104: Chapter 99: Day Traveling God 104: Chapter 99: Day Traveling God “Second Brother, is Eldest Brother dead?”

“Nonsense, can’t you see he’s floating in the sky?” Chen Qing scowled, “When Mother comes, you mustn’t talk nonsense to her.”

“But…

I saw you burn Eldest Brother yesterday…”

“Eldest Brother’s body underwent metamorphosis and ascended to heaven, becoming an immortal.

Naturally, his mortal flesh had to be burned.

You don’t understand…”

“Do you plan to tell Sister-in-law the same thing?”

Chen Qing: “…..”

This damn girl, getting smarter and smarter…

At the entrance of the Government Office, the two siblings, looking quite alike, sat leaning against the doorframe like this, staring blankly at Chen Ye floating in the sky.

At that moment, Chen Ye was indescribably excited.

Clad in a white robe and silver armor, he could go between heaven and earth—it was genuinely majestic, just like the immortals in the storybooks!

In fact, he had always wanted to join the army when he was very young, but his parents didn’t allow it.

With the second child needing to study and the little sister to be married off, the family needed someone to work.

After marrying and having children, the thought was even further from his mind.

After all, he was now the head of the Chen Family’s main household—his elderly mother relied on him for support, and his wife and children depended on him.

In the end, he was destined to live a life of labor…

Occasionally, in his dreams, he had also seen himself riding a tall horse, wielding a silver spear, able to earn a title for his wife and a noble rank for his son through his own abilities, so the family wouldn’t have to pin all their hopes on the second child’s scholarly success.

Who would have thought that he couldn’t fulfill this wish in life, but in death, fate took a twist!

When he first learned of his own death, he was saddened for a long time.

His wife was still so young, and his child was only a few years old.

How could they manage without a father?

To his surprise, after death, he encountered that character from the storybooks, oh no no— the gentleman referred to himself as the City God, which was more or less the same thing.

In any case, he was told that since he had accumulated good deeds and had a virtuous nature in life, and in addition had the bearing of a valiant warrior, he was asked if he was willing to stay in the abode of ghosts and become the Lyuzhou Day Traveling God!

He remembered he was so stunned at the time that he did not react for a while, even suspecting that the other party was a swindler because that so-called Government Office of the netherworld looked too shabby, not even as large as the shrine hall in Chen Family Village.

But he could not bear to leave his wife and children.

No matter what, he did not truly wish to reincarnate.

Unexpectedly, after agreeing, he found he really could roam during the day and had the power to travel between heaven and earth, as free as a bird.

He knew it—he was meant to be a general.

Even the City God lord said so!

Why else would he, among the hundreds of dead, become a Day Traveling God?

“Day Traveling God?” Having finished his handover tasks, Second Elder Shen looked curiously at the figure floating in the sky: “What sort of position is this, my lord?”

Yesterday, he set out because he also had a request for Chen Qing.

Thus, he agreed to go along with the latter, leading separate teams with Murong Yunji to rescue people in villages in the southwest.

Chen Qing glanced at his elder brother, who seemed to be having fun above, and felt slightly better.

Though Wei Gongcheng had not yet been ranked, as a rightful god of the netherworld, he had the authority of a divine enfeoffment.

As long as the power of the Karma Fruit was sufficient, he could enfeoff the Martial Judge, Wandering Gods of Day and Night, Generals of oxen and horses, and various deities, virtually anyone who could act as an executive under his command.

Indeed, as Wei Gongcheng had thought, the power of the Karma Fruit was infinitely mysterious.

It could not only build the netherworld but also grant longevity to the living and bestow divinity upon the souls of the dead!

For example, this Day Traveling God, like his elder brother, was not merely a title.

Once enfeoffed after consuming enough Karma Fruit power, one had the ability to roam during the day, command and dispatch souls, a bona fide civil servant of the netherworld, with authority and divine skills!

Of course, his elder brother was deemed suitable not because he truly had the bearing of a valiant warrior—that was merely a pretense.

Though Wei Gongcheng was somewhat dissatisfied, he said nothing.

After all, in the early stages of the netherworld’s establishment, in the chaos, other positions could be empty, but there had to be Wandering Gods of Day and Night to capture souls.

After all, whom else could he enfeoff?

And obviously, just one or two weren’t enough.

Once the City God’s netherworld enfeoffed someone, all the souls in Lyuzhou came under Wei Gongcheng’s jurisdiction.

Now that Lyuzhou had encountered a great disaster, with people dying and turning into zombies everywhere, lonely ghosts were abundant!

But he was stretched too thin and could only watch helplessly as a large group of souls, which should be under his command, could not be rallied, naturally making him anxious like ants on a hot pan.

He relied on the Wandering Gods of Day and Night to help capture souls because, after all, he had to establish his authority.

He couldn’t afford to demean himself by personally drumming up business, could he?

This Eldest Brother of Chen Qing might seem a bit foolish, but he was reliable in his work.

