Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 656: Huang Tian Dao Clan, No One Knows Where to Stay
Today is an unprecedented era of humanity, and also an unprecedented era of immortality.

But this does not conflict with the difficulty of the immortal path.

With the abundant vitality and inspiration, it became extremely easy for practitioners to get started - but between heaven and earth, various resources that were helpful for practice, materials for refining magic weapons, etc., had been "monopolized" bit by bit by the forerunners.

Especially after the birth of the karma system, as the most important and indispensable resource on the path of cultivation for immortals and gods, it has long been "monopolized".

The Heaven, Taoism, Buddhism, and the Human Dynasty, four enormous entities, control all the karma positions between heaven and earth. No matter whether they are karma positions that have already been born or karma positions that have not yet been born, they are all under the control of these four parties.

The lifespan of immortals and gods is nearly ten thousand years - what does this mean?
This means that after any immortal god occupies one or more karma positions, the time he occupies this karma position is nearly ten thousand years - this also leads to the karma position, as the most important cultivation resource between heaven and earth, being in a state of being difficult to circulate, especially the karma position that can support Taiyi, which has never been circulated at all.

Under the karma system, there are more and more predecessors in practice, and the path for latecomers is becoming more and more difficult.

And now is the time when latecomers are having a hard time.

Those good positions have already been occupied by others - for those that have not been occupied, there will be people in all corners of the world who will think of leaving these good positions for their own younger disciples...

This leads to a situation.

The greater the Taoist tradition, the more superior it becomes.

However, those small sects were becoming increasingly difficult and declining. Even if the disciples of the small sects had outstanding talents and fought their way through many difficulties and eventually achieved immortality, they were still bound by their small karma after achieving immortality.

A brilliant man who had dominated the human world for hundreds of years and made all his opponents bow their heads, ascended to heaven one day, only to find that he had become an ordinary soldier in heaven, being ordered around by his former opponents... How many people could accept such a situation?
Therefore, as time went by, more and more practitioners who were on the verge of success chose to stay in the human world - until they died in the human world, or found a way to obtain a better position, or, due to the approaching death limit, completely gave up their ambitions and became an ordinary soldier in the heaven, or a mountain patrol messenger under the seat of a certain god...

And Fang Yun, who was standing in front of Ao Bing at this moment, was such a person.

I am trying to find a better job position in order to achieve "ascension".

There are many such people. They stand in Luoyi and make use of the humanity and worldly spirit in Luoyi City to consume their own merits, so as to prevent their own merits from overflowing over time and triggering the interaction between heaven and earth. Then, they will be selected by the "edict" of heaven and be "forced to ascend".

From Fang Yun's perspective, the 'Xing San' before him might be one of the opportunities for him to gain a career position - although the Xing San before him called himself a wanderer and concealed his aura, no matter how much he tried to hide it, the 'grace' that followed him like a shadow was still revealed.

That is not a luxurious air, but a calm air, the kind of calm air that allows one to deal with any situation calmly.

As a disciple of a small sect, Fang Yun was most proud of his eyesight.

Having lived in Luoyi City for more than two hundred years, Fang Yun had seen many 'descendants of great clans' and 'sons of wealthy and noble families'. He had even watched the King of Qi from afar.

But even though he was the overlord of the princes who held the power of the human king in that generation, his grace and elegance were less charming than the one in front of him.

Just by looking at his calm demeanor, you can tell that this person is no ordinary person - of course, there is another possibility.

He is a rookie who is inexperienced in the ways of the world, which is why he is so calm and composed as if nothing matters to him - but how could there be a rookie immortal in the world?

Even those direct descendants of major sects, who have achieved immortality through two or three years of practice, would be warned by their teachers before leaving home about the dangers of the world. They would never be so calm.

"The path to immortality is indeed difficult." Ao Bing nodded.

He was "trapped" for a thousand years. During this thousand years, although the Jade Emperor was investigating him, it did not mean that the Jade Emperor did nothing else except investigating him.

Under the Jade Emperor's deliberate indulgence and even intentional mobilization, the various temples and great gods in the Heavenly Palace have already been connected with each other, turning into the prototypes of one mountain after another - their momentum is already similar to those of the aristocratic families in the human world.

