Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

As night falls, a bright moon hangs high in the sky above Guanjiangkou, and its desolate moonlight shines on the Guanjiangkou Temple.

Zhuge Qinglan was still bent over his desk handling government affairs.

The ten-year period is about to end and the assessment of South China Sea marine officers is about to be launched in full swing. This is his busiest time.

Of course, the busiest moments were no big deal for him, because he had been busy every day for the past ten years.

Taking Guanjiangkou as the starting point, all water officials in the Hai water area were evaluated, regardless of their background, only their political achievements were considered, and the fittest survived, with the capable ones promoted and the incompetent demoted. The process was more difficult than Zhuge Qinglan had expected. After all, the methods used in the mortal world might not be applicable in the fairy world, and adjustments needed to be made according to local conditions.

However, Zhuge Qinglan was quite pleased with the final result.

Although the creatures in the Hai water area were somewhat uncooperative at the beginning, they began to cooperate very actively after Ji Ren went deep into the front line and directly killed several water officials who were doing evil.

Ji Ren, who suppressed criminals with great force, has become a god of faith in their minds.

Zhuge Qinglan's governance experience is therefore richer and he has enough confidence that if the military support can keep up, he can fully implement this system in the South China Sea.

The only problem is that Ji Ren kills people to establish his authority, but he still has to be responsible for the aftermath.

Zhuge Qinglan sighed slightly and thought, he should train Haoer well next time, otherwise, his clone would not be enough.

Zhuge Qinglan sighed in his heart and was thinking about who to take over. Suddenly, a black light flashed and a short man appeared out of nowhere, holding a sharp spike in his hand and stabbed Zhuge Qinglan's vitals.

The short man came with great force. Although he was short in stature, his cultivation was not low, reaching the peak of the Xuanxian level. He was no match for Zhuge Qinglan.

But facing such a powerful enemy, Zhuge Qinglan did not show any panic on his face. A square seal on the table suddenly glowed, and in an instant, terrifying power burst out and fell on the short man. The man's body trembled and he immediately fell to the ground, as if he was carrying a mountain and could hardly get up.

The next moment, a figure flashed by, and Ji Ren floated in from outside. He glanced at the assassin lying on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Zhuge Qinglan and said, "Brother, it seems that you are really hated. How many times have you been hated this month?"

"The twelfth one, and I'm in this situation too. Isn't it all your fault?" Zhuge Qinglan glared at Ji Ren unhappily.

The news of the investigation in the Hai water area obviously cannot be concealed.

The creatures in other waters of the South China Sea had more or less heard the news and were worried, and the Dragon King of the South China Sea obviously had no intention of keeping Ji Ren's news secret, so the news that Ji Ren was going to hold an investigation of officials throughout the South China Sea spread throughout the South China Sea like wings, immediately causing an uproar in the South China Sea.

Countless water fairies showed anger.

However, when they thought of Ji Ren's achievements in killing the Five Great Saints, beheading Tu Xingsun, and repelling Ran Deng, they dared not speak out or take any force. They could only use all kinds of relationships to please Ji Ren, hoping to make themselves the exception in this inspection.

Some came personally with generous gifts, and some invited immortals with some reputation in the Three Realms to come together...

But it was useless, Ji Ren didn't give face to anyone.

After a group of people discovered this, they changed their strategy. When the soft approach didn't work, they tried the hard approach.

He used all kinds of connections and even started from the Water Department of Heaven, where he interfered with Ji Ren's affairs, disrupting the order of Heaven and interfering with the Water Department.

However, it's still useless.

The Jade Emperor supported Ji Ren in the Lingxiao Palace, saying that the Great Emperor Dongyin was the ruler of all water gods, and the Water Department was in charge of all water gods, so the Water Department was under Ji Ren and should not offend him.

A group of people suffered a loss and were helpless, so they changed from hard to soft tactics, not only using seduction with beauty, but also invited many immortals from the orthodox sect who were related to them to intercede for them.

Unfortunately, Ji Ren is a man who doesn’t care about his relatives. When it comes to strength, you are not as strong as me. When it comes to background, you are not as powerful as me. When it comes to reason, you can’t even argue with my senior brother. So why should you ask me to give in?

As for some of the orthodox immortals they invited?

