By the Forgetting River.
A middle-aged man, a green-robed girl, and a white-robed girl were standing side by side.
The three of them stared at the Forgetting River with solemn expressions.
"You need to make sure to grasp the right timing, otherwise — –" the white-robed girl said.
"Don't worry" the green-robed girl replied.
The middle-aged man suddenly spoke up: "It's time!"
The green-robed girl was startled and abruptly raised her hands — — -
Her fishing rod was pulled up high, pulling a big fish out of the water.
Thud!
The big fish landed on the shore and began to flop about.
The three of them were overjoyed.
"Wow! What a big one! Rhode, you said you know how to cook fish, I'm going to cook now! "
"Alright, leave it to me" Gu Qing Shan said.
The white-robed girl nodded and hurriedly left.
Gu Qing Shan took out a pot, casually used a flame technique to heat it up.
He rolled up his sleeves, picked up the fish, and began to process it while asking:
"I heard that the Forgetting River is the path of reincarnation for Huang Quan, why is there a big fish in there as well?"
The green-robed girl replied: "That's right, it's the mother river of Huang Quan, so of course it can nurture things, otherwise we would've been starving already"
"You're the Deities of Huang Quan, how come you can't even provide food and drink?" Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
The girl replied: "Normally, we can still go to the infinite worlds and earn some food and drink, but this is a unique period of time, the entirety of Huang Quan has entered a state of war, so we can't go out"
"— — -the current situation is that we can't go out, we don't have Merit, we can't exchange for resources, everyone else is busy participating in various missions, leaving only us cooped up at home, our savings are slowly being used up"
The girl couldn't help but sigh and muttered: "Originally, we had already found the Huang Quan Devil King and were looking forward to his return, who knew …"
Her expression was a bit sorrowful, her voice slowly became inaudible.
Gu Qing Shan stayed silent for a bit and didn't ask anything else.
He threw the processed fish into the pot.
— — sizzle!
The pot gave off a sizzling sound.
Gu Qing Shan picked up the spatula and focused on preparing the fish.
The fish from the River of Forgetfulness was a rare ingredient that he had never cooked before. This time, he had to accumulate relevant experience.
The girl pierced through the bait and threw it back into the Forgetting River.
Gu Qing Shan casually glanced at it.
He remembered that this fishing rod was also a Divine Artifact, representing one of the Soul Snatching Deities.
But now, the divine artifact was being used to fish.
A god would naturally not starve to death, but as a god, not being able to eat anything was too miserable.
Were the eighteen levels of hell really that weak?
Gu Qing Shan fell into deep thought.
After a while.
The white-clothed girl flew over from afar, holding a large bag in her left hand and a rice cooker in her right.
She landed behind them, set the table and utensils, and went to scoop rice.
"The meal is ready. I brought an extra set of cutlery. Also, to welcome the newcomers, I prepared beer."
The girl took out three cans as if she was presenting a treasure.
The green-robed girl turned around in surprise and said, "You took out the last three jars of wine?"
"That's right, I said something wrong just now, consider this my apology" the white-clothed girl smiled at Gu Qing Shan.
Her expression suddenly turned grim and said: "If your fish doesn't taste good, I won't give you any wine to drink"
Gu Qing Shan smiled, put the fish on a plate, and put it on the table.
"I'm not too familiar with the fish from Huang Quan, today's the first time I've made it, give it a try" he said.
The white-clothed girl couldn't wait any longer and took a bite of the fish.
She was stunned.
The green-robed girl also put her fishing rod away, sat down, and asked hopefully: "What is it? Doesn't it taste good? It smells so good "
The white-clothed girl slammed the table and cheered: "It's so good! It's been so long since I've eaten such delicious fish "
"Ah, is that so? Let me try it as well "the green-robed girl hurriedly said.
The two of them chatted as they ate.
"This soup is also quite good"
"Hm, this piece is for you, as a reward for fishing"
"How delicious, this fish alone is enough for me to eat a whole bowl of rice"
"Me too"
After eating for a bit, the two of them suddenly stopped and turned to look at Gu Qing Shan.
Only to see Gu Qing Shan sitting next to them with her hand resting on her cheek, smiling.
"Why aren't you eating?" the green-robed girl asked.
"I've already eaten before coming here, so I'm not hungry" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The white-clothed girl gave her a can of beer and praised: "You're a good person, willing to join our 18 Hells, and you're a good cook, I'll have to drink with you"
"Yeah, I'll also celebrate your joining" the green-robed girl replied.
"Cheers!"
The three of them drank, put down their glasses, and felt a bit closer to each other.