The largest mountain in the heaven is Taoism.

With the three saints of Xuanmen as the core and their disciples as the hub, their own Taoist traditions, which they pass on and create their own Taoist traditions, and so on, are interconnected and have become an unprecedentedly huge network.

This big net has almost gathered all the practitioners.

Even those with great supernatural powers have to make a choice under such circumstances: to join the Taoist network and become a part of it, or to stay away from it and be excluded or even targeted by it.

With their own choices, all the great masters also placed their bets and made their own decisions.

Thus, in just a thousand years, the situation between heaven and earth began to show signs of conflict between Buddhism and Taoism.

Taoism and Buddhism are two behemoths, two extremely large sects of saints and saintly traditions, each occupying a corner of the world and each controlling the promotion system for immortal officials and fruit positions.

The Heaven and the Human World, which were originally in the center and coordinated the general situation, have turned into a chessboard between Buddhism and Taoism.

The saints of Buddhism and Taoism each held a chess piece and used the immortal gods under their command as chess pieces. They transformed into big dragons and entangled with each other between heaven and earth.

Under this deliberately provoked conflict, the peace within the world was gone forever, but the killing power of those practitioners and immortals within the world increased a lot.

Up to now, let’s not talk about the other four continents, and only talk about the Central Region. In the Central Region, almost all the immortal sects and Taoist traditions can trace their origins back to the three Taoist saints.

Either the Taoist tradition passed down by the saint has grown into a separate branch, or it is related to one of the saint's disciples.

At the very least, he was his own ancestor, and he had learned his own tradition from the words of the saints...

In short, one must try every possible means to get close to the saints and establish a relationship with their lineage.

Only in this way can we achieve basic "fairness" in the immortal official system.

Those who have tried every possible way but still cannot establish a connection with Taoism can only think of other ways to see if they can gain the favor of some great god in heaven.

If one cannot even do this, then even if one has a perfect Taoist practice of immortality, he is just a casual cultivator.

Between heaven and earth, the gap between the independent cultivators and the Taoist disciples can be said to be that between heaven and earth - not to mention the difference in their karma positions.

Before achieving the immortal body, the disciples of the great sects of Taoism, in contact with the gods in the sky, when fighting against the enemy, can use an altar and a spell to borrow the power of the gods from a distance, or ask the ancestors to take action from a distance.

In this way, the Taoist disciples will have no flaws in their fighting methods, and will naturally be able to concentrate on their practice and study the universe with all their heart and soul in order to build their own bodies. Once they become immortals and have a lifespan of ten thousand years, they can then study appropriate techniques based on their own immortal bodies and their own temperaments… This is to obtain the Tao first and then the Dharma.

As for those independent disciples who cannot seek help from the ancestors or worship the true gods, they have to devote countless thoughts to studying various methods and techniques in addition to their hard practice. Only in this way can they have the power to preserve themselves.

Under such circumstances, the talent, character, and decisiveness of the independent cultivators who can stand on equal footing with the disciples of the major Taoist sects, or even surpass them, can be imagined.

However, the path of cultivating the immortal way, achieving the immortal body, is just a small hurdle. Before the immortal body, no matter how much you suppress those disciples of the great Taoist sects, after the immortal way, they can easily get a good position, with the sun and the moon on their shoulders and the breeze in their sleeves, while you can only obey the call of the heavenly court and be a heavenly soldier who goes through wind and rain, or be a messenger who runs around to welcome and see off people...

This gap cannot be filled by human power.

What's worse, some people met some petty Taoist disciples, and after ascending, they were transferred to work under these Taoist disciples, and were tormented in all kinds of ways...

After all this, the eight words "rising into the sky like a cloud and ascending to immortality" have become a disaster for some practitioners.

Some people are holding back their efforts, hoping for an opportunity to obtain a good career position. If that fails, they would rather turn into rotten wood and bones in the human world than ascend to heaven - at the very least, they would find a way to avoid their old rivals.

