Ji Yuan was respectfully invited to the Netherworld Palace by several ghost cultivators. After not having been here for so many years, the changes here were even greater than those in Dazhen. If the outside world was thriving, then this ghost town was simply brand new.
The most eye-catching thing is of course the scale of the entire Netherworld City, which has expanded more than ten times compared to the original. Then there is the Netherworld Palace. Xin Wuya’s Netherworld ghost mansion back then has been replaced with a palace.
Originally, Ji Yuan had heard that Xin Wuya was in seclusion, and even though he thought that his arrival might make Xin Wuya come out early, he did not expect that he would come so soon. Not long after he sat down in a palace and ate two pieces of exquisite tribute, Xin Wuya's breath was already approaching rapidly.
Xin Wuya hurried over and as soon as he entered the palace where Ji Yuan was, he saw Ji Yuan sitting there. It was just as he expected. Even though his cultivation was more than ten times better than before, Mr. Ji still did not show any immortal aura.
Before the person got close, Xin Wuya, who had been the Emperor of the Underworld for many years, had no airs of an emperor at all. He walked over politely and bowed deeply in front of Ji Yuan.
"Xin Wuya, meet Mr. Ji!"
The ghost generals and ghost officials behind Xin Wuya also followed him and saluted Ji Yuan.
"Meet Mr. Ji!"
Only half of these old ghosts are the original crew of Wuya City, and many are newly promoted. Some have already revealed their divine light and become ghosts and gods, some have a profound aura and high level of Taoism, and some are both real and unreal and have an extraordinary aura.
These new ghost cultivators and some palace guards were actually extremely shocked. Although they had long known that the Emperor admired Mr. Ji very much, they did not expect that they would have such a reaction when they saw Mr. Ji, and in this Netherworld Palace, in front of so many of the Emperor's subordinates.
Ji Yuan was actually a little surprised. Today's Xin Wuya is no longer the old ghost Wuya that Gao Tianming mocked back then. Even if Ji Yuan thinks that he is not yet ready, he still enjoys the title of Emperor of the Netherworld. As the Lord of the Netherworld, it is normal for him to have some majesty, and Ji Yuan would not think too much about it. In fact, there is no need to lower his status in front of Ji Yuan.
But Xin Wuya did just that. It must be said that although Ji Yuan was surprised, he still looked up to Xin Wuya in his heart. He thought that this old man would be a little cocky, after all, he had called himself the emperor a long time ago. He didn't expect that this gift was really sincere and not pretended.
Ji Yuan accepted the salute, then bowed in return, walked to Xin Wuya and helped him up.
"No matter what you have been like in the past, you are now the Netherworld Emperor who is in charge of the Netherworld Main Hall. From now on, you don't need to bow like this in front of me."
Xin Wuya felt much more at ease and said with a smile.
"Xin has made a note. Sir, are you here to learn about the things I entrusted you with earlier? I have ordered people to record it in a book, and each person will have a special ghost official to secretly follow him. Every detail of his life and every move will be recorded in the book without omission!"
Ji Yuan nodded.
"Then let's take Ji to have a look first."
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment!"
Having said that, Xin Wuya turned and looked at an official on the side.
"Go and bring all the books, and have the official in charge come here in person and say that I..."
"No, no, no need to go to such trouble. I can go with you. It's a good opportunity to see how official business is handled here."
Xin Wuya certainly had no objection to Ji Yuan's words, and he also wanted to show off more in front of Ji Yuan. A few years ago, he had made a special trip to visit Yin's house after his transformation, and he also bought a lot of Yin's books on administration. He felt that he could demonstrate his administrative achievements in front of Ji Yuan by analogy.
"That's fine, sir!"
Without staying in the palace for long, Xin Wuya personally led the way for Ji Yuan. With Yin Shuai in front and Yin Cao behind, and ghost officials on both sides clearing the way, they passed through the palace and the office of Netherworld City and headed to the corresponding location.
The ghosts that saw this scene along the way all had some official status, and at the very least they were ghost officials. They were all very surprised to see this scene, secretly guessing what had happened and who the person next to the emperor was.
“Mr. Ji, this is the Gongcao Hall, which has the Netherworld Department, the Human Department, and the Ghost Department… Over there is the Prison Training Hall, which tests the skills and virtues of ghost officials. By the way, my ghost officials are all good ghost cultivators who are selected from ten thousand types and are gradually promoted step by step… That is the Judgment Hall, which is presided over by various judges and their subordinates. They judge the ghosts’ virtues and crimes based on their lifetime achievements and reference files from various places. Some of them will be judged by judges. Oh, there is also a Netherworld Hall. If necessary, I will also go to the court to judge the cases!”
When Xin Wuya said this, he looked quite complacent. An emperor in the world would not personally solve a case, but he could do it.
