People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

"What is Confucius waiting for? Why hasn't he undergone the tribulation yet?"

All the great masters who paid attention to the discussions between Confucius and Buddha had similar doubts in their hearts.

When Confucius defeated Buddha in a direct confrontation, the questions surrounding Buddhist doctrines were made clear to the beings of the ancient East through a live broadcast.
With the blessing of boundless human fortune and the support of massive human merit, his cultivation level soared, rising directly from the Golden Immortal realm to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed. Confucius's cultivation level can only be truly stabilized after he has passed the Great Tribulation of Heaven.

However, this was just a formality. What was a near-death experience for others was no danger to Confucius at all.

After all, no matter how powerful the Great Luo Heavenly Tribulation is, it is only a tribulation for Taiyi Golden Immortals. Confucius already has the cultivation of the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, so how could he not be able to overcome the Great Luo Heavenly Tribulation?

For some reason, despite this incredible opportunity, Confucius was unwilling to take the final step to transcend the tribulation and become a Great Immortal.

If it were anyone else, they would probably have been eager to trigger the Heavenly Tribulation to solidify their cultivation as a Great Luo Golden Immortal, instead of waiting like Confucius.

This puzzled many powerful figures, who wondered if Confucius had any more surprising words that would allow him to continue to gain merit and fortune in the human realm.

Before this debate, they would never have had such a thought, and their attention to Confucius was limited to the fact that Confucius dared to go against Buddhism.

But now, everyone looks at Confucius with a mixture of admiration and apprehension.

Confucius was able to receive the protection of Yang Xuan, and even though he is still a Golden Immortal, he is worthy of the attention of many powerful beings, making even Great Luo Golden Immortals feel wary.

In this debate, Confucius, with his cultivation as a Golden Immortal, rightfully defeated Shakyamuni.

Admittedly, Buddhist doctrines do have problems, giving Confucius an advantage, but in any case, Confucius only had the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal, and the gap between him and a Quasi-Saint is simply immeasurable.

Even under these circumstances, Confucius was able to withstand the pressure and articulate the issues of Buddhism clearly and logically, defeating Shakyamuni and even gaining human recognition.

This alone surpasses many Great Luo Golden Immortals and deserves the attention of all powerful beings.

If Confucius had acted this way before, people would have thought that he might have been too excited, or that he might have been subconsciously afraid of a calamity.

But now, they are uncertain.

Among the great figures who paid attention to this place, only Yang Xuan knew about Confucius's future achievements and vaguely guessed what Confucius wanted to do.

Even with his current state of mind, he couldn't help but feel a little excited at this moment.

If nothing unexpected happens, Confucius is going to establish Confucianism today!
In the original timeline, the Nine Provinces had long been in the Dharma-ending Age, and Confucius was just an ordinary person without cultivation. Although the Confucianism he founded was one of the three major religions.

In reality, Confucianism's influence was limited to the Nine Provinces, and its essence was merely to enlighten the people of the Nine Provinces. It did not have any cultivation methods and could only cultivate righteousness. It was not a major religion of cultivation.

In today's Kyushu, the earth's veins have not been damaged, and there is not even a trace of the end of the Dharma era. The human race has been developing in a positive direction and has long since achieved universal cultivation.

The teachings that Confucius perfected over the years were not only articles to help people gain wisdom, but also fundamental methods of self-cultivation to cultivate and utilize a righteous spirit.

In the future, the influence of Confucianism will no longer be limited to the area of ​​Kyushu.

Without going into too much detail, the influence of this live broadcast will at least allow Confucianism to spread throughout the entire prehistoric eastern world, making many creatures in the prehistoric eastern world students of Confucianism.

It is conceivable that once Confucius established his teachings, the merits he gained would be far greater than anything in the original timeline.

The Confucian spirit and righteous energy will also rise to an alarming level in a short period of time.

The righteous spirit is related to Yang Xuan's slaying of the benevolent corpse and involves some of his conjectures. How could he not be excited?
Just then, Confucius finally made a move.

He turned around, bowed respectfully to the illusory figure of all spirits formed from the convergence of human destiny behind him, and said in a deep voice:

"Humanity reigns supreme. I am Confucius, and I hereby establish a religion called Confucianism. From this day forward, all living beings throughout the primordial world may become disciples of Confucianism."
Knowing benevolence, propriety, and filial piety, regardless of social status or moral character, one can read the classics, cultivate a righteous spirit, and develop the spiritual powers of Confucianism…

Confucius spoke calmly and unhurriedly, explaining his own thoughts and Confucian doctrines little by little.

During this period, humanity felt the presence of good fortune, and more and more blessings gathered around.

As soon as Confucius finished speaking, a massive amount of fortune gathered in the air. Although it was not as great as first-class sects like Chan Sect and Jie Sect, it was comparable to many forces in the prehistoric world.

