Honghuang: I am Kuiniu, and I instructed Nuwa to create humans at the beginning.

Niu Kui had thought about killing Yun Zhongxian directly. After all, a demon with karma all over his body deserved to die, regardless of whether he was a disciple of the Chan sect or not.

But in the end Niu Kui did not do so. The reason was that even if Niu Kui killed Yun Zhongxian, Yuanshi Tianzun would send someone else to replace him.

It would be disadvantageous for me to control it at that time, so I might as well do something to Yun Zhongxian and catch Yuan Shi Tian Zun off guard.

Finally, Niu Kui did not forget to ask Yun Zhongxian whether there was a fairy apricot tree in Mount Zhongnan.

After hearing this, Yun Zhongxian was shocked and asked, "How did you know that the Immortal Apricot Tree is in Zhongnan Mountain?"

"After all, it was brought by me, Little Demon, from Kunlun Mountain. It has only been planted in Zhongnan Mountain for a few decades. Moreover, it was planted in the secret realm of Zhongnan Mountain."

At this point, Niu Kui finally understood why he had never found the fairy apricot tree after coming to Zhongnan Mountain several times.

It turns out that this fairy apricot tree was not originally in Zhongnan Mountain. It was transplanted from Kunlun Mountain by Yuanshi Tianzun in order to deal with the catastrophe of Conferred Gods.

Niu Kui said with a profound look on his face: "I have my own way to know the things of the prehistoric times."

"What you need to do now is to take me to the secret realm of Mount Zhongnan to see this fairy apricot tree."

Yun Zhongxian subconsciously thought that Niu Kui was going to take the fairy apricot tree away, so he quickly spoke to Niu Kui.

"Senior, it's not that I am reluctant to give you the Immortal Apricot Tree. It's just that you can't take it away now, otherwise I won't be able to complete my master's instructions."

Niu Kui naturally knew that Yuanshi Tianzun's instruction was to use two fairy apricots to turn Lei Zhenzi into a birdman.

Originally, Niu Kui was indeed planning to take the Immortal Apricot Tree away, but now he has changed his mind. After all, some things are better left to develop as they were.

So he said immediately: "Don't worry, it's just a fairy apricot tree. I won't be greedy, just take me there."

Yun Zhongxian was relieved at this moment, and immediately brought Niu Kui to the secret realm of Mount Zhongnan, allowing Niu Kui to see the fairy apricot tree with his own eyes.

At this time, there were only two fruits on the fairy apricot tree, but Niu Kui could see that these two fruits were left there intentionally.

He immediately asked, "What about the other fruits on the tree? Were they picked by Yuanshi Tianzun in advance?"

Yun Zhongxian sighed and said, "Senior Niu Kui really knows everything. Originally, there were a total of 72 fruits on this tree."

“But when Master handed it to me, he picked off the seventy fruits on it. Only these last two were left.”

"And these two fruits are not for me. They are for me to use when I recruit disciples in the future, so that they can grow the wind and thunder wings."

Niu Kui could tell from Yun Zhongxian's tone that he was already dissatisfied with Yuanshi Tianzun on this matter.

At that time, he said: "Yuanshi Tianzun has always looked down on the demon race, not to mention that you have so much karma."

"Now that the great calamity of the Conferred Gods is about to begin, all disciples of the Chan Sect are embroiled in the killing calamity, and it is inevitable that they will be listed on the Conferred Gods List."

"In order to prevent his own disciples from being included in the list, Yuanshi Tianzun passed down a method to prevent disasters. That is to recruit disciples and use them to replace himself in the list of gods."

"And you are the one who blocks the disaster. Otherwise, how could Yuanshi Tianzun accept you as his disciple when you are just a demon cloud in human form?"

Niu Kui's words were definitely the last straw that broke the camel's back. Yun Zhongxian's face couldn't help but twitch. "I thought I was blessed with great fortune, so I had the chance to be defeated by a saint. After all this time, I turned out to be just a scapegoat."

Seeing Yun Zhongxian with a dejected look on his face, Niu Kui reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Remember, nothing is absolute."

"Yuanshi Tianzun wants you to be a scapegoat, and you can also take this opportunity to get the most benefit for yourself."

"Isn't he reluctant to give you even one immortal apricot? Then you have to find a way to make him pay a higher price."

While speaking, Niu Kui stretched out his hand and pointed at the two immortal apricots on the immortal apricot tree, and sent the laws of human wind and human thunder into the immortal apricots.

After doing all this, Niu Kui directly broke through the void and disappeared in front of Yun Zhongxian.

At this time, Yun Zhongxian still had a look of loneliness and bewilderment on his face. He still felt resentful about being used as a scapegoat by Yuanshi Tianzun.

It was not until Niu Kui left that Yun Zhongxian came back to his senses. He said to himself, "If I hadn't met Senior Niu Kui today, I would have died in the future."

"If what Senior Niu Kui said is true, then don't blame me for not remembering the relationship between master and disciple. After all, you have never considered me as a disciple."

After saying this, he turned around and left the secret realm, returning to his own cave to continue practicing, waiting for his own disciple to be born.

Little did he know that Niu Kui had seen all of this, and from then on, a smile appeared on Niu Kui's face.

Now that his goal had been achieved, Niu Kui naturally had no need to stay any longer. He headed towards Chaoge City.

When he arrived in Chaoge City, Niu Kui settled down in the Nuwa Temple and transformed himself into a Taoist fireman in the temple.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years passed, and King Di Yi of Shang died. King Shou succeeded to the throne and changed the emperor's title to Emperor Xin.

During his reign, Emperor Xin worked hard to make the Shang Dynasty stronger. However, the problems left over from before gave Emperor Xin a headache.

The Shang Dynasty was a feudal system, with 800 vassal states. These 800 vassal states were equivalent to 800 small countries, and except for paying tribute to the imperial court, they were not subject to the control of the imperial court.

In addition to paying tribute once a year, various princes would arrive in Chaoge City. Usually they would stay in their own isolation and serve as overlords of one side.

Among them there were four great princes, namely Jiang Huanchu, the Duke of Dongbo in the east, E Chongyu, the Duke of Nanbo in the south, Ji Chang, the Duke of Xibo in the west, and Chong Houhu, the Duke of Chongcheng in the north.

These four great princes, each commanding 200 small princes, were the four most powerful people in the Shang Dynasty, except for Emperor Xin.

Of course, Emperor Xin did not have no direct territory. His direct territory extended to Youhun Pass in the east, Sanshan Pass in the south, Sishui Pass in the west, and Chentang Pass in the north.

Every pass was guarded by a general, and most of these generals came from the Xuanmen sect, with the largest number from the Jiejiao sect.

In the court, there was Wen Zhong, the Grand Master of Literature, and Huang Feihu, the King of Wucheng, who was able to barely intimidate the four great princes.

But just being intimidated was not enough to satisfy Emperor Xin. What Emperor Xin wanted was to pacify the four directions, so he sent people to find the Nine Cauldrons of King Yu cast by Dayu.

Finally, the disciples of Jiejiao presented the Nine Cauldrons of King Yu to Emperor Xin, and helped Emperor Xin place the Nine Cauldrons of King Yu in the city of Chaoge.

With the Nine Cauldrons of King Yu gathering the destiny of the human race, the Earth's core pressed the four great princes down. Even if they had any ideas in their hearts, they dared not express them. (End of this chapter)