Ji Ren said that besides being the Great Emperor Dongyin, he was also the chief of the three generations of the Chan Sect and the guardian of the Xuanmen Sect, and could supervise all the immortals of the Xuanmen Sect.

Then, a group of people ran faster than rabbits.

Finally, there were some who could not distinguish between the big and small kings and became angry out of shame. Ji Ren directly arrested them, tried them in public, and executed them in public. The main theme is fairness, justice and openness.

The immortals of the South China Sea were even more angry, but they also knew that Ji Ren's strength was definitely not something they could shake. After much thought, they decided to target Zhuge Qinglan.

Ji Ren is strong, but being strong and being able to rule well are two different things.

Ji Ren is just one person and cannot manage all of them. They have been rooted in the South China Sea for tens of millions of years and have plenty of means to deploy. Even if they pretend to obey but secretly disobey, no one can find fault with them.

Especially the revision of the system, etc.

According to their investigation, Ji Ren did not show any outstanding abilities in this area.

Therefore, killing Zhuge Qinglan would, on the one hand, show their resistance, and on the other hand, slow down Ji Ren's actions.

Therefore, in the past ten years, Zhuge Qinglan, apart from taking care of the rear for Ji Ren, was assassinated every day.

Zhuge Qinglan felt a little regretful for not agreeing to Ji Ren's offer of being the prime minister. Anyway, the situation couldn't get any worse, so he might as well take advantage of it.

"They are all evil people and have nothing to do with me. Am I not getting rid of these evil people?" Ji Ren pretended to be aggrieved.

"When investigating the gods of the Haishui area, you could actually use their previous collusion with Buddhism as an excuse to settle scores and conduct a sweep. You could first use the Haishui area as a practice and then spread the news. However, not only did you not conceal it, you fanned the flames, leading to the current situation. You just wanted those dissatisfied people to know the news early and then gather together so that you could kill them all at once." Zhuge Qinglan said.

"This saves time and effort." His thoughts were exposed, and Ji Ren did not hide it and spoke frankly.

For Ji Ren, finding an opponent is more difficult than killing him.

And he really didn't have the energy to intrigue with these hidden things. Just click directly, all those who are unhappy with me will gather together, and then I will take them all down at once.

"You want to do things quickly, but many things cannot be rushed." Zhuge Qinglan said. When it comes to governance, he prefers to do things silently.

The South China Sea is too big, so we cannot rush to govern it.

"But I don't have much time. The catastrophe is coming. Two hundred years later, a monkey will come and hit me on the head. Within a hundred years, the South China Sea will belong to the Ji family." Ji Ren said.

Now Gonggong's clone dominates the North Sea and his cultivation has reached the peak of Golden Immortal, so the original body must cooperate with him.

Although it was such a rough occupation, the luck was not as much as Zhuge Qinglan had imagined, that he could eat it up bite by bite, but it was still not bad.

If the South China Sea is included, the incarnation of Gonggong might be able to break through to Daluo before the war between the Chan and Jie sects, achieve initial self-protection, and then expand to the four seas and prove the great way, which makes him comparable to a saint!
"I'll make a few more clones here." Zhuge Qinglan heard this and shook his head helplessly.

"Thank you, senior brother." Ji Ren bowed solemnly to Zhuge Qinglan. Considering his relationship with Zhuge Qinglan, it was a bit polite to say this, but apart from thanks, he really didn't have anything extra to thank him for.

In the entire Guanjiangkou, all resources are at Zhuge Qinglan's disposal. If Ji Ren has something and Zhuge Qinglan needs it, Ji Ren will give it to him.

"There's no need to be polite between you and me. The counselor is responsible for planning, but the final decision is made by the lord. You make the decision and I will cooperate with you. In just a few days, we will gather the Dragon King and the King of the South China Sea, and then you will have your stage." Zhuge Qinglan said.

"No, hasn't the South China Sea always been my stage?" Ji Ren said.

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Qinglan chuckled and said nothing.

Seven days later, bell sounds could be heard on the waters of Hai.

"Dang Dang Dang"

Nine bells rang in succession, spreading throughout the South China Sea. The Dragon King of the South China Sea and the eleven water kings changed color at the same time and immediately rushed to the Hai water area.

After everyone had gathered, Ji Ren sat down, looked around at everyone, and said, "I want to investigate the water officials of the South China Sea. Who agrees and who opposes?" (End of this chapter)