Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill - Chapter 1039 - 64: Escorting the Restless Souls
Chapter 1039: Chapter 64: Escorting the Restless Souls
With the establishment of Ksitigarbha, the Four Great Judges, and the Ten Great Yin Marshals.
The foundational system of Hell gradually became more complete.
All the Star Beasts understood that this was a tremendous opportunity, so upon leaving, each began to carefully examine their own responsibilities.
Jue, a powerful figure in the Star Beast Clan second only to the Star Beast Ancestor in strength.
He was born very early and had high prestige.
“Although the True Saint has not clarified the ranks among judges, only Dao Lu and I have unclear responsibilities, and given that our prowess is the greatest, it’s likely the positions of the Yin Law Department Judge and Dao Lu’s Investigation Judge are quite important…”
Looking at the names, the Yin Law Department deals with law, while the Investigation Department oversees inspection.
But Jue was well aware that it was definitely not that simple.
“Perhaps even the True Saint is uncertain about these judges’ responsibilities; the pressure on Dao Lu and me will certainly not be small, and I hope the information given by the True Saint contains some hints…”
Jue directly took out the Jade Token given by Wang Sheng and reviewed the information within.
The information wasn’t extensive, but he quickly finished reading it.
“Among twenty to thirty positions, we actually occupy one?”
Jue suddenly realized how fortunate he was.
Merely a coincidence, otherwise this kind of position would have absolutely nothing to do with him.
Simply put, his cultivation was not nearly sufficient for his current position.
The Twelfth Realm is very powerful, belonging to the top tier in the cosmos.
But placing it upon such an important role in Hell, this level of cultivation was far from enough.
Being able to enter requires both luck and capability, neither can be lacking.
“Moreover, the functions are very peculiar, they are actually related to the lifespan of beings… Not to say controlling the lifespan of beings, but with vast authority, no wonder the True Saint did not disclose it.”
The role of the Yin Law Department Judge is to extend the lifespan for the benevolent and to send the wicked to the afterlife.
In plain terms, it involves controlling lifespan.
Jue knew, the position of his judge is even more special than the Ten Halls Yama.
Seeing this, he felt more pressure.
The authority was high, but any mistake would lead to eternal damnation.
However, he soon thought of something and a sense of relief washed over him.
“Now that Hell is only just established, there is no need to worry; the True Saint hasn’t provided detailed statutes, so it’s likely unnecessary for me to handle such matters, the crucial point is the upcoming Judgement, I must ensure the True Saint is satisfied and perform my duties well.”
The primary duty for a Judge is naturally Judgement.
Jue could see from the information given by Wang Sheng that his first challenge would likely be judging the souls of the dead.
Only by doing it well could he secure his position.
Otherwise, he could fall from the judge position at any time.
Therefore, Jue diligently studied the various statutes to ensure he wouldn’t make mistakes when the time came.
The other three judges did the same.
They too understood that as the duties of the Four Department Judges might not yet need to be fulfilled due to Hell’s temporary incompleteness.
But the matter of Judgement would soon fall on their shoulders, and mistakes were absolutely not acceptable.
Meanwhile, compared to the busy judges, the Ten Great Yin Marshals were even busier.
The Ten Great Yin Marshals navigate between the Yin and Yang.
They need a large number of personnel under them.
Yet there are only ten million Star Beasts.
So after understanding their responsibilities, the first thing the Ten Great Yin Marshals did was start gathering manpower.
They tried to divide more Star Beasts under their command.
“I need to traverse All Heavens and Worlds for Soul Hooking, requiring a substantial number of hands, so I should allocate more personnel,” Shuang Yan, appointed as Impermanence, argued reasonably.
After carefully understanding his responsibilities, he was stressed as it required an enormous amount of manpower, thus needing more Star Beasts.
“You need manpower, as if we don’t need it. Beasts, birds, fish, and insects—all require soul collection. To argue, our pressure is no less than yours,” the four Demon Netherworld Envoys Yin Marshals refused to back down.
It wasn’t just Impermanence who was stressed.
They felt the same.
“I need to patrol the worlds, requiring many assistants.”
“All the souls will come to Hell, and as the Ghost King, I need to maintain stability, possibly needing more manpower than all of you combined…”
The Ten Great Yin Marshals each held their own views.
Their sole purpose was to secure as much manpower as they could.
However, after much negotiation, none of them wanted to back down.
They truly needed the manpower.
In the end, having no choice, they approached Wang Sheng, then had to turn to the Star Beast Ancestor.
“Manpower is indeed a major issue…”
The Star Beast Ancestor had never felt that his clan’s numbers were too few until now.
Ten million wasn’t enough to satisfy the Ten Great Yin Marshals.
Even increasing it several times might not suffice.
Facing the request to oversee manpower allocation, he had no good solution.
Ultimately, he had to reach out to Wang Sheng.
Even if it might lead to disappointment, it was better than waiting for problems to arise before finding solutions.
Wang Sheng was still dealing with grievances in the Kongxiang Star Domain.
Upon receiving the Star Beast Ancestor’s message, after some thought, he offered his suggestion.
After receiving the information, the Star Beast Ancestor announced the manpower allocation.
“The Yin Ghost Envoy takes one-tenth; the Soul Restraining Envoy and Demon Netherworld Envoy split the remaining nine-tenths, as per the True Saint’s order.” Then, before the Yin Ghost Envoys could speak, he continued, “The Yin Ghost Envoy is not involved in Soul Hooking tasks, so they don’t yet need so many personnel; they can later draw from souls with sufficient merit, likewise for the Soul Restraining and Demon Netherworld Envoys, and the Yin Ghost Envoy can select first.”
“The True Saint’s order must not be defied; thus, follow this allocation, and subsequently, you can gradually supplement it.”
The ghost king and the three Yin Ghost Envoys, Day Tour and Night Tour, hearing this, naturally dared not defy it.
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