Chapter 331: I Can't Bear to See the Suffering of the People
The Tiangong Dharma Assembly is still going on.
The dancing goddesses and celestial concubines were replaced one after another, and all kinds of delicacies and divine fruits were served again and again.
The gods presented treasures and performed magic to compete with each other, which led to all kinds of auspicious signs, making the world feel very happy.
He was completely unaware that the chaos in the world was already beginning to show signs of happening.
However, even if I knew, I probably wouldn't care too much.
Most of the gods who can come to the temple are at the level of "great gods", who are in charge of extremely important authority in a certain area and are in charge of all matters of yin and yang, good and bad fortune. As long as there is the cycle of life and death in the world, and good and bad fortune can change overnight, their positions as gods will not be affected in any way.
Or maybe he had a high level of Taoism before ascending to the throne, and only took the first level of "True Lord" who had the ability to live forever.
Therefore, the only gods who left the Huangji Lingxiao Palace were Taiyin Xingjun and a very small number of others.
As for that Heavenly Lord, he still had his eyes lowered in thought, without saying a word.
The incarnation of the Golden Crow who came to the banquet did not leave. After the Moon Star Lord left, he would glance at the stage from time to time with an inexplicable expression.
"When it comes to enjoyment, it has to be the way of the gods." Hong Zun sighed.
It is difficult to enter the Shinto way, and there are many restrictions, so naturally people focus more on pleasure.
After watching for a period of time, it can be seen that various enjoyable things occurred in this Dharma Assembly, and any random thing picked out can be said to be full of novelty.
"If you are willing, it is not impossible." Xu Xing said lightly.
"Forget it then. It's boring to watch too much." Hong Zun shook his head slightly and threw the glass plate back. "The human world should be about the same by now. How about going down to take a look?"
"it is good."
This heavenly ceremony is indeed quite interesting, but now we have seen everything that needs to be seen.
Call ~
As the two men stood up and left, Pu Su Daotai turned into clear air and dissipated.
The gods were still immersed in the atmosphere of the Dharma Assembly. Some were feasting and chatting, while others were arguing fiercely over the superiority of their magical powers and treasures.
The golden-scaled, shining dragon coiled on the temple pillar had devoured countless spiritual creatures and was breathing in and out rays of light more and more vigorously, making the goddesses and fairies dancing in the temple look even more charming.
Tianzun was still thinking in his heart.
Should we stop here, or continue to increase investment to delay the arrival of the immortal world...
The supreme authority is of certain effectiveness to the practice of Tongxuan realm, but how much of it is worth investing in is a question.
If we cross the line and cause those old guys to suffer the same fate, then the gain will outweigh the loss...
outside the temple.
Xu Xing and Hong Zun walked slowly, passing through layers of heavenly palaces.
Each level has thirty-six palaces and seventy-two halls, the number of Zhou Tian. You can see golden rays rolling red and auspicious air emitting purple mist. There are many golden-armored gods in it, holding halberds, whips, knives and swords, with great majesty.
“We can learn from the various decorations of this Heavenly Palace and use them in the process of guiding people to the ascension platform,” said Xu Xing.
Although he was a little reluctant to admit it, the ascension platform he and Ning Ruo designed was a little shabby compared to the scenery of the heavenly palace.
If the scope of the Ascension Plan is extended to this place in the future, the practitioners in this world may...
"Just make appropriate improvements, but too much is as bad as too little." Hong Zun said.
After all, external appearances are only used for motivation and only account for a small part. For practitioners who are qualified to ascend, what is important is the possibility of going further.
"That's true."
While chatting and laughing, the two of them had passed the court meeting of the last level of the Heavenly Palace, were led to the Second Hall, and arrived in front of the Heavenly Gate.
The Tianmen Gate was dark green and seemed to be made of colored glaze, embellished with various brightly colored gems. Several mighty guardian gods stood against the beams and pillars, holding centipedes and banners.
Among them was a four-armed golden-armored deity holding a six-sided golden mace, with golden eyes and a dragon and tiger emblem around his waist. He was majestic and mighty.
It was the Lord Tongli who was enslaved by the Taoist master Jiang Lin.
Originally, his priesthood was not enough to qualify him to be the god general guarding Tianmen. In order to get more information, Taoist Jiang Lin ordered the other gods enslaved by him to help him with all their strength.
Only then was Lord Tongli able to advance to the position of god and take on the post of 'guarding the gate of heaven'.
Now that he has been endowed with authority and his divine power has transformed, even a cultivator who has just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage may not be his match.
only……
He himself was not happy at all.
No matter how high your position as a god is, you are still a servant of others. Your life and death depend on the thoughts of others, and your body and mind are not in your control.