The green-robed girl raised her glass again: "I'm the God of Hooking Souls, my little sister is the God of Taking Lives, it's too scary to call me that, uncle, you can call me Xiao Lang from now on, as for my little sister, you can call her — — -"
The white-clothed girl's mouth was full of rice as she muttered: "Azure"
"I understand, you can call me Rhode, no need to call me uncle" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Uncle, that's more friendly"
"That's right"
The two girls nodded, expressing that they wanted to stick to their point of view.
Gu Qing Shan smiled: "Whatever you want"
He took a sip from his glass. As the wind blew from the Forgetting River, he almost forgot about the heavy burden he had to endure.
The sky suddenly brightened.
Gu Qing Shan looked up, only to see several dozen streaks of light appearing in the distant sky.
These streaks of light all fell into the Forgetting River with long trails of flames behind them, causing dark clouds to rise from the surface of the river, creating a spectacular sight.
"Why are there so many shooting stars in Huang Quan?"
Gu Qing Shan doubtfully asked.
The two girls had already put down their bowls and chopsticks, their expressions were serious, but also a bit sorrowful.
"Uncle, you don't know, but that's because someone died in the war outside" Xiao Lang explained.
"Ah? War? "
Gu Qing Shan looked at the Forgetting River, only to see that the water was flowing faster and faster, washing away the corpses that just floated up from the surface.
"That's right, the war has been getting more and more intense lately, more and more Divinities and dead people have fallen" Lazuli said.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "— — -wait, even the Divinities and dead people of Huang Quan can die?"
"Those who have already died naturally won't die again, but they'll forget everything that happened here and reincarnate into the Forgetting River" Xiao Lang explained.
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
That's right, perhaps this is the normal rule of Huang Quan.
The reason why the dead people under my control didn't die in the human realm was because of a very unique situation.
The Devil King Warden Rod, the great amount of Merit, the Law of Hell, the fused worlds, the brief period of sinlessness before reincarnation, all of these factors combined to form that most miraculous moment.
It's basically impossible to recreate that moment right now.
Otherwise, the Samsara would've already been invincible.
But …
Who is the world of Huang Quan fighting against?
Gu Qing Shan directly asked this question.
"I don't know, the other departments are being very secretive and haven't told us anything" Xiao Lang answered.
"I can see that the entire Huang Quan has been mobilized, how could you not know about such a big war?" Gu Qing Shan asked in surprise.
Lazuli explained: "Every Mission has to be kept a secret, the participants can't even reveal a single word about it, otherwise their souls will immediately be destroyed — — so of course we two gatekeepers of hell don't know anything"
Xiao Lang sighed and said: "Stop looking, let's keep drinking"
Lazuli raised her glass: "That's right, there are only three of us, and we're also responsible for guarding hell, the frontlines have nothing to do with us"
Gu Qing Shan said: "But if we keep going like this, our Merit will …"
The two girls fell silent.
If you don't participate in the war, if you don't contribute, you won't have Merit.
Merit is everything in the Samsara.
Even with Gu Qing Shan, the highest echelon can exchange their Merit for Realm Force to use World-type Spirit Skills.
"Are there really no Missions for hell?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The two girls both shook their heads.
"Uncle, I'll tell you the truth, we're both subordinate Gods of the Huang Quan Devil King, without the Devil King here, we can't change the current situation of hell" Xiao Lang said.
"What can the Devil King do?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"He can distribute the dead, send them into hell to replenish hell's power, as well as order the dead to do certain things" Xiao Lang replied.
Lazuli also said: "If the Devil King is here, we might be able to receive some Missions"
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
I'm no longer the Huang Quan Devil King.
— — but I'm the Death God of the River of Life and Death.
Are there any similarities between the Huang Quan Devil King and the Death God?
He reached his hand out, pointed at the empty ground, and muttered: "Awaken, slumbering souls of the River of Death"
The ground loosened.
One by one, the dead stood up from the ground.
Gu Qing Shan knocked on the table and asked the two girls: "Take a look, these dead souls of the River of Death, can I have them join hell?"
The two girls were stunned.
"I remember that if the dead don't have enough Karma, even if they die in the outside world, they would still have to return to hell, wouldn't that make our hell more attractive?" Gu Qing Shan asked again.
Xiao Lang was still a bit stunned and stuttered: "Ah, that makes sense, but — — -"
Lazuli followed up: "But after they join hell, they will suffer in hell due to their Karma, they won't be able to participate in the war of Huang Quan"
Gu Qing Shan also agreed.
The three of them went silent.
Gu Qing Shan recalled and scowled: "Is there really no way we can do that?"
Xiao Lang and Lazuli exchanged glances.
Lazuli tilted her head and spoke up: "Unless …"
"What?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Lazuli replied: "Unless someone awakens the Devil King Warden Rod and restarts the Devil King competition"
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