Gods, I am the ancient Greek god of joy

Chapter 285 New Situation

No one cares about Long Yuan's feelings. In this world, everyone has their own interests and goals. For the forces of these gods, they only care about whether their own interests are protected, and don't care whether a half-dead Long Yuan lives a good or bad life.

I would rather die than let my friend die. Now that the King of Nanzhao has agreed to stop the spread of purple crystal in their territory, the purpose of their visit has been achieved. As long as they can be given more time, it will not be difficult to find the weakness of purple crystal.

Zagreus's departure actually made everyone feel relieved. They also realized that the Nanzhao king had made such a big fuss just to attract everyone.

But this is a bit unfair to Zagros. The previous big moves were just to show off his strength and let those people know that he is not easy to mess with.

But when he obtained Shuiyue's destiny, he changed his mind when he realized that a dynasty conquered by force would not only fail to gain immediate recognition from destiny, but would also face many subsequent problems.

Since force cannot solve everything, then use a gentle approach. If force doesn't work, then use culture. It is not difficult to gain the faith of the grassroots people. The development of Nanzhao has far surpassed this world. Now any ordinary family in Nanzhao can make these people of the old times feel extremely envious.

He has no plans to invade other countries now, or rather, he wants to prepare for cultural invasion. He wants to spread the unique culture, customs and values ​​of Nanzhao Kingdom, and let these elements gradually integrate into the local society.

People are always curious about new things, especially the world that is far beyond their cognition. In fact, they are more likely to accept things they don’t understand. As time goes by, when the "specialties" of Nanzhao Kingdom become something that can be seen everywhere in their lives, they will become dependent on them.

At this time, Zagreus' goal has been half achieved. He only needs to continue to consolidate this influence and let more people join this cultural invasion. Eventually, the whole world will be infiltrated by the culture of Nanzhao, thus achieving a radical change in values. When this dependence appears, he will not cause too much resistance when he violently harvests these gods.

Now the underworld he created has been placed underground in the Nanzhao Kingdom. However, as there is an additional destiny of the Shuiyue Dynasty, Zagreus can only accept it with tears. After returning to the Nanzhao Kingdom, he will extract the hidden fragments of the Heavenly Dao and directly put them into the Underworld Seal. By then, as the scope of Zagreus's royal power continues to expand, the underworld he controls will also change accordingly.

Now that Dragon Yuan was acting as a buffer, all the dynasties began to accumulate troops and food to strengthen their own defenses. After all, the lesson of the Shuiyue Dynasty taught other dynasties that if they did not take action, they might face the same consequences. Therefore, during this period, all dynasties even spent a lot of luck to eliminate the purple crystals.

Zagros also received a lot of anonymous reports. Most of them were reports from people who concealed their presence and threw them into the Amethyst Realm. The content of the reports was almost the same, roughly saying that someone from a certain dynasty was secretly providing luck support to Long Yuan.

But he didn't care. It was just a case of driving a tiger to devour a wolf. Anyway, when he saw the purple crystal area suppressed by luck at the border, he knew that every family must have made some mistakes. Then he turned these letters of complaint directly into purple crystal and put them into the stomachs of several purple crystal terracotta warriors, letting them stand at the border every day to disgust those people.

However, other dynasties also wanted to make fun of Nanzhao. They wanted to see what this small Nanzhao Kingdom would use to build new territories.

However, they did not expect that Zagreus's laborers were not real living people. On the second day, Zagreus directly stimulated the power of the underworld, causing a violent turbulence in the world's Yin Qi. Whenever night fell, Yin Qi would be born from the spiritual energy. For a moment, the whole world seemed to be plunged into a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere. As the ghosts and spirits were awakened, the major dynasties also became alert. Many people planned to suppress them with luck. However, since the appearance of the first piece of underworld, other regions have actually been secretly giving birth to underworld, so these ghosts are like having an ID card and are no longer suppressed by luck at night.

Therefore, all localities could only send monks to suppress it by force. However, in this world, humans have their own way and ghosts have their own way. At night, the inertia of spiritual energy increases and the yin energy is strong. The strength of ghosts can be greatly increased at night. For a while, even mortal monks could not stop the ghosts at night.

When the yin energy of these wronged souls was at its strongest, they were able to keenly sense Zagreus' call. Attracted by the power from Hades, they emerged from all the dark corners and converged in the same direction like a tide.

As hundreds of ghosts gathered together, a terrifying scene of hundreds of ghosts walking at night was formed. Whenever night fell, a large amount of Yin Qi would gather in the city. As ghosts continued to join, the shadows formed by the Yin Qi covered the sky and the sun, and also protected the ghosts in the city.

The yin energy brought by the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons at this time was like an endless dark ocean, completely covering the entire Night Parade of One Hundred Demons team. In this endless darkness, all the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons teams received the attention of Zagreus, and some gods of the dynasties who wanted to intervene would be directly repelled by Zagreus.

The ghosts who saw Zagreus seemed to have found their master, and excitedly began to make shrill wails and strange cries, which made people hiding in the houses in the city feel terrified. The ghosts appeared and disappeared in the night, bringing endless fear and anxiety to the living.

The monks also received the order. Looking at the huge crowd outside, they had never thought that there were so many ghosts in the world, especially these wronged souls that had been suppressed for a long time and carried a lot of resentment and hatred.

As time went by, more and more teams of the Hundred Demons Night Parade gathered together, like a stream flowing into the sea, forming a larger team. These teams were like a black torrent, wandering in the world with endless resentment and murderous intent.