"How can this be?!!"

Seeing so much fortune, a powerful being couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

It should be noted that not long ago, Confucius was just a minor immortal, but now, having proclaimed the way of humanity and just founded Confucianism, he has gathered such astonishing fortune.

If a few more cycles pass, it might catch up with first-rate sects like Chanjiao and Jiejiao.

A sect founded by a Golden Immortal has a fortune comparable to that of a great sect founded by a sage. Even if one were to witness it with their own eyes, it would still be hard to believe.

Humanity doesn't care about the thoughts of these creatures, nor is it possible to explain them.

Just as the powerful figures were in shock, a massive amount of fortune slowly descended from the sky.

Of this, about 60% of the fortune fell upon Confucius, 10% went to his students, and half of it was distributed to various places in the prehistoric east, enlightening the beings of the prehistoric world.

The half-formed fortune split in two, flew out of the sky, and disappeared.

As for the remaining 20%, to everyone's surprise, it actually fell to Yang Xuan!
"so much?!"

Yang Xuan was slightly taken aback. He did know that once Confucianism was established, he could obtain some of its fortune.

After all, Yang Xuan provided a lot of help when they were in Confucius's courtyard, helping Confucius build the basic framework of Confucianism.

The fundamental practice of Confucianism bears many traces of Yang Xuan's guidance and refinement.

He also served as a substitute teacher, teaching Confucius and instructing students in Confucian self-cultivation methods.

Yang Xuan was not surprised to receive the Confucian fortune, but in his opinion, being able to monopolize even 10% of the fortune was already a great deal.

Who would have thought that Yang Xuan alone could monopolize 20% of the fortune?

Even Yang Xuan himself was slightly taken aback, wondering why.

On the contrary, the other powerful beings in the prehistoric world who witnessed this scene all showed expressions of sudden realization.

The half-formed human destiny that flew into the sky and disappeared—they didn't know who obtained it, but being able to live normally outside the heavens meant it was most likely a sage. This meant that Confucius wasn't a rogue cultivator from the human race, but rather someone who received the teachings of a sage.

If you reflect on Confucian teachings with this in mind, you will find that the core ideas of Confucianism contain elements of the Chan and Jie schools of thought.

The doctrines of the Chan School are contained in the 'propriety, righteousness, benevolence, wisdom, and trustworthiness'; the statement 'all living beings in the primordial world can become disciples of Confucianism' is even more obvious. Isn't this the core idea of ​​the Jie School's teaching of education for all?

"In that case, it must be those two sages who are making the moves. They taught Confucius, so it's not surprising."

The powerful figures nodded secretly, feeling somewhat relieved.

When they saw that 20% of the fortune had fallen on Yang Xuan, they suddenly realized what was happening and thought:
"That makes sense!"

Confucius's ability to defeat Shakyamuni, a quasi-saint, with his Golden Immortal cultivation in a debate on Taoism truly proves his extraordinary nature.

However, if Confucianism was founded by Confucius alone, yet it received such favor from humanity and so much good fortune, they would all feel somewhat unbalanced.

However, if Confucius received instruction from the Tongtian Sect Leader and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and was also guided by Yang Xuan, then it is not unacceptable.

Yang Xuan, in particular, gained 20% of the fortune by himself. This shows that Yang Xuan provided tremendous help to Confucius in perfecting Confucian doctrines, and his contribution was even greater than that of the sage.

It is not surprising that Confucianism enjoyed such good fortune, given that Confucius received guidance from two sages and had Yang Xuan by his side to assist him.

Leaving aside the contributions of the two sages, Tongtian Jiaozhu and Yuanshi Tianzun, since they only received half of the fortune,

This suggests that the help these two sages provided to Confucius was primarily directed towards Confucius himself.

Yang Xuan was different; he received 20% of the Confucian fortune, which shows how great his contribution was to Confucius's founding of Confucianism.

Who is Yang Xuan? He was able to do something that shook the entire prehistoric world when he was a Golden Immortal or a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

During his time as a Great Luo Golden Immortal, Yang Xuan accomplished even more great things, perfecting the structure of the Heavenly Court and transforming it from an empty shell into a super power renowned throughout the prehistoric world.

He established the Underworld to ensure the orderly cycle of reincarnation in the primordial world, built four gates to the underworld, and launched a night procession of a hundred ghosts, spreading the word about the Underworld to every household in the primordial world.

With his help, how could we not accomplish anything great?
To put it bluntly, even a pig could achieve great things and become famous throughout the prehistoric world if Yang Xuan were willing to help it.

This is the stereotype that all living beings in the primordial world have about Yang Xuan!
They finally understood why Yang Xuan was so confident; before the debate between Confucius and Buddha even began, he had already broadcast the entire prehistoric East.

