Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Prince Chen's Mansion.

The residence of the Shang Emperor's most beloved prince.

It was built on the south side of the Yellow River as the capital of Changsheng State, the strongest of the thirty-six states.

The palace was grand and prosperous. In the main hall, there were orchestral music. A group of young Confucian scholars gathered together, chatting about everything under the sun, reciting poems and composing couplets, looking very comfortable.

In the first seat, a young man was drinking fine wine and enjoying singing and dancing. His handsome face was a little red due to drinking, and he looked like he was singing wildly while drunk.

It was none other than Prince Chen Zhang Zhi.

He has learned the practice method, and although he is already middle-aged, he still looks young.

Immersed in poetry, unable to extricate myself.

"Your Highness, Master Chen requests to see you."

At this time, the palace steward came running over.

"Master Chen? You've come just in time. Let him come in and have a drink with me." Zhang Zhi, who was a little dizzy due to drinking for many days, laughed.

The housekeeper responded respectfully and hurried out to invite the leader of the Exorcist Cult.

Not long after, a Taoist priest came into the hall from outside. He was tall and slender, dressed in a sky blue yin-yang Taoist robe, with three long fluttering beards. He had an immortal look and a fairy spirit flowed between his steps. Anyone who saw him could not help but sigh that he was truly an immortal who had come to the mortal world.

"The headmaster is here, let's drink together."

Seeing the Taoist coming, Zhang Zhi laughed.

Chen Changsong, the leader of the Exorcist Sect, has an unknown origin, but is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, astronomy, geography, medicine, divination, and astrology. Zhang Zhi always feels like he has met a close friend when he interacts with him.

The governance of the fiefdom was also thanks to Chen Changsong, so Zhang Zhi trusted Chen Changsong very much.

"Your Highness, we can drink later. This time I came to you to ask for your help to save my Exorcism Cult." Chen Changsong looked at Zhang Zhi and said.

"Ask me? What's wrong? Is there anyone under my rule who dares to make things difficult for the Exorcist Cult?" Zhang Zhi frowned immediately after hearing this.

At the beginning, when Zhang Jingmeng sent him to expand the territory, he was a little nervous, not because of his own abilities, but because of his concern for the accompanying Exorcist cult.

The growth of the Great Shang Dynasty was inseparable from the support of the Jiejiao. Without the Jiejiao, there would be no Great Shang Dynasty today.

But what followed was that the people of the Jie Religion acted arbitrarily and did not take the laws of the Shang Dynasty into consideration. Zhang Jingmeng had to endure it for the sake of the overall situation, and the ones who suffered were naturally the officials of the Shang Dynasty. Although Zhang Zhi was a prince, he was also a little worried about the future. However, after really getting in touch with him, he found that he was completely overthinking. Chen Changsong was different from ordinary Jie Religion disciples, and it was really easy to get along with him.

Within the county town, the Exorcist Cult could help him maintain order, arrest bandits, collect taxes, and so on.

And do better than him.

In this way, Prince Zhang Zhi could freely chat about everything under the sun and compose poems in the palace.

"Your Highness, the 132 Taoist temples of my Qushen Sect in Changfa County were also forcibly demolished by the Shang army. I beg Your Highness to help me." Chen Changsong said.

"What? Who dares to touch the Exorcist Cult?" Zhang Zhi was immediately furious when he heard this, and shouted angrily, "Who do you think did it? I want to see who dares not to give me face."

"Very powerful." Chen Changsong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Zhang Zhi's words.

"Man Li?" Zhang Zhi's expression suddenly changed after hearing this. His drunkenness immediately dissipated. He said, "Man Li should be in the capital. Why is he here?"

Man Li was the descendant of the cruel official Man Chong.

Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the Great Qi Dynasty, current Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the Great Shang Dynasty.

He is cruel and ruthless, and doesn't care about his relatives.

Zhang Zhi was not afraid of other people, after all, his status was there, but he had to be careful with Man Li. "He is an imperial envoy, who came here by order of the emperor to inspect various places." Chen Changsong said.

"You came here on the emperor's orders? Why did you demolish the Qushen Sect? But you, the followers of the sect, have offended him? And Man Li's cultivation is not very deep, can't you do anything to him?" Zhang Zhi asked doubtfully.