It would be strange if I could be happy!
Hey ~
If I hadn't been bewitched by that...
His heart grew more bitter, but his face remained unusually calm.
In the final analysis, it is all my own fault. My master is just a slave to a god without moral integrity. If I had fulfilled my duties and protected the country and the people, I would not have ended up in this disaster today.
"That young man is quite good at choosing."
Above several guarding generals, Xu Xing and Hong Zun stopped at the edge of Tianmen.
After all, Taoist Master Jiang Lin came from an orthodox [Qiling Dao] and was very familiar with the Heavenly Palace and various priesthoods.
Nowadays, Tiangong is very powerful and he has a large group of disciples with him, so he absolutely cannot confront him head-on. He can only accumulate strength in secret and wait for the right opportunity to come.
The position of 'guarding the gate of heaven' was the most suitable divine position for his current situation that he had chosen after careful selection.
Although a higher-ranking priest can obtain more information, the problem is that the gods enslaved by him cannot reach that level!
Moreover, Taoist Jiang Lin now does not want to contact those "True Lords" and "Great Gods" in any form.
Hong Zun glanced at the human world and said, "Let's go."
This young man did a pretty good job in passing on the Dharma.
Xu Xing didn't say anything more. He nodded and walked out of the Tianmen with him.
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The gods feasted and reveled, without counting the years.
When I returned to the human world, the cold wind had already covered the mountains and rivers in silver, and the world looked vast and desolate.
In the capital, dignitaries composed poems and essays, describing the romantic scenery of the year.
However, people's lives were suffering. It was already a year of poor harvest, and the taxes levied by the imperial court not only did not decrease at all, but became even heavier. Now with the coming of the cold wind, the hope of survival for most people was cut off.
In order to survive, rebel armies rose up in various places and demons took the opportunity to cause chaos, but the current emperor continued to live in extravagance and lust, and ignored state affairs.
The Datong Dynasty was suddenly on the brink of collapse.
As the ages of immortals and gods change, the mountains and rivers of the human world also change accordingly.
However, even in this year of disaster, there were people who could not bear to see the suffering of the world and did their best to help.
Near a makeshift porridge shed, there were flames dancing under several large pots, and the rice porridge in the pots was steaming.
It was not too thick, but not too thin either. In two of the pots, you could even see finely minced meat.
A long line was formed in front of the porridge stall, people were swallowing and whispering constantly. Everyone was skinny and had cracked lips, but they were staring straight ahead.
In the porridge stall, five Taoists of different heights were holding spoons in their hands and serving porridge to people.
An invisible force blocked the cold wind and snow, and the strange force that calmed the mind and spirit floated in the void.
Behind the porridge stall is a small room which is not very big but is kept very tidy inside.
There were four figures in Taoist robes sitting on the cushions.
The youngest was a girl, about five or six years old, with a glow between her mouth and nose. Next to her was a boy who was not much older than her. On the other side of the boy was a tall and mighty Taoist priest.
A Taoist with black and white hair and a ruddy complexion was sitting in front of the three people. It was the Taoist master Jiang Lin, who had inherited the four methods of Hong Zun, and his three disciples.
After swallowing several gods, his cultivation level improved and he now showed signs of rejuvenation, with even his black hair growing back.
"Whoo~"
Exhaling softly, Taoist Jiang Lin slowly opened his eyes. "Master." Taoist Gao Zhuang asked with concern, "How about you take a rest and I will take your place for a while?"
Master has maintained the Dharma domain for a long time.
"No need. This matter consumes a lot of magical power. You haven't yet been promoted to the Golden Elixir stage, so don't damage your foundation." Taoist Jiang Lin said slowly.
After obtaining the essences of the four gods, he is now a completely different person.
His cultivation had reached perfection from the early stage of Golden Core, and he was only one step away from achieving the Nascent Soul stage.
"Is there enough food?"
Jiang Cheng, the second disciple of Taoist Master Jiang Lin, also known as Taoist Gao Zhuang, paused for a moment, and then said truthfully: "We have paid back those families who raised the grain prices, and have distributed a lot of it in the past few days. Now we have 52,100 dan of various types of rice and 4,200 kilograms of various types of meat left, in addition to some medicinal herbs and sundries."
"With only the current number of people, we can still hold out for quite some time, but disaster victims from all over the country have heard about what happened here and are now rushing here."
"This amount of food won't last long."
Taoist Jiang Lin nodded slightly.
"Send a message to your senior brother and ask him to go and escort the victims here."
"But remember, just do your best. Anyone who causes trouble will be killed. If you encounter something uncontrollable, you should focus on protecting yourself."
"The food issue will be handled by the teacher."
