Chapter 488: Heavenly Prison? Nursing Home?
"It's not possible to reach the seventeenth floor, but I'm afraid it's still necessary to go to the tenth floor." Taishang Laojun said.
"Ten floors?" I looked at Taishang Laojun with some confusion and asked, "Didn't you say there are seventeen floors?"
"There are seventeen floors, but as I told you before, there are a dozen super demon kings who cannot be taken away for the first time, so you don't need to go to the bottom two floors. Those dozen super demon kings can't be taken away for the first time. The demon kings are concentrated in those two floors. Apart from them, there is only one optional demon king on the sixteenth floor. However, it is not cost-effective to go all alone for a demon king. Let’s just look for it on the upper floors. .”
"Even if we don't go to the lower two floors, there are still fifteen floors, right?"
"Yes, there are fifteen floors, but the first to fourth floors are all empty. The fifth floor only has a few weakest monsters. I guess you don't like it, so we will start directly from the sixth floor. It’s more convenient.”
"Then let me ask, does the Demon King become more powerful the further down it goes?"
Taishang Laojun didn't hide anything, he nodded directly and said: "That's right, so the sixteen super demon kings you can't choose are all concentrated on the bottom two floors."
Hearing this, I suddenly remembered that Taishang Laojun said before that in addition to the sixteen super demon kings that I cannot choose, there is a demon king that can be selected in the lower two floors. So if according to this, the more powerful the demon king is. The setting of the Demon King being locked up deeper and deeper doesn't mean that the remaining one is at least the top twenty among this group of monsters? Putting it this way, it doesn't seem impossible to make a trip for him alone. Although everyone is equal, it is obviously not cost-effective for bosses to travel to the United States to hire a small worker. But if the person to be hired is Einstein, I don’t think any boss would mind traveling there in person. Bar? It's the same in this game. If it's for an ordinary monster that makes me go through an extra level of hell, it's really not worth it, but if it's for a top twenty monster king, that's another matter.
"Laojun. I think I still want to see the only demon king that can be chosen in the sixteenth level of hell."
Miraculously, Taishang Laojun did not reject the call directly, but said: "I know what you mean. You must be thinking that those who can be locked up with those powerful people must be super powerful people. Get one back." Such a demon king might be more useful than three or four ordinary demon kings. What do you think? My guess is right, right?"
This is not something that cannot be said. So I generously admitted that Taishang Laojun's guess was correct, but I also heard that Taishang Laojun seemed to mean that there was something wrong with the only demon king that could be selected. Anyway, he was not suitable for recruitment. type.
Sure enough, after hearing my admission, Taishang Laojun immediately said: "If you believe me, then don't look at this demon king. There are nearly two hundred demons in the heavenly prison, but this one is the only one who is not suitable." Recruitment. Others, even those super demon kings who won't let you take them out for the first time, are not as troublesome as this guy."
After hearing Taishang Laojun's words, I became even more curious. It is said that the location of the demon king imprisoned in the heavenly prison is determined according to his strength, and since this guy is on the sixteenth floor, it means that he is not the most harmful demon king, but why does Taishang Laojun say This is the most troublesome?
Anyway, Taishang Laojun is my guide now. If you don’t understand me, just ask. "Um, I wonder what's causing trouble for this demon king?"
Seeing that I obviously wanted this demon king, Taishang Laojun explained in detail: "Let me tell you this. The demon king imprisoned in the heavenly prison is actually not the same as the monsters outside. They are mortals." In my impression, monsters are very evil and like to eat people. They also do some things that are harmful to the world. Of course, this is related to the propaganda of our heaven, but you are also an insider, so I won’t tell you those false things. Yes. In fact, not all monsters nowadays are evil people. You should also know this. After all, you have a good relationship with the monster clan. Of course. There are indeed many villains among monsters, but that It’s all because the current living environment of the demons is harsh. Since there is no room for development, they can only increase their strength through cannibalism and evil magic. Do you understand this?”
I nodded to show that I understood. What Taishang Laojun said is actually very simple. Almost all the places with abundant spiritual energy in modern Chinese land are occupied by the Heavenly Court. After all, the gods in the Heavenly Court won the battle of demons and immortals back then, so of course these resources are in the hands of the Heavenly Court. This makes it extremely difficult for demons to extract spiritual energy. If you only rely on the little spiritual energy floating between heaven and earth to practice, you can only be said to be in a state of starving to death and not having enough to eat. Some monsters who are tough-minded or who are lucky enough to find some small spiritual veins can still take the right path and slowly start practicing. However, most monsters have no choice but to find other ways to replenish their spiritual energy due to difficulties in life, and among them the most The simplest and most direct way is to eat people. Therefore, folk rumors about monsters are basically not good. After all, monsters that do not eat humans hide in the mountains and old forests to practice. Mortals mostly come into contact with these monsters that come out to eat people. After this, people come to think that monsters are cannibals.
