Da Zaojun

Song Wuji thought to himself, "All the karmic positions have already been taken away by the Great Celestial Venerable, so how could this karmic position be left here?"

Immediately, Song Wuji touched the position of [Sixth Rank Imperial Chef Huang Zengtian].

I was immediately struck by it.

This position is the head of the imperial kitchen for one day. The authority over this position is to provide food for the gods in the mortal realm. In essence, these food offerings are the salaries of the gods and spirits.

In the Heavenly Court, not everyone is a powerful deity; they are all celestial beings who have ascended to heaven through cultivation.

There are also heavenly soldiers and generals, and minor officials from various departments, who are selected from the mortal world and need incense offerings and salaries.

In particular, when the government offices in the lower realm hold official sacrifices and provide sacrificial offerings of three kinds of animals, or during festivals such as the New Year, in order to show reverence for heaven, earth and ancestors, the Heavenly Kitchen will send people to collect these things as the food and blessings of heaven and earth.

Of course, the Imperial Chef would also be in charge of Heavenly Banquets. With the help of his many ghost chefs, cooks, and kitchen helpers, they could host banquets for all the gods.

This position was originally taken away by the Heavenly Emperor, but due to the birth of Song Wuji, who cast the Human Tripod, he gained the favor of the ancient sages of the human race.

Through this interaction between heaven and man, a new imperial kitchen position was formed.

To fulfill this role, it is necessary to restart the ritual of worshipping Heaven and Earth, or more precisely, to worship the Way of Heaven and the Way of Earth.

Because the way of Heaven and the way of Earth are the main carriers of the way of humanity.

The Lord of Heaven was originally the Great Heavenly Venerable. The Great Heavenly Venerable withdrew from all the positions of Heaven and Earth, and along with all the other Emperors and Heavenly Venerables, they also withdrew, which led to the turmoil of Heaven and Earth, the fall of the Three Realms, and the disorder of the Six Paths.

The Way of Heaven and the Way of Earth have been severely damaged!

They were plunged into chaos.

The Heavenly Dao also possessed an instinct that triggered a race-wide competition, scattering the remnants of divine beings, awaiting their re-ascension to godhood.

The tunnel, however, fell into silence.

In the Heavenly Palace and the Altar of Heaven and Earth, the will of Heaven and Earth can be reawakened by offering sufficient [sacrifices].

By awakening the will of heaven and earth, one can receive the blessing of heaven and earth, which means receiving the mandate of heaven and the fortune of earth.

You can call it Heavenly Spirit, or Earthly Response.

By performing this sacrifice, a portion of the will of heaven and earth is awakened. The will of heaven and earth will then slowly and automatically reorganize the three thousand great Daos.

Song Wuji could then assume the position of [Grand Imperial Chef], becoming a sixth-rank Imperial Chef.

This is precisely the position in charge of "food and salary," which governs how much food people can eat from birth to death, and how high an official position they can attain—whether it's an official with five pecks of rice, a hundred bushels, a thousand bushels, or even a marquis with ten thousand households.

This is the original meaning of "食禄" (shí lù).

You can stage an accident involving [正官] or [正印].

Compared to the official and the seal, these wield actual power and control over a large number of people and troops.

Those who receive a salary tend to have a more secure job, which may involve holding a low-powered official position with little real power, such as a minor official, a hereditary noble, or a spoiled young master.

But this is also a good start to touching the authority of the [Deity of Fate].

The former Kitchen God had risen to the rank of a third-grade deity, and even attained the position of [Taiyi Yuanhuang], which was a second-grade title. He was even aiming for the position of a first-grade Heavenly Venerable.

After putting away the vacant space, Song Wuji circled around again and found a stele.

[Imperial-built Kitchen God Temple]

This is the official temple built by the Supreme Emperor Huang Zengtian for the Kitchen God. It can be completely refined and taken away. It is the Kitchen God's official temple in the Supreme Emperor Huang Zengtian.

According to: Ten Directions Yin Temple, Nine Fields Side Temple, Eight Pillars Popular Temple, Seven Political Officials Temple, Six Harmonies Righteous Temple, Five Directions King Temple, Four Extremes Ruler Temple, Three Officials Emperor Temple, Two Elements Heaven and Earth Temple, Hunyuan Dao Temple, and so on.