"Of course not. It's that Lord Man who is ignorant of the inside story. He said that within the territory of Da Shang, all government affairs are decided by the Da Shang court. My Qushen Sect has interfered and misled the people, so we should be punished! Although Lord Man has mediocre cultivation, Lord Xu Zhongyi beside him has extraordinary cultivation. He has millions of evil spirits in his body. People like me who practice cultivation are also afraid of him." Chen Changsong said.

"You said Xu Zhongyi is here too!"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi suddenly sobered up and was no longer drunk.

Among all the civil and military officials in the court, Zhang Jingmeng respected Xun Fang the most, was most intimate with Guo Lang, and was the one he trusted the most was Xu Zhongyi.

Letting Xu Zhongyi come is by no means a trivial matter.

"Yes, General Xu is here too. The situation is dangerous now. They don't listen to my advice. I hope Your Highness can step in." Chen Changsong said.

Man Li and Xu Zhongyi were both high-ranking officials of the dynasty, blessed by the luck of the Shang Dynasty. Although he was more powerful than the two of them, he could not take action, otherwise he would be suppressed by the luck of the Shang Dynasty and would be the one to die.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Man Li and Xu Zhongyi came together. Zhang Zhi knew it was no small matter and did not dare to neglect it. He quickly tidied up his appearance so that people would not know that he was hungover. Then he went to Changfa County with Chen Changsong.

Both of them had good cultivation, but the distance between the two places was not close. These counties were called counties, but they were actually one country before, so it took some time.

When the two arrived in Changfa County, they saw that the vegetable market in Changfa County was crowded with people.

The two men looked at each other, both feeling a little strange, and sped up their pace. Soon they arrived at Caishikou, only to find that an execution was taking place there.

Man Li sat on a high seat, his face cold, like the solid ice on the snowy mountains that had not melted for thousands of years, which was daunting. In front of him, dozens of people were kneeling on the execution ground, their faces full of unwillingness and resentment.

Someone yelled, "Manli, you idiot! Do you know that we are from the Exorcist Cult and disciples of the Great Sage Exorcist? If you dare to touch us, the Great Sage Exorcist will not let you go! We will definitely send you to the netherworld and scatter your soul."

"That's right, the headmaster won't let you go either. The Chen in Chen County is not the Chen of King Chen, but the Chen of our headmaster Chen! If you dare to touch us, this will be your burial place."

……

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi frowned immediately. He didn't like dealing with official business and thought these things were too vulgar, but no matter what, no one wanted to be treated as a puppet.

"It was my fault. This Chen County is naturally the prince's Chen County. From now on, I will definitely discipline him strictly." Chen Changsong apologized to Zhang Zhi.

"It's okay. I know what kind of person Taoist Chen is. I will go down and plead for him. Manli is so careless in arresting people. How can these members of the Exorcist Sect be ordinary people?" Zhang Zhi said.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhongyi, who was standing on the execution ground and acting as the temporary executioner with a thick-backed machete, could no longer listen. He cursed, "Fuck you," and then chopped him down with a heavy blow.

Zhang Zhi and Chen Changsong's faces suddenly changed. Zhang Zhi shouted "spare his life", and Chen Changsong even used magic directly.

However, all these had no effect on Xu Zhongyi. He ignored Zhang Zhi's words and chopped him down with a knife. Blood splattered and a huge head flew out.

When Chen Changsong saw this, his eyes widened. His disciple of the Exorcism Sect was beheaded right in front of him!
Is there any more royal method!
Angry in his heart, Chen Changsong's magical power surged all over his body, and a tremendous pressure descended from the sky. As the leader of the God-Driving Sect, he had become an immortal, although only a Yuanxian, but also an immortal.

When the immortal gets angry, the weather changes dramatically.

Chen Changsong angrily asked: "How dare you to kill my disciples and disrespect Jiejiao!"

However, facing Chen Changsong's pressure, Man Li just glanced at him calmly, and then shouted coldly: "In Dashang, the king's law is supreme. Those who disregard the national law shall be executed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura burst out from Man Li's body. Then the sky changed color, and an invisible pressure formed, pressing directly on Chen Changsong, forcibly suppressing his realm.

Xu Zhongyi was also furious. He tightly grasped the machete and swung it with all his strength. A blade of energy several hundred feet long swept towards Chen Changsong, and suddenly the weather changed. (End of this chapter)