Chapter 50: The Collision of the Holy Path and the Merits of the Underworld

  Chen Jiuyi slowly gathered his manuscript and looked at the old dean: "I really took this script back".

  Li Hui shook his head: "Take it away, I have already understood this calligraphy for three days, and the gain is not small. One should be content with what one has."

  Chen Jiuxiao burst out laughing, then carefully put away the book: "In the future, I'll make a 'Chen Jiuxiao's Quotations', whenever I encounter demons and monsters, I'll flip through the book, and they'll turn into dust."

  The old director looked at Chen Jiu and shook his head: "It's not as simple as you think, this sacred wise word can only be used once, even if you bind it into a book, you won't be able to use it several times."

  It seems that Chen Jiu had never really thought about this problem: "Also, from now on I will use one word at a time".

  Yi Xiao looked at Chen Jiu, then glanced at the calligraphy scroll that had been put away, his face filled with envy: "Brother, if you really write another saintly calligraphy piece in the future, you must give it to me."

  "What do you want with sacred and virtuous words? You're still 108,000 miles away from the realm of saints."

  "This saint's calligraphy is a treasure wherever it is, and there are only a few in the world that have been preserved. If I could get one piece, I would be envied to death by others."

  Li Hui smiled and then casually took out two wooden plaques, on which the character "Jia" was written. When turned over, they revealed the names of two people.

  Seeing the two of them looking puzzled, Li Hui explained: "This is the token of the academy, you have been assigned to Class A, this is the evidence for your future enrollment in Class A".

  Chen Jiu took a glance at Yi Xiao Xiao: "Director, did Yi Xiao Xiao also pass the exam?"

  "Don't you know yet? Yi Xiao is the second place after you, and the two of you will be together in two days, so you must help each other and learn from each other."

  Chen Jiu and Yi Xiao Xiao exclaimed in unison, then Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiao Xiao with a strange expression, saying in a mysterious tone: "No wonder you're so confident, it turns out you're that formidable. It seems my poor wine shop can't escape your clutches."

  Yi Xiao Xiao heard this and shook his head: "I'm not as great as you are, the future saint".

  Li Hui waved his hand and interrupted the two people's nonsense: "You go back, I still need to study this calligraphy."

  Chen Jiu and Yi Xiao walked out of the room together, Chen Jiu smiled and looked at Yi Xiao: "How about it, you did so well in the exam, aren't you going to treat me?"

  Xiao Xiao waved his hand: "You're better than me, why isn't it your turn, why is it my turn as the second to invite?"

  "Every day you eat mine, drink mine, sleep in mine..."

  "Wait, wait, wait, I know what you're going to say next. Are you actually thinking of saying: You still want me to treat you, how shameless?" Yi Xiao quickly intercepted Chen Jiuyi's unfinished words.

  Chen Jiuxu's footsteps paused, and he turned his head to look at Yi Xiaoxiao: "Not bad, you've actually become smarter".

  Yi Xiao Xiao made a face upon hearing this: "But even if I'm treating you, wouldn't I still want to treat you to the best things? You tell me, which restaurant in Qingzhou Prefecture is the best? Of course it's your First Loft. What's the difference between me treating you and you eating at your own place?"

  Chen Jiuyi almost fell over, he had seen people with thick skin before, but never anyone as thick-skinned as this.

  The first floor is brightly lit tonight, the entire building is filled with a festive atmosphere, the smell of wine and meat wafts through the air, hundreds of scholars are wildly drinking and feasting inside, the aroma of wine drifts for tens of miles.

  Chen Jiu and Yi Xiao Xiao sat on the third floor of the wine building. The third floor was used by Chen Jiu for internal personnel and was never open to outsiders.

  Xiao Xiao's face had a hint of redness, and he lightly sipped his wine: "Brother, it seems that your tavern has made another fortune tonight."

  Chen Jiu also responded with a somewhat drunken "hmm": "When has this wine shop ever not made money?"

  After finishing speaking, he suddenly drank down a bowl of wine in his hand: "Can't take it anymore, had too much to drink today, brother you do as you please".

  Dazed and dizzy, he stumbled upstairs, Chen Jiu collapsed onto his bed, completely devoid of any vitality.

  Upstairs, the evil-warding sword's light was dim and dull, suppressed to its lowest point by the endless red dust energy. A black thread circled around the evil-warding sword non-stop, this black thread being the power of the curse, constantly absorbing the red dust energy to grow stronger.

  In a daze, a summons suddenly entered Chen Jiu's mind. Two blurry figures appeared in front of him, one of whom said, "This guy is so dead drunk."

  Another guy said: "Don't worry about that, just take it away. If not for the worldly aura suppressing the sword aura tonight, our actions might not have been so smooth."

  After finishing speaking, a figure struck Chen Jiu's body with one blow, and a round bead that looked rounded and emitted an ancient aura ran out.

  All that was seen was this bead lightly swaying, a phantom figure flashing by, it was Chen Jiu's appearance, but this Chen Jiu looked rather foolish.

  With a "clank", two chains locked Chen Jiu in place, and then left.

  A loud "slap" sound, a severe pain woke up Chen Jiu. With blurry eyes, Chen Jiu looked at the dazed figure and groaned softly, muttering: "Who the hell hit me again?"

  This is a large hall, on which there is a table that is no different from the yamen of the mortal world. Behind this table sits a ghost with a blue face and fangs.

  That ghostly figure looked at Chen Jiu, who was talking nonsense. With a loud slap on the alarm wood, the alarm wood had a kind of captivating power, and in an instant, Chen Jiu suddenly came to his senses.

  Looking at this strange place, I feel a sense of illusory soul, and the heavy iron chains on my body. Frowning: "Where is this? Who are you?"

  The ghost on the big hall laughed: "It's not wrong to arrest you, I didn't expect that even when facing me, the judge himself doesn't recognize me".

  "What's this? Are you very famous?" Chen Jiu didn't frown any deeper.

  "This is the Yinsi Court, and I am Chen Jiu, the judge of the city's underworld. You have been brought here today to be judged, do you know your crime?" The ghostly figure thundered.

  Chen Jiu suddenly sobered up: "This is the underworld, you are the judge."

  "Do you know your crime?" The judge did not answer Chen Jiu's words, but instead shouted loudly, his voice piercing the soul.

  After a while, Chen Jiu replied calmly: "What crime does this young master have? On the contrary, you are the one who has committed a great sin by detaining this young master in the underworld without reason."

  The fierce ghosts on both sides of "Fang Zong" made a sound at the same time.

  "In ancient times, there was a pact that in this world, except for those who are about to die or the dead, the underworld is not allowed to interfere with the affairs of the living at will. You actually dare to disregard the pact and detain me, don't you fear the backlash of human morality and the wrath of the Emperor?"

  The judge burst out laughing, even to the point of cramping: "So you're just a foolish kid, thinking this is ancient times, daring to threaten me with human morals and ethics. You damaged my statue first, disrespected me, didn't offer incense or fire, now I'll let you taste the suffering of the 18 layers of hell. Give you a good lesson."

  Chen Jiu's face changed (do ghosts have a complexion?), why is this judge not afraid of public opinion, and actually dares to be so arrogant, it's really abnormal.

  "Haha, if you're expecting that so-called 'humanity' and 'benevolence', then forget it. As for the Emperor, do you think the Emperor would care about a insignificant person like you? Today, I will turn you into ashes and you won't have anywhere to plead your case."

  "Come on, take him down for me and let him taste the sufferings of the eighteen hells."

  Chen Jiu's face changed, he didn't expect to fall into the Yin Si's trap, and a wave of anger surged up from his heart.

  In an instant, Chen Jiuna's originally silent body suddenly fluctuated with a burst of energy when he got angry, and the Holy Dao chapter in his arms ignited instantly.

  A mighty force descended upon the underworld, causing the entire realm to tremble. The eighteen layers of hell swayed as if about to collapse, and the City God's expression changed in an instant.

  Then a majestic and upright energy column that seemed to penetrate the heavens and the earth appeared, piercing through the Yin Si Fu, as if it was about to evaporate the entire Yin Si.

  Just as the light pillar was about to break through the underworld, a surge of dark energy suddenly shot up into the sky, constantly merging with the light pillar. The accumulated dark energy in the underworld for thousands of years was burned out in an instant.

  The Yama's office was erased by half, Chen Jiu's soul disappeared, and the Yama and a group of little ghosts also disappeared, leaving only the empty Yama's office, which slowly collapsed in that tremor. Finally, a flash of yin virtue passed, and the Yama's office instantly restored its original shape, but the Yama and the group of little ghosts were gone.