Hell Emperor

Chapter 313 Shura Jie - Big Canteen

Seeing the hall master asking about him, Shi You did not dare to hide it and answered repeatedly: "Hall Master, it is the Goguryeo King in the human world who intends to meet you. The former masters of the Golden Wheel Hall would serve as Goguryeo's national teachers. Now that the hall master has changed, the Goguryeo King naturally intends to invite you to discuss in detail."

"Really..."

Ye Jie nodded slightly, thinking constantly in his mind.

It is not that simple to increase the population of the Yama Hall. Ghosts will not be generated by themselves. The ghosts in the Yama Hall were all living people when they were alive.

Now, with the invitation of the Goguryeo King, the matter of replenishing ghosts seems to have a clue.

"Is there no building on the seven-sided stitching page that can quickly increase the population?"

As if thinking of something, Ye Jie had to look at the paper fragment in his hand for advice.

There are thousands of buildings that can be built in the Yama Palace. Even Ye Jie couldn't figure out the function of each building for a while, so he had to ask the seven stitched pages to see if there were any buildings that increase the population.

Soon, various information appeared on the seven stitched pages:

[Sun Palace (unlocked on three sides): The virtue of the sun, shining on all races, the glory of the sun, protecting all living beings. Build the Sun Palace, sing praises to the glory of the sun in the underworld, increase the duration of daylight, enhance the power of the sun's skills, cause droughts in the world, wither crops, cause famine, and increase the output of ghosts. Construction requires 10 million Yin virtues, 5 million souls, and 100,000 pounds of steel bones. It cannot be built at the same time as the Taiyin Palace. ]

[Taiyin Palace (unlocked on three sides): Taiyin's silence, Guanghan thousands of miles, Taiyin's loneliness, and all alone. Build the Taiyin Palace, sing praises to Taiyin's glory in the underworld, increase the duration of night, enhance the power of Taiyin's skills, summon tidal waves, flood coastal areas, and increase the output of ghosts. Construction requires 10 million Yin De, 5 million soul rhymes, and 100,000 jin of steel bones. It cannot be built at the same time as the Sun Palace. 】

Looking at the information on the seven stitched pages, Ye Jie couldn't help but secretly smack his lips.

No matter the Sun or the Moon, they are both extraordinary places. They are under the jurisdiction of the Star Lord, and their power is not inferior to the Yama Palace.

The buildings built in the Yama Palace can just borrow the power of the Sun and the Moon to increase the output of ghosts. This discovery also made Ye Jie nod slightly, feeling that it is worthy of being a special building unlocked on three sides.

Among them, the Taiyin Palace mentioned that the power of the Taiyin technique was enhanced, which made Ye Jie take a closer look.

The Comet Moon Sword on Ye Jie's body originated from the Guanghan Sword Art, and the Guanghan Sword Art is a standard Taiyin technique.

In other words, if Ye Jie built the Taiyin Palace, he could increase the power of the Comet Moon Sword, and it seems that the increase is not small.

Perhaps because the sun and the moon cannot shine together, only one of the two temples can be built. Once one of them is built, the other cannot be built.

Ye Jie's eyes flashed with some thoughts. From the experience just now, after building certain buildings, the corresponding subsequent buildings will be unlocked.

The sun and the moon are so prominent, and the subsequent buildings are naturally very powerful. However, due to the conflict between the two, building one of them will make the other unable to be built, and the unlocking of subsequent buildings is also completely blocked. If one side must be abandoned, it is a pity.

"Whether it is the Sun Temple or the Moon Temple, once built, the power is too strong... It will cause drought in the world and flood the coastal areas. It is really against the harmony of heaven. Let's see if there are more gentle buildings..."

Ye Jie shook his head. Although it can increase the output of ghosts, he has no intention of building these two temples. His eyes moved down and continued to browse the records on the seven stitched pages.

[Plague God Temple: Plague-ridden, no bones left. Worship the Plague God and unlock the recruitment of plague ghosts. The plague ghost will spread diseases in the world. If it is not eradicated in time, there is a certain probability that a plague will form, increase the output of ghosts, and collect resentment from patients. The name of each plague ghost needs to be registered. Limited by the administrative efficiency of the Yama Palace, a maximum of 100 plague ghosts can be recruited. Construction requires 1 million Yin De, 10 resentments, and 50,000 pounds of steel bones. 】

【Earth Dragon Fence: When the earth dragon turns over, it will shake thousands of miles. Set up an earth dragon fence to breed earth dragons. When the earth dragon turns over, it will cause an earthquake in the world, increase the output of ghosts, and the intensity of the earthquake will depend on the realm of the earth dragon. Each earth dragon fence can breed a maximum of one earth dragon. Construction requires 500,000 Yin De and 1,000 pounds of steel bones. 】

【Wine God Temple: Fine wine is mellow, who doesn't drink it? Worship the wine god and brew fairy wine in the Yama Palace. Increase the number of alcoholics in the world. Alcoholics will have a shorter life span and are more susceptible to diseases. When drunk, they are more likely to lose their minds and attack others, increase the output of ghosts, and collect wisdom from alcoholics. Construction requires 3 million Yin De, 100 strands of spiritual essence, and 300,000 kilograms of steel bones. 】

[……]

Looking at the records on the seven stitched pages, Ye Jie was dumbfounded for a while.

