Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1718 Still a campaign against the Blood Sea?
Deng Chanyu felt that the test had been successfully passed and the cohesion of the pilgrimage team had reached a new level. With a wave of her sleeve, she pulled Sun Wukong and the others back to the prehistoric world, gave them a few earnest words of advice, and let them continue their journey westward.

Both Pigsy and the Jade Rabbit obtained the magic weapon, but unlike Laozi's gourd and jade bottle, it wasn't as powerful, so Deng Chanyu didn't take it back.

During the chase, the Giant Spirit God also acquired a pair of cloud boots that were quite fast, so his efforts were not in vain.

While Longji was spreading the news, Deng Chanyu also learned from Yunxiao that Duobao was going to incite the Heavenly Court to lay off staff, and then make these laid-off immortals work like oxen and horses to solve the problem of eight million hungry ghosts for him.

She had far more information than Longji, and her perspective was different.

Duobao's move seems to be aimed at enriching the local culture.

The Heavenly Dao and the Earthly Dao of the Primordial World should be two poles, relative, with opposing forces, but they are complementary to each other.

However, as Hongjun merged with the Dao, and the six saints all used the Primordial Purple Qi to achieve their sainthood and Dao foundation, they all became Heavenly Saints. They believed that pure Qi was noble and turbid Qi was lowly, and chose to look down on all living beings from the Nine Heavens.

The Way of Heaven has long since surpassed the Way of Earth.

Who are the true immortals now? There's only one, Lady Pingxin, who can be considered a saint of the earth immortals. Then there's Zhen Yuanzi, who's said to be the ancestor of earth immortals. He's very powerful and prestigious, but how many true earth immortals are there in the real sense? Just him and his dozens of disciples.

Daoist Duobao is now going to stuff a large number of celestial beings into this underground pit.

After some thought, Deng Chanyu wondered what he was planning to do. Did he think that since he didn't have the Primordial Purple Qi, he wanted to try to obtain the position of a Daoist Saint? This move would indeed gain some support from Lady Pingxin and Zhen Yuanzi, but wouldn't it offend Hongjun?
However, it's hard to say. Hongjun's thoughts are often difficult to interpret using human nature. Duobao is still gambling, gambling that Hongjun won't target him, and gambling that even if he makes a mess of things, Tongtian Jiaozhu will plead for him.

Deng Chanyu still doesn't approve of Duobao's actions. Is this truly going against the grain?

Even setting aside the matter of the sages of the past, is change so easy?

What were the outcomes for Shang Yang and Wang Anshi? Duobao was indeed a quasi-saint who had surpassed the limit of severing two corpses. Those immortals who had been dismissed and tied together might not even be able to withstand a single finger from him. But this wasn't a fight, so the outcome was truly unpredictable.

Since Xihe was born, Daoist Duobao has become the protagonist of the prehistoric world, and his figure can be seen everywhere.

Instructing Hu Lei and others to petition the Heavenly Court to lay off employees was only the first step.

Just three days later, he came to have a heart-to-heart talk with the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit. What they talked about is unknown, but the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit wrote a long letter to the Heavenly Emperor in her capacity as the leader of the Jie Sect.

The letter discussed the issue of "taxation".

Paying taxes has nothing to do with systems or ideologies. Even animals, the weaker ones, have to pay tribute to the stronger ones in exchange for their own safety.

The Heavenly Court is the ruler of the Three Realms, and the Human Sect, the Chan Sect, and the Jie Sect are also within its jurisdiction. However, the existence of the Sages cannot be ignored. Directly making the three sects "pay taxes" is simply a slap in the face to the Sages.

During the reign of Emperor Haotian, a workaround was adopted based on the suggestion of Venus.

Every so often, the three religions would come to the Heavenly Court to sell spiritual materials, treasures, or array diagrams. The two sides would barter, with the Heavenly Court exchanging some spiritual materials in return. However, the value of these spiritual materials was less than that of the spiritual materials sold by the three religions, and the price difference was considered as "paying taxes."

