Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 654: The Chess Game of Chu
It's fine for ordinary mortals who come to pray for good weather on both sides of the river - the real trouble is the messengers who come with the orders of the princes, asking the water gods to cooperate with rain and adjust the water vapor, or the messengers who come to blame for droughts and floods, etc.

It seems that the rainfall and water vapor in various places are really decided by these water gods.

In addition, there are immortals and gods who gather and practice Qi on both sides of the river, and some of the sects in the human world even want to bring these waters under the control of their sects.

What's more, some immortal gods in the sky sent children to hint to these dragon gods, asking them to move the water vapor to support the princes of one side during the war between the princes in the human world, etc...

In addition, the demon tribe that was supposed to land in the Southern Continent, because of certain actions, stayed in the Central Region and refused to leave, disrupting the waters everywhere and having conflicts of one kind or another with the dragon gods.

These conflicts are often excuses for the human princes or the gods in heaven to try to interfere in the river basins.

Even though the dragon gods of the Four Rivers Dragon Court were extremely shrewd and tactful, and had a great sense of the overall situation, they were almost oppressed to the limit under all these troubles.

In particular, although they are smooth and sensible, and can cleverly stick to the line when doing things, their children and grandchildren may not be so...

Before, Ao Bing was in a state of "pending investigation", and these dragon gods were reluctant to continue to cause trouble for Ao Bing, so they could only keep their anger to themselves.

And now, in the Lingxiao Palace, all the gods witnessed Ao Bing's uprightness. These dragon gods had a backer, and knew that Ao Bing had free time. They guessed that after a thousand years of "frustration", Ao Bing wanted to vent, so the grievances they had been holding in their hearts naturally burst out at once.

In the Dragon Court, there was a great bustle of dragon gods coming and going to complain.

In their words, those human sects on both sides of the rivers, the princes and monarchs, and some great gods in heaven seemed to be guilty of heinous crimes.

Immediately, a god with ears came down with Ao Bing's decree.

The dragon gods in the Dragon Court immediately quieted down, listened carefully to the decree, and tried to figure out its content.

Do not participate in human disputes, do not get involved in human grudges, and do not enjoy human sacrifices - this is easy to understand.

As gods of rivers and water gods closely connected with the human race, their daily lives are closely related to the changes in the human race - no matter what changes occur among the human race, they will affect the situation of their waters. In other words, any force among the human race must take the attitude of their waters into consideration before making any changes.

Under such circumstances, it is extremely difficult for these dragon gods to avoid being dragged into the chaos of the human world.

Therefore, the meaning of the first part of Ao Bing's decree is simple and clear, which is to protect these dragon gods.

With Ao Bing's magic, the purpose is that in the chaos of the human world, no matter who comes forward to plead for mercy, the dragon gods can push the blame to Ao Bing and ignore them completely.

Then it is easier to understand why they do not accept sacrifices.

When the world is in chaos, it is often also chaos in heaven. One of the reasons is that when the world is in chaos and the laws are gone, there will be many evil practitioners who lead the people to commit blood sacrifices in order to achieve their own goals.

Or, it may be the "village elders" in some places who will follow the ancient customs and sacrifice young boys and girls.

Even worse, some people have sinister intentions and hide the blood sacrifice under the real sacrifice...

The blood sacrifices are often directed at certain gods.

In this case, even if the god reacts quickly and kills the culprit, the matter will still be very troublesome.

Moreover, if it was a blood sacrifice led by an evil cultivator, then killing them would be fine, but if it was a blood sacrifice initiated spontaneously by the villagers, what could the gods do? Would they have to kill all the villagers?
Therefore, for the gods, once they are involved in blood sacrifice, it is like yellow mud falling off their crotches, and no one knows what kind of trouble will arise.

With Ao Bing's decree, the dragon gods of the four rivers can naturally seal off their own divine palaces and ignore the sacrifices from the world... Moreover, with Ao Bing's decree, their authority will not be shaken by not receiving sacrifices.

It can be said that with these three prohibitions, the four dragon gods will hardly be implicated in the chaos of the human world as long as they do not take the initiative to get involved.

As for the part after the sermon...

That is an opportunity for these wronged dragon gods to vent the grievances they have suffered over the years.

Although the dragon gods of the four rivers cannot control the wind and rain in the sky, they can regulate the water vapor on earth and control the aquatic creatures in the water.

