Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1728 Ma Shi Scolds Duobao

At first, no one cared about the disaster; it was just one person crying, a small team leaving, a department being laid off. But then the disaster became relevant to everyone.
The hostility towards Duobao within the Heavenly Court was growing, but he was not afraid at all. They were just a bunch of insignificant insects. Did they want to try the sharpness of the Zhuxian Sword?

Many marshals and generals of the Thunder Department were Wen Zhong's subordinates, so some people sought help from the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit. This third-generation direct descendant of the Intercepting Sect personally went to the Heavenly Court, and the master and disciple, or rather the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, had a big argument with Duobao.

When it comes to his own path to enlightenment, Duobao shows no mercy whatsoever.

Your dissatisfaction and anger are your business. Can your business be more important than my attainment of the Primordial Dao?
Zhang Jie and Tao Rong were just the first to be "optimized out." They hadn't even adapted to their new identity as "earth immortals" before the number of their colleagues began to snowball.

None of the departments of Heaven escaped this calamity.

Those who ascended to heaven through the Investiture of the Gods are a little better off, since they have lived in the mortal world before. Now that they have returned to the mortal world, it's not a question of whether they can adapt or not. Many people just feel that Duobao's job won't last long, and that he might be reinstated to his original position at any time.

Those celestial beings who lived their entire lives in the Heavenly Court couldn't accept it. They found everything about the mortal world awkward. Why didn't these people fly on clouds? Why did they farm? Why did they eat so simply? Couldn't they drink alcohol?
Duobao is taking drastic measures: laying off 80 people today and optimizing 100 more tomorrow.

In less than a month after taking office, he dismissed more than 3,000 deities.

Lei's department was the hardest hit. He reduced the number of marshals from the previous twenty-four to seven. One marshal a day, seven days a week, was just right. There were simply too many people before.

Once everything was on track, he handed over the layoffs to Guiling and took charge of the tax increase himself.

Grand Master Xuandu personally went to the Heavenly Court and had a heart-to-heart talk with Daoist Duobao. Outsiders don't know exactly what they talked about, but Duobao slowed down the increase of taxes on foreign countries and instead focused on reforming domestic policies.

All unnecessary administrative procedures were eliminated, all unnecessary meetings were canceled, and all those who shamelessly stole salaries by relying on their connections were dismissed.

In front of the gate of the Department of Regulations for the Three Departments.

Ma lay on the ground, throwing a tantrum, while Jiang Ziya stood at a distance, wanting to advise her but not daring to.

"God, open your eyes and look! This old woman is so old, and all she did was eat two extra bowls of porridge, and they've accused her of 'theft'! I've never done anything wrong in my life, and I've lost all face. I don't want to live anymore!"

At least the twenty-four marshals of the Thunder Department worked one day a month, but Ma Shi didn't work at all. She was definitely a salary thief. Duo Bao took the file and looked at it. Ha, this person does nothing all day and gets paid for nothing? Upon further investigation, oh, she turned out to be Jiang Ziya's wife!

Duobao and Jiang Ziya had no personal grudges, but the name Jiang Ziya was indeed extremely tainted within the Jie Sect.

Upon hearing that it was related to Jiang Ziya, he didn't hesitate and immediately sentenced him to "confiscate all illegal gains".

Old Pig only broke Ma's old broom, yet he has to go bankrupt to compensate for it.

Now that a group of heavenly soldiers and generals have ransacked Ma's house, can she swallow this insult?

Duobao Daoist? Who's that? I don't know him! The Immortal Execution Sword? You think you can kill me with that damn Immortal Execution Sword?

If you dare to raid my home, I'll curse you to death; even the King of Heaven himself couldn't stop me.

Madam Ma cried and screamed at the gate, but Duobao just ignored her. However, over time, he noticed that his luck had changed.

Something mysterious is quietly gathering. What is it, and who is it?

Duobao's first suspect was Xuandu, and his second suspect was Phoenix.

After careful examination, it seemed unlike anything else. It didn't resemble any mystical method, or even a spell. What on earth was gathering here?
At this moment, in a side hall of the Office for Establishing Regulations of the Three Offices, the Holy Mother of Tortoise Spirit was conducting an official examination of Old Sha.

Do you know any magic?

"This humble general is not very skilled in magic."

"So you don't know magic. Hmm, how's your martial arts? Pick up the sword over there and attack me."

Gui Ling pointed a finger, knocking the sword out of Old Sha's hand, and shook his head, saying, "Your martial arts are also quite ordinary. Besides being tall and eating more than others, what other skills do you have?"

Old Sha was both angry and annoyed. "So what if I ate a lot? Did I eat your rice?"

He stood up, wanting to fight, but he couldn't beat Gui Ling, so he could only wave his hands and feet wildly like a fool to express his indignation.

He was already tall with long arms, and with that swing, he cleverly hit the ever-burning lamp next to him.

Before being summoned by the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit, Old Sha was killing fish and his hands were covered in grease. Now, adding fuel to the fire, the raging flames instantly engulfed a small part of the Bureau of Regulations and Rules, including the side hall.

Upon seeing the fire in the side hall, Madam Ma cried even harder.

She shed no tears, relying entirely on her mouth to wail. When she got really into it, her spittle flew a full ten feet away.

Just then, a person happened to pass by her—Thor.

Thor and Duobao became friends after a fight, and with Phoenix's growing power, Thor needed to unite everyone he could, and Duobao was, in his eyes, qualified to be united.

Thor held a treasure box in his hand, which contained the Chaos God Thunder that he had collected in the Chaos long ago.

At that time, when the primordial world had just been created and the dragon and phoenix clans had not yet begun their great war, the Ancestral Dragon and he found this divine lightning in an extremely dangerous region of chaos. The Ancestral Dragon believed that this was a trace of power that had been released when Pangu created the world, involving a level above the primordial chaos, and was extremely precious.

At this moment, Thor wanted to take it out and let Duobao appraise it, so that he could see that the old master also had a treasure.

As soon as I reached the gate, I saw Ma spitting wildly at it.

Thor didn't think much of it. A crazy old woman, why would you argue with her? Wouldn't that drive you crazy?
I can't afford to offend them, I'll take a detour.

He dodged to the side, but the movement was a bit too big, and he stepped right on Ma's new broom.

The thing was all sticking out of place, and Thor lost his balance, stumbling and sliding half a step on the ground with his left foot.

This caused the treasure box in his hand to slip from his grasp, and the chaotic divine lightning, attracted by the flames, struck straight towards the main hall.

While the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit was putting out a fire in the side hall with Old Sha, Duobao was in the main hall pondering the source of his own gloomy fortune. He was aware of many changes in the outside world, but he didn't take them to heart. There were just too many people in the Heavenly Court cursing him now, and if he cared about every single one of them, he would be furious.

He was stunned when he saw the flames spreading to the main hall, but he didn't see the Chaos Divine Lightning following closely behind.

(End of this chapter)