Even the gods did not dare to attack them at this time, otherwise, once a riot broke out, these ghosts would instantly devour all the people around them. They could only choose to use the dynasty's luck to protect the living. Fortunately, the goal of these ghosts was to move towards the direction of Nanzhao Kingdom from beginning to end, because their desire for reincarnation at this time had surpassed their need for flesh and blood of living beings.

When this army of wronged souls arrived at the border, countless purple crystals began to grow upwards crazily, as if they had their own consciousness. As the purple gold gradually rose higher, it soon grew into a huge purple crystal mountain.

These amethysts are controlled by Zagreus, who attracts the moonlight in the sky, causing these amethyst mountains to emit a cool purple light in the dark night. This purple light flows like smoke, giving people a strange and beautiful feeling.

At the same time, the ghosts also started to move. They surrounded the amethyst mountain, enjoying the massive moonlight reflected by the mountain. Slowly, slowly, a huge circle was formed. This circle was like a vortex, constantly spinning.

At this moment, Zagreus appeared silently on the top of the mountain, looking at the wronged souls who were worshipping devoutly below. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile. Then, under his control, the Amethyst Mountain began to vibrate violently, as if it was about to separate from the earth. As the vibration intensified, the outer part of the Amethyst Mountain gradually melted, turning into a crystal clear liquid flowing down. When the vibration disappeared, the Amethyst Mountain had completely disappeared, leaving only ten unique halls of different styles standing in the original place.

Some of these halls are hundreds of meters high, some are solemn and dignified, giving people a sense of sacredness and inviolability, and some have strange shapes and are full of various mysterious colors. Each hall exudes a unique power that seems to penetrate the soul and makes people feel chilled at a glance.

What was particularly striking was that there seemed to be some kind of connection between these halls, and their powers intertwined to form a huge energy field. This energy field enveloped the entire area, making the surrounding air heavy.

Zagreus stood in the air, and with a flick of his wrist, the ten palaces rose from the ground. They flew in the air and formed a circle, like a huge disc suspended in the air. As the disc rotated, the door of each palace slowly opened, revealing a black vortex.

"Go for it!"

Zagreus spoke softly, his voice carrying a hint of majesty and coldness. As his words fell, these black vortices suddenly emitted a strong suction force. This suction force swept in like a strong wind, sucking everything around it in.

At this time, the wronged souls below flew up excitedly after receiving the order. Their figures were as dense as dark clouds. They continued to throw themselves into the ten halls, disappearing as if swallowed by a black hole. There were so many wronged souls, and they kept pouring into the halls, as if they would never stop.

The gods who were watching from the outside didn't know what the King of Nanzhao was up to, and they could only start to wonder and worry. They discussed and speculated about Zagreus' intentions. Some gods tried to approach the hall, but were blocked by the strong suction.

As time went by, more and more wronged souls were sucked into the hall. The whole scene became extremely spectacular, and Zagreus stood quietly in the air, watching it all.

When the last wronged soul entered the hall, Zagreus's mouth slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile. He waved his hands, and the ten halls gradually shrank, and finally disappeared into the void.

The gods who were watching looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't know who this mysterious man was, nor did they understand why he did this. Just as everyone was puzzled, Zagreus' voice echoed in the air: "Soon, you will know the purpose of these wronged souls of mine..." After saying that, he turned and left, leaving behind a group of confused gods.

After a while, the ten palaces appeared in the air again, and the doors slowly opened. However, this time, it was not the wronged souls from before who came out, but rows of well-trained soldiers. These soldiers had stern expressions, wearing purple transparent armor that flashed with strange light. They held sharp weapons and walked in neat steps to the center of the square. At the same time, countless wronged souls took tools in their hands and began to shovel the garbage around.

The appearance of these armies and wronged souls shocked the gods. They originally thought that Zagreus was just a crazy emperor who only knew how to pursue power and wealth, but now it seems that he seems to have a deeper plan.

The existence of these troops and wronged souls not only directly expanded the influence of Nanzhao, but also made other countries begin to re-evaluate the strength of Nanzhao. It was originally thought that Nanzhao lacked soldiers and food, but now it seems that this idea is outdated. As time goes by, more and more troops and wronged souls appear in the square, forming a huge and powerful force.

The existence of this force undoubtedly brought great pressure to all dynasties. The gods realized that the ambition of the Nanzhao ruler might be far beyond their imagination. He might be planning an unprecedented war. This war might sweep across the entire continent and even threaten the status and rule of the gods.

Faced with this situation, the gods began to waver. They originally thought that as long as they could control Nanzhao, they could maintain their authority, but now it seems that the ruler of Nanzhao has gone beyond their control. The gods have backed off and started to consider whether to continue supporting Nanzhao. If they don't support it, then Zagreus is likely to use this as an excuse to start a war; but if they support it, how should they deal with this increasingly powerful country?

The gods were caught in a dilemma, and they didn't know how to choose. On the one hand, they were afraid of Zagreus's power and ambition, and worried that he would pose a threat to other dynasties; on the other hand, they didn't want to give up their own interests and status easily, and hoped to maintain the status quo. However, reality forced them to make a decision, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

In this tense atmosphere, the gods began to re-examine their positions and strategies. Some gods advocated taking tough measures and trying to suppress Zagreus by force; while others believed that the problem should be solved through diplomatic means to avoid the outbreak of war. Some gods also proposed a compromise plan, suggesting opening trade with the Nanzhao Kingdom in exchange for peace.

No matter which way the gods finally choose, they all know clearly that the outcome of this war will have a profound impact on the entire continent. Therefore, they must act cautiously, weigh the pros and cons, and make the most wise decision. As for Zagreus, he also needs to think about how to deal with the reactions of the gods and how to use this opportunity to achieve his own goals.