Chapter 553: All I want is for the people of one city
Chapter 553: All I want is for the people of this city
"What do you mean by heaven's will not be revealed, or the time has not come? Predictions are something that the charlatans of the Chan and Western religions do!"
Wen Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "We are not the monks of the Western Sect who believe in fate, nor are we the disciples of the Chan Sect who think they have received the revelation of the Way of Heaven and interpret the Way of Heaven in their own words."
"Within a thousand years, the Western religion will take root in the Southern Continent. The intelligent creatures in the mortal world that 'hatched from eggs, born from moisture, covered with fur and wearing horns' will become increasingly rare and on the verge of extinction. There will be no hope for the Jie religion to rise again."
Lishan Old Mother looked at Wen Rui with a complicated expression, and after a while she said, "The establishment of the List of Conferred Gods to enrich the Heavenly Court and rectify the Heavenly Dao was the strategy set by Daozu back then. Now, only five hundred years have passed since the catastrophe, and the Heavenly Court has just stabilized. You are going to do this and stir up unrest in the Three Realms. Isn't it too hasty? If you make Daozu dissatisfied, not only me, but even Master Tongtian will not be able to protect you."
Wen Rui shook his head and said, "Venerable Saint, you are worrying too much. The Taoist master is not so petty. Can he really kill me with the Jade Disc of Creation? During our Conferred God War, the immortals were all brainless and caused even greater trouble. But the Taoist master never took action personally."
"Master Daozu was quite dissatisfied with us Jiejiao disciples back then. If we continue to be restless, it is hard to say whether he will make an exception."
Lishan Old Mother said worriedly: "Now that you have obtained the position of God in Heaven, our remaining disciples of Jiejiao are also living well in the mortal world. Why take such a big risk to cause trouble again? Why not let go of your obsession and concentrate on practicing."
Wen Rui sighed inwardly. He could actually fully understand Lishan Laomu's thoughts.
Didn't he want to quit while he was ahead and live a happy life as an immortal from now on?
It’s all because of that damn system’s Hell Experience Card every seven days. Even if Wen Rui was made a god and mastered the power of Hun Yuan, he couldn’t escape the torture of the endless hell.
Being a god is boring enough, and you have to suffer torture regularly. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Instead of living like this, it is better to let the soul dissipate and be done with it all.
If he could really die a great death and induce Hongjun Daozu to personally take action to destroy his body and soul and completely wipe him out, it would actually fulfill his wish.
Today, the Lishan Immortal Sect is the best-developed immortal cultivation sect in the mortal world.
The Lishan disciples who were once in great difficulty are now all wealthy women and no longer have to worry about the lack of spirit stones for cultivation.
For the disciples of Lishan to survive the thunder tribulation, thanks to their relationship with the Thunder Department of Heaven, there is no possibility of failure.
Her original wish in establishing the sect was simply to preserve a trace of Jiejiao's tradition in the mortal world.
With the help of Wen Rui, this wish has been realized long ago. Now we just need to live a peaceful life and hope that such good days will last forever.
"My lady, everyone has their own aspirations. Anyway, I am determined. At worst, I will die in ashes, but I will not give up until the great ambition of the Jiejiao revival is achieved! As long as I live, I will never stop struggling!"
Wen Rui said resolutely: "I am telling you all this not because I want to drag you and my sisters into this turmoil. Lishan is now a floating mountain, equipped with a jump engine that can travel billions of miles in an instant. If the trouble I cause is too big, don't even think about protecting me. Just start the engine and jump away, escape to the endless sea of stars, and leave a glimmer of hope for Jiejiao."
"You are too obsessed, kid... Alas..."
The Old Mother of Mount Li sighed, not knowing what to say.
Persuade him to give up? This child is loyal to Jiejiao, perhaps even more so than Tongtian, the deceased.
As a fugitive after the collapse of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, Lishan Laomu had no confidence and no good words to persuade a staunch revivalist to give up his ambitions and live a miserable life like her.
Encourage him?
The road ahead is so difficult and dangerous, the Buddhas of the Western religion have boundless power, and there is also the risk of angering Hongjun Daozu. Encouraging him would be like sending him to die in vain.
When one reaches the level of Lishan Laomu, one's five senses and six consciousnesses become extremely sharp, and it is easy to distinguish true from false words.
Wen Rui used to tell lies all the time, and even when Lishan Laomu saw through them, she was too lazy to argue with a junior like him and never exposed him.
This time, Wen Rui's words were sincere and heartfelt, showing that he had already prepared to die. His fearless spirit of never giving up until he achieved his goal really moved her.
Once he is crowned as the Great Emperor, he can enjoy the glory of divine power forever. The people in the Three Realms who have a more prominent status than him, and whose relatives and friends have more power than him, can be counted on one hand.
He could have lived a carefree life, but he was willing to sacrifice everything for the cause of reviving the Jiejiao, which had been considered to be in decline.
Even the Mother of Mount Li, a Golden Immortal, found it difficult to understand this state of mind.
Although she didn't understand, she couldn't help but respect and even admire him.
"My lady, don't worry too much. The Western religion is actually a paper tiger. Their empty stuff is far inferior to the core of our Jie religion, which is to seek truth!"
Wen Rui continued, "They have to rely on acting to spread the Dharma and gain the trust of sentient beings. We in Jiejiao only need to tell the truth and verify the truth. Facts are better than any Zen words or arguments."
"The reason why Guanyin Bodhisattva was willing to exchange the jade bottle for the stone is because the spirit in the stone is the indispensable protagonist in the big drama that their Western religion is about to stage."
"I believe the Western Church still has alternative plans, and is even fighting internally to nominate candidates to compete for the key role in this play, but the spirit fetus is the most suitable. It would be too unnatural to play other roles, such as the six-eared macaque or the yellow-browed monster. The performances are absurd, and sentient beings have sharp eyes and will definitely not be fooled."
Lishan Old Mother was confused and frowned, saying, "I am tens of thousands of years older than you, but I can't figure out these secrets of the Western religion. How do you know them?"
"Laplace's demon told his disciples... Don't worry about these details."
Wen Rui brushed it off casually, saying, "The Bodhisattva thought that if I didn't disturb the child of destiny it had chosen, their plan would be able to proceed smoothly? Little did they know that I had completely changed the stage. By the time that spirit fetus popped out of the stone, the material and spiritual civilization of Jambudvīpa would have been highly developed. By then, I could even put the entire set of Western scriptures online for anyone to download, allowing sentient beings to choose freely. Let's see what they choose."
"What I am worried about now is that the Western religion will wake up and take the initiative to launch a large-scale destruction operation on the Jiejiao knowledge that I spread in the mortal world."
"Venerable Mother, my Liberty City is not far from Lishan. You don't need to worry about my life or death. Even if I am about to die, there is no need to rescue me."
Wen Rui bowed and pleaded earnestly, "Disciple only asks you to protect the enlightened beings in that city and take them to the Lishan Floating Island for evacuation at the critical moment. They are all loyal followers of Jiejiao who have learned the true teachings of my Jietian Creation Way. More than 50% of them are monsters. You must not let the Chanjiao and the Western Sect use the excuse of killing monsters to murder the people of Liberty City and cut off the inheritance of my Jiejiao knowledge."
(End of this chapter)