Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 657: In Luoyi City, all the princes arrived

It sounds extremely incredible that a cultivator who is about to ascend to heaven can only rely on this method to accumulate resources for himself in Luoyi.

But this was what Ao Bing saw.

"Fellow Daoist is a person who is content with poverty and enjoys Taoism." Ao Bing glanced at Fang Yun and stepped into the 'Unknown Place'.

Taking a step forward, Ao Bing could clearly feel the distortion and change of the surrounding space.

Just as Fang Yun said, this unknown place is indeed a good place.

A door is a boundary - the spatial laws inside and outside the door are completely different.

If immortals and gods lived here for a long time and traveled here, even those with the dullest talents would be able to comprehend some of the mysteries of space.

This point alone is enough to make this unknown place a truly good place to visit in Luoyi City.

Of course, it is a good place, but the cost of living there is naturally not cheap.

However, for Ao Bing, this so-called high expenditure was of course just empty talk - although the immortals and gods did not have clear units of measurement of wealth like in the human world, the wealth of the Dragon Palace and the abundance of West Kunlun were both well-known between heaven and earth.

After setting a one-year deadline, Ao Bing waved to the door and invited Fang Yun, who was about to leave, in - no matter what, he was still somewhat curious about Fang Yun's choice.

If it is for wealth, a practitioner who is about to ascend to heaven has too many ways to do it.

Without mentioning anything else, just look at the things that Qi State transported to the country in carts. If the journey was safe and smooth, why would they need elite soldiers to guard them and powerful gods to accompany them?
Or, you can go to any noble family to be a teacher, and teach their disciples how to build a strong foundation, how to survive the trials and tribulations of life, etc.

But Fang Yun chose the most difficult and inefficient one.

How could Ao Bing not be curious about such a choice?
Clearly, one wants to accumulate wealth and seek a good career position from the Heavenly Official, but the method one chooses is the most inefficient. What's the difference between this and seeking something far away instead of something near?
You know, for the Heavenly Official, it doesn’t matter who he gives that good position to.
If you offer your wealth too late, then the good position will naturally be lost.

Therefore, Fang Yun’s choice is unreasonable, really unreasonable!

"Brother Dao, do you also think that I, Fang Yun, am pretending to be noble?"

Listening to Ao Bing's doubts, and seeing Ao Bing taking out a lot of money to "buy" this reason, Fang Yun naturally sighed, put away Ao Bing's money, and explained in detail.

Just as Ao Bing said, it is indeed a simple thing for a Taoist who is about to ascend to heaven to gain wealth in this human world.

But it is easy to seek wealth, but it is difficult to find good fortune.

In the huge city of Luoyi, there are countless people like Fang Yun who are about to ascend but are unwilling to do so, and use the humanitarian energy here to drain their energy.

Among the millions of people who try to escape and ascend, there are also some who band together to survive.

But who knows, what is the basis for these people to survive in groups?

What if one is unlucky and encounters one of the Huangtian Daoists lurking among them, wouldn't he be dragged down in an instant?

Even if he didn't encounter the Huang Tian Dao group, when there were too many people on the way to make money, trouble was inevitable, and when trouble came, fighting was inevitable - and when there was fighting, the grudges became even more entangled.

and so……

"Pursuing speed will only make things slower."

"It looks slow, but it's actually faster." Fang Yun said very frankly.

"As for the robbery... I would do it quickly, but I am as stubborn as an ox and cannot do anything that would abuse others."

"Searching for treasures in the dark - what is there in this world that is easy to take that does not have an owner? Even the water vapor in the river belongs to the water god."

“As for those hidden items that are hard to obtain and ancient relics, once they appear in the world, there will be a bloody massacre, and even the immortals and gods who have achieved merit will have their corpses rain down like rain.”

"So, after thinking it over, I decided to be honest and earn some hard-earned money. It's not unfair, nor is it a bad thing. It's also appropriate."

"No grievance, no guilt."

"Fellow Daoist, you see it very clearly." Ao Bing also sighed - practitioners all have a heart of Tao.

And it is obvious that the Taoist named Fang Yun has a very stable and extraordinary Taoist heart.

"To be praised by the Dragon God, it seems that my vision is not bad." After Fang Yun left, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard where Ao Bing lived. A Taoist wearing Bagua robe came in with a calm look and a smile on his face.

"Xuandu of Bajing Palace, I have met the Four Great Dragon Gods."