This Kitchen God Temple belongs to the Five Directions King Temple and is also located in the Six Harmonies Main Temple.

The Liuhe Zhengmiao Temple was a grand temple personally ordered by the emperor of a unified dynasty.

This temple of the Five Kings was commissioned by the Heavenly Court and is the official residence of a great deity of the [King] level.

For example, the Kitchen God, the Horse God, the Firewood God, the Dongyue Dongqi Rensheng King Temple, the Wenwang Temple, the Wuwang Temple, the Four Seas Dragon King Temple, and so on.

However, the Kitchen God is not a fifth-rank official, but a third-rank official. Apart from the Kitchen God Temple, there is also his own [Eastern Kitchen God Palace], which is the Emperor Temple. Only Taiyi Yuanhuang has an Emperor Temple. As for Tianzun and Houdi Tuqi, these are the Two-Element Heavenly Emperor Temples.

The Hunyuan Taoist Temple is dedicated solely to the worship of the Great Dao.

The Five Directions King Temple does not refer to a fifth-rank deity; it could also refer to a fourth-rank deity. Both use the term "King Temple."

Those of the third rank or above are the ones who reside in the temple of the emperor, such as the Four Heavenly Masters, also known as the Four Heavenly Lords, Erlang Shen Zhenjun, and the Five Elders of the Five Directions Heavenly Lords.

Among the Five Heavenly Lords of the Five Directions, the Buddha of the West and Guanyin of the South Sea are of the same rank in the Western Buddhist sect, but in the Heavenly Court they are of the same rank, belonging to the level of "Lord". In the official residence of the Heavenly Court, they are at the level of the fourth-level Lord Temple.

Song Wuji calmed his mind and refined the central stone tablet of the Kitchen God Temple. Bringing this great temple to the human world would be his greatest help, as it could explain the orthodoxy of the Kitchen God.

It is the main altar of the [Kitchen God Sect].

With this main altar temple, the main temples, official temples, folk temples, and roadside temples below can all be built up layer by layer, forming a huge network of Kitchen God worship.

It can allow more people to pass on the torch and gather fire, better suppress the human realm, and give all the people of the human realm the ability to dispel darkness, protect themselves, and refine demons.

With the Stove God's power within him, Song Wuji found refining the Stove God Temple relatively easy. With the blessing of Heavenly Mandate and Royal Luck, the entire Stove God Temple was quickly refined.

All the bottles, jars, pots, pans and bowls that had been collected at Tianchuyuan were placed in the Stove God Temple.

A tiny temple, no bigger than the palm of a hand, appeared behind Song Wuji's head.

"With the addition of the sixth-rank position of Imperial Chef, I can create a lineage of Taoist teachings and establish a Kitchen God ancestral altar in the human world, transforming the power of rituals into talismans."

Song Wuji recalled that Master Xu Jia said he was the patriarch of the White Bone Daoist School among the eight hundred unorthodox schools, so he could be the patriarch of the Kitchen God Daoist School among the eight hundred unorthodox schools.

After taking down the Kitchen God Temple, Song Wuji left the stove, which remained unchanged except for the loss of its divine light.

Song Wuji looked around and then took down a picture of the Kitchen God hanging on the stove. It was painted by the Sage of Painting, Wu Daozi. It was a treasure. Wherever it was pasted, that place would be equivalent to a temple, and the Kitchen God's disciples could also pass on the tradition.

Upon exiting the kitchen, Song Wuji saw the Rooster standing on the back of a large black pig.

This big black pig has white spots on its face, making it look prosperous and kind.

[Seventh-rank cook in the Heavenly Kitchen, Pig (亥)]

Looking at this image, Song Wuji thought of the chicken and pig talismans from Jackie Chan Adventures.

However, neither of them possesses gravity or laser eyes.

The Rooster wields the power to crow at the sun. The Heavenly Emperor bestows upon it the authority to hear and offer advice. It crows when it hears criticisms, essentially upholding justice and dispelling evil. Therefore, it should be like the Pleiades Star Lord, whose crow can frighten scorpion demons to death and subdue all kinds of poisonous insects and snakes.

This pig was traveling with Song Wuji, but he was making pastries.

(End of this chapter)