Before arriving at Yintianzi City, the frame landed on the land of the underworld and drove on the road.
The ghost officials coming and going had strange faces and were all wearing black clerk robes. Chang De followed the Hades Avenue and looked at the distant underworld city. The towering bronze palace was in the center of Yin Tianzi City.
The ghost horse stepped on the flames through the official road of this terrifying ancient city full of ghosts. He could feel a large number of malicious and malicious gazes shot out from between the windows and door cracks. Terrifying figures were swaying in this dead city.
As the carriage moved forward, Chang De immediately discovered that the carriage was not heading directly to the Yin Tianzi Palace in the center. He immediately pulled aside the curtain, frowned, and stopped the ghost driving the carriage in front: "Aren't we going to meet Yin Tianzi?"
The ghost god driving the chariot immediately said respectfully: "You may not know, Lord Yin has six departments under him to manage all matters, namely, Heaven Department, Earth Department, Underworld Department, God Department, Human Department, and Ghost Department. Currently, only the God Department and Ghost Department are in operation, and each has an assistant official in charge."
"The six ministries are responsible for managing the registers of longevity and premature death, births and deaths, and for managing the punishment of ghosts and the fortunes and misfortunes of their next lives. They are also responsible for submitting official documents and reports from the underworld to the Emperor of the Underworld in a timely manner, and for quickly distributing the Emperor of the Underworld's edicts to all places."
"So no god of the underworld can directly meet Emperor Yin without receiving his divine edict. Most of the Shinto affairs are handled by the Shencao. I am a ghost god under the Shencao. I am going to the Shencao Hall of the Six Departments Gongcao Hall at this moment. The Lord God is going to the Shencao Hall to register this time."
This was the first time Chang De knew that the order of the underworld was like this, but he immediately noticed the key information in the other party's words: "Currently, only the God and Ghost Departments of the Six Departments are in operation, and there are no Gongcao officials, but assistant officials in charge!"
The eyes in the face of Changde ghost flickered like lights, and it seemed that the underworld was just as he had imagined. Because the underworld had just been reopened, everything was in a state of disrepair, and most of the positions of the underworld gods were still vacant.
“Maybe this is my chance!”
"The Supreme God has arrived. I will be waiting for you in His Highness."
Yintianzi City was deep and dark. Chang De saw many ghosts and gods emitting terrifying auras along the way. Finally, he followed the main road and arrived at the Shencao among the Sixcaos.
It stands on the left side of Yin Tianzi Temple. The dark ancient hall and bronze pillars give people a solemn and depressing pressure.
There is a stone drum on the left side of the foot of Shencao Temple and a stone tablet on the right side. The door of the temple is ajar and no one can be seen.
Chang De walked all the way up. The long stairs seemed to have no end. Not until he stood at the top did he realize that the hall was incredibly large, nearly tens of meters high.
After crossing the half-meter-high threshold and walking in, he saw ghosts and gods nearly ten meters tall wearing underworld robes sitting in front of the desk, staring at him with eyes like lanterns, their expressions full of scrutiny.
In the dim lights on both sides, one could see nearly ten ghosts with distorted light and shadow, looking at Changde from above and talking in a chaotic manner. The confusing ghost language made Changde unable to hear clearly what they were saying.
Standing in the center of the hall, one feels as if walking into a temple and being looked down upon by the statue of the lofty god.
The person they were discussing was Chang De. The status of this ancient mountain god was no lower than that of the assistant official above him. His Shinto merits were rare and he was also well-known by Emperor Yin. This made them dare not underestimate him and treat him as an ordinary god of the earth.
"The person who is coming is Changde, the mountain god of Huanggu Mountain!" The god of the underworld sitting at the top uttered these words with a cold and indifferent look.
The appearance of the ghost's shadow could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but it could be vaguely seen that it did not look like a human, with a pointed chin and monkey-like face, like a fox. It was wearing the black robe of the underworld god, which made it look even more weird and terrifying. Its voice was sharp and tearing, and it sounded eardrum-shattering, but its words were very formal, without any emotion.
Upright and solemn.
The ghost holds an ink-colored brush in his left hand. The tip of the brush is not stained with ink, but it emits golden light like the sun, making it impossible to look directly at it. In the other hand, he holds a long scroll, which is plain and ordinary.