Ao Bing ordered them not to cross the laws of heaven, which means that as long as they did not cross the boundaries of the laws of heaven, these dragon gods could do whatever they wanted.

It can make one side have more water vapor, or the other side have less water vapor, and it can also collect the water vapor in the river, making it difficult for those practitioners to use magic to bring the water vapor here to there for irrigation - this can affect the grains planted in the world.

They can also 'herd' fish, shrimp, turtles and tortoises in the water - this move will greatly affect the fishermen on earth.

They can also increase the waves in the water - which can further separate the two banks.

The dragon gods of the four rivers, within the scope of heavenly rules, can easily control the immortal gods who have fallen into the human world. After the twenty-four solar terms fell into the human world, the greatest desire of mortals for immortal gods is nothing more than wind, rain and a good harvest.

The means used by human sects and immortal gods to influence mortals also mostly rely on this.

The dragon gods of the four rivers only need to control the water vapor in their own areas, and they can satisfy the requests of mortals from those sects or immortal gods and "grant all their requests and deny none of them".

All requests are granted, and none are refrained from - only the gods know how destructive these eight words are to those sects that have a foothold in the human world, and to those immortal gods who want to increase their influence in the human world in order to enhance their own development.

Even those Taiyi who want to create a legend with this have to bow their heads for this.

As long as they don't cross the line of heaven's rules, all the grievances of the dragon gods over the past thousand years can be vented at this time!
"Star Lord, the affairs of the State of Chu must be investigated." In the Dragon Court, the dragon gods were exchanging information with each other, and then someone mentioned the situation in the State of Chu.

……

"Chu State." Ao Bing's gaze fell from the heaven to the Chu State.

The ways in which the Jade Emperor and the Great Lord of Heaven control the Heaven are completely different.

The Great Lord Haotian convinced all the gods with his unparalleled magnanimity.

The Jade Emperor does not have the prestige or magnanimity of the Great Celestial Lord.

Therefore, the way the Jade Emperor controls the Heavenly Court is to create a balance among the gods through scheming and political tactics.

And within the Jade Emperor's balance, in just a thousand years, the situation between heaven and earth had become extremely delicate.

There are several powerful vassal states in the world, including Qi State which is attending the alliance meeting at this time. Behind each of them, there is one, or several great gods in heaven.

However, the State of Chu was unique.

As an "alien" among humans, a country that has always had connections with the demons, in this new order, the country of Chu chose not the gods of heaven, nor some powerful hidden people, but the demons!

Under this new order, the Chu State and the demon clan were united in a closer manner.

Starting from the mountain ghost transformed from the demon god, to the big and small Sima, Yun Zhongjun and so on - in the end, it points to an ultimate name.

Taiyi!

It turned out that the king and ministers of the Chu State constructed a complete ancient pantheon with Taiyi's name as the core.

Ao Bing could see that the birth of this ancient pantheon was not the plan of the demon race, but the work of the human race.

This was another rehearsal of what the human race had done before, where the God of the North Sea transformed into the descendant of Emperor Huang.

Those are some "sages" of the human race who intend to take advantage of this chaotic time and use the huge vassal state of Chu as a testing ground to transform the past of the demon race into the foundation of the human race.

The demon race, also under the guidance of the saints of the human race, generously placed a bet and joined the human race in the gamble to see the outcome of this gamble, whether the human race would swallow up the demon race, or the deceased demon king Taiyi would struggle out of the long river of time.

Because of this incident, the dragon gods of rivers within the Chu State have been living an unusually low-key and keeping a low profile.

"Taiyi." Ao Bing pondered.

Just a name, and a heat seemed to arise out of nowhere in this extremely solemn and austere Punishment Hall. Under this incomparable heat, the Punishment Hall was shaking slightly, as if it was about to melt in the heat.

Ao Bing really found it hard to imagine why the human race was like this.

Or they are honest and gentle - but once something happens, it will definitely be a earth-shattering event.

That’s the Demon King Taiyi!
It is a name that is almost taboo between heaven and earth. Even in the traditions of the demon clan, this name is rarely mentioned, for fear that if it is mentioned too often, it will lead to unpredictable changes and bring about a strike from the Heavenly Court.