It turns out that this Confucius was someone Yang Xuan had watched grow up, which explains why Yang Xuan had so much confidence in Confucius.

Just as the powerful figures realized this, auspicious clouds gathered in the sky and a great deal of human merit descended, landing on the Spring and Autumn bamboo slips and the Spring and Autumn pen in Confucius' sleeve.

With the blessing of human virtue and merit, the Spring and Autumn bamboo slips and the Spring and Autumn writing brush flew into the air on their own, radiating dazzling divine light.

At the same time, boundless innate creative energy surged out from the void, flowing into the two acquired merit treasures together with the surrounding righteous energy.

The bamboo slips from the Spring and Autumn Period slowly unfurled, and the jet-black characters written in ink on top suddenly turned golden. Each character contained profound Taoist principles that could help people comprehend the Tao.

Above the Spring and Autumn Annals brush handle, a shimmering light emanates, forming a lifelike and mysterious pattern of all spirits reading.

In the blink of an eye, the original superior-grade acquired merit spiritual treasure had forty-eight acquired restrictions within it, becoming the top-grade supreme acquired merit spiritual treasure.

Furthermore, with the blessing of boundless innate creative energy, the base of the Spring and Autumn Bamboo Slips and Spring and Autumn Brush has been upgraded to innate material, comparable to top-grade innate spiritual treasures, making them virtually impossible to destroy.

Although innate spiritual treasures are more difficult to obtain, this does not mean that acquired spiritual treasures are necessarily inferior to innate spiritual treasures of the same level. Bixiao's Golden Dragon Scissors and Guangchengzi's Heaven-Turning Seal are the best examples of this.

The bamboo slips and writing brush of the Spring and Autumn period are the most precious teachings of Confucianism, and the Confucian principles contained within them are no less profound than the innate principles of Taoism.

Now that the foundation of these two spiritual treasures has been raised to the innate level, anyone with a little knowledge can see that the power of the Spring and Autumn Bamboo Slips and the Spring and Autumn Brush is even stronger than many top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

Without a doubt, the Spring and Autumn Bamboo Slips and the Spring and Autumn Brush were top-tier spiritual treasures of the primordial world as soon as they appeared, even without any battle achievements.

Many powerful figures looked at the two magical treasures floating in front of Confucius and couldn't help but reveal a greedy look.

But they quickly abandoned the idea, not to mention that Confucius now also possessed the cultivation level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Not to mention that Confucius might have had some connection with the two sages, just Yang Xuan's background alone was something they couldn't afford to mess with.

Just then, to everyone's surprise, Confucius suddenly walked up to Yang Xuan, handed him the Spring and Autumn Annals bamboo slips and the Spring and Autumn Annals writing brush, and said with a smile:

"Without Mr. Yang's help, even if I could have established Confucianism, it would have taken much longer and involved many more detours. More likely, Confucianism would have remained just a framework and failed to gain human recognition."

"Given Mr. Yang's contributions to Confucianism, how could a mere 20% of the fortune be enough? In my opinion, both of these spiritual treasures should be handed over to Mr. Yang for his use."

"But I also know that, given your character, you will not accept both spiritual treasures. So I will refrain from these hypocritical and polite words. Please, sir, do not stand on ceremony and choose one spiritual treasure to accept."

But since Confucius had already said so much, it would seem hypocritical for Yang Xuan not to accept it.

Just as Confucius knew Yang Xuan's character, Yang Xuan also understood Confucius's style. Even if he didn't want to accept it, Confucius would still insist on giving it to him.

Moreover, Confucianism upholds the principles of propriety, righteousness, benevolence, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Yang Xuan did indeed have a debt of gratitude to Confucius for establishing Confucianism, and he assisted Confucius as an equal, so there was no teacher-student relationship between them.

If Yang Xuan had refused everything, it would have been more harmful than beneficial to Confucius's future spiritual practice.

"Since Confucius has said so, then I will be polite as well."

Yang Xuan smiled slightly and took the Spring and Autumn Annals from Confucius's hand.

In fact, Yang Xuan was not lacking in magical treasures. Whether it was the Spring and Autumn Brush or the Spring and Autumn Bamboo Slips, they were just icing on the cake for him.

Comparatively speaking, Yang Xuan cared more about the status associated with these two spiritual treasures.

The Spring and Autumn Annals Brush and the Spring and Autumn Annals Bamboo Slips are the most precious treasures of Confucianism, and were personally given by Confucius, the founder of Confucianism. Yang Xuan also possesses 20% of the Confucian aura.

This is clearly telling all living beings in the prehistoric world that Yang Xuan is the vice leader of Confucianism!
The moment Yang Xuan received the Spring and Autumn Annals, his Confucian aura surged even more, further solidifying his identity as the vice leader of Confucianism.

Zixia and the others were even more excited, shouting loudly:

"Master Yang!" (End of Chapter)