After familiarizing himself with his duties, he roamed around Lyuzhou City during the day and had already gathered hundreds of lost souls—quite an efficient performance, satisfying Wei Gongcheng as well.

“Your time under the sun has ended.

Do not cry anymore.

Quickly follow me back to the netherworld!”

At this moment, Chen Ye, with his eyes gleaming your shrewdly, saw another opportunity come to life.

He approached excitedly, cleared his throat, and announced solemnly.

“Who are you?”

In Ma Erniang’s shop, two blurry yin souls, their bodies covered in blood and flesh, clung to each other crying bitterly—it appeared to be a mother and daughter.

The terrible wounds all over their bodies made it evident they had died from the gnawing of the living dead.

They were able to follow to Lyuzhou because their surviving husband and son had been rescued by a large convoy and had entered Lyuzhou City.

Yin souls are often confused after death, not knowing what to do; they can only follow their relatives.

Thus, they had followed them all the way to Lyuzhou.

The sight of their husband drinking meat soup shocked them into voicing their sorrow, and the mother and daughter held each other as they burst into tears.

“I am the Lyuzhou Day Traveling God, you must not linger in the world of the living.

Come with me to the underworld at once!”

Chen Ye put on an act to appear very commanding.

This was what the City God had instructed; as a legitimate divine spirit charged with capturing souls, he needed to be stern and solemn to intimidate the yin souls.

“The underworld…” Both the mother and daughter looked at the tall and mighty man, with his divine presence, and were overwhelmed with fear.

The woman retreated with her daughter, hoping to draw closer to her husband, but under the blazing sun, not only could her husband not see her, she also couldn’t draw near.

Finally, the woman mustered the courage to ask, “Sir, what will happen after we go to the underworld?”

Seeing the pitiable mother and daughter, Chen Ye couldn’t keep up his stern facade and revealed a foolishly grinning face, scratching his head as he said, “Don’t worry, the underworld is the resting place for the dead.

Once there, you won’t be scorched by the intense sun, and the City God will judge your merits and sins from when you’re alive to determine your underworld lifespan.

By the looks of it, you seem to be kind-hearted.

If you did no evil, you could have houses in the underworld.”

With the man’s simple smile, the previously solemn and awe-inspiring air turned somewhat endearing, and this change left people feeling much more at ease.

The mother and daughter felt slightly braver, and the woman quickly asked, “Once there, can we…

can we still see the child’s father?”

“Not for the time being…” Chen Ye shook his head, but upon seeing the woman’s sad expression, his heart softened, “However, once you are there, as long as you abide by the rules, the City God will arrange for you to visit your loved ones in dreams, and there will be a time for reunion…”

Seeing the big general’s gentle demeanor, the woman slowly let down her guard and promptly started to ask even more questions.

From a distance, Chen Qing shook his head.

His elder brother was still too honest and amiable—this wouldn’t do.

With so many wandering ghosts outside, the duties of a wandering god were incredibly busy.

If he explained things so gently to every single ghost, how many could he capture in a day?

Wei Gongcheng gave him the terrifying persona not to show off, but rather for efficiency.

It seemed he would have to remind his elder brother not to let other wandering gods take over their business—after all, although imperial appointments can be influenced by reputation, promotion within the flow of divine bureaucracy relies on performance…

“City God, underworld lifespan?” Second Elder Shen was also listening intently, and at this point, he stroked his chin, eyes flashing, he began nodding repeatedly, “Interesting, very interesting indeed!”

He had noticed when they were rescuing people that after humans died…

their yin souls remained in the world!

As a magician sensitive to spiritual and soulful energies, he could see the yin souls.

He had seen them before, but never these kinds that could stay in the world for an extended period.

Previously, the convention was that after death, the soul would be directly absorbed into the Path of Yin and Yang, never having the chance to return.

There had been a Grand Sorcerer who for his loved ones had ventured into the Path of Yin and Yang and found them transformed beyond recognition, turned into evil ghosts who only knew slaughter.

Yes, that Grand Sorcerer was his own father, the ancestor of the Shen Family.

After that, his father began to aggressively search for the secret to immortality, obviously out of fear of becoming like his mother in the Path of Yin and Yang after death.

But now…

these yin souls didn’t need to go the Path of Yin and Yang after death?

And there was something about an underworld, a City God?

He had never heard of such things!

When he saw the yin souls scattered around on the road, he had his doubts.

This either was the influence of the mysterious fog, or…

it was the work of the mysterious Magistrate of Lyuzhou…

Now, it seemed…

indeed it was the doing of the young Magistrate!

At this thought, he looked at Chen Qing with an even more inexplicable gaze.

His father…

no, what all the great powers had painstakingly sought to avoid, the life and death catastrophe, this fellow could turn with a flip of his hand?

What means had he used to alter the laws of the Path of Yin and Yang that had operated for thousands of years in the human realm?

Who exactly…

was he?