However, the actual situation is that monsters actually have their own difficulties, and even if it is so difficult to practice, more than half of the monsters are still cultivating honestly, and the monsters that really come out to eat people may not even be one-third. arrive. However, after all, Tianting is not a member of the monster family, and the two sides are still in a competitive relationship, so Tianting simply vilifies the monsters in its external publicity. Over time, the idea of monsters eating humans has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Taishang Laojun continued after I confirmed that I understood what he just said: "The demons I just mentioned are all modern demons, but the demons before the establishment of Heaven were not like this. At that time, our Heaven had not yet occupied this land of China. It's all about witches, Taoists, demons, spirits and other beings living together on this land competing for survival resources. At that time, the great demons basically had their own training ground, and they were all full of energy. The supply of spiritual energy in large spiritual spring leylines is much faster than cannibalism. Therefore, the demons at that time were simply too lazy to eat people. If they had the time, it would be more refreshing to take a breath of spiritual energy. Besides, cannibalism will Being contaminated with karma, you have to solve the karma in the end, and the gain outweighs the loss. The demon kings imprisoned in our heavenly prison are all the ancient demon kings captured when the heaven was just built. They are basically the demons who have been cultivated by themselves, so Not only do they not eat people, but as long as they do not taint their own interests, they are very peaceful. After all, the demons of that era are basically born and raised. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the sons of heaven and the veins of the earth. Oh, by the way, The three divine beasts you know are actually the same existence as these demon kings, but they later formed an alliance with our heaven and were not put into this heavenly prison."
I nodded and said: "I understand. The demons you imprison in the heavenly prison are like political prisoners. The reason they are imprisoned is because they have different political opinions from those in power, not because of any problem with their personal style. In fact, in addition to their differences in ideas, Same. It’s not an exaggeration to be called a good person for his personal style. Am I right?”
Taishang Laojun nodded and said: "That's what I mean. Although these demons and our heaven are not on the same side, it is basically nonsense to say that they do many evil things. They are just deceiving those ignorant mortals. But, what I just told you That demon king is the only exception here. I don’t know what happened to this demon king, but he was born to be extremely cruel. Not only did a large number of our immortal friends in heaven die at the hands of this demon king, but also the demon kings within the demon clan were killed by him. There are also double digits. If it weren't for the fact that during the capture process, this monster happened to fight with the largest monster of the monster clan back then, and both sides were injured and had not yet recovered their strength, we would not have been able to catch this monster among monsters. Moreover, because of that year, In the first battle, this monster was injured continuously, so that it lost its core essence, and even the demon pill was smashed by Dao Ancestor with his natal magic weapon. It would not have been locked in the sixteenth floor of the sky prison. With the strength of this monster in its heyday, I It’s not too much to set up an eighteenth floor for it. However, even if the monster’s strength is greatly damaged now, the monster king is no match for him. Besides, this monster’s temperament is too violent. Even if you get rid of it I’m afraid I can’t control it. So I think it’s better not to go and see it.”
Although Taishang Laojun explained it in detail, the more he said this, the more tempted I became. Can a master still lose his temper? Moreover, this demon was so strong in the beginning, which shows that he has great talent. As for his current strength, he is greatly damaged... He has the power of faith and is afraid that he is not strong enough? Because of the lack of faith, other protoss usually only select those members who can practice quickly to train. But we are different! We have so much power of faith that we don’t need to consider the issue of input and output at all. The only thing we need to worry about is the limit of the objects we can train. Compared to those who practice quickly, we need those with unlimited potential. No matter how much we invest, it is worth it for us.
"Laojun. Although you have explained a lot to me, I still want to take a look. You may not know it well, but our Frost Rose Alliance also has its own methods. When those ordinary demon kings come to our side, we can lure them It can be disciplined by using affection and cooperating with the intimidation of heaven. As for this disobedient thorn... we actually have some thunderous methods. "
"If you, President Ziri, insist on doing this, then I can't help it. Anyway, I'm just giving you a few pointers. As for whether to choose or not, it's up to you to make your own decision." After speaking, Taishang Laojun began to lead the way and lead me here. In the prison.
