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Chen Ping'an continued to make his way along the vast river that led into the sea, traveling in the upstream direction. He didn't try to stay particularly close to the riverbank, making no effort to ensure that he could see the river at all times.
After all, he had to carefully examine the local customs and traditions of the places that he passed through, as well as visit various sects and mountain and water deities. As a result, he often had to take a longer route than the shortest available one, and he wasn't traveling very quickly.
He had always been like this whenever he decided to do something, willing and able to withstand all manners of rigors and hardships. He was like a safe harbor, providing shelter to all those around him.
He had always possessed tremendous patience and resilience, perhaps due to his rough upbringing.
On his journey, Chen Ping'an encountered something that was rather thought-provoking.
One night, he was staying in an inn near a certain prefectural city god temple in the Sacred Lotus Nation when, at around midnight, a loud cacophony of percussion instruments audible only to cultivators and ghostly beings rang out. The underworld suddenly opened up, and all of the nearby ghosts and spirits were guided into the prefectural city by all manners of errand ghost and underworld emissaries in an orderly fashion.
The semimonthly city god night assembly was taking place, and it was also known as the city god night trials, during which the city god would judge all of the yin entities his territory on their merits and transgressions.
Chen Ping'an slipped out of the inn and arrived outside the city god temple. The day and night-wandering deities were standing at the entrance, serving as door gods, and they immediately extended respectful bows at the sight of Chen Ping'an.
Chen Ping'an cupped his fist to return their salute, then asked if he could listen in on the city god's night trials.
The day-wandering deity immediately entered the temple to relay Chen Ping'an's request to the city god, and upon securing approval from the city god, the scholarly and martial judges, and the three assistant officials from the Yin Yang Division, Chen Ping'an was invited into the temple.
The city god was seated behind a large table with the two judges and the three assistant officials standing behind him in an orderly formation, passing judgment upon the ghosts and spirits inside.
Anyone dissatisfied by their rulings and hadn't committed any clearly...
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