Chapter 369 Do you mean that I should give up this opportunity to achieve harmony with the Tao?

Taishang Laojun was frightened.

"This! This! This~!"

He exclaimed in amazement and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You are really audacious, kid. No wonder the old man Jie Yin showed his ferocity earlier. I dared not face him directly and could not protect him. I could only cover up the aura of the Iron Rakshasa in secret to protect him."

Then he began to get angry and paced around the alchemy room anxiously.

After all, he was just the incarnation of the evil corpse of Taiqing. It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid when facing the two saints from the West.

"You little idiot, you never learn your lesson. How could you dig up someone's lair? If the truth comes out, my Tushita Palace will collapse in the blink of an eye."

He kept criticizing the purple, gold and red gourd.

"Old officer, this is where you are wrong. I am a reasonable person. How come you don't know me after all these years? I asked my eldest brother about this matter. He said to just do it, so I took action."

The purple gold and red gourd argued.

Taishang Laojun was startled when he heard this: "You mean~"

The big brother mentioned by the purple gold and red gourd is naturally the Tai Chi diagram.

The Tai Chi diagram can be seen as the will of Tai Qing.

This means that Yang Jian stole the Merit Pool with Taiqing's consent - no, it was even Taiqing's intention to help him do so.

"This is trouble. Things are going to change. I don't know how much of the wealth I have accumulated can be saved~"

Taishang Laojun felt distressed at first, but then his thoughts became heavy and he went to ask Taiqing for instructions.

As the rhythm of the Tai Chi diagram flashed through his body.

Taishang Laojun looked at Yang Jian with a serious expression: "What do you want to do here?"

Taiqing's reply just now was to cooperate with Yang Jian and meet all his requirements.

Yang Jian took out the Investiture of the Gods and secretly pulled out his magic eye to prevent being seen. Then he said, "I would like to ask Laojun to refine the Golden Lotus of Merit and the Investiture of the Gods into one, so that all sentient beings in the prehistoric world can be exposed to merit. Those who do good will have their merit deepened, while those who do evil will be disturbed by karma. In this way, the cycle of cause and effect and the cycle of heaven will be realized. The good will be blessed, and the evil will be calamity."

Taishang Laojun instantly realized Yang Jian's ambition: "Reincarnation? Are you trying to include the underworld as well? Hou Tu is no different from a saint in the underworld."

He realized something and said, "No, you dare to dig up the roots of Western religion. Is there anything you dare not do?"

“You know, as long as I refine the Merit Pool and the Investiture of the Gods into one, the two saints from the West will be able to sense it in an instant. By then, the Investiture of the Gods will be completed, but I’m afraid you’ll be dead.”

Laojun warned.

Yang Jian: "This matter will benefit the whole world at the expense of one side, and will bring a hundred benefits to all living beings in the prehistoric world. Sage Tongtian, Sage Nuwa, and Emperor Haotian will all be happy to see it happen. After all, their disciples and the many immortal officials in the heavenly court will also be able to enjoy the blessings brought by the merits. They will not stand idly by. Even if Yang Jian cannot survive this calamity, it is destined, no need to say more."

"In that case, I will help you. May you be blessed."

Taishang Laojun said.

"If the Conferred God List and the Golden Lotus of Merit were combined into one, the Conferred God cause would be much easier. All living beings in the prehistoric world who accept merit, want to determine merit, and enjoy the blessings brought by merit will leave a mark in the Conferred God List. If you die, this Conferred God cause will have nothing to do with you."

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The Zixiao Palace was covered in thick purple air.

Ordinary creatures can only absorb a ray of the sun's essence during the morning glow, and the purple air of the morning glow condenses into mist here.

The rhyme of Tao is as solid as substance.

Bronze bells surrounded the Zixiao Palace, and as the Nine-Day Strong Wind came, many bronze bells rang at the same time.

Amid the vast and distant sound of bells, the sound of chanting came from the rhythm of Tao, and heaven and earth resounded together.

The strong wind rises and falls, and the sound is sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

This should be a delightful place.

The Taoist Master Zhunti felt very depressed.

Going to Zixiao Palace means that the Western religion has completely failed in this great calamity of Conferred Gods, and has fallen into a situation where the Taoist Patriarch has to make the decision.

Before knocking on the palace door, Taoist Zhunti took one last look at the ancient world.

Before long, this vast world that carries all living things will return to nothingness.

And many saints will work together to rebuild the primitive world.

Afterwards, Taoist Zhunti knocked on the palace gate.

The palace gate opened, and a voice came out: "I said before that before the catastrophe is over, please don't disturb my quiet cultivation. Now you are in such a hurry to come here, but what happened?" Zhunti Taoist collected his thoughts and stepped in: "Disciple came here to congratulate Master on his further progress in the integration of Dao. The heaven and earth outside the Zixiao Palace are ringing, and this disciple is honored."

"Don't talk nonsense. Do you really think that I don't know that you all can't stand me controlling the way of heaven?"