He was brief and to the point and made arrangements quickly.
Jiang Cheng opened his mouth, but finally just nodded.
"Yes! Master."
At this moment, the young man who was practicing with his eyes closed opened his eyes, and a flash of light appeared in his eyes.
It turned out that he had made use of the refined divine origin that Taoist Master Jiang Lin injected into his body, embarked on the path of cultivation, and achieved the first level of Qi training.
After a moment of confusion, he said, "Master!"
"good."
Taoist Jiang Lin smiled with satisfaction, glanced at the girl who still needed some time, and reached out to touch his head.
"Go for a walk with me."
The boy was confused, but he still stood up and followed his master.
creak~
The door seemed to be quite old and made a harsh friction sound.
Call ~
There was a strong snowstorm in the distance, and the boy shivered subconsciously, but soon found that it was not that cold outside.
The heavy snow was fluttering, but was blocked two feet above the head.
It is the domain of law supported by Taoist master Jiang Lin with his magic power.
The boy glanced at the porridge stall not far away and saw the skinny figures queuing for porridge.
"Master, will many people starve to death?"
Taoist Jiang Lin was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he nodded.
"Ah."
"Dad and Mom always say this at this time of year. We often go hungry too."
"At this time of year, many people do die of starvation, and many people go hungry." Jiang Lin looked at him, "Xiao Yun, do you know why this is the case?"
"..." The young man thought seriously for a while, "There is not enough food!"
In his simple opinion, this was the only reason.
Taoist Jiang Lin smiled and looked up at the porridge stall nearby: "No, there is enough to eat."
Logically he shouldn't do these things, it's too high-profile.
After obtaining the four methods, the most important thing he should do is to hide quietly and accumulate strength, waiting for the right opportunity...
But when he saw those skinny figures lying on the roadside like weeds, about to starve to death...
In the end, I couldn't help it.
After all, wasn’t I the same back then?
If I hadn't been saved by my master and hadn't acquired skills over my lifetime, wouldn't I have been one of these people?
The master had died in order to slay the evil spirits, and he had been following the master's figure. If he remained indifferent in the face of such a scene...
So he did it.
At first, people only used money to buy food and provide porridge.
But the price of food continued to rise day by day, and the money he had was soon spent.
In order to earn money, he accepted a reward from the government and went to kill an evil demon.
But of the 200 taels of reward offered, only 20 taels were left in his hands.
It was the grain merchants who raised the grain prices who joined forces with the government in order to force people into slavery.
Taoist Jiang Lin was very puzzled at that time. Since he could kill demons, weren’t they afraid?
But after investigation, we found out that it was because of the blessing of the gods, and there was a young person who had established a foundation.
So he summoned the god and devoured it, killed the one who was building the foundation, and seized the grain reserves of several major grain merchants.
Unfortunately, a lot of it was burned in the end.
They would rather burn it than give it to me...
It was that night that Taoist Jiang Lin stood in front of the blazing fire and figured out many things.
"There's enough food, but they won't give it to me, so I go get it myself."
To do what you want to do, you naturally need different methods with different people.
I have lived for so many years in vain, but I only understand some things now.
“…” The young man scratched his head, somewhat confused.
"Don't think too much, you will understand later."
He walked forward, and the young man hurriedly followed.
The master and the disciple walked one after the other, leaving a few marks on the gradually melting snow, and came to a corner where no one noticed.
A majestic voice like the law of heaven suddenly spread out, but was strictly restricted to a certain range.
"Qing Mian, the god of no virtue, summon him quickly!"
A ray of green light came from afar, hiding between heaven and earth. Its shape was so faint that it was almost unnoticeable.
It floated down in front of Taoist Jiang Lin and transformed into a god half-kneeling on the ground, wearing a green robe and holding a piece of jade in one hand, with extremely bright eyes.
It was the supervisory priest.
The teenagers were not surprised, as they had seen this kind of thing many times in recent days.
"Within three days, go to the grain stores of grain merchants who are driving up grain prices in various places and take back 100,000 dan of rice." Taoist Jiang Lin said directly.
Qing Mian got anxious when he heard this: "My Lord! All the grain in the world is under the control of Emperor Suizu. Those grain merchants must have Emperor Suizu in their homes..."
"Can't do it?"
This light sentence made Qing Mian pause. He was so frightened that he trembled like a sieve and said hurriedly:
"We can do it, we can do it! I will raise 100,000 tons of food in three days!"
"Then go ahead."
"Yes!"
Qing Mian turned into a streak of green light and escaped.
Taoist Jiang Lin looked in the direction where Qing Mian left and narrowed his eyes.
"Sui Zu..." (End of this chapter)