So if Yama Palace wants to increase the output of ghosts, it must find a way to do harm to the world. There are plagues and earthquakes. Is there no less vicious way?

Now Ye Jie understands why the world is always full of disasters. Whenever a natural disaster comes, it is very likely that Yama Palace is short of people.

Ye Jie helplessly held his forehead. Ghosts are all transformed from the living. If the living do not die, how can the output of ghosts be increased? The seven stitched pages perfectly meet his requirements and show the buildings that increase the number of ghosts, but the final answer is really unsatisfactory.

The Star Lord in the sky is responsible for bestowing blessings on the human world, while Yama in the underground is responsible for bringing disasters and catastrophes to the human world, so as to make the Yama Palace grow and develop. The buildings in the Yama Palace are all accompanied by death and terror, so how can there be buildings that benefit the human world?

"It seems that these buildings are not suitable for construction."

Ye Jie shook his head. He had no grudges against the creatures in the human world, so how could he bring disasters and make the creatures in the human world suffer?

Just as he had taught Xia Wei before, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. He could build these buildings that were harmful to the harmony of heaven and gain profits from them, so that the Yama Palace would grow rapidly, but he was unwilling to do so.

The human world has already suffered enough disasters. Since he became the Lord of Yama Palace, he only hoped that this world could be a little better. He did not want to do anything that was harmful to heaven and earth.

"Speaking of which... why can wisdom be collected from alcoholics?"

Ye Jie's mouth twitched. If it wasn't written in black and white on the seven-sided stitched page, he would have thought he had read it wrong. In any case, he couldn't connect alcoholics with wisdom.

"Is it because alcoholics always daydream? Or is there some other reason?"

Ye Jie was quite curious. Alcohol can make people forget their worries and all sufferings, as if they were in a fairyland. From this point of view, it is quite consistent with the meaning of wisdom. However, excessive drinking will cause diseases and shorten the life span, which is what the Yama Luo likes to see.

Shaking his head, Ye Jie suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly picked up the seven-sided stitched page in his hand and searched carefully on it, and his eyes couldn't leave it for a moment.

After browsing the many underworld buildings recorded on the seven-sided stitched page, Ye Jie's mind flashed, and he finally remembered a building he wanted to build the most.

Thinking of the many disasters in the human world and the drought mentioned by the Sun Palace, Ye Jie's past memories were also evoked.

Every ghost seems to find it difficult to forget his own death. Ghosts can forget everything they experienced before and after death, and can forget any joy and unhappiness, but the experience of death is something they can never forget.

Even after being a ghost for many years, Ye Jie still finds it difficult to let go of his own death. Whenever he thinks of the experience of starving to death, the hunger that made him want to eat dirt in the past once again envelopes his body.

"Let me find... where is that building? It can't be gone, right? I remember that there was clearly one in the Yanwang Palace before..."

Ye Jie's eyes quickly browsed the seven stitched pages, not daring to stop for a moment.

If there is no such building, wouldn't his long-cherished wish be impossible to fulfill? Even if he became the master of the Yama Palace, he couldn't feel any joy.

"...Found it!"

After browsing for an unknown period of time, Ye Jie suddenly fixed his gaze on one of the buildings. He finally smiled as if relieved, but saw the following words written on the seven stitched pages:

[Big Canteen: Starving people everywhere, give alms to fill their stomachs. Set up an open-air canteen, cook spiritual porridge and spiritual grains in the underworld day and night, give alms to the ghosts, so that the hungry ghosts can be full, and consume one thousand soul charms every day. After the construction of the big canteen, the hungry ghosts believe that the hall master is a trustworthy person and are willing to work for the hall master. Unlock the hungry ghosts who guard the hall. When the Yama Hall is attacked, the hall master will obtain a certain number of hungry ghosts to guard the hall according to his past prestige. Unlock the recruitment of hungry ghosts. The name of each hungry ghost needs to be registered. Limited by the administrative efficiency of the Yama Hall, a maximum of one hundred hungry ghosts can be recruited. Construction requires one million Yin De and two hundred thousand soul charms. 】

"Sure enough, the canteen is also on the construction list!"

Looking at the building displayed on the torn page, Ye Jie took a deep breath, and his eyes showed some reminiscence.

