Hell Emperor.

Chapter 314: Shura Jie - Visit
Looking at the three large cafeterias rising from the ground, Ye Jie nodded with satisfaction.

Although they are called cafeterias, they are more like simple tents with most of the seats in the open air. The advantage is that they do not require steel frames to build and can be constructed right now.

Looking around, there were many seats lined up neatly, with a huge pot in the middle, which required dozens of people to hug together. The aroma of food emanating from the pot was mouth-watering.

Smelling the familiar smell of spiritual porridge, Ye Jie exhaled, and his memory seemed to return to the past, so he prepared to eat a bowl first.

He came to the big pot and scooped a bowl of porridge from it. The porridge was bland, without even a few grains of rice in it, but he drank it with gusto, nodding slightly from time to time.

"This is the smell!"

Only when not a drop of porridge was left did Ye Jie reveal a satisfied smile. He called Shi Zuo and Shi You and ordered them, "You two don't have to guard the door anymore. We are short of manpower now. Come to the cafeteria and cook the porridge. If the fire goes out, go to the frying pan to get some fire."

Shi Zuo and Shi You looked at each other. They dared not disobey the order of the Lord of Yama Palace. No matter how difficult the order was, they had to obey it.

It was the first time to let a stone lion cook porridge, but Ye Jie didn't care.

Suddenly, Ye Jie seemed to have thought of something, and his face became serious: "By the way, although the cafeteria does not collect any good deeds from ghosts, anyone who does not finish the porridge will be punished. I hate people who waste food the most. I will never tolerate such things! Any ghost who wastes spiritual porridge will be thrown into the oil pan!"

Ye Jie opened his mouth slowly, and the might of the Lord of Yama Palace burst out, causing people on both sides to tremble and not dare to say much.

They had never seen Ye Jie so angry. When it came to wasting food, Ye Jie seemed to have become a different person. He looked like he was determined to never forgive anyone who wasted food, which made the two stone lions look at him sideways.

Shi You rolled his eyes, found a wooden sign, dipped his claws in the charcoal ash under the cauldron, and wrote on the sign:

"It is strictly forbidden to waste food. Violators will be boiled in oil."

Writing just one was not enough, Shi You wrote three, and he did not stop until he had put one outside each cafeteria.

Seeing this, Ye Jie nodded with satisfaction. Although Shi You was born from a stone lion spirit, he was well versed in human nature and knew how to please Ye Jie. He was a rare subordinate.

In comparison, Shi Zuo was dumb! He stood there motionless, looking up at him from time to time, with suspicion in his eyes, far less diligent than Shi Youlai.

"Now that the big dining hall has been built, all the ghosts that come to the Golden Wheel Palace can have a full meal right away. The most important thing now is to recruit enough ghost messengers. Without them, am I going to be the only one to receive the ghosts?"

Ye Jie calmed down and soon came up with an idea: "Ghosts are transformed from dead people. Well, let me go meet the King of Goguryeo and see if I can get help from the human world. With the help of the human world, the number of ghosts can be greatly increased."

Thinking of this, Ye Jie couldn't help but ask Shi You: "Did the King of Goguryeo tell me where he would meet me?"

Shi You thought for a moment and replied, "He didn't say... But according to past rules, he will meet with the Palace Master in the Goguryeo Royal City."

"The royal city..."

Ye Jie nodded, without hesitation, he took out the shrinking stone and set off for the Goguryeo royal city.

There is only one month left until the Return to the Sun Festival, and Ye Jie doesn't have much time left to develop the Golden Wheel Palace. Whether he can still sit firmly on the position of Palace Master after one month is another matter.

During this month, Ye Jie certainly wanted to satisfy his desire to be Yama Luo. Even if an assassination attempt happened a month later and he was driven out of the position of Yama Luo, it would still be worth the trip.

Compared with this, Ye Jie didn't care about the consumption of Yin De when building the building. After being a ghost messenger for so many years, how could he become the Lord of Yama Palace one day and just sit there doing nothing because he couldn't bear to waste his Yin De?

What's more, constructing buildings in the underworld will also benefit Ye Jie himself.

