Chapter 175: The Saints of Zixiao Palace Discuss the Deification of Gods——
Heaven beyond heaven, in front of the fetal membrane of heaven and earth.
All the saints appeared here almost at the same time.
The saints’ magical powers were invincible in the prehistoric world. They could go anywhere with just a thought.
All the saints looked at each other and bowed to each other as a greeting, but they did not talk to each other, but stepped directly into the chaos.
They would not waste time chatting here when summoned by Hongjun Daozu.
Unlike Haotian, who still needed Hongjun’s guidance to find Zixiao Palace.
The moment the saints stepped into the chaos, the location of Zixiao Palace, which was no longer covered by Hongjun on weekdays, appeared in the hearts of all the saints.
The next moment, all the saints appeared in front of Zixiao Palace.
The gate of Zixiao Palace was open, and it was obvious that they wanted to let the saints in.
Unlike the magic of Zixiao Palace’s preaching in the past, Zixiao Palace at this time was just like an ordinary Taoist temple.
In the distance, on the Taoist platform, Hongjun, who looked like an ordinary old Taoist priest, was already sitting there.
"Hello, Master Hongjun."
The saints bowed together and saluted Hongjun.
"Hmm!" Hongjun nodded slightly and responded.
The saints then stepped forward one by one, and sat down on the cushions in front of the Tao platform in the same order as when they had listened to the Tao before.
"I wonder what the teacher has summoned you to discuss this time?"
Laozi, who was sitting in the front, was the first to speak after he sat down and asked.
Behind him, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti all looked at Hongjun when they heard the words.
They always remembered that when Hongjun was in harmony with the Way of Heaven, he said that he would not come out unless there was a great catastrophe.
But now...
"Not long ago, Haotian came to my Zixiao Palace." Hongjun looked at the six saints below with an expressionless face and said softly.
"Haotian came to me to cry, saying that one of you did not talk about saintly virtues and plotted against him, and asked me to make the decision for him."
As soon as these words came out.
The six saints below all had different expressions.
Laozi's face was calm, Yuanshi's expression was gloomy, Nuwa seemed to be smiling, Jieyin's face was sad, and Zhunti's face was smiling.
Hongjun on the Taoist platform saw all of this, but he did not say anything, and continued to speak expressionlessly.
"Yuanshi... Zhunti... do you two have anything to say?"
After hearing Hongjun directly mention the names of the two saints.
Yuanshi and Zhunti were both stunned. Yuanshi, who was originally gloomy, suddenly became a little colder, and Zhunti's smile froze.
Obviously, he did not expect Hongjun to mention his name.
"Disciple does not accept!"
"Disciple pleads guilty!"
Yuanshi and Zhunti bowed at the same time, but the words in their mouths were completely different and opposite.
The moment the voice fell, they even looked at each other in surprise.
Yuanshi looked at Zhunti who pleaded guilty in surprise, and his eyes seemed to be questioning, little brother, what's the matter, why did you plead guilty so soon?
Zhunti looked at Yuanshi in great surprise, and his eyes were even more strange and unusual, as if to say, "Little brother, the Taoist Patriarch has personally asked about it, and you dare not accept it?"
The other four saints on the side looked even more strange.
Laozi and Jieyin were fine, both of them were in a very good mood, and the ones who made mistakes were their junior brothers, one with a blank expression and the other with a sad face.
Nuwa on the side looked like she was watching a good show.
As for Tongtian, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter and laughed out loud in the Zixiao Palace.
On the Taoist platform, Hongjun's expression did not change at all when facing the completely different answers from Yuanshi and Zhunti.
Whether it was Yuanshi's dissatisfaction or Zhunti's confession, Hongjun's expression did not change at all.
It was as if the previous question was just to ask the two saints if they had anything to say, and as for their thoughts, it was irrelevant.
Hongjun just sat cross-legged on the high platform and continued to speak calmly: "The saints are responsible for educating the prehistoric world and maintaining the operation of the prehistoric heavenly way."
"A saint without virtue will do harm to the prehistoric world."
"And this time, the prehistoric heavenly way will naturally feel the plot against the Emperor of Heaven and send down a killing calamity. Soon, there will be a killing calamity from the gods and immortals."
"The killing calamity from the gods and immortals?"
As soon as Hongjun said this, the other saints who were watching the show below could not sit still.
"May I ask, teacher, what is the killing calamity from the gods and immortals?" Nuwa asked directly.
"The killing calamity from the gods and immortals...is the prehistoric calamity!" Hongjun answered softly.
