Prehistoric: Twin lotuses with parallel stems

The general trend is surging, and ordinary creatures are no more noticeable than a little duckweed that goes with the flow.

However, the existence of some creatures is special. Although a slight movement may be slight, it can actually spread out like ripples.

Not many people could notice this unusual movement, only a handful of the most top-notch people in the world.

Their reactions to this varied, especially those of the saints who were most concerned about the events here.

In the Bajing Palace on Mount Shouyang, Taiqing looked calm and said nothing. He just glanced in the direction of the human realm, lightly waved the whisk in his hand, then retracted his gaze, closed his eyes and entered into meditation, as if nothing had happened.

As his whisk was raised, a subtle wave was transmitted between heaven and earth, which interfered with others' deductions and blurred the unusual movement.

In the west, on top of Mount Sumeru, two beams of light dissipated and two figures emerged from them.

Jie Yin frowned, raised his hand to calculate, but his frown grew deeper and deeper.

Zhunti's expression changed, his eyes became slightly solemn, and he turned to look at his senior brother Jie Yin.

Jie Yin put down his hand and shook his head: "Fellow Daoist Taiqing's cultivation level is really extraordinary. I am not as good as him in this deduction. He interfered with the secrets of heaven, so I have to spend some tricks to calculate the specific location of the person who is destined to be robbed, but it's too late."

Not to mention that they are in Hezhou, Xiniu, which already means they are a little behind.

Taiqing interfered with their deduction, even if it was only for a moment, which made them lose the initiative and they were doomed to lose to the Three Purities.

Zhunti remained silent, but could do nothing.

"Well, you and I don't need to engage in this meaningless argument anymore. It is hard to say whether it is a blessing or a calamity for the person who is destined to suffer the calamity." Jie Yin said.

Although it is possible to take the initiative by controlling the person who is destined to have the disaster, nothing in the world is absolute.

What's more, he was the person chosen by Daoist Patriarch Hongjun to face the calamity, and even they could not fully understand it.

Given Daozu's character and behavior, it is hard to say what kind of changes the person who is destined to suffer the calamity can bring about, and it is also uncontrollable.

Moreover, they are in the West, far away from the human realm. The person who is destined to suffer the calamity has really no connection with their Western religion.

"That's all we can do, but as Brother said, we don't need to be obsessed with it." Zhunti nodded and responded.

The two figures disappeared at this point, and returned directly to their own dojo, Mount Xumi, while keeping a distant eye on the east.

Above the East China Sea, on the Penglai Island, where the gate of Jiejiao is located, in the Biyou Palace, the sage Tongtian also noticed the unusual movement, but remained unmoved.

Firstly, his attainments in deduction were not as good as those of his two elder brothers. Based on his understanding of his second brother, he would definitely try to control such a thing that came into being.

He certainly couldn't win the fight, and he didn't want to fight, so there was no point in wasting time.

Moreover, his path was not as in line with the trend of heaven and earth as Yuqing's, and he did not attach that much importance to it.

Therefore, although he noticed the birth of the person chosen by his teacher Hongjun to bear the calamity, he did not even try to deduce it and just watched quietly.

Among the six Heavenly Saints, two were disturbed, two stood by and watched, and the remaining one was still wandering in the human realm, indifferent to all this.

After all, for Nuwa, this matter has little to do with her. Teaching disciples is too troublesome, and she is too lazy to even accept disciples.

What's more, this so-called person who is destined to have a calamity is destined to be a restless person and is bound to cause trouble. She doesn't want to make trouble and just watch others run around for it.

The matter of deifying the gods had little to do with her. If she took the initiative to join in, she would be asking for trouble and getting herself deeply involved. There was really no need for that.

She and Fuxi, one is the Holy Mother of the human race, and the other is the Emperor of Humanity. It would be easier for them to find the person who should be robbed among the human race than it would be for others, but the two siblings just watched quietly.

In the end, the only one who truly took action for the people who were to be afflicted was Yuqing Yuanshi.

A figure disappeared from Yuxu Palace, left Kunlun, and landed in the human realm, in a capital of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Yuanshi appeared in the void, but this time he frowned. As he calculated the destiny, his eyes became more and more solemn.

His eyes looked in two different directions below and he remained silent.