Hell is not actually a vertical tower prison. It is actually more similar to a chain store. The difference is that it is a chain prison. The eighteen levels of hell are respectively built on the eighteen levels of the underworld. Of course, there cannot be only a height difference between them, so going from the first level of hell to the second level of hell is not a simple matter of going down the stairs. Done. The place we are going to now is the fourteenth floor of the prison. As for the levels above, I jumped directly to it.
Taishang Laojun also said just now that the demons locked up in the heavenly prison are all locked up according to their strength. The higher the level, the weaker the strength of the demons imprisoned, and the more harmed they are, the deeper they are imprisoned. I can only choose five monsters to go out this time. There are at least more than a hundred monsters in the upper levels. There is no way to take them all out at once, so instead of wasting the precious five places on those low-level monsters, it is better to Just go down and find the best one. In fact, if you follow what I want, then go straight in reverse and go to the sixteenth floor first. Anyway, you can't choose the seventeenth floor. There is one on the sixteenth floor. After you finish the sixteenth floor, you can go to the fifteenth floor, and most of them are on the fifteenth floor. I can use up all five spots on the fifteenth floor, so I don’t have to look at the rest at all.
However, even though I thought so, Taishang Laojun strongly suggested that I start from the top and look down. I previously rejected his suggestion not to recruit that very ferocious demon. If I don’t listen this time, It seems to be a bit refuting other people's face. After all, this Taishang Laojun is also a transcendent being in the heaven. Moreover, he has helped me make equipment before, so he is considered to be a good friend of me. Under such circumstances, he should not It’s just that you’re going to trick me. Although his suggestions may be different from my ideas, their starting points should be good. So even if I have my own ideas, I can't just ignore him. In this way, after comprehensive consideration, I still followed Taishang Laojun's advice and looked from top to bottom. However, I did not completely follow Taishang Laojun's advice and start from the top. Instead, I started directly from the fourteenth floor. . No matter what, this fourteenth floor is still a very deep place, so even if I am not a super awesome monster in this place, at least I am not too good at it.
I didn't know that Tianlao was in hell. My guess about Tianlao was that it was a place with seals everywhere and a sentry every ten steps. but. When I learned that Tianlao was actually built in hell, I began to imagine that Tianlao was actually a place like hell. Dark, cold, and lifeless. There may also be many instruments of torture and inhumane torture. However, it was only when I actually arrived at the fourteenth floor of the heavenly prison that I discovered that all of the above had nothing to do with it.
Although Tianlao was built in hell, the environment inside this place was not gloomy at all. On the contrary, it was extremely sunny. What's even more terrifying is that all the monsters here are free-range. Eh...it's a bit inappropriate to use the word "raise", but the meaning is basically correct.
From a distance, Tianlao looks like a mountain villa beside the road. When you get closer, you will find that it is actually a health resort. There were two ghost generals in armor standing at the entrance of the villa. They looked murderous, but they thought so. But the gate of the villa behind them is not closed. To be exact, there was no door at all in that villa. This so-called gate is a Chinese classical style gatehouse, but the inside of the door frame is empty. Not only does it not have any magical barriers such as restrictions, it doesn't even have a door panel.
"I mean Taishang Laojun? Are you sure this is a heavenly prison and not a vacation place for your heavenly gods?"
Taishang Laojun laughed directly after hearing my words, but he did not answer my question, but took the lead and walked over. However, what surprised me was. Just when Taishang Laojun walked to the gate, the two ghost generals who were like sculptures and had not moved at all since we saw them suddenly moved the Guandi Sword in their hands to the middle, blocking the way. Taishang Laojun’s way.
Originally, I thought that Taishang Laojun would definitely get angry after being blocked in this way, but to my surprise, Taishang Laojun, instead of getting angry, quickly admitted his mistake very politely and said: "Ah, I'm sorry. I forgot the road! "As he said that, he hurriedly took out something like a list of papers from his pocket and handed it over.
The two ghost generals immediately retracted their swords after Taishang Laojun retreated. Then one of the ghost generals stepped forward, took the paper, opened it, looked at it, and then rolled the paper in my surprised eyes. He stuffed it directly into his mouth. After devouring the chapter, the ghost general turned around and returned to the door. Then he stretched out his hand forcefully and said, "With special permission, Taishang Laojun and Ziri can enter. Please."
Taishang Laojun nodded and walked in first. I was stunned by the two ghost generals behind me. It wasn't until Taishang Laojun noticed that I wasn't following and turned around to urge me that I remembered and ran two steps to catch up.