"It's just that it's not the time for the prehistoric calamity yet. Although the heavenly way feels the killing calamity and sends down a killing calamity, the scale of the killing calamity from the gods and immortals this time will be much smaller than the prehistoric calamity."
"And it will mainly be concentrated in the disciples of all of you saints."
"This..."
Hearing Hongjun's answer.
The faces of the saints who were watching the show suddenly changed slightly.
Tongtian even asked hurriedly: "Teacher, the scope of the immortals' killing intent this time, is it all our saints' disciples?"
Hongjun nodded slightly.
Every saint present had a gloomy face.
Even Laozi Jieyin was no exception, one frowned, one looked even more miserable, and Tongtian's face was even gloomier at this time.
The three saints all have their own Taoist traditions to a greater or lesser extent.
Laozi was fine, although his Taoist tradition had been spread among the prehistoric human race, but the only disciple of the human sect was the Xuandu Grand Master.
With the quasi-saint cultivation of the Xuandu Grand Master, even if he faced the catastrophe, there would not be too much problem.
As for the Taoist tradition he passed down among the human race, for Laozi, although it is a pity to face the calamity, he will not care too much.
But the Western Religion of Jieyin Zhunti and the Jie Religion of Tongtian are different.
The Western Religion can be said to be the only one in the entire Western land. Although there are not many elite disciples, the prosperity of the Taoist tradition.
It is definitely the first among all the saints.
And the Jie Religion of Tongtian is also extremely prosperous. The number of disciples and inner disciples under the sect is not large.
But the outer disciples of Jie Religion are tens of thousands.
And in the entire East China Sea, there are countless people who have the relationship of preaching and teaching with him.
Once this calamity comes, how many people can survive under the killing calamity of the gods and immortals.
As for Nuwa, although she has never established a Taoist tradition, since Hongjun said that he is a disciple of the saints, it naturally includes her.
Nuwa couldn't help but think of the human race.
As the Holy Mother of the human race, in a sense, all the human races in the prehistoric world can be regarded as her Taoist tradition.
Thinking of this, how could her face look good?
As for Yuanshi and Zhunti.
They looked extremely ugly and looked at Hongjun in disbelief.
They never thought that they would trigger some immortal killing disaster just by calculating Haotian.
And it was a disaster focused on their disciples.
For a while, all the saints were quiet.
And the saints were all smart people, so naturally no one jumped out to say that it was Yuanshi and Zhunti who had lost their virtue this time, and that the two of them should be responsible for the disaster.
Hongjun said it very clearly, this was the Heavenly Dao feeling that sent down the killing disaster...
Even if they argued fiercely here and put all the blame on Yuanshi and Zhunti, it would not change the Heavenly Dao.
Hmm!
All the saints were smart people.
The will of Heaven?
The saints looked at Hongjun Daozu on the Tao platform and bowed down without any hesitation.
"Please show mercy to the Taoist Ancestor and give us a strategy to deal with the killing calamity of the gods."
The saints bowed down, and Hongjun on the Taoist platform remained expressionless and silent, and the saints did not move.
After a few breaths, the saints heard Hongjun sighing slightly.
Although Hongjun had not spoken yet, the saints felt relieved.
"Well!"
Hongjun spoke softly, and then his mind moved, and an invisible force enveloped the saints.
At this moment, even the three true saints, Laozi, Jieyin and Nuwa, were helped up without any resistance.
Although the saints who were helped up looked at Hongjun eagerly, only they themselves knew the turbulent waves in their hearts.
Hongjun did not care about the saints' hearts at all. After helping the saints up, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure that looked like a list suddenly appeared in front of the saints.
"This is the Heavenly Book of the Conferred Gods, which lists 365 gods of heaven and earth." Hongjun said softly.
"After those whose names are on the Conferred Gods list die in this immortal killing calamity, their true spirits will be pulled into it, reshaped into divine bodies, and become the righteous gods of heaven, and be driven by heaven."
"You fill the 365 names on this Conferred Gods list, and this immortal killing calamity will end."
After Hongjun finished speaking, he closed his eyes, obviously letting the saints discuss it themselves, and he didn't want to hear anything.
The saints looked at the Conferred Gods list in front of them. With their realm, although the Conferred Gods list was not refined, they could see the effect of the Conferred Gods list at a glance.
Although Hongjun only said that those who entered the Conferred Gods list and became righteous gods would be driven by heaven, but... driving is a good word, and the unpleasant word is slavery.
And...