Fei Xiong's appearance showed that he was undoubtedly a person who was destined to have a calamity. Judging from his original aura, he could see it clearly.

But why are there two people?

Didn't Master Hongjun cast a true spirit at the beginning? But what's going on?

Could it be that one of them is fake?

No matter how he looked at it, he was troubled that there was a trace of Heavenly Energy in these two people, which could not be fake.

These two beings who were born at the same time, although their auras were different, seemed to be entangled with each other. Even he, a saint of the Heavenly Dao, could not see any problem and had no way to make a judgment.

Yuanshi's eyes swept across the void, and he also noticed the gazes from the people around him, and many eyes were fixed on this place.

There were even people who arrived before him, but they obviously had no intention of intervening.

Yuanshi stood in the void and looked at Nuwa, nodded and greeted her, then looked to another place where three figures were also looking.

A pair of men and women in green, and a little girl with silver hair, were none other than the two men from Qingqiu and their direct disciple, Long Ji.

"Fellow Taoist, please."

Noticing Yuanshi's gaze, Qingxuan smiled, stretched out his hand, and spoke, indicating that he was just here to take a look and would not interfere in the affairs of the place.

Like Nuwa, he had no intention of seeking trouble.

Besides, he was an outsider and already had closed disciples, so why would he accept another disciple?

He knew that just presiding over the Conferred God Ceremony was a thankless task and would not benefit the Qingqiu lineage. Instead, it would bring him trouble. Zhu Bajie looked in the mirror and felt that he was neither a good person nor a good person.

Well, there is no such character as Zhu Bajie now.

"Do you know why this is happening? I hope you can give me some pointers."

Yuanshi hesitated for a moment and asked in a voice transmission.

If there is anyone other than Daozu Hongjun who knows the current situation, it is undoubtedly the two people in front of him.

"If you want to inquire about this matter, you need to go to the Zixiao Palace. The Taoist Ancestor has never told me." Qingxuan said sincerely.

Hongjun did not tell him directly, he figured it out on his own.

It was impossible for him to directly tell Yuanshi the secret, especially since he had a good relationship with Hongjun. He couldn't just gossip about Hongjun, right?

Could he tell Yuanshi directly that Hongjun was lazy and did not separate the two entangled auras, so this happened?

This would damage the image of Daozu. How could Qingxuan be the kind of person who would reveal others' faults behind their backs?

Can Qingxuan tell the difference between the two flying bears? Of course he can.

After all, they were very familiar with the origin of one of them, Taotie, one of the four evil beasts, the iron-headed boy who wanted to swallow the sky when the way of heaven first appeared.

Not only had Qingxuan dealt with it directly, he had also used the body of this ferocious Taotie to refine it into a large cauldron of the highest grade acquired spiritual treasure, although it had not been used since the successful refinement.

Qingxuan and his friends have three large tripods in their hands, the innate treasure Qiankun Ding, and two acquired spiritual treasures of the highest grade, which were refined by using the body of Taotie, and the Zulong Ding picked up from Zhulong, the second in command of the dragon clan.

The Ancestral Dragon Cauldron is now given to his disciple Long Ji, although Long Ji has little use for it and throws it in his Taoist temple as a decoration.

Zulong Cang had never asked them for this item. It seemed that the Dragon Clan was wealthy and powerful, and Zulong would not care about such an insignificant acquired spiritual treasure of the highest grade.

Just like Qingxuan basically doesn't value spiritual treasures now, at his and Qinglian's level, ordinary innate treasures are actually of little use to them, they are just handy.

The level of the innate treasure is still a little insufficient. It cannot have too many beneficial effects and can only be used as an ordinary magic weapon.

Qingxuan glanced at the two flying bears with interest. Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao were quite interesting.

Hongjun's lazy behavior caused a lot of trouble to others.

As to whether Hongjun did it on purpose or really just didn't want to waste his energy, he didn't know. Only Hongjun himself knew best.

However, it is true that the auras of the two are deeply intertwined. Otherwise, even a dignified Heavenly Dao Saint would not be unable to see the difference between them.

This happened because Taotie had truly swallowed that ray of Heavenly Breath.

One reason is that Taotie has a special talent, and another reason is that the Way of Heaven has just appeared. That’s why they can do such a thing.

Taotie's magical powers are all demonstrated in its mouth that can swallow anything.