However, the human race had no chance at all to fish out this name that was buried in time, and openly turned it into an ancient pantheon belonging to the human race.

Taiyi is the source of the demon race. If Taiyi really becomes a sacred being belonging to the human race like the God of the North Sea, then it is almost certain that the demon race will be swallowed up by the human race.

For the heaven and earth, it would be a good thing if Taiyi could become the sacredness of the human race and be bound by "rules". Perhaps this is the reason why the powerful people between heaven and earth watched the human race and the demon race "cooperate" in the State of Chu.

But in this gambling game, Ao Bing really didn't believe that the human race had any chance of winning.

Although Taiyi has been buried in time, and his reputation during his lifetime and after his death can only be "left to others to judge", he is still Taiyi after all!
It is the existence that led an era between heaven and earth, and it is the most absolute protagonist of that era. Now the protagonist of heaven and earth is the human race. Therefore, any immortal god between heaven and earth who wants to make plans must start with the human race.

Including those powerful people from outside the domain, when they want to sneak into Pangu's world and compete for the opportunities here, they will also choose to be reborn from the human race.

This is the weight of the protagonist of heaven and earth.

But in Taiyi's era, in the era of the demon clan - although it is said that the protagonists of the world in that era were the demon clan, in fact, the protagonists of the world in that era were not the demon clan, but Taiyi, the Demon King.

It was not that Taiyi became the Demon King because of the demon clan, but that the demon clan became the demon clan because of Taiyi, the Demon King.

Based on this premise, one can imagine how low the probability is for the human race's plan to succeed.

Moreover, from the Jade Emperor's perspective, it is impossible for him to allow the human race's plan to succeed.

Why could he become the leader of the Six Imperial Lords?

In addition to the fact that some saints planned to use him to make a nest for fishing, there is another reason, which is because of his irreplaceable status as a reflection of heaven.

This is also what he relies on.

For the current world, his existence is indeed "indispensable".

Although Ao Bing, as an unprecedented celestial dragon, can also reflect the sky, he is not Daluo after all, let alone a person with great supernatural powers. He is simply unable to bear the "sky" of Pangu's world.

But as Taiyi was once the Demon King and the Emperor of Heaven, he definitely has the qualifications and ability to reflect the sky - if Taiyi were to be reborn and was willing to accept the constraints of the rules, then let alone becoming the head of the Six Gods who symbolize the sky, it would not be impossible for him to directly become the real Emperor of Heaven.

Therefore, the Jade Emperor would never allow the human race's plan to succeed and allow the human race to use the ancient myths they compiled to pull Taiyi out of the long river of time.

"So, are we going to Chu?" Ao Bing considered it.

The layout of the human race in Chu State was made with great fanfare. It seemed that from the saints to the immortals and gods, to the mortals, and even the demons that were free from the outside... It was the will of the entire heaven and earth, and they all reached a consensus here to use Chu State as the mother body to allow "Taiyi" to reappear.

In such a matter, if the Jade Emperor wanted to interfere, he could not use the power of Heaven - he could only use those who escaped from Guixu.

"So, the game of Chu is not just a gamble between the human race and the demon race, but also a gamble between the saints and Guixu?"

Between heaven and earth, Ao Bing's identity is very unique - although his cultivation is only Taiyi, to a certain extent, the height he stands at and his vision are no different from some Daluo.

Even through the dual relationship between the Great Heavenly Venerable and West Kunlun, Ao Bing knew more secrets than the ordinary Daluo.

Therefore, his understanding of the situation is far beyond his current level of cultivation.

After realizing this, Ao Bing's body couldn't help but stiffen slightly.

What does Guixu mean?
The nature of Guixu determines one thing - that is, any existence that escapes from Guixu, even the weakest among them, must have the merit of Daluo.

This is exactly why the saints are afraid of this and are cautious about taking any action - if a Daluo were to destroy the world at will, then even if there are saints keeping an eye on the world, it would still cause extremely serious damage to the world.

And for Ao Bing, those who escaped from Guixu are extremely dangerous.

In the world of that day, what was Ao Bing's greatest reliance?
It is not his unique strength among Taiyi.

But it is the rules of this world.

That’s right, rules.

In this world, the rules that bind all gods, including those formed by the tacit understanding between the great gods, are Ao Bing's greatest reliance.

(End of this chapter)