It's all just a transaction, so it won't damage the saint's reputation. The three religions pay taxes based on the number of people. If I occupy ten thousand blessed lands, but I'm just one person, then I only need to pay one share. This refers to the Grand Master Xuandu. The Human Religion would rather use the top-tier blessed lands to raise cattle than use them to help the "poor."
The Jie Sect has tens of thousands of disciples, but they don't occupy many blessed lands or grotto-heavens.

Even today, the days of ten thousand immortals paying homage are over, and only one in ten disciples remain. Every time the taxes are paid, the Golden Spirit Mother feels heartache for half a day.

Now, proposed by Duobao and approved by Jinling, the three religions will pay taxes according to the number of blessed lands they occupy. The more you occupy, the more you pay, and the less I occupy, the less I pay.

The Jie Sect had previously lost many blessed lands and gave away some of them, so from this perspective, they would definitely be willing.

Longji used the same approach as before: he sent his trusted female immortal to spread the word and then watched the incident escalate.

If layoffs and tax cuts are just talk, then conquering the Blood Sea is the biggest action Duobao has taken since breaking through the Two Corpses.

Using the excuse that the Styx Ancestor had previously obstructed his path when the Qi of Biyou Palace and the Sun Star had been pulling him along, he issued a wide-ranging invitation in his own name to fellow Daoists from the prehistoric world to come to Penglai Immortal Island for a meeting.

They prepared to gather the power of all the immortals to completely crush the sea of ​​blood.

He stated bluntly that this time he would kill Styx, annihilate all the Blood God's children, and bring this old demon to his complete demise.

As a friend of Tongtian Jiaozhu and the junior sister of Jieyin and Zhunti, Deng Chanyu was a senior figure from the prehistoric era. She didn't care to attend his conference, so she sent Nezha instead.

If they go to kill Styx, you should cheer them on; if they don't, go and get a free meal, then come back.

His own cultivation level is Taiyi Golden Immortal, and he is also Dijiang's sworn brother and Xiao Wu's senior brother. Nezha's seniority and status are sufficient.

The word "fear" doesn't exist in Nezha's dictionary. He dared to jump up and cause trouble when Duobao was lecturing in the past, and he has no intention of being a good guy today. (Chapter 527)
Penglai Fairy Island.

Duobao's prestige remained high, and with a single call, most of the lower-level disciples of the Jie Sect came.

The scattered immortals of Penglai Immortal Island did not miss out on this grand event, and each of them was ready to watch the drama unfold.

Just as Duobao finished explaining the necessity of annihilating the Styx River and leveling the Blood Sea, Nezha stood up and loudly asked, "May I ask Fellow Daoist Duobao, the Styx River's Blood God Child's supernatural powers are extremely formidable. Do you have any methods to counter them? Just to let you vent your anger, you're asking so many fellow Daoists from the Three Mountains and Five Peaks to risk their lives. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

The Three Immortals and the Five Immortals did not come. The Holy Mother Jinling did not want to be a foil for Duobao. The Holy Mother Wudang would not easily leave Biyou Palace. In the end, only Zhao Gongming showed up to support the Four Great Disciples and the Four Great Outer Disciples.

Old Zhao didn't really want to come either. He didn't have much of a relationship with Duobao, but since none of the others were there, he was afraid it would affect the reputation of the Jie Sect's unity. When he heard Nezha's question, he quickly looked at Duobao.

Immortals such as Zhen Yuanzi, Guang Chengzi, and Chi Jingzi are also waiting for the answer.

If Styx could be killed in one blow, all would be well. But this guy is like a cockroach, with extremely tenacious vitality. If a Blood God Child clone is left in some corner, it can be resurrected. A Styx Ancestor who has lost everything will definitely launch a crazy revenge against the immortals.

(End of this chapter)