Another group of people traced back to history and found out about the ancient Human Emperor who severed the connection between heaven and earth. Under the guidance of some powerful beings, they planned to emulate the ancient Human Emperor and sever the connection between heaven and earth, so that Heaven could return to Heaven and the human world could return to human world. In this way, no matter if you are a disciple of a major sect or a direct descendant of Taoism, after coming to this world, you have to be honest and act according to your own abilities. If you really provoke some killer, no matter how great your master is or how great the god is, they can't save you.

To put it bluntly, I really have no backing, and after I ascend, I won't be able to deal a lot of trouble to you Taoist descendants. Even if you pass through the Jedi Heaven, you can still ascend - but after you pass through the Jedi Heaven, your backers in heaven can't control the earth. By then, if you really make me angry, even if you have some great gods in heaven supporting you, I will still cut down mountains and destroy temples to promote your Taoism.

Of the two groups, let’s not talk about the former - but the latter has many supporters in the world.

Although their cultivation is not high and few of them have achieved immortality, both the great sages who spread their doctrines in the world and the major princes are secretly on their side.

Including some people with great supernatural powers, who are also standing hidden behind them.

After all, those people with great supernatural powers, whether they are Taoists or Buddhists, were forced to join this unprecedented big network, and it is inevitable that they have some anger in their hearts that they need to vent.

Moreover, the Jade Emperor of Heaven also intends to revise the Heavenly Rules and restrict the actions of the immortals and gods in heaven from setting foot on the human world.

Therefore, those cultivators on earth who attempted to connect the earth to heaven, although most of them were those who had not yet achieved immortality, they had great influence in the human world and were called Huang Tian Dao.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, are you also a member of the Huangtian Dao?" Ao Bing asked.

Jedi Tiantong, Huang Tiandao - just by hearing the name, Ao Bing knew that it was aimed at him.

How did the ancient human emperor gain access to the sky and the earth?

Cut off Jianmur.

But now, who is in charge of the reborn Jianmu?
Isn’t it at Ao Bing’s place?

The four directions and nine heavens are supported by Jianmu.

Therefore, if the earth and the sky are connected and Jianmu is cut off, it is not just Jianmu that is cut off, but also the four directions and nine heavens, which will be greatly affected.

And this influence, if traced back to the end point, is Ao Bing himself.

"Huang Tiandao?" When mentioning this name, Fang Yun sneered.

He is the former, the one who still wants to compete with those direct descendants of Dao Sect.

And those Huangtian Dao people, it seems that they are going to do something big that will shake the heaven and earth, but in fact, they have completely lost their ambition for the future and only want to abuse their power in this world.

He just disdains to associate with these people.

What's more, how could it be that easy to reach the sky through the Jedi?
As we all know, the Jianmu tree that supports the heaven and earth is controlled by the Four Great Dragon Gods.

And who are the Four Great Dragon Gods?

He is the direct disciple of the previous generation of the Emperor of Heaven, a first-rate existence under Daluo, and an existence in the Heavenly Court who can confront the Jade Emperor.

If you want to cut down Jianmu, no matter how you plan, you will eventually have to face the Great Dragon God of the Four Rivers - a group of Huangtian Dao people who have not even achieved immortal skills and only want to bully the world. How can they cut down Jianmu in front of the Great Dragon God of the Four Rivers?
Wake up and stop dreaming!

"If you are not a member of the Huangtian Dao group, then Brother Fang is asking for a superior position?"

"How can it be so easy to obtain a good karma position?" Fang Yun also sighed. "In the heavenly court, there is a celestial official who assigns karma positions. There is a way to obtain a good karma position from that celestial official. Although it may not be powerful, it is also a leisurely position. After ascending to heaven, you can continue to practice with peace of mind."

"However, the cost of obtaining a professional position is quite high."

"People like me can only wander around in this human world and seek some precious materials and spiritual objects to satisfy the appetite of the Heavenly Official."

"Brother Daoist, we're here." As Fang Yun spoke, his footsteps had already stopped in front of a small building.

Although the building is small, its interior is a different world.

Its name is: I don’t know where.

——This is one of the residences for practitioners in Luoyi City.

Fang Yun brought Ao Bing here. If Ao Bing could settle down in this unknown place, the owner of this unknown place would naturally give Fang Yun some rewards.

(End of this chapter)