"Ao Bing from the Four Rivers greets Brother Xuandu." Ao Bing also returned the greeting.

When he stepped into this "unknown place", he had already realized that the owner of this unknown place was a terrifying existence - after all, he could use the Sumeru Mustard Seed Method so easily in the mortal world, and it was not noticed by others. The creatures around him, whether they were ordinary mortals or cultivators, all felt that this place was extremely "normal". How could such a person be a simple person?

But even so, Xuan Du's appearance still scared Ao Bing.

No matter how much he thought about it, he could never have imagined that the owner of this unknown place would be Xuan Du.

A disciple of the Supreme Saint and the chief disciple of Xuanmen.

Ao Bing looked at the Taoist Xuandu in front of him. The aura on his body was still that of Taiyi, and it seemed that he had not yet set foot in Daluo. However, his deeper spiritual perception told Ao Bing clearly that the threat Xuandu brought to him was even greater than that of the Buddhist Daluo he had seen before.

There is clearly a boundary between Taiyi and Daluo, but the existence of this only direct descendant of Taishang seems to have blurred that boundary.

And from what Xuan Du said, it turned out that Taoist Fang Yun was a disciple whom he valued and was currently undergoing a test.

"The whereabouts of Saint Taiqing are vague, and Brother Xuanwu's whereabouts are also a mystery between heaven and earth."

"Especially after the Jade Emperor ascended the throne, there were signs of conflict between Buddhism and Taoism. From what I know, the disciples of the Taoist sect wanted to invite Brother Dao to take charge of the situation. They were eager to do so."

"If they knew that Brother Dao was hiding in an unknown place in Luoyi, I'm afraid that this unknown place would be visited by many people."

"Therefore, Brother Ao Dao, the King of the Xuandu Sea, please keep your mouth shut and do not tell anyone else my whereabouts."

Xuandu added tea to Ao Bing's cup and showed curiosity. "By the way, Brother Ao is not in the Heaven Palace watching the Jade Emperor, but has come to Luoyi on earth. But what changes have taken place in Luoyi?"

Xuandu was not very polite to the Jade Emperor in his words. It was obvious that he knew the Jade Emperor's origins and had some reservations about his existence.

"Brother Xuandu Dao is in the human world, so I think he knows the chess game of Chu."

"I want to go to Chu territory, but I am afraid of those Guixu Daluo."

"After much thought, I decided to come to Luoyi first to find a backup plan." Ao Bing was also frank about his purpose - between heaven and earth, the existence of Taoist Xuandu has a very special meaning.

It is more special than Ao Bing’s existence.

When the Great Celestial Master is in seclusion, the presence of Ao Bing can often represent the Great Celestial Master.

The same is true for Taoist Xuandu.

Among all the saints, the most mysterious and unpredictable is the Saint Taiqing, whose whereabouts are so vague that it is impossible to guess. As the only direct descendant of Taiqing, Taoist Xuandu often represents the opinions of the Saint Taiqing when things happen in heaven and earth.

From this perspective, Xuandu is the agent of the Saint Taiqing.

Ao Bing came here for the Nine Cauldrons of Emperor Yu.

As soon as he stepped into Luoyi, he was led in front of Taoist Xuandu - it was hard to say whether this was just a coincidence, the mutual attraction between great practitioners between heaven and earth, or some kind of will of the saint, playing a unique role between heaven and earth.

“So that’s how it is.” Taoist Xuandu nodded, his expression becoming more relaxed. “I thought that fellow Taoist still harbored resentment towards the lineage of the Human King and was planning to continue to attack the Human King of this generation.”

"So that fellow Taoists know, I came here on the orders of my teacher to ensure that the inheritance of the Human King is safe and sound."

Speaking of this, Taoist Xuandu also showed a bitter expression.

Protecting the inheritance of the Human King is not an easy task.

He has been on the human world for more than a thousand years, and during these thousand years, the Human King has experienced more than thirty assassinations, curses, etc.!
For Taoist Xuandu, if it was simply a matter of protecting the Human King, it could be said to be just a matter of words - however, the Human Kings in the human world have always been restless and are extremely good at taking advantage of the situation.

If the Human King knew that Taoist Xuandu wanted to protect him, I am afraid that this would cause a lot of trouble for the Human King.

Therefore, the real difficulty in protecting the Human King does not lie in protecting the Human King, but in how to protect the Human King without letting others know that he, the Taoist Xuan Du, is protecting the Human King in accordance with the will of the saint.

"Oh, right, there's another anomaly at the Human King's place. I was originally wondering whether I should take care of the anomaly of the Human King."

"But now that Fellow Daoist Ao is here, he can make some decisions for me." Taoist Xuandu said, and his expression immediately became serious.

……

The existence of the Nine Cauldrons is a top-secret secret for the Human King, and it is a secret passed down from one Human King to another.

Even within Ji Zhou, it was extremely difficult to know the traces of the Nine Cauldrons, let alone people outside Ji Zhou.

Especially since Ao Bing was an immortal god, even if he concealed his identity, he was still a cultivator - such an existence was incompatible with the Nine Cauldrons.

Under such circumstances, it is extremely difficult to explore the secrets of the Nine Cauldrons and to know their location.

Therefore, even if Ao Bing came to Luoyi in person, it would be almost impossible for him to find clues about the Nine Cauldrons in Luoyi.

"To find the location of the Nine Cauldrons, we can only start with the human race."

"It would take someone of considerable status among the human race to ask the Human King about the status of the Nine Cauldrons."

And Ao Bing came to Luoyi just to "find" such a person.

Or maybe it's 'waiting' for such a person.

After staying in Luoyi City for forty years, Ao Bing finally "waited" for the person he wanted to wait for.

The King of Qi, in the name of honoring the king and expelling the barbarians, established the distinction between the barbarians and the Chinese, became the overlord of the princes, and exercised the authority of the king of men - in the name of honoring the king and expelling the barbarians, expelling the barbarians meant military conquest.

And honoring the king is naturally a great ceremony to honor the human king.

After the demise of Haojing, the princes rarely came to pay homage to the King of Humanity - and after the King of Qi held a meeting with the princes, every sixty years, the King of Qi would bring other princes to Luoyi to "pay homage" to the King of Humanity and present him with many gifts.

Although those gifts would eventually fall into the hands of Qi, at least the process gave the King of Man enough face.

The Human King is the banner and face of the human race.

The princes are the inner circle of the human race, and they are the people who "lead" the human race in different places.

The spirit of humanity was dispersed among different vassal states depending on the strength of those princes, increasing and decreasing among them.

When the princes began to move, the spirit of humanity naturally followed suit.

And when the princes came to pay homage to the King of Man, most of the human energy on this earth would gather in Luoyi.

At this time, one can imagine how strong the humanitarian spirit in Luoyi City will be!

The princes had not yet arrived, but the practitioners who had originally gathered in Luoyi City had already begun to move outside Luoyi City.

Even those Huangtian Daoists who have "merged" with humanity are no exception.

On the contrary, those who practice martial arts as well can mobilize their own blood and energy at this time to conceal their magic power and avoid being invaded by the human energy.

When the princes followed the "Zhou Li" and entered the city, Ao Bing sat on a high building, borrowed the energy of Jianmu to avoid human suppression, and then concealed his tracks, looking down at the princes' carriages.

Among the princes, the leader was naturally Xiaobai, the king of Qi who was the overlord. And beside Xiaobai, riding in the same carriage with him, was Guan Zhong, a hero who had assisted him in accomplishing this extraordinary feat. Guan Zhong had almost shot Xiaobai to death with an arrow, but was finally accepted by Xiaobai and entrusted with state affairs.

Carriage after carriage moved slowly through Luoyi City, accompanied by the sound of wheels. The solemnity, heaviness, magnificence and nobility unique to humanity were also reflected in the hearts and minds of every onlooker.

Behind the chariot of Qi, the kings of Jin, Qin, Chu and other countries looked at the canopy of Qi, and there was a flame of ambition burning in everyone's pupils.

They were all aware of Qi's current situation—it did not have the Mandate of the Human King, but was able to bear the authority of the Human King simply because Qi was strong enough.

What if one day their strength surpasses that of Qi?

Then can they also seize the power that belongs to the King of Men from the hands of Qi?

It is even possible that after they seize the power of the Human King, the Human King's Mandate will have weakened to the extreme. At that time, will the Human King's Mandate be taken away as well?

With different thoughts in mind, the princes paid homage to the King of Man, and then began to discuss the next military campaign against the Rongdi.

After recruiting soldiers, the princes began the most important action after entering Luoyi.

Visit the wise.

(End of this chapter)