Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Chapter 473 I, Zhang Jingshou, am back!
The Fire Cloud Realm was originally just a small world among the Three Realms, but because it is the only exit for mortals to condense mythological Dharma images, it is now attracting much attention.

Immortals gathered here in groups of three or two.

At this time, two ordinary-looking immortals quietly entered.

One was middle-aged and the other was young. They were Yun Zhongzi and Ji Ren, who had changed their appearance and concealed their aura.

Looking at the immortals around him, Ji Ren transmitted a voice in confusion: "Master, didn't you say that this was the key to fighting for the Dharma image of the person who should be robbed? How come there are other people coming in?"

These people are not followers of the Chan and Jie sects.

"Because there are saints in more than just our two religions!" said Yun Zhongzi.

In the current Fire Cloud Realm, there is no saint backing you up, so no matter how powerful you are, you can never enter it.

But the problem is that there are saints in more than just the Chan and Jie sects.

There are a total of eight saints in this world.

There is more than just Jiang Ziya’s Dharma image in the Fire Cloud Realm.

"So in addition to being careful about the Jiejiao, we also have to be careful of Buddhism, Heaven, Hell, and the Queen Wa Palace?" Ji Ren asked.

"That's not necessary. This killing calamity of the gods has many causes and consequences. Getting involved in it will be a disaster rather than a blessing. So at this time, the Western Church is unwilling to take the lead and be entangled in the killing calamity. As for the Heaven, the Underworld, and the Queen Wa Palace, they come here mainly to see if there are any cultivators with extraordinary talents. They can recruit them under their command and will not be our enemies. Especially now that the Heaven is our ally." Yun Zhongzi said.

“So both the Purple Star Emperor and the Emperor of Heaven are here?” Ji Ren asked. After all, the current Emperor of Heaven was supported by the Chan Sect, and two of the Four Most Respected Emperors in Heaven were from the Chan Sect.

The Great Emperor of Longevity in the South Pole is the Immortal of the South Pole, and the Great Emperor of Qinghua in the East Pole is the True Man Taiyi.

It is worth mentioning that Ji Ren remembered that in the Taoist teachings of his previous life, the Four Emperors were the Emperor of Ziwei in the North Pole, the Emperor of Changsheng in the South Pole, the Emperor of Taiji in the West, the Emperor of Hou Tu, and then the Jade Emperor and the Emperor of Qinghua in the East, collectively known as the Six Emperors.

But here, God of Heaven and Mother of Earth are equally saints, the Four Emperors are inferior to them, and the Emperor Qinghua of the East takes Hou Tu's place.

"Of course. Otherwise, if the four great masters of Jiejiao, Yunxiao, Jinling, Duobao and Zhao Gongming, attack together, and we only have two of them, how can we defeat them?" Yun Zhongzi sighed.

In the last great catastrophe, the Chan sect won.

However, the Chan sect paid a huge price to replace the Emperor of Heaven, and its luck was damaged. In addition, the deputy leader Ran Deng defected to the West, so its current strength is not as good as that of the Jie sect.

Only with the help of these two Daluo Jinxian in Heaven can we compete with Jiejiao.

"That's right." Ji Ren nodded and asked, "Then the ones coming now are mainly cultivators from the Heavenly Court and Western Kunlun."

West Kunlun, also known as Kunlun Ruins, is nominally a place where independent cultivators gather, just like the independent cultivators on the overseas fairy islands.

But in fact, most of the famous and powerful people in West Kunlun are immortals in name only in Heaven.

In other words, West Kunlun is the temple of worship in heaven.

They can obtain salaries, merits, spiritual fruits from Heaven, and can also get protection from Heaven when necessary, but when Heaven needs them, they must also cooperate with Heaven's actions.

After all, most of the star gods and generals in heaven have duties to perform, and with the 007 work system, endless life means endless responsibilities. Except for a few great gods, they have almost no free time, so many things are left to Xi Kunlun.

"That's right." Yun Zhongzi nodded.

"Then, uncle-master, should we go to the gathering place of the Chan sect now and meet up with the rest of our fellow disciples?" Ji Ren asked.

"No rush. I am just a Golden Immortal, and you haven't even reached the Profound Immortal level. We can't influence the overall situation if we go there. It's better for us to travel around now. If we can find the person who is destined to be calamity in advance, we can bring him back to Kunlun Mountain directly. This is the right way." Yun Zhongzi said.

"Uncle Master is right." Ji Ren replied. Making a fortune quietly is the right way to go. Besides, he came here for other purposes.

"Let's go and see if anyone can condense some extraordinary Dharma image. We don't need nine colors, seven or five colors will do." Yun Zhongzi said. Ji Ren almost showed a question mark on his face when he heard it. What do you mean by seven or five colors? Not to mention that Yang Jian's Dharma image is only seven colors, let's take you, uncle, it seems that your Dharma image is only seven colors.

But thinking about Yun Zhongzi's good luck, Ji Ren felt that it was not something incredible.

"By the way, Uncle Master, do you have a disciple?" Ji Ren asked.

"Of course there are. We, the Chan Sect, explain the great principles of heaven and earth and educate heaven and earth, so naturally we have to pass on the orthodox tradition. Even the master has nominally accepted so many disciples and asked the eldest brother to teach the immortal arts on his behalf, let alone me? In the immortal world, if you come across the Shenhuo Pavilion, it is my property. Just show your identity and you can get a 30% discount whether you buy materials or refined magic tools." Yun Zhongzi said.

Ji Ren's eyes lit up slightly. He didn't expect that his uncle-master would be engaged in this. However, that was not what he wanted to ask. He said, "Uncle-master, I want to ask if there is anyone who can inherit Lei Zhenzi's Dharma?"

"No. The disciples I accept now are all those who inherit my weapon-making skills. Lei Zhenzi is a natural-born general who will not come out unless he faces a killing calamity. I guess the right person will only appear now. When the calamity begins, I will need your help for my disciple whom I have never met." Yun Zhongzi said.

“I dare not, it’s just that the catastrophe has just begun. Compared with Jiejiao, our Chenjiao is inherently weaker, so we must first unite within our Chenjiao.” When Ji Ren said this, his eyes couldn’t help but become moist.

Logically speaking, as the victor of the last catastrophe, the Chan sect should have an overall advantage.

After all, according to normal development, the Twelve Immortals are unable to kill the Three Corpses, and therefore have to endure the tribulation. If they successfully endure the tribulation, they will be able to kill the Three Corpses, improve their cultivation, reach the realm of Yunxiao of the Jiejiao, and then suppress the opponent again in the next tribulation.

But in fact, this is not the case.

Because the catastrophe is divided into a before and a after, the first half is when the Shang Dynasty swept the world. At this time, the destiny is with the Shang Dynasty, and the Jiejiao will often choose to help the Shang Dynasty at this time. Then during this period of time, they will be blessed by the destiny, their overall strength will be improved, and then they will reverse the failure of the previous catastrophe. During this process, the Chenjiao can use various means, but it is difficult to succeed.

Just like it was difficult for the Jiejiao to stop the Zhou Dynasty from destroying the Shang Dynasty.

Therefore, in the middle of each great catastrophe, the strength comparison between the Chan and Jie sects was not much different from the first time of the Conferred Gods.

And now, because of the last catastrophe, Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun have come with a big wave to replace the Emperor of Heaven. They did not accumulate much advantage in the last catastrophe, and are even not as good as the Chan Sect in the original novel of Fengshen.

In the original novel, the Chan sect has the deputy leader Randang, the South Pole Immortal, and the Twelve Golden Immortals.

However, now Dipankara has become a past Buddha in the West, and even among the Twelve Golden Immortals, only eight are still teaching the Dharma.

Fortunately, Taiyi Zhenren became Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun and entered Daluo, and the Heavenly Court was considered an ally of the Chan Sect, so the Chan Sect was able to suppress the Jie Sect. Otherwise, if the saint had not come out, he would have been suppressed and beaten.

But the strength of Heaven cannot be considered as the strength of the Chan sect after all.

So when Ji Ren first learned about this situation, if it weren't for the fact that his master would not change his sect and his master's actions were so heroic, he would have wanted to defect to Jiejiao.

Although theoretically, if the Chan sect accepts the person who is destined to be calamity, it will definitely win in the end, but who knows whether he will still be alive when he wins.

"It should be so. If I accept you as a disciple this time, you will be the chief of the third generation. If he violates the rules of the sect, you can beat and scold him. Don't worry about me." Yun Zhongzi said.

"The disciples taught by Uncle Master must be both intelligent and brave. Why do they need me to discipline them?" Ji Ren said.

"Stop flattering me. I don't know where my future disciples are. I don't know what their character is like. If they are conceited and unruly, you can suppress them. During a catastrophe, when two armies are facing each other, it is most taboo to make decisions on your own." Yun Zhongzi said.

Ji Ren nodded to show his cooperation. He raised this question mainly because he was thinking about Zhang Jingshou. He hadn't seen him for seven years and wondered how he was doing now.

The disaster has lasted for thousands of years, so it should still be alive and well.

Ji Ren prayed in his heart and accompanied Yun Zhongzi to quietly travel around the Fire Cloud Realm, trying to find out the news about the people from Da Qi who had embarked on the path to immortality, but to no avail.

Until one day, there was a sudden thunder in the sky. Yun Zhongzi frowned slightly, and he felt something in his heart. Then he saw a young man with wings on his sides appear out of thin air in the sky, holding a dragon-shaped stick in his hand, with wings shaking behind him. Above the sky, there was a violent wind, lightning and thunder. When he saw the sun, he let out a loud roar, "I, Zhang Jingshou, have finally appeared!"

Seeing this, Ji Ren covered his face in pain.

I don't know this guy.

(End of this chapter)