Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 630 God of Wealth and Suppression

"Forget it. If I'm not mistaken, part of your power comes from Jinque Zhenjun of the Jade Emperor Dao and Taixu Zhenjun of the Qiankun Dao, and part of it comes from the concept of wealth and transaction. It seems that you should be one of the 24 gods in heaven. Part of your power is twisted and weird, and it should come from other existences."

Chu Tai's voice came out slowly, filled with a hint of sarcasm.

"Therefore, your dojo may seem fair and just, but in fact, all interpretations of order are your rights. If you say it is fair, it is fair. If you say it is unfair, it is unfair. If order loses fairness, it may seem fine, but to people it is like a path gone astray, and it will inevitably move towards chaotic destruction. Your current fate is the result of being betrayed by your own path."

"Betrayed by myself? How do you know it wasn't me who betrayed him? No, no, no, I should say it wasn't him who betrayed me."

The iron cage kept twisting and the chains were pulled, and a corpse that was almost reduced to bones was pulled out from the depths of the cage and hung in front of everyone.

"Look! He is shouting his own justice, he is showing his own sacrifice, but is this a higher order? Is it a freer choice?"

Seeing this scene, Chu Tai somewhat understood the other party's thoughts and whispered, "Sacrifice is sacrifice. When an individual sacrifices himself for the order, we should say that he sacrificed himself and fulfilled the order, and we should not call sacrifice a higher order and choice."

"Yes! Sacrifice is sacrifice. When he thinks that his sacrifice is for the so-called higher order, is he just being self-satisfied or is he morally blackmailing others?"

The cage was shaking, the chains were pulling, and a seemingly fair order was coming, but the distorted power was following like a shadow. At the same time, illusory shadows appeared in the void as he called.

“I sincerely pay my respects to the Jade Emperor Daoist Master who resides in the Golden Palace… the Greatly Benevolent and Merciful, the Greatly Sage and Merciful, the Immortal Master who Suppresses Demons and Protects Righteousness, the Jade Emperor Golden Palace True Lord!”

The tall and majestic shadow of a god emerged in the huge palace, looking down at Chu Tai and others. His pupils, filled with deep golden light, exuded an unparalleled oppressive force, blocking the operation of all magical powers.

"I sincerely pay my respects to the Taoist master of the universe, the Master Taixu, who resides in the Wanxiang Palace!"

In the chessboard with nineteen lines, an arm made up of countless black and white lines and chess pieces emerged and fell down, driving chains to block the surroundings.

"With all my heart, I bow down to you, sit on the golden altar, and manage the financial resources..."

The phantoms of countless coins emerged and gathered in mid-air into an amber illusory figure. He stretched his hands to the left and right, keeping them parallel, like a huge balance. On one side was a treasure bowl filled with wealth, and on the other side were bamboo slips emitting all kinds of beautiful scents. Under his feet was a huge three-eyed golden toad, which kept swallowing and spitting out something. Just by being seen by it, one could feel that there seemed to be something more or less on his body.

"The God of Wealth, one of the twenty-four gods in heaven."

Chu Tai looked at this deity and was surprised to find that the status and power of this God of Wealth were terrifyingly high. The symbolic concept should be based on yin and yang, matter and spirit.

Just by looking at it, you will know that the corresponding wealth is the sum of spirit and material, the sum of yin and yang, and the sum of reality and illusion.

According to his theory, wealth is external "gain" and internal "virtue", symbolized by the treasure bowl and bamboo slips in his hands respectively.

What needs to be explained here is that the external "gain" symbolizes all tangible material wealth, while the internal "virtue" includes not only moral cultivation and spiritual pursuit, but also one's own health, longevity and other aspects which fall within the scope of "virtue".

Therefore, according to the teachings of this God of Wealth, when the inner is greater than the outer, virtue will be transformed into material and become tangible wealth for people to use.

When the external is greater than the internal, [gain] will automatically become health and happiness, and can also be used to resist disasters.

"What is this? Great virtue brings wealth? Or is it that only with great virtue can one have great wealth, while with little virtue can one only have little wealth, and without virtue one will also lack wealth? But what about the golden toad below? It keeps devouring wealth. Is it trying to show that those who do not believe in it will lose both wealth and virtue?" Chu Tai couldn't help but complain about the power of this righteous god, but the iron cage continued to shout.

“I bow my head with all my heart…”

Chaos descended, and all order around began to misplace. Blood seeped out of the chains. Countless strict rules and regulations turned into layers of shadows that emerged and continued to fall. Just touching them made one feel a suffocating sense of oppression.

This is a desire for control hidden beneath order, deeply penetrating into the blood, bone marrow, and depths of the soul. It is a foul force that reverses black and white, fails to distinguish between light and darkness, and rots into the bones. It is also an emotion of sadness, pain, loneliness, helplessness, and despair that cannot be resisted or rejected.

Now, these things are materialized under the influence of chaos, and then mixed, rotted, brewed, and fermented, forming a thick, foul-smelling force that is like mud and corrodes towards Chu Tai and his party.

"You are willing to..."

Looking at the spreading stench, Chu Tai knew that this was the other party abandoning the dojo and sacrificing this market that claimed to be fair and just, turning all the order accumulated inside into a force of decay, oppression and devouring.

But he remained calm and asked Taoist Zhijing and his group to stay where they were.

"Don't move. This guy's methods may seem terrifying, but in fact, they are based on the word 'transaction'. As long as you don't move, the transaction will not be established. No matter how powerful he is, it is difficult for him to interfere with your nature."

Although they were very afraid, Taoist Zhijing and his group still chose to listen to Chu Tai's words, and their action did block the influence of the stench and maintained the stability of their own state.

"If you don't move, don't get involved, and don't take any action, you won't fall into the trap of trading. This is a good way to deal with it. But when there are earth-shaking changes in the outside world, how can you maintain the stability you want?"

The iron cage twisted wildly. Now it could no longer be considered a cage or a thing, but a collection of countless twisted flesh and blood.

The cage continued to expand, covering Chu Tai and his group, and all kinds of ridicule came from all directions.

"Faced with the ever-changing market and the increasingly terrifying trading environment, not moving forward means retreating, retreating means falling behind, and falling behind will lead to being beaten and become the food for the progress of other sects. Now, you should become the foundation for my further progress!"

As it spoke, flesh and blood rolled down, and the people who had previously lived in the market wailed as they were assimilated and devoured by it, turning into resources for the expansion of its flesh and blood, intending to completely assimilate Chu Tai and his party.

"You shouldn't show off your past self."

Chu Tai sighed and looked at the skeleton that was still hanging in the center.

"Hahaha, he's just a liar who deceived himself, and in the end he wants to deceive others to follow him. What else can he be capable of?"

As the sound echoed in the cage, a faint sense of grief and indignation emerged from the skeleton. The emotion seemed not strong, but it was actually very strong, carrying a kind of arrogance, anger, and resistance.

Sensing the emergence of this power, Cage seemed to have discovered something was wrong and roared, "You useless piece of shit, you still want to help them? Go back!"

(End of this chapter)