Ji Yuan looked at the Hades Hall over there with interest, then looked at Xin Wuya.
"Have you solved any major cases?"
Xin Wuya smiled.
"It's only half a case. The judges have already determined the guilt. However, the other party has a special identity. He is the emperor of Tianbao Kingdom. I am here just to go through the motions and gain experience. There are not many cases that require my intervention."
Ji Yuan also laughed. He did not think that Xin Wuya opened this hall purely for show. Instead, he felt that it was rare for him to be sincere and joking in front of him about these interesting things, so he also joked.
"That's right. After all, you, the Supreme Emperor, need to personally judge the case, and the other party must be qualified to do so."
"Hahahahahaha, sir, you are absolutely right. I thought so too."
Ji Yuan was indeed somewhat surprised that the Netherworld Main Hall was so well organized. It was also independent of the traditional underworld system and was able to innovate. This could be said to be a great achievement.
Soon, Xin Wuya and Ji Yuan arrived at the place that was specifically responsible for recording Ji Yuan's special instructions. From a distance, Ji Yuan saw the large plaque with yin characters on the hall.
"The Hall of Rebirth, that's a good name."
"Thank you for the compliment, sir. This name is the result of our discussion. Please come in, sir!"
The two of them quickly arrived at the Hall of Rebirth. The officials inside seemed to have not received any news and were busy. Then a ghost official suddenly discovered that Xin Wuya and Ji Yuan had arrived, and hurried in to inform his colleagues inside.
The next moment, many ghost cultivators and officials hurried out and saluted in unison.
"Greetings to the Emperor!"
Xin Wuya, who had received Ji Yuan's instructions earlier, just nodded and invited Ji Yuan in.
Soon, Ji Yuan sat in front of a desk in the Hall of Rebirth, but Xin Wuya insisted on standing. The desk was full of files carefully brought by the ghost officials. There was spiritual light flowing on each of the files, which were obviously not ordinary books.
"The Book of Reincarnation—Lu Yong..."
Ji Yuan picked up a book, looked at the first three big characters and the last two small characters of the title, read aloud while slowly turning the pages. The words actually carried a hint of divine meaning. They were not confined to the superficial records, but could help with understanding to a certain extent, making the content of one page extremely substantial. A sentence of a few words could summarize an event and reveal the cause and effect.
This book is divided into past life and afterlife, and the title is based on the name in this life. As the name suggests, all the details that can be found about Lu Yong's previous life are recorded in the book until his death; and all the details that can be found in this life since birth are also recorded in the book.
This book is not like the normal underworld books that automatically present some people's life stories and major merits and demerits. There must be books with similar functions, but this one is definitely not it. This reincarnation book is so detailed that even the number of times a person urinated is clearly recorded. Ji Yuan's eyebrows jumped from time to time when he saw it.
And when he read to the end, Ji Yuan also found that the pages of the book were glowing with a faint light. Suddenly, a ray of faint light flew over from the sky above the hall and landed on the book, and there were new text records.
Obviously, there is a ghost official somewhere who recorded and added it using a special method, but this should not be real-time, but transmitted by some kind of magic.
However, thanks to the book's detailed records, some details that are easy to overlook are also listed.
"That is to say, this Lu Yong may sometimes have some traces of his past life. For example, in his past life, he was saved by a spiritual rooster when he was in danger, so he subconsciously rejects chicken in this life..."
"Yes, sir, please look here. In his previous life, Lu Yong never married until his death, and he had no money to go to a brothel. In this life, he is obsessed with women and wants to get married as soon as possible..."
The person who spoke was the ghost official who was specifically responsible for Lu Yong. Ji Yuan smiled.
"Ji believes that even if he married in his previous life, he will most likely still like women in this life, unless he is reborn as a woman."
"Uh... Sir, you are absolutely right!"
He used to be a man, and now he is a male ghost. The ghost official could not refute it, nor did he dare to refute it.
"Mr. Ji, there are generally two situations for people who are reincarnated. One is that their luck has changed drastically, or they have had some adventures in their lifetime and have come into contact with something that doesn't seem too exaggerated but may have an effect; the other is that they have a strong obsession... But even so, there are thousands of people in the world who meet these two situations, and only one in ten thousand can be reincarnated."
Ji Yuan closed the books in his hands and looked at Xin Wuya calmly.
"To be honest, you guys recorded every detail, and listed all the speculations and confirmed results. Everything you said was so convincing and supported by evidence. This really surprised me, but also made me happy. It's great that you can do this!"
Originally, Ji Yuan was planning to take advantage of the situation to examine Xin Wuya secretly, but what he saw today was enough to make him feel relieved.
Compared to the ghosts that were completely knocked out, this kind of Netherworld Emperor was in line with Ji Yuan's expectations, and looking at Xin Wuya's cultivation, it was obvious that he had not slacked off for even a moment.