Take the recently repaired Hades Formation for example. If the Hades Formation is still damaged, even the Earth-Shrinking Stone cannot be used. How can he move freely? Does he have to use the Moving Talisman every time?
After Ye Jie's figure disappeared, Shi Zuo still stood there in a daze, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Seeing this, Shi You ran over, put a paw on its stone forehead, and reminded with concern:
"Are you okay? Now that the position of the Palace Master has been replaced, the Golden Wheel Palace is in need of people. Why don't you perform well in front of the Palace Master? If you seize this opportunity, it is not impossible to rise to prominence. Do you want to be a gatekeeper stone lion for the rest of your life?"

Shi Zuo shook his head vigorously, shaking off Shi You's claws: "If you don't want to guard the door, where else can you go? Be a cook in the cafeteria?"

Shi You was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said awkwardly: "What's wrong with being a cook? At least I got a promotion, which is better than guarding the palace gate. I see that the palace master has an extraordinary demeanor and can bring about miracles with a wave of his hand. Under his leadership, the Golden Wheel Palace will surely flourish. Even though we are cooks now, it is uncertain what will happen in the future. Maybe one day, I can also become a palace guard..."

"Just relying on your strength in the Impermanence Realm? Forget it."

Shi Zuo curled his lips and didn't take Shi You's words seriously at all. His mind was completely on another thing: "Have you noticed? The palace master always lowers his head and looks at the fragments in his hands, and every time he does so, those buildings will be magically built..." Shi Zuo's memory still lingers on Ye Jie's actions just now.

There were no complicated procedures, no ghosts adding bricks and tiles layer by layer, and the buildings in the Yama Palace just appeared out of thin air. Shi Zuo had never seen such a thing in his life.

"Whether it's the oil pan or the Hades formation, they were all miraculously completed in an instant. Aren't you curious at all as to why such a thing could happen? My intuition tells me that it's definitely not something that can be explained by a miracle. There must be something hidden that we don't know. Didn't you see that the Palace Master wasn't surprised at all? He had expected this."

Shi Zuo became more and more excited as he spoke, his breathing became more rapid, and his entire stone body was trembling slightly:
"There's no doubt about it. This matter must be related to the fragment in the Palace Master's hand... The Palace Master values ​​the fragment so much that he keeps it in his arms all the time, which is enough to show that this thing is extraordinary. I just took a sneak peek at the fragment when the Palace Master wasn't paying attention. Guess what I saw? I saw a series of records. Whether it was the stored resources or the buildings in the palace, they were all written clearly on it..."

Hearing this, Shi You's expression changed, his eyes widened like bells, and he glared at Shi Zuo fiercely: "Why did you do this? What if you offend the Palace Master? This is not something you should ask about, you'd better not be curious."

Shi Zuo stamped his feet vigorously: "You just said that you don't want to be a gatekeeper stone lion for life, why do you regret it now? I am sure that the fragment of paper in the Palace Master's hand is absolutely extraordinary, far from being an ordinary fragment of the Book of Life and Death. The former Master of the Golden Wheel Palace also controlled a main account, why didn't I see him bring such a miracle? Could it be that the fragment of paper is..."

At the end of his speech, Shi Zuo's eyes showed some shock, but he quickly suppressed all the emotions in his heart, and replaced them with incomparable calmness:
"Now, the opportunity has come to us. If we seize this opportunity, we may be able to accomplish great things. The new hall master has not yet ascended to heaven, but he was able to defeat the old hall master who has been immortal for a long time. Isn't this enough to prove the point? No matter what the torn paper is, I must find a way to get it. I don't want to be a gatekeeper stone lion for the rest of my life!"

Shi You was shocked. Looking at his brother who he had been with day and night, he felt a little strange in his heart, as if he was recognizing it for the first time.

No matter what, plotting against the Lord of Yama Palace is a sure death. Shi You was filled with worry and pulled Shi Zuo beside him and said, "Think about it, even the old Lord is no match for the new Lord. How can you get the fragments? I'm afraid that in the end, you will lose your life in vain."

Shi You continued to persuade him, "I think the new hall master is pretty good. As soon as he took office, he built three large dining halls. The old hall master would never even look at the dining halls. He would think it was a waste of words to talk to ordinary ghosts, so how could he care whether ordinary ghosts could have enough food? Isn't it a bad idea for you to be obsessed with the hall master's things like this?"

