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Chapter 166 The Cause of Today is the Fruit of Another Day

With Samsung's prompting, Ao Peng probably understood Samsung's concerns.

The great supernatural power influences the fortune, prosperity, and longevity of a region, and the core of its influence lies in the authority of the three stars.

If it were anyone else, Samsung wouldn't even give you a second glance; they'd simply strip you of your divine authority from above.

However, Ao Peng is different. First of all, Ao Peng is the successor appointed by the Heavenly Court in the Real World. His future position will not be low. The Three Stars will respect the Buddha even if they don't care about the monk. How could they restrict Ao Peng's authority from above at this time?

Secondly, they met Ao Peng twice, once when he was with the Nian Beast and once when he was with the Seven Stars Gathering. What Ao Peng did suited Samsung's tastes. Samsung felt that Ao Peng was a capable person who could get things done, so of course they would not restrict his power.

But they feared that Ao Peng, being young and impetuous, might turn a good thing into a bad one after having such great power.

This kind of thing has happened many times throughout their long lives, and even the gods they personally promoted have encountered this problem.

The blessings, prosperity, and longevity of tens of thousands of people—what immense power that is!

If the transfer is done arbitrarily, the consequences of good or bad fortune will increase at least tenfold. If bad results occur, they fear that Ao Peng will ultimately harm himself and others, and in the end, they, the Three Stars, will have to clean up the mess. At that time, they will have to personally take back the power from Ao Peng.

So after a conversation with Ao Peng, Samsung made it clear from the beginning what it wanted to tell him.

Supernatural powers cannot overcome fate, nor can they overcome human nature.

[Samsung Shines] Power is great, but do not act arbitrarily.

Secondly, the life of a god is long, and losing once or twice is not important at all. The three stars have personally admitted that they lost to the three calamities several times, which is to tell Ao Peng that no matter how great the power of the "Three Stars Shining in the World" is, can it compare to the three of us personally taking to the field?

Even if we personally intervene, we will still lose; this is the will of Heaven and the hearts of the people.

But don't be afraid of losing. As long as you dare to admit defeat and don't mess around, we old guys will cover for you.

Your divine life is still long. With us old guys backing you up, even if you lose a hundred times, it won't be a serious injury. You can even win it all back in one go. So admitting defeat is also a kind of wisdom!

Ao Peng also understood the underlying meaning. Indeed, experience matters, and long-lived immortals do have a different way of looking at problems. He also realized that Samsung truly regarded him as a junior.

Although Samsung used platitudes throughout, it contained two huge promises: first, we will give you authority; second, don't mess around. If you do something wrong in the future, admit it immediately and minimize the losses. Someone will naturally cover for you.

Pigsy, naturally overhearing this, deliberately chimed in sarcastically, "Enough with the repetitive talk, why not bring out a few peaches for everyone to try! Grandfather, didn't you transplant a few peach trees? This kid's never tasted a real peach, aren't you going to bring out a few?"

Squeezed by Pigsy, the God of Longevity laughed and said, "Of course there are peaches, but the peaches in my courtyard are not ripe this year. I will invite you to heaven to taste them when they are ripe."

Before Ao Peng could answer, Zhu Bajie exclaimed, "Me too! Me too!"

The God of Longevity laughed and said, "Thanks to you, thanks to you!"

Having said that, He, along with the God of Fortune and the God of Prosperity, soared into the sky and departed.

Pigsy gossiped behind their backs, "Those three stingy old men are really stingy. They won't give us peaches, and they won't even give us a pair of gold ingots or ruyi scepters."

Then his eyes darted around, and he looked at Ao Peng, "You now hold the power of fortune, prosperity, and longevity, so don't be as stingy as those three old men!"

Ao Peng said with a smile, "Once Qixingji becomes lively, people will naturally flock to Yangfu Town. At that time, will Second Brother still worry about not having enough offerings?"

"This second senior brother is truly greedy for money." Ao Peng was able to persuade his second senior brother to help this time not only because he came up with a practical plan, but also because the Seven Stars Market he opened could greatly increase the number of game players in Yangfu Town.

In this way, after the second brother leaves the field, he will be on the side of victory and be able to easily get a big piece of the pie. Otherwise, how could this lazy good-for-nothing leave the field so easily?

Moreover, after leaving the arena, the second senior brother didn't do anything, except help dress up as a beggar so that the three jinxes couldn't calculate the cause and effect.

It must be said that the second brother is also a god who has truly mastered this set of divine wisdom.

Pigsy laughed smugly.

With the help of Zhu Bajie, Ao Peng captured all the out-of-control lucky pigs in Yangfu Town and sealed them in his royal tomb. He then allowed Wu Gong to slowly absorb the poison from the lucky pigs and use the energy of the Seven Stars to neutralize it. As long as the process went smoothly, the scourge of the lucky pigs would be over.

As dawn approached, the bustling Seven Stars Market, which had been lively all night, began to disperse. The tourists were respectfully escorted out of the market by the Five Immortals. Then, everyone saw a colorful rooster standing at the crossroads like a little phoenix. The surrounding mist, due to the approaching dawn, shimmered with a hazy white light.

With a cry from the phoenix, the white light grew brighter and brighter, forming a path leading to the mortal realm. The phoenix spread its wings and flew towards the mortal realm. The crowd hurriedly followed the instructions and chased after it. Thousands of immortals protected them on both sides to prevent them from getting lost and to prevent any foolish demons or monsters from suddenly attacking them.

They had only run about the distance of a field ridge when the surrounding mist dissipated, the sky brightened, and they returned to the mortal world.

They returned to the familiar fields outside Zhao Family Village. In fact, they only realized when they got up, still half asleep, that so many of them had slept on the ridges of the fields the night before!

If it weren't for the various herbs and talismans I bought from Qixingji in my hand, I probably would have thought I was having a long dream—the same dream that thousands of people were having!

"This is amazing!"

After everyone regained consciousness, the first thing they did was to spread the word about the strange event that happened yesterday through the internet. Even Ao Peng himself did not realize how many believers two or three thousand people could bring him through the internet in this information age.

General Wu Gong's Baidu Tieba forum instantly became a hit, and a large number of topics about General Wu Gong appeared on Xiaohongshu and Zhihu as well. Some people have even begun to investigate the origins of General Wu Gong.

And they actually found some clues.

Someone confidently produced a handwritten copy from the Republican era. This copy, resembling a scholar's casual writing, did not leave the author's name or a specific date, but recorded a legendary event.

In the late Republican era, the people of Tianjin were furious that the last Qing emperor colluded with the Japanese invaders. Some local militia, calling themselves General Wu Gong, killed the Qing dogs and punished the Japanese invaders. Yu Qi asked who General Wu Gong was. He replied: There is a star in the sky named Wu Gong. He received the magic talisman from the immortal of Nanhua and descended to earth to teach martial arts to the people, establish the people's heart of strength, and restore a prosperous and peaceful world.

Although the handwritten record is incomplete, it contains a complete martial arts training method called "Martial Arts Canon," which fully explains the changes from Ming Jin to Hua Jin and records the lost lineage of various martial arts schools in Tianjin at that time.

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