"The Golden Lotus of Merit, the fundamental treasure of my sect, has been stolen. Please, Master, take charge."

Hongjun heard this with a playful look in his eyes: "When you and other saints secretly worked together to stop me from controlling the Heavenly Dao, you called me the Dao Ancestor. Now that you have a request from me, you remember that I am your master?"

Zhunti Taoist bowed and said, "Disciple and Senior Brother Jieyin will always remember the grace of Master's teaching. Without Master, Mount Xumi would not be a place for Western Buddhism to stay."

Hongjun did not respond. After hearing from Zhunti that the Merit Pool was stolen, his reaction was far from being as calm as he appeared.

Without the pool of merit of the two saints from the West, the fragile balance among the saints would be broken.

Previously, the two saints from the West and Yuanshi Tianzun worked together to make Tongtian and Nuwa behave themselves.

As for Taiqing, Taiqing escaped from the prehistoric times and it is difficult for him to take action, so he is not considered.

Now that they have lost the Merit Pool, the Two Saints of the West and Yuanshi Tianzun can hardly resist the combined forces of Tongtian Jiaozhu and Nuwa.

He asked, "Has the loss of the Merit Pool been leaked? Do you know who did it?"

Zhunti shook his head: "I don't know who it is, but after Brother Jieyin learned that the Merit Pool was lost, he brazenly took action to suppress the Rakshasa City, thereby showing that he has sufficient merit and is not afraid of karma."

"madness!"

Hongjun shouted coldly, "If the disappearance of the Merit Pool was caused by Nuwa or Tongtian, your actions will only make the Western Church lose the support of the people. With such means, you still want to promote the Western Church? I think if there is no Jieying Divine Banner, your Western Church would have been scattered long ago."

"It shouldn't be Nuwa or Tongtian. The two saints are not capable of carrying the secret treasure of the Golden Lotus of Merit, which will inevitably lead to the leakage of the aura of the Golden Lotus of Merit."

Zhunti defended.

Without waiting for Hongjun to ask again, he continued, "In the prehistoric times, the only treasures that could hide the Merit Pool are Nuwa's Mountain and River State Map, Yuanshi Tianzun's Celebration Clouds of the Heavens, the Apricot Yellow Flag, Yunxiao's Hunyuan Golden Bowl, and Taishang Laojun's Purple Gold Red Gourd. However, the Mountain and River State Map has been refined into the List of Conferred Gods, and the Purple Gold Red Gourd was given to Yang Jian by Laojun. No action has been taken against the other treasures."

"You mean, the Merit Golden Lotus was stolen by Yang Jian? If it was really Yang Jian who did it, he was just a Golden Immortal, but he could come and go freely in Mount Xumi and take the Merit Golden Lotus right under your noses. Yang Jian had already sneaked into the Merit Pond to steal the lotus root before, and now he can make another mistake. You are really incompetent!"

Hongjun scolded angrily.

Zhunti shook his head: "It's not Yang Jian. When the Merit Golden Lotus was stolen, Senior Brother Jieyin saw Yang Jian appear in Dongsheng Shenzhou."

Upon hearing this, Hongjun looked surprised, then he calculated with his fingers, letting him fiddle with the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

As Hongjun performed his magic, the situation outside the Zixiao Palace changed constantly.

Just when Hongjun felt that he was getting closer to the result, black and white colors suddenly appeared in his eyes.

His breath was slightly shaken.

"Tai Chi diagram!"

Hongjun cursed in hatred: "Taiqing, this old thing, is still restless after escaping from the prehistoric world. He uses the Tai Chi diagram to cover up the secrets of heaven. Do you really think you can stop me?"

He didn't make any more moves.

Ever since he began to conform to the Way of Heaven, any attempt he made to speculate on the secrets of Heaven would be blocked by Taiqing. Hongjun had long been accustomed to this.

Hongjun then asked Zhunti to tell him the whole story.

Then, he said decisively: "Only the purple-gold red gourd is moving around outside, so who else could it be except Yang Jian! You are really stupid, what if Yang Jian deliberately showed up in front of Jie Yin to clear his suspicion and take the opportunity to delay time?"

"This~"

Taoist Zhunti was shocked when he heard this.

Then Hongjun said, "Yang Jian has mastered Nuwa's 72 transformations to perfection. Can you see through it?"

"My disciple's eyesight is poor, but Yang Jian's cultivation is not enough. My sect has a guardian beast called Di Ting, which can definitely detect the aura leaked when Yang Jian uses the transformation, but Di Ting heard that there is no clue at all."

Zhunti bowed.

Hongjun: "The Merit Golden Lotus was stolen. There must be a saint behind it. It is extremely difficult to recover it. What are your plans next?"

"Disciple is ready to practice earth, fire, water and wind again, and establish the Great Desolation again."

Hearing this, Hongjun's face turned gloomy, and even the Zixiao Palace became extremely depressing.

"You mean to ask me to give up this opportunity to unite with the Dao and cooperate with you to establish the prehistoric world again?"

(End of this chapter)