But when Chang De took a look, he felt as if his soul was about to be sucked in, and he also felt a pressure coming from the depths of his soul.
Chang De bowed and said, "Chang De, the mountain god of Huanggu Mountain, has come here in response to the decree of the underworld."
The ghost at the top nodded, swung the long scroll in his hand, grabbed one end and threw it directly down from the top. The huge file continued to unfold and spread in front of Changde. The width of the horizontal axis alone exceeded Changde. It was filled with densely packed names. These names had no fixed shape, but were constantly wriggling, changing into batches.
"Shou, the soul-collecting messenger; Zuding, the underworld official; Yujiang, the night-wandering god; Yucheng, the city god of Bucheng; Heigu, the land god of Yangshe; Lin, the land god of Lixiang..." Each name is preceded by their position in the underworld.
"Come on! Sign your name!"
The moment the name was written on the volume of the Book of Life and Death, the two black characters "Changde" immediately turned into two large golden seal characters, which instantly burst out with thousands of feet of golden light, penetrated the golden roof, and shot out of the hall.
In the high and mighty Yin Tianzi Palace in the distance, Yin Tianzi, who was sitting on the imperial throne, also looked down at the book of life and death on the table, and Chang De's name appeared on it.
He picked up the white jade pen in his hand and wrote on it.
"After guarding the Ancient Mountain for a hundred years and completing his merits, he will be in charge of the Soul-Catching Division of the Underworld, specializing in arresting ghosts in the underworld and assisting in rewarding the good and punishing the evil."
After he put pen to paper, he saw the face of the ghost headed by the God Cao suddenly changed. More than a dozen ghosts and gods in charge of the God Cao and the gods of the underworld raised their heads together and looked at Chang De, their eyes full of shock.
When Chang De left Yintianzi City, the attitude of the ghosts and gods in charge towards him changed.
Moreover, when he was leaving, an official from the underworld of the gods pulled him aside and secretly told him that he had been appointed by the Emperor Yin to be the chief god of the underworld. As long as he devoted himself to the duties of the god of the ancient mountain and did not do anything that would anger heaven and people, erase his merits and virtues, and bring him karma, he would naturally be able to become a chief god in the future.
These ghost officials in the underworld are naturally different from ordinary gods in the world of the living. Some of them may not be of higher rank than them, but they are located in the Yin Tianzi City and have great power. In their eyes, ordinary mountain gods and water masters are nothing more than minor officials in the world of the living.
But it is naturally different for Chang De, who was appointed by Emperor Yin to be in charge of a department. In the future, he will naturally become an important member of the underworld, and even their chief officer and superior. Even if he has not taken office yet, he is worthy of their courtesy.
Even the ghosts and gods driving the car seemed to know that Chang De would go to the underworld in the future and become a god of the underworld. Their attitude became more enthusiastic and respectful. They drove back along the original route and sent Chang De to the world of the living again.
Passing by the blessed land of Xundu Academy in the underworld, the ghost horse stepped on the phosphorescent fire and stopped where it was, but the magnificent pavilions and halls were gone.
"Huh?"
Changde looked up at the sky. The original blessed land and the preaching jade slips combined together and emitted a golden light, floating in the sky like a palace in heaven.
The wide jade slip is like the earth carrying several mountains, with palaces and schools on top of it. The tall stone tablet of Xundu Academy stands in front of the mountain gate.
The students flying back and forth in the academy made it look even more like immortals and gods. Compared to the original blessed land, it now looked like a fairyland.
"So Fengdu came here for this!" Although Changde still didn't fully understand Fengdu's intention, he could see that it was related to the layout of the Xundu Academy.
A ray of light shone down from the preaching jade slip and landed next to Changde's ghost and god carriage. A man in a loose doctor's robe walked slowly down the carriage and entered the carriage.
Dozens of ghost generals and ghost soldiers guarded the ghost chariot and moved forward again. This time, there was no stop and it went all the way to the ancient mountain in the world of the living.
"How about going to Yintianzi City this time?" Fang Xiu sat in the carriage that was several meters wide, looking at Chang De who was becoming somewhat high-spirited.
Chang De chuckled and said, "I haven't seen Emperor Yin, but I have gained a lot!"
Fang Xiu nodded without asking any more questions: "That's good!"