When his soul returned to the underworld, in the first few years after his death, he was often disturbed by hunger. Although only his soul was left, he often felt the pain of hunger like a knife cutting in his stomach, which made him unbearable.

At that time, Ye Jie was in the predecessor of Guangwang Hall, that is, Yanwang Hall.

At that time, famine was spreading in the world, and the master of Yanwang Hall could not bear to see the ghosts suffer, so he set up two open-air canteens in the hall, cooking spiritual porridge and spiritual grains day and night to feed the ghosts who came and went, without receiving any Yinde.

Until now, Ye Jie can still recall the first time he had a full stomach in the cafeteria. Maybe what he ate at that time was just food transformed by spiritual power, which was not delicious at all, far inferior to the mouth-watering delicacies in Aunt Meng's wine country, but that was the most satisfying time for him. He wanted to eat all the food in the cafeteria until he couldn't eat anymore, and then he left.

Recalling the past, Ye Jie's eyes also had a few more feelings.

The Lord of Yanwang Palace was kind-hearted and generous, but because of excessive donations to ghosts and not paying attention to the development of the military force of Yanluo Palace, when the dragon descended on the underworld many years later, he couldn't produce strong ghost soldiers to compete with it, so that he was driven off the position of the Lord of the Palace, and even the entire Yanwang Palace no longer existed, and the dynasty was replaced by Guangwang Palace.

Ye Jie touched his chin. He remembered that the Lord of Yanwang Palace seemed to be still trapped on the Naihe Bridge.

Ye Jie had the chance to rescue him, but he saved his companions first. Ye Jie couldn't abandon them.

Now, by chance and after all kinds of experiences, Ye Jie has the honor to become one of the Lords of Yama Palace. In terms of status, he is not inferior to the Lords of Yanwang Palace or Guangwang Palace in the past.

As the Lord, how the Yama Palace will develop depends on Ye Jie's thoughts.

He could be as aggressive as the Lord of Guangwang Palace, using all resources to build buildings related to increasing troops, or he could be like the Lord of Yanwang Palace, building buildings that benefit ghosts and let them live in peace in the underworld.

As for being like the Lord of Jinlun Palace... no matter what, Ye Jie would not use resources to build a golden wheel that he didn't know what it was used for.

"Speaking of which... no matter how many large canteens are built, at most one hundred evil ghosts can be recruited. If you want to continue to recruit more evil ghosts, you have to improve the administrative efficiency of Yama Palace... Improving administrative efficiency, isn't it the building I'm thinking of?"

As Ye Jie's mind moved, soon, a new prompt appeared on the seven stitched pages again:

[Improve the administrative efficiency of Yama Palace, recruit more ghosts, and need the underworld building: Wenju Hall. 】

"Sure enough, it's Wenju Hall again..."

Ye Jie shook his head. When he saw the word administrative efficiency, he knew that this must be related to Wenju Hall. After all, the description of Wenju Hall is to greatly improve administrative efficiency.

Ye Jie could never have imagined that he just wanted to change the name of Yama Hall, so he planned to build the Document Hall, but he accidentally found the most critical building in the entire Yama Hall.

It can be said that without the Document Hall, the administrative efficiency of the entire underworld is in disarray. No matter what kind of ghosts are recruited, once too many are recruited, even the names cannot be remembered, which will inevitably cause the entire Yama Hall to be completely disordered, let alone modifying more advanced administrative options.

Once again, Ye Jie felt the importance of the Document Hall. Whether it is plague ghosts or hungry ghosts, if you want to recruit more ghosts in Yama Hall, you must build the Document Hall!

"There are still a lot of resources missing from building the Document Hall... Forget about other things, let's build the cafeteria first."

"In the past, the Yanwang Hall built two cafeterias to meet all the hunger needs of the ghosts. They were praised by the ghost messengers at that time for a long time. Now that I am the Lord of the Yama Hall, I can't be worse than the Lord of the Yanwang Hall. I will build three!"

As Ye Jie's mind moved, soon, a series of information appeared on the seven stitched pages again.

[Book of Life and Death:]

[In the autumn of the 639th year of the Moro calendar, Shura Jie spent 3 million Yin De and 600,000 souls to modify the Golden Wheel Hall building files. ]

[The cafeteria has been added to the Golden Wheel Hall building column. ]

[The cafeteria has been added to the Golden Wheel Hall building column. ]

[The cafeteria has been added to the Golden Wheel Hall building column. ]

As a series of new words appeared on the seven stitched pages, soon, the entire Golden Wheel Hall shook violently.

Shi Zuo and Shi You exclaimed in surprise, but before they could react, they saw three buildings rising from the ground as the earth shook, stirring up vast clouds of dust, along with the appetizing aroma of delicious food.