellows, but instead looked at Xiang Xuanqing with interest: "Your Nether Saint Sect has quite a collection of talent!"

"What Saint Sect? Are you listening to their nonsense?" Xiang Xuanqing shook his head.

The Saint Sect's First Senior Brother 【Fu Zhu】 shouted: "Daoist Ming He, the Sect Leader dislikes the name we chose, so we've changed our name to 'Chan Sect' now."

"To expound the Sect Leader's ideology and enlighten the living beings of the heavens."

"What do you think?"

After hearing this, Ming He nodded: "The concept is quite good."

The crowd of contained entities all laughed.

"Alright, since Daoist Ming He approves, from now on we shall be called disciples of the 'Chan Sect'."

"Go away, go away!"

Xiang Xuanqing's face darkened, "What are you all making a fuss about?"

"Stay put and behave yourselves; don't play any tricks, or Meng Huai will be your example!"

He raised his hand and pointed toward the Fire Sea Hell.

Currently, the Nether Saint Sect's Second Senior Brother Meng Huai was still serving his sentence.

Originally, he had already quieted down.

But as soon as he heard Xiang Xuanqing had arrived, he started howling again.

Xiang Xuanqing ignored him.

He directly cast the two true spirits into the Heavenly Palace.

These were the two original Heavenly Sovereigns of the Yin-Yang Universe.

"Eighteen Hells, take turns!"

Xiang Xuanqing ordered the Heavenly Palace.

"Oh my, these two lads are something!"

"They're getting the full package of our Tai Sha Tiangong; what an achievement!"

"Hehe, who's to say otherwise."

The contained entities were all watching the joke, and not one of them offered sympathy.

As the saying goes, these two scums don't deserve to be locked up with them.

After arranging the two scum Heavenly Sovereigns, Xiang Xuanqing and Ming He arrived at the Inner Cosmic Realm.

Inside the C-grade universe.

Flying Demon Yanqing Feimoyanqing Zhenjun was about to go crazy.

Ever since Xiang Xuanqing put him in solitary confinement, he had been restless.

Because his neighbors were all extremely devout believers.

They chanted scriptures every day to enlighten themselves.

And incidentally, to enlighten Flying Demon Yanqing Feimoyanqing Zhenjun.

"Feimoyanqing Zhenjun, convert."

"Join us and fall into the Netherworld with us."

"Feimoyanqing Zhenjun, the Sect Leader thinks highly of you; otherwise, he wouldn't have been the first to send you into the Inner Cosmic Realm."

"You are the true First Senior Brother!"

"Come, come, come, join us in the Great Dao and transform into a ghost deity!"

Within the universe, the sounds of the Dao were all one could hear.

Those believers had fanatical eyes, viewing the development of new fellow Daoists as their great mission.

Flying Demon Yanqing Feimoyanqing Zhenjun was finally about to reach his limit.

"No, I'm telling you all, if you want to become ghosts, then become ghosts!"

"Show me one of you actually transforming into a ghost deity!"

"You haven't succeeded yourselves, so why are you dragging me into this?"

"As soon as you succeed, I will throw myself into the Netherworld without a second word!"

"That's what you said!" In the C-6 universe, a deity dressed in black robes with a black-gold Dao crown sat upright.

Surrounding his body were surging waves and shimmering divine light.

At this very moment, the black-robed, black-crowned deity was expounding the scriptures, with magnificent and exquisite immortal music entering the ears, thunderous and grand sounds of lightning, and profound and mysterious ethereal Dao rhymes.

"Netherworld salvation, liberation of all beings, Sect Leader's decree, listen to my words: For those who are ghost deities, transcend within the Yin, if the divine image is unclear, one must hear the Dao principles..."

The grand sound of the Great Dao rang out.

The deity's aura first continuously weakened, reaching the extreme.

Then, with a sudden reversal, it erupted with an incomparably powerful aura.

Flying Demon Yanqing Feimoyanqing Zhenjun saw this and was dumbfounded:

"Holy crap, I just said that casually, and you're doing it for real!"

"Are you playing me?!"

————

Express Lane: 【Recommendation Ticket】 【Monthly Ticket】

(End of Chapter)