After guarding the gates for a hundred years, I drove the Heavenly Saint to madness.

Chapter 227 Summoning the Calamity Star! Giving the Supreme Saint Taiqing some amusement.

Get up.

Xiao Wuji put down the iron pliers, took a plain handkerchief and wiped his hands, speaking in a calm tone.

"You handled these two tasks very well: summoning the ferocious beast from Xiqi and deceiving the Western Regions into sending your own disciple."

There was no pressure, just a simple affirmation.

But these words pleased Shen Gongbao more than any reward.

His heart, which had been hanging in mid-air, finally settled down. He quickly stood up and bowed slightly.

"It's all thanks to the commander's brilliant strategy. I was just running errands and adding fuel to the fire. I don't deserve the commander's praise."

Shen Gongbao was humble.

Xiao Wuji lit the purple clay teapot on the stove and poured two cups of tea.

He pointed to the futon opposite him: "Sit."

Shen Gongbao was flattered and carefully sat down on the edge of the futon, with half of his body still hanging in mid-air.

"I have summoned you here today because I have a new task for you to undertake."

Xiao Wuji picked up the teacup and brushed away the tea foam.

Shen Gongbao immediately perked up his ears, his expression solemn: "Please give your orders, Commander. I will brave mountains of knives and seas of fire, even unto death."

He witnessed the battle at Jiepai Pass, where even the Dao Ancestor appeared. Now that Xiao Wuji still stands there, he firmly believes he made the right choice and is naturally working even harder.

Xiao Wuji took a sip of hot tea.

"Now, within the territory of the Great Shang Dynasty, the City God system has been fully established. Tens of millions of City God temples, and countless day and night roaming gods and local mountain gods, have woven a giant net across the land of the Nine Provinces."

Xiao Wuji put down his teacup and looked at Shen Gongbao: "The matter of finding people in the Central Plains is being handled by them; you no longer need to get involved."

Shen Gongbao was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

The most important task for the Jie Sect right now is to find the reincarnation of the Tongtian Sect Master. Since the City God is in charge within the Great Shang territory, what should he do?

"I want you to set off immediately and leave the territory of the Great Shang Dynasty."

Xiao Wuji leaned forward slightly, his deep gaze fixed on Shen Gongbao's face with a mustache.

"Go to the four seas and eight wastelands, to those remote and desolate places beyond the jurisdiction of the City God. Go and find someone for me."

Shen Gongbao held his breath and tentatively asked, "General, who do you wish to find?"

Xiao Wuji looked at him and slowly uttered a few words.

"Go and find the reincarnation of Laozi of Taiqing."

Snapped.

Shen Gongbao's hand trembled, and the teacup he had just picked up fell onto the table, splashing out a few drops of scalding tea.

He stood frozen in place, his eyes wide open, his face filled with confusion and astonishment.

The reincarnation of two saints was a secret to others, but it was no secret to Shen Gongbao. He had connections with many disciples of the Jie Sect and had already received the news.

However, he didn't understand why he needed to find Taiqing Laozi.

The person the Jie Sect should be looking for right now is their own grandmaster, Tongtian Jiaozhu.

Taiqing Laozi was the leader of the Human Sect and the mortal enemy of the Jie Sect!

Why would I look for him?

Could it be that the commander-in-chief intends to take advantage of the time when Laozi of Taiqing is reincarnated and rebuilding his cultivation to directly send me to eradicate him completely and eliminate any future troubles?

Shen Gongbao's mind raced. If that were true, it would be an earth-shattering achievement, but also a deadly task tainted with endless karma.

But he was shrewd by nature and knew what he should and shouldn't ask.

He quickly composed himself, suppressing his shock. He didn't ask why, nor did he question life or death.

"Understood!"

Shen Gongbao suddenly stood up, clasped his hands tightly in a fist, and agreed decisively.

"No matter where you are in the world, I will definitely dig out the reincarnation of Taiqing!"

Xiao Wuji nodded slightly as he looked at Shen Gongbao's unwavering demeanor.

"Go. Conceal your tracks and don't let the people of Kunlun Mountain notice you."

"This subordinate takes his leave!"

Shen Gongbao did not linger for even a moment. He strode out of the room, facing the wind and snow beyond the pass, transforming into a faint streak of light, heading straight for the desolate lands beyond the Great Shang territory.

The door closed again.

The room fell silent again, with only the occasional soft crackling of the embers in the clay stove.

Xiao Wuji picked up his teacup again. He looked at the swirling snow outside the window, a cold, slightly wicked smile slowly curving his lips.

What do you want with Taiqing? To kill him?

Xiao Wuji sneered inwardly.

Killing a reincarnated body that has not yet awakened will not help.

As long as the Heavenly Dao exists, the true spirit of Taiqing will not be extinguished.

Such forced executions not only lower one's status but also attract the attention and backlash of the will of Heaven.

He went to great lengths to send Shen Gongbao out, of course, to give that once high-ranking Xuanmen chief disciple some amusement!

Who was Shen Gongbao?

In Xiao Wuji's past life memories, this was the number one troublemaker on the Investiture of the Gods, the source of calamity walking on the primordial land!

This fellow has a wide circle of friends, but whoever gets involved with him dies. His seemingly polite "Fellow Daoist, please wait" is practically the most unreasonable causal weapon in the primordial world.

All thirty-six armies and countless powerful figures of the Jie Sect were sent to the Investiture of the Gods by his single sentence.

The title of "Child of the Great Calamity" is not undeserved.

Since the reincarnation of Laozi of Taiqing, the secrets of heaven must be heavily concealed, and cannot be found by ordinary means.

But Shen Gongbao was different. He was entangled with an extremely dense karmic burden.

Let him try his luck; maybe he'll actually stumble upon Taiqing's reincarnation through that strange, unlucky affinity.

"Taiqing emphasizes tranquility and non-action, in accordance with the way of Heaven."

Xiao Wuji finished the last of his tea, his eyes gleaming with a calculating brilliance that seemed to have been used for millennia.

"If this cursed spirit were to come into contact with the reincarnation of Taiqing, the two would become sworn brothers and travel together—"

The mere thought of this scene is utterly absurd.

Shen Gongbao's blatant lies and cunning, if they were to permeate the reincarnation of Taiqing day and night...

They completely misled this top disciple of the Xuanmen sect onto the wrong path, even tricking him into a hopeless abyss, and directly sent him to the Investiture of the Gods to fill a divine position.

That's truly killing someone by destroying their spirit! It's far more interesting than simply killing them with a single blow.

Of course, besides scheming against Taiqing, behind this order was Xiao Wuji's deepest layer of defense.

The Master of Heaven.

The reincarnation of Grandmaster Tongtian is the core trump card for the Jie Sect to regain its dominance. Such a crucial existence cannot be allowed to suffer even the slightest mishap.

With the City God system meticulously investigating every inch of the Great Shang territory, and with sages like Yunxiao overseeing things, there was no chance of anything going wrong.

Before the Grandmaster Tongtian awakened.

We must never let Shen Gongbao, the source of this calamity, get even half a step closer to our master!

If this guy were to run up to Tongtian's reincarnation and shout, "Fellow Daoist, please wait!", then things would get really funny.

Who knows what kind of trouble might arise that even he can't handle?

"The farther away the scourge is, the better. Using it to wreak havoc on the Chan and Ren sects is the best way to make the most of it."

Xiao Wuji put down his teacup, placed a red-hot charcoal into the bottom of the stove, and covered it tightly with ashes.

Now that the internal problems have been eliminated, it's time to continue training. Ultimately, strength is paramount.