No matter how Shi You persuaded him, Shi Zuo remained unmoved. After seeing the magic of the seven-sided stitched page, he also developed a strong greed in his heart, as if his heart was blinded by lard. No matter what the price, he had to get the torn page in his hands:
"This is my idea alone. If you don't want to get involved, I won't force you. But after it's done, when I enjoy all the benefits, don't be so shameless as to come over and share them with me!"

This is all he had to say. It was useless to continue. Shi You could only let out a long sigh. He hoped that the Golden Wheel Palace would develop better and that he would rise with the tide one day. However, he was definitely not like Shi Zuo, who wanted to take all the benefits for himself and even dared to set his sights on the Palace Master.

"This is too risky. Otherwise, you should think about it more..."

Before Shi You could finish his words, Shi Zuo ran away, leaving only the last sentence: "Leave me alone!"

After saying that, he disappeared without a trace, and there was no sound anymore. Shi You, who was left at the spot, sighed. Shi Zuo left, but the work in the cafeteria was not yet completed. Even if he was the only one left, he had to complete the task to live up to the master's trust.

Ye Jie, who was in the human world, had no idea at the moment that when he left the Golden Wheel Palace, the seven stitching pages in his arms were actually targeted by the stone lions guarding the gate outside the Golden Wheel Palace.

If Ye Jie knew this news, he would definitely be at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know whether the seven stitched pages were so attractive that even the stone lion wanted to grab them, or whether the stone lion was too bold and lacked awe for the Lord of Yama Palace.

The reputation of Lord Yama is not just spoken casually, but is built through the wails and cries of ghosts one after another. In the underworld, anything can be done, the only thing that cannot be done is to offend Lord Yama.

Arriving outside the Goguryeo royal city, Ye Jie sensed the traces of the city-protecting magic circle and his eyes sank slightly.

Although Ye Jie knew nothing about formations, his past experiences and the knowledge he gained from modifying his skills with the seven stitching pages made him have a vague feeling that the city defense formation would be extremely restrictive for him. Once he entered it, he would most likely be restricted in every way, and it would be difficult for him to use his skills, which was extremely disadvantageous.

This discovery also made his face darken. It was clearly the King of Goguryeo who invited him, but the city defense formation was malicious. It was a bit too much and did not take him seriously at all.

Thinking of this, Ye Jie no longer suppressed his aura, and the power of the Lord of Yama Palace spread out. Suddenly, a strong wind blew, sand and stones flew, and if you listened carefully, you could hear the roars of ghosts. The residents in the city exclaimed in surprise, not understanding why the weather suddenly changed?
"Wait... is this the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace?"

At this moment, a call suddenly came to his ears. Looking in the direction of the sound, Ye Jie also saw a cultivator with extraordinary bearing. He was wearing a yellow robe and a majestic crown on his head. With him came a group of people in brocade and jade robes. Judging from the respectful expressions of the people around him, it seemed that he was the King of Goguryeo who invited him.

Ye Jie stared at this person, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and couldn't help shaking his head: "You are not an immortal? The equality formation of Dongsheng Shenzhou does not suppress people from becoming immortals. I thought that if you want to be the king here, you must at least have the cultivation of an immortal. Now that I see it, I am a little disappointed."

The accompanying guards were a little unhappy, but the King of Goguryeo was calm and seemed to be used to it. He said respectfully, "Palace Master, you are joking. All the immortals born in Goguryeo serve in the Golden Wheel Palace. Now the Golden Wheel Palace has encountered an accident, so we are unable to show the greatest courtesy to welcome you."

Ye Jie glanced at him, then pointed at the city defense formation beside him: "What is the purpose of this formation? From this formation, I can feel an inexplicable restraining force, could it be..."

Ye Jie paused and did not continue speaking.

According to what the King of Goguryeo said, the people here seem to have a close relationship with the former Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace. If this so-called invitation is actually a trap to lure him here, then don't blame him for being rude.

Ye Jie sensed that the strongest person here was just a captain among the guards, whose strength was barely at the second level, so he was not to be feared.

As Ye Jie finished speaking, everyone nearby also felt a tense atmosphere spreading. It was not until the King of Goguryeo spoke that the situation was resolved:
"This city defense formation was set up for us by the former Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace. Logically, it should only be effective against divine dragons and those who possess divine dragon power. It has no effect on others. In my opinion, this is just a misunderstanding."

(End of this chapter)