Chapter 533

Several pillars of light dazzled the room. Within moments, several Lords of the Land appeared before Qin Ye, bowing deeply with great reverence for him.

There were ten Lords in all. Qin Ye glanced around his office, only to realize that it was somewhat small for an audience with ten Lords of the Land. At once, he got to his feet, “Secretary Wang, bring them to the conference room and wait for my arrival.”

Ten minutes later, Qin Ye entered the conference room on the fifth floor of the city tower. It was a room that could easily accommodate a meeting of over twenty people. Naturally, an audience of ten Lords of the Land left them with plenty of room for comfort.

Naturally, not a single Lord dared take their seats before Qin Ye did.

Instead, they all stood around like stone sculptures, before bowing in unison as soon as Qin Ye entered the room, “Your humble servant greets the esteemed King Yanluo of Hell. May King Yanluo reign forever.”

“Take a seat.” Qin Ye nodded casually and raised his hand in an inviting gesture. He took his seat first, and then the Lords of the Lands soon followed suit, subconsciously angling their bodies towards Qin Ye with body language that spelt enthusiasm.

Qin Ye got straight to the point, “You’re all Lords of regions situated along the Cathay-Rus borders. I’d like to know if there’s been any movements with the Russian underworld in recent times.”

The Lords of the Lands immediately exchanged baffled glances, before shaking their heads.

No?

Qin Ye frowned. The only way Rus could gain access to Daehan would be through the three eastern provinces. If the Lords of the Land detected nothing amiss, then this could only mean one thing - and that is the fact that there has been no large-scale mobilization of the Russian Yin soldiers. In fact, their messengers probably weren’t even at the rank of an Infernal Judge.

That’s good… Qin Ye secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, he took delight in the fact that his appointment as the King Yanluo of Hell had in fact come with a sizable intelligence network in the form of the Lords of the Land.

“Your Excellency.” Just then, one of the Lords stood up and bowed deeply, “It is true that there’s been no changes in the netherworld, but… there are some incidents in the mortal realm that may be noteworthy to you.”

“We’ve recently seen an influx of Russian citizens, especially residents of Vladivostok, to the border cities, almost as though… they’re running or hiding from something. We understand from our informants in the mortal realm that this is because the situation in Vladivostok is spiralling out of control with a terrifying supernatural incident.”

Qin Ye’s eyes flickered, “Tell me more.”

Vladivostok… the southernmost tip of the Muravyov-Amursky peninsula. Otherwise known as Haishenwei, it used to be under Cathayan rule during the Qing Dynasty until the Convention of Yan Capital between Cathay and Rus, when Vladivostok, together with the Ussuri River east of the territory were all annexed to Rus. In Russian, Vladivostok means ‘Lord of the East’.

This location… is incredibly close to where Daehan is located!

A thought suddenly struck Qin Ye.

The process of casting myths would necessarily entail the fabrication and emergence of a supernatural incident, before the evil ghost is purged or seized, and the entire situation is resolved by the lord of the underworld. This was how the existence of Yin spirits could fortify the foothold of a god in the hearts of Man. That said… it was a long-drawn process.

Something like that would easily take a few years. In fact, the more peculiar the Yin spirit, and the longer the period of gestation and manifestation, the more it is likely to leave an impression in the hearts of all affected human beings. Then, when the time finally comes for the protagonist to take center stage, the harvest of faith would naturally be commensurate to the extent of influence of this story.

Liu Yu definitely has no clue that such a function is unique to the lord of the underworld. After all, it hadn’t been more than a year since the Hanyang underworld had declared its independence from Hell. That said, the fact that the god of death acting behind Liu Yu was able to nurture something that seems ripe for the harvest in such a short time tells me that he’s definitely not a trivial existence by any means!

Although the Second King Yanluo hadn’t described any of the ‘special means’ in detail, Qin Ye could tell the rate of growth in this regard was far beyond any ordinary means!

There might even be the possibility that the evil ghost responsible for the supernatural outbreak might have been personally groomed by Tsar Arturo for the purposes of developing faith in himself, only to bestow it upon Liu Yu as a gift of goodwill. And the fact that it was a Yin spirit groomed and nurtured in the Russian underworld probably means that even if Liu Yu is to purge it at the