Primordial Era: The Great Serpent of Yunmeng

Chapter 56 Everyone Gathers

When Hongjun arrived at the Eastern Continent, the entire continent was discussing the matter of preaching.

As Hongjun listened to them talk about a primordial deity who had been preaching to all living beings for dozens of eons, he almost thought they were talking about himself.

If they hadn't spoken of the immense merit that descended like a golden cloud, transforming into a part of that innate, sacred golden wheel of merit, it would have been different.

Hongjun then realized, "My preaching merits haven't been settled yet! And mine is the Merit Cloud, how did it become the Merit Golden Wheel?"

Oh, it wasn't him. Then it's alright.

No wonder!

Hongjun couldn't understand which innate deity had suddenly set their sights on the merits of preaching, and why they were preaching for dozens of eons.

Reputation is a highly effective means of attracting good fortune.

He never expected that someone would gain such a reputation through preaching.

He has preached for countless lifetimes, so how come he hasn't accumulated such a great reputation?

Little did people know that it was because his sermons were so applicable to ordinary, mortal beings that they were concise and required little time.

Moreover, because the content is not close to the Dao, although it is for the benefit of all living beings, it is actually far from the Great Dao, and ordinary mortal beings cannot understand the Great Dao.

Therefore, Hongjun had to say that while it was very important for cultivation, it was indeed unable to support the extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth.

Although he spoke very well, the content was just like when he first encountered Qi Shi preaching. The fact that Heaven and Earth were so kind as to grant him a few golden lotuses was already a sign of their trust in him.

Prayers are different.

The Great Way described in the prayer is far more profound. Although sentient beings cannot understand it, Heaven and Earth can, and thus manifest this extraordinary way for them.

Although sentient beings cannot understand these profound teachings, they have their own way of judging the level of a person's spiritual attainment, which is to observe extraordinary phenomena and their duration.

Is the content of the sermon important to them?

It's not important, because they can't understand it anyway.

Was the content of Hongjun's sermons important to them?

Is it important, or is it profound? Not at all. The most important thing is that it lasted too short a time, and there were no unusual phenomena to attract the more powerful beings in the vicinity.

The shortest duration of a Qi sermon lasted a century, during which extraordinary phenomena appeared, attracting countless spirit beasts and strange creatures to follow in Qi's footsteps.

Even if they don't understand it in the end and gain nothing, they will still highly praise Qi.

Moreover, after the sermon, the heavens and earth are purified and the environment is greatly benefited, so the creatures living there can also feel the change in the environment.

These are the origins of Qi's reputation.

This also reflects the fate of all beings whom Hongjun had previously sought but could not obtain.

A hard-working person always tries to gain the trust of others by offering tangible benefits, but can only accumulate little by little and rarely achieves anything significant.

It's an enormous gimmick, completely empty, yet it can gain immense fame. Many of those who discuss Prayer's sermons have never actually heard him preach.

Those who have heard but gained nothing, and those who have heard and gained something, will all become Prayer's most faithful believers after exchanging ideas.

They may be even more loyal than those who have gained something, and they will not tolerate others speaking ill of them.

Hongjun was confused at this moment, because it seemed that many people attributed the credit for Hongjun's previous sermons to Qi.

And it seems to have become a consensus.

Hongjun calculated with his fingers, his face filled with excitement, and said:

"Good lad, if I achieve immortality, you will surely attain a saintly position. With you here, how can the path of immortality not flourish!"

Hongjun didn't mind that Qi had unintentionally ruined his plans and even embezzled his achievements.

He didn't care about any of that; what he was thinking about now was whether he could bring Qi into the path of immortality.

His natural talent and foundation are among the best in the world, and he has such good fortune that he is able to do great things for heaven and earth, and even now he has such a good reputation.

If this child were to enter the path of immortality, all this fame would be transformed into capital for the great prosperity of the immortal path.

There will inevitably be a battle between him and Rahu. Regardless of who wins or loses, the path of immortality must continue to be passed down.

He thought this boy was very good. If he succeeded in achieving enlightenment, he should be given a holy position and could serve as the second Dao Lord of the Immortal Path.

Even if he were to fail and die in battle, this young man would still be one of the best candidates to inherit the Jade Tablet of Creation and preserve the hope of immortality.

Of course, all of this is on the premise that Qi is willing to abandon the divine path and join the immortal path, and is willing to lower his status to become Hongjun's disciple.

Hongjun found it very difficult. You must know that during the Three Sovereigns' golden age, he, Yangmei, Luohou, and others followed the Three Sovereigns to cultivate and received the blessings of the Three Sovereigns. There was no such thing as taking a master.

The main issue was that the Thai King wanted to take Yang Mei as his disciple, but was ridiculed by him and angrily rebuked the Thai King for his wishful thinking. As fellow innate deities, they should follow the same path, so how could Yang Mei lower himself to such a position?

The Thai King was both angry and happy. Hongjun, Luohou, and others also strongly agreed. The Thai King and the others agreed that as innate deities, how could they be so shameless as to lower themselves to such a lowly position?

Zu Long and the others also believed that as innate deities, they were all like-minded people, regardless of their cultivation level or the distance of their birth.

Unfortunately, Hongjun and the others did not know that Qi, as one of the outstanding new generation of innate saints, did not inherit such character.

If he were to speak, Qi would immediately agree, but it would be unlikely that Qi would give up the path of the gods.

Even Nuwa and the others couldn't give up, after all, the advantages of the divine path were too great, and the seekers' pursuit of perfection would never stop.

Hongjun was only thinking about it; he was now worried about encountering the same situation that happened to Emperor Tai and Yangmei back then.

At this time, Qi had just arrived at Yunmengze.

"Fellow Daoist Qi, you've quite the reputation lately."

Di Jun chuckled and teased.

"Indeed, we have not yet realized that the trip that Fellow Daoist Qi mentioned is actually an act of great merit for the benefit of heaven and earth."

Before Qi could reply, Fuxi's teasing remark followed.

"Fellow Daoists, please spare me. This trip has exhausted me, and now I have to endure your teasing upon my return."

Qi rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Di Jun and Fu Xi burst into laughter again.

"Qi, there's nothing we can do. Who told you to leave us behind to do such a big thing?"

Qi was slightly taken aback when she heard this, then turned her head and looked at it with surprise.

"Taiichi, what brings you here!"

Tai smiled and said:

"I arrived a while ago, but I didn't expect you to be traveling and to have done such a great deed. Congratulations, Qi."

Qi laughed heartily.

Then a clear, melodious female voice was heard saying:

"Alas, I also wanted to congratulate you, fellow Daoist, but unfortunately you only have eyes for Taiyi and cannot see me."

Nuwa's eyes held a smile, but her expression feigned melancholy.

Qi was stunned. He swore he hadn't been seeing things, but where did Nuwa come from?

After carefully comparing the environment with what he had just experienced, Qi Cai laughed and scolded:

"You, Nuwa, you actually used your transformation powers for pranks."

Nuwa smiled.

After a long separation, everyone finally reunited.

P.S.: Finally finished writing! It's really tough not being a full-time writer! Please support me!

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