The two ghost soldiers who led us before found a seat on the roadside and sat down after we entered the gate. It seemed that they had no intention of coming in. Obviously the defense of this place is not as lax as it seems. Although there are no door panels and isolation measures, these two ghosts seem to be very simple.
It's hard to ask in person, so I started asking Taishang Laojun after I got inside. "What kind of ghost generals were those two just now? Why didn't you give me any face? The Jade Emperor didn't dare to be so arrogant when he saw you, right?"
Taishang Laojun said with a smile: "I advise you to be polite when you see them. Even if you are polite, they will not be wary of you in the slightest, but don't mess with them. This is right. There are only thirty ghost generals in total in the entire underworld. Eight of them are guarding the entrances of the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th floors of the heavenly prison in pairs. There are also two guards. At the entrance to the eighteenth level of hell. The remaining twenty are the bodyguards of the Tenth Palace of Yama, two each. The reason why Wukong did not do anything to the King of Hell when he made a big fuss in the underworld was because he was killed by two The ghost generals were blocked, and although they couldn't do anything to Wukong, there was nothing Wukong could do to them."
"Is it really harmful?"
"Of course." Taishang Laojun said: "This is a natural yin fetus born from the extremely yin energy at the beginning of the world, that is, it is born as a ghost, not a ghost transformed from the soul of a living person after death. . In this underworld, they need to eat and drink like living people on earth, but what they eat is the evil ghosts of hell, and what they drink is the three thousand weak water. Moreover, these thirty ghost generals have all heard of Taoist ancestors in the past. The real ghosts who preached the sermon only had strange personalities due to the yin energy, so they became ghost generals in this underworld. In fact, in this underworld, regardless of whether it is the King of Hell or Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva No matter what, no one can defeat these ghost generals."
"Isn't this too fierce?" I almost drooled after hearing this, and I hoped that I could get two of them to go back and guard the door. But having said that, I seem to be the King of Hell in the Eleventh Hall. So since the previous ten Lords of Hell all have their own ghost generals to protect them, but I don’t have any here, does this count as differential treatment? Well, it seems that I have to go to Heaven again to ask about this configuration issue when I have time. I have to give you the benefits I deserve.
Putting aside the ghost affairs here, I followed Taishang Laojun directly into the tenth floor of the heavenly prison. As a result, I saw the second courtyard wall not far after entering, but it was the same as outside. There was no gate, and what was even more outrageous was that there was not even a guard in sight. After all, there are still two awesome guards outside, but not even a ghost is seen here. Are they really undefended?
"I said that the management of Tianlao is too lax?"
Taishang Laojun knew why I asked this question, so he answered directly: "Actually, it's not that the management is lax. The main reason is that the status of the demons here is different and they don't need to be guarded."
"Why?"
Taishang Laojun explained: "Think about it! These guys are the mountain kings who stood on the top of the mountain to fight against our heaven. They all know that their power has been wiped out. Now they are the only commanders left. What can they do if they run out? What are you doing? Not to mention that the shape of Middle-earth has been fixed, even if it hasn’t yet. With the abilities of these guys, it will be difficult to develop them again. Although they are very good at fighting, our heaven has developed into what it is now, and these guys If people go out alone, they will just continue to fail, so even if we don't send people to guard them, most of these guys won't move."
"Damn it, doesn't that mean I can't hire these guys?"
"That's not the case. These guys actually want to go out and have a look, but we in Heaven have always had concerns, so we have been supervising this side. Although these guys can't be said to have completely lost confidence in life. , but we also know that there is no hope in resisting the Heavenly Court, so they will not resist if we don’t let them out. You just happened to meet this opportunity when you came to ask for the release of these people today, otherwise you thought the Jade Emperor would be so simple Promise to you?"
I think so too. What a shrewd guy the Jade Emperor was? I would trust that kind of person if he could knock something out, but this kind of opportunity to give away benefits for nothing should probably never come up. In fact, when the Jade Emperor and I proposed to take away the monsters in the Heavenly Prison, we went to pay the exorbitant price on the spot. Although I made conditions at that time to take away all the monsters, my real purpose was to take away all the monsters. Just three or five demons coming out is enough. Who knew that the Jade Emperor and the others actually agreed after discussing it in the end. Although I can only pick five for the first time, after all, except for the eighteen monsters that I absolutely cannot take away the first time, the rest basically agree with me to choose at will. This result really surprised me. But it was a good thing anyway, so I didn’t think too much about it. Anyway, when I arrived at Essinger, they were all my subordinates. It was only true that I could increase my strength.
"Well, Laojun! Where are all the monsters here locked up? Why is there no one in this yard?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support will That’s my biggest motivation...)