My brother is so cunning

Chapter 999 All the local deities are now in their trap.
As the saying goes, "When gods fight, mortals suffer." and "When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat also suffer."

This calamity caused great suffering to all living beings in the mortal realm, but in the Southern Jambudvipa, it was actually not so bad. Most people simply fell asleep and were awakened without losing their lives.

However, the celestial deities stationed in the mortal realm suffered a devastating calamity. Ninety-nine percent of the City Gods, seventy to eighty percent of the Land Gods, and sixty to seventy percent of the Mountain Gods lost their divine status and were reincarnated.

Of course, these deities have already accumulated considerable merit, so even if they can no longer be gods, they will be reborn into good families and enjoy a life of wealth and honor for several lifetimes.

The most common reason for the destruction of the City God's divine status is that the city's population has dropped to zero, the city has been abandoned, and the City God has lost the foundation of faith for its existence.

The land god and mountain god were lost because the mountains collapsed and the land turned into a sea of ​​lava during the great war in Jambudvipa. The foundation for the gods' authority no longer existed, so how could their positions be preserved?

Therefore, during the implementation of Wenrui's plan to revive the mortal realm, it was discovered that many vacant grassroots divine positions had emerged in the mortal realm.

If a power vacuum is not filled in time, it will be seized by bad people.

Wen Rui was already a Celestial Venerable, wielding immense power in the Heavenly Court. With his father, Wen Zhong, the official Minister of Organization in charge of assessing and supervising the immortals, it was only a matter of lifting a finger to place some of his own handpicked deities at the grassroots level.

According to the rules of the Heavenly Court, grassroots deities such as the Earth God, City God, and Mountain God must accumulate a certain amount of merit during their lifetime. After death, they may be unable to leave their homeland for some reason and remain in the human world.

At this time, the Heavenly Court will send an envoy to bestow upon the Yin Souls the methods of cultivation. By diligently cultivating and accumulating Yin virtues, they can become Yin Gods and manifest their power. By receiving incense offerings from the local people, they will have the opportunity to be granted a divine position.

Based on this, Wen Rui added a "divine civil service examination" procedure. To be promoted to a divine position, one must study the "administrative ability textbook" issued along with the Yin God cultivation method, pass the exam, and go through an interview before one can be appointed to a divine office.

The knowledge that the Earth God needs to learn in the new Jiejiao sect is no less than that of an agricultural university graduate.

The City God must study public administration and social management, as well as the Civil Code, the Criminal Code, and the Urban Management Regulations.

At least in the cities directly under the Demon Alliance's jurisdiction, the local deities who protect the area are now quite professional, unlike before when they were just passing gods asking for directions.

Nowadays, local deities serve the common people far more than they serve passing immortals.

Many small local temples and city god temples have been set up in cities and villages. People in need can summon the gods by offering tributes and incense to answer some local questions.

For example, a farmer can summon the land god to ask about soil fertility and moisture, where to look for lost livestock, and whether applying a certain pesticide will damage the earth's spiritual energy and lead to barren land.

A citizen can inquire which shops in the city are popular, whether the location of their home is auspicious or inauspicious, and can even directly report that a certain place in the city is haunted, asking the City God to send ghost messengers to arrest the ghost.

Although these newly promoted deities who passed the civil service exam are extremely busy, the amount of incense offerings and prayers they receive far surpasses what they used to receive, and their frequent interactions with all living beings ensure they are never lonely or bored.

They were supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the Tai Sui Department, reporting the customs and conditions of the mortal world to the patrolling Tai Sui gods. However, Wen Rui insisted on taking this authority from the Tai Sui Department. Yang Ren and Yin Jiao dared not offend him and could only grit their teeth and acquiesce.

At least within the area directly under the Demon Alliance's jurisdiction, the Earth God, City God, and Mountain God belong to the Creation Immortal Palace, and their superior is Wen Rui, the Little Celestial Venerable.

"Although I have no divine office, I am not an ordinary wandering immortal. If you belong to the Heavenly Court, you should show me some respect." Considering the young and ignorant nature of these two deities, Yun Zhongzi patiently said in a kind voice, "Your superior, Yang Ren, the Tai Sui of Jiazi, has to call me Uncle-Master!"

Hearing him say that, the girl and the boy exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat at a loss.

Although they were deities, they were not actually that old. Their lifespans in life were only eight or nine years and a little over ten years, respectively, and their lifespans in the afterlife were less than fifty years.

Both children were students of the Demon Alliance who died young. Even after death, they remained obsessed with learning and were unable to reincarnate, remaining in the human world.

The Demon Alliance is extremely tolerant and inclusive of all living beings. Ghosts can find a place to live in the cities under the Demon Alliance's rule. As long as they don't cause trouble, scare or harm people, they can even go out at night to stroll around and communicate normally with the living. Their lives are not much different from when they were alive.

The ghost citizens of the Demon Alliance have two paths: one is to do ghostly work to save money, build up a cybernetic bio-body to possess, and thus gain a physical form.

Working as a ghost is a way of earning money by using the characteristics of a ghost in the form of a spirit. The money is stored in an account under their name and can be used at their discretion.

Ghosts can take on a variety of jobs, such as nuclear power plant reactor core observer, sewer inspector, ghost chaser, and night patrolman.

Many company night watchmen have now been replaced by ghosts. They wander through buildings and warehouses at night, never getting tired, and can even pass through walls. They can sense living beings and their yang energy. If they discover anything unusual, they only need to go to the monitoring room to report it to the living security guards.

"If you don't believe me, just look at the divine light of my merits!"

Helpless, Yun Zhongzi had no choice but to remove the concealment and slightly reveal the spiritual light of his merits.

His merits cannot compare to Wen Rui's, but they have surpassed more than 95% of the gods and deities in the Three Realms. Many Western Buddhist gods and bodhisattvas cannot match his merits.

These merits are partly the result of the merits he made during the Investiture of the Gods, and partly the result of Yun Zhongzi's years of traveling among humans, upholding justice, and helping humanity.

"Wow..."

The little girl in green exclaimed in surprise, "Uncle, you must be a very good person. I have never seen anyone with such a dazzling aura of merit."

The green-clad youth quickly bowed and said, "I have only been working here for a short time and I don't know much about many things. I mistook you for a wandering immortal and my words were offensive. Please forgive me."

"It's good that you know, I won't hold it against you."

Yun Zhongzi lowered his voice and said, "I have been entrusted by your superior Yang Ren to come here incognito. You must not reveal my background. I have a major case to investigate and I need your cooperation."

The green-clad youth seemed somewhat bewildered, as if he had never encountered such a situation before and had no idea how to handle it. He frowned and said, "Immortal, our superior is not the Jiazi Tai Sui Yang Ren you mentioned, but the Creation Celestial Venerable Wen Rui. We are happy to cooperate with you on any cases, but could you provide documents bearing the seal of the Creation Celestial Palace?"

(End of this chapter)