The name of the Conferred Gods list was not written casually. Although the Conferred Gods list itself is just a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, it has restrictions set by Hongjun.
Even if the saints wanted to write their names on the list, they could only write names that were connected by destiny, such as disciples and grandchildren.
Looking at the Conferred God List in front of them, the saints looked at each other. Although their faces looked better than before,...
Various thoughts appeared in the minds of the saints.
"My disciple Xuandu is the only one, and he should not be on the list." Laozi spoke first, and his meaning was very clear.
This Conferred God List...you sign it, I will not participate!
Although Laozi's meaning was concise and clear, the saints could not refute it.
After all, Laozi did have only one disciple Xuandu, whether from humanitarian considerations or from Laozi's possible revenge in the future.
They obviously could not force Laozi to write Xuandu on the Conferred God List.
And following Laozi, Nuwa also spoke directly.
"I have no Taoist lineage in the prehistoric world. There are no other disciples beside me except my mount. I can't do anything about this list of gods."
Like Laozi, Nuwa was straightforward.
And similarly, the saints had nothing to say.
After all, Nuwa was right. She had no disciples, so whose name should she write?
After Laozi and Nuwa spoke, the other saints stopped talking.
After all, they all had Taoist disciples' inheritance, and they couldn't shirk it with such a reason.
Even if Jie Yin wanted to let the Western Church exempt this matter, but...when he thought that Zhunti was one of the causes of this incident, Jie Yin couldn't say it.
Besides, it was not his turn to speak about this matter.
After a moment of contemplation, Zhunti calmly stepped forward and wrote down dozens of names on the Conferred God List.
All the saints were stunned.
But...
They had never heard of any of the names Zhunti wrote on the Conferred God List.
However, with the saint's magical power, he could find out all the people Zhunti wrote on the Conferred God List with just a little calculation.
Then...
All the saints looked at Zhunti in confusion.
Because among the dozens of names Zhunti wrote on the Conferred God List, the highest level of cultivation was only a celestial being, and most of them were even at the level of earthly immortals.
Yes!
That's right.
These celestial and earthly immortals were all Zhunti's disciples, or in other words, the entire Western Church was all disciples of Zhunti.
If Zhunti was willing, he would have countless mortal disciples.
This was definitely an advantage that other saints did not have.
The saints watched Zhunti write with his pen, and their names were signed on the Conferred God List one by one. Suddenly...
The saints felt that Zhunti was getting the position for free.
After all, although the position of the God of Heaven and Earth would be controlled by the Heavenly Court, it was still a righteous God after all, and its life span was like that of a Golden Immortal, and it was the same as that of the Heaven.
Each of these earthly immortals and heavenly immortals would have laughed to wake up if they could have such an opportunity.
Moreover, looking at Zhunti's posture, he could take all the names on the Conferred God List by himself, and even if there were ten or a hundred more names, he would accept them all.
But...
This scene.
Even Hongjun on the Taoist platform couldn't stand it.
This was the Conferred God List, which conferred the righteous gods of heaven and earth, not a free list.
Hongjun opened his eyes, and his mind moved, and Zhunti, who was writing happily and excitedly, stopped and couldn't move.
And the names Zhunti wrote on the Conferred God List disappeared one after another.
"The Conferred God List is for the righteous gods of heaven and earth. Those with shallow blessings and weak foundations have no chance to be on it."
After saying this, Hongjun closed his eyes again.
The power that bound Zhunti also disappeared. Looking at the emptied Conferred God List, Zhunti had a trace of pity in his eyes.
Then...
He turned around, looked at the saints with a sad face, and said, "Brothers, you have seen it too. It's not that I don't want to sign this Conferred God List."
"It's really that my Western believers are not up to the task. Each of them has a weak foundation and shallow blessings, so they have no chance to be on this Conferred God List!"
As he said this, Zhunti shook his head, as if he was very disappointed that he didn't sign this Conferred God List.
Of course...it could also be that he was really disappointed that he didn't succeed in getting it for free.
Looking at Zhunti's appearance.
Not to mention other saints, even Lian Yin looked at his junior brother with some helplessness in his heart, and a very strange thought came to his mind.
"Perhaps one day when my junior fellow apprentice completely lets go of his shame, that will be the time for him to kill the three corpses and attain enlightenment."
The moment this thought appeared, it was directly crushed by Jie Yin and then expelled from his mind.
The scene of killing the three corpses without shame, just thinking about it, is terrifying for Jie Yin.
This kind of thing... is better not to happen.
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