Although Yuanshi had doubts about Qingxuan's answer, he didn't want to ask any more questions.

Regardless of whether the other party is unwilling to say it or really has not noticed the clues, the result is the same.

After another round of deduction, Yuanshi still couldn't get any result, so he had to give up.

There is no choice but to assume that these two people are destined to suffer the calamity.

Yuanshi descended from the clouds and appeared in the city, appearing in the courtyards of two families one after another.

However, he never showed up in front of people. Instead, he preached to the two creatures one after another through various means. After passing on the basic methods, he left this place without bringing the two directly back to the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain.

After all, what's the harm in taking two babies back to Yuxu Palace?

It would be more appropriate to wait until they are older before taking them to Yuxu Palace. The matter of Conferred Gods is closely related to the human race. In this case, the connection between them and the human race cannot be severed.

It would be inappropriate to bring him back to Yuxu Palace and away from the secular world, as his luck and momentum would be difficult to gather.

In addition, this is a good opportunity to observe and see what is going on between these two people, what is true and what is false, or are they both true?

Yuanshi left at this point, and the two men with the appearance of flying bears were already considered to be in the Chenjiao spectrum and were considered people of the Chenjiao.

Not long after this, two objects flew out from the Zixiao Palace in the sky and fell into the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun. They were the rare treasure Investiture of the Gods and a magical whip called the God-Slaying Whip. The whip was three feet six inches and five points long, with a total of twenty-one sections. Each section had four talismans, for a total of eighty-four talismans. Its aura was connected to the Investiture of the Gods. It was also a rare treasure, and its power was extremely targeted.

The emergence of these two items also means that the person Yuanshi found was indeed the one who was destined to be deified. Otherwise, these two items would not have fallen into his hands, because they were obviously prepared for the person who was destined to be deified.

But why are there two people? This question always lingers in Yuanshi's mind, and several other saints also have doubts about this.

Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao, what others don’t know, Qing Xuan knows that Shen Gongbao is the reincarnation of the Taotie spirit that was imbued with the aura of the Heavenly Dao.

However, before this, Qingxuan actually didn't know the specific situation of Shen Gongbao, and he had never gone to great lengths to deduce it.

Now the energies of several saints are intertwined, which can cause considerable interference to his deductions. There is no need for him to waste the effort.

From what he knew in the past, there were many different versions and it was difficult to distinguish the true from the false, just like the situation of Nezha.

Before that time, if he didn't intentionally try to spy, he wouldn't know which version it was.

Although Shen Gongbao's name contains the word "leopard", he is not a demon, nor a black leopard spirit, but a human. He is even from an aristocratic family of the Shang Dynasty. The word "gong" in his name is actually a respectful title for aristocrats.

Just talking about the current background, Shen Gongbao is much better than Jiang Ziya, and can be considered to be from a wealthy family.

The two men were admitted to the Chan sect, but their performances were completely different as they grew up. Although they were both taught the same methods, Shen Gongbao showed much more outstanding talent in practicing Taoism. He was more attentive to the practice itself, and had a more earnest desire to seek the Tao. He liked to seek immortals, visit Taoist priests, and make friends.

On the other hand, Jiang Ziya's aptitude for Taoism was average, and his mind was no longer on Taoism. He was more concerned with things other than Taoism. The gap between the two people's cultivation levels was quite large from the very beginning, and they embarked on different paths.

Yuanshi was unable to tell the real from the fake, and finally sent his disciples to bring both of them back to Kunlun Yuxu Palace to teach them.

Jiang Ziya was the senior brother, and Shen Gongbao was the junior brother. They both became disciples of the saint of the Chan sect and their status as the saint's registered disciples was very high.

Even though he is only a nominal disciple, his seniority is real and he is on the same level as Guangchengzi and other disciples of the same generation.

It was also at this time that some chaos began to emerge within the Shang Dynasty.

When King Xian of Shang ascended the throne, he was assisted by Wen Zhong, who forcibly stabilized the situation.

The rule of the Shang Dynasty had become somewhat corrupt over the centuries, and the practice of human sacrifice caused dissatisfaction from many parties. Based on the system of the Xia Dynasty, the criminal law of the Shang Dynasty was more stringent, the hierarchy was more distinct, and the practