Chapter Fourteen: The City of Yincheng County

  In a subtle way, Liu was given a kind of feeling that his energy was exhausted, as if it interfered with the lower realm, and for Shenxiang Tiangong, it was also an extremely heavy burden.

  Liu Bu Yi's face completely darkened. The strange fish meat that existed in the Sheng Xiang Tian Palace was gone, not a single piece left.

  He was about to curse when the Divine Sky Palace transmitted a very weak consciousness, crossing the lower realm costs 10,000 contribution points, automatically deducted, insufficient part deducted as 230 pounds of fish meat.

  Liu Bu Yi now owes 9,522 contribution points to Shen Xiao Tian Gong.

  For a moment, Liu nearly spat out blood. Damn it, I didn't let you disturb me in the Lower Realm! Originally, I was going to go to the Dongyuan Sect's disciples' training grounds in the Lower Realm, but now who knows where the Shenxiu Tian Palace has taken us?

  Liu was furious again, but the Tian Gong of Shen Xiao seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, without any reaction at all.

  This instead made Liu Bu worried and annoyed. He was very clear about how much help the Tian Gong of Shen Xiao had given him.

  Besides, if something really goes wrong with Tian Gong Temple. He shouldn't be trapped in this lower realm for his whole life...

  No matter what, he now has nothing on him and is abandoned in an unfamiliar place, which is quite unfavorable!

  However, he soon calmed down. The Tian Gong in the sea of knowledge was still there, and it could still borrow things, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

  This time, in the Tian Gong of Shen Xiao, a credit limit appeared, and his current credit limit is 10,000 points. In other words, he can still owe more than 400 contribution points worth of things in the Tian Gong of Shen Xiao...

  In any case, I won't starve to death!

  But at this moment, on the great river, a wooden sailboat rode the wind and waves, shattering layer upon layer of golden red scales, going straight downstream.

  It wasn't until the sailboat had drifted downstream for over a hundred meters that Liu suddenly came to, letting out a loud cry like someone who'd just been stepped on: "Hey, hey... wait for me..."

  But the boat went downstream with the current and was soon out of sight.

  This was the first man-made object he had seen since coming to this world. Liu Buji hurriedly chased after it, following along the riverbank downstream.

  The weeds underfoot were overgrown, and it was all some abandoned fields that had been reclaimed but then abandoned again.

  "This place has fertile soil and is close to a big river. It should be a first-class field, how come it's all abandoned now?" Liu was somewhat puzzled.

  Along the way, I saw that there were at least tens of thousands of abandoned lands, more than those that were barren and desolate, and even more fertile.

  Only the withered bones occasionally visible among the weeds, and some other signs. It can be seen that these lands have become what they are today due to reasons such as war and plague!

  What made Liu even more curious was that the sky had already darkened and the yin energy began to surge. These places where many people had obviously died, did not have a single hint of ghostly aura emanating from them. It made him feel utterly incredulous!

  If there is such a place in the upper boundary, evil spirits have long been lurking, requiring high-ranking people to perform rituals to drive out the dead and purify the yin energy. Only then can the land be re-cultivated and developed.

  Here, apparently many people have died in the past few years. However, although the yin energy is heavy here, there isn't a hint of ghostly energy, clearly indicating that there are no ghosts!

  Could it be that this place is similar to Liu Bu's previous world, where the Tao and the law cannot be revealed?

  But Liu didn't need to think much to know how this was possible, it's the Lower Realm after all.

  Although Liu Bu had always been unclear about what was going on in the lower realm, it was too mysterious and unpredictable.

  Although he had all sorts of guesses in his heart, there was no solid evidence, and nothing could be done about it!

  But then they didn't go far, and in the distance, they saw the big river turning a bend. It was at this big bend that a city appeared on the riverbank.

  The city even has a dock, and the ship that Liu Bei saw earlier seems to be moored there.

  Liu was overjoyed for a moment, and his footsteps quickened involuntarily. From afar, he saw that the city gate was indeed Water Drought Wharf, with people entering and exiting in an orderly manner, making it quite lively.

  This small town is not too large in scale. The city wall was also built with rammed earth, at most two or three meters high, and it doesn't look very majestic either.

  Liu Buji approached, and saw that the city gate had two large characters written on it: "Yin City". In his heart, he secretly thought, "This place is called Yin City? Could I have arrived in the underworld, the Yellow Springs?"

  Then, the scorching sun that made people dizzy and the shadow under his feet made Liu suddenly come to his senses. It would be strange if this were in the underworld!

  Wow, then Liu Buji saw a row of cages at the city gate, locked up were dozens of dejected-looking monks and Taoist priests, their heads crowded together, quite a spectacular sight.

  What's going on here? Liu was somewhat perplexed. Did these monks commit some kind of crime?

  Liu Buji was secretly complaining in his heart, but he was still delighted. At least even if it was the lower realm, this place looked like his familiar ancient world, and seemed to be no different from the upper realm.

  At least at first, Liu didn't think that the so-called Lower Realm, where disciples were tempered, was a dark and terrifying place, or a battlefield like the Asura realm.

  "Taking so many monks back, the government is really doing evil. The prefecture is also ruthless and doesn't fear offending the Buddha, being beaten into the eighteen layers of hell after death?"

  "Yes, Amitabha Buddha. How can this be? It's better to release these great monks early..."

  "What's there to fear? It's just Lord Ming's men who are doing the arresting. Officials of the imperial court are all stars from heaven, even Buddha can't blame them..."

  Liu Buji heard the commotion, it turned out that these were all monks from Bao Lin Temple outside the city, and for some reason they had offended the county magistrate, and were actually all arrested and put in cages at the city gate to be displayed to the public.

  He deliberately inquired about the news and asked: "Isn't this what the imperial court is going to arrest now?"

  Among the crowd, someone loudly asked: "How could the imperial court arrest people? Who doesn't know that our great Sui dynasty's emperor is a devout Buddhist? The previous emperor was even born in the Prajna Temple in Fengyi and was raised by Bhikkhuni Zhi Xian after birth."

  "Hiss," Liu sucked in a breath of cool air as if he had some toothache. Was the way to open it wrong, or what? This sentence sounded somewhat familiar.

  "It is, it is. In those days, Zhixian Shenni had told the previous emperor: 'Your son will become very noble, coming from the Eastern Country. The Buddhist Dharma will be destroyed and will be revived by your son.'"

  "Yes, even the young monks who have received the Bodhisattva precepts are being arrested. This county magistrate has gone mad, catching and detaining monks, it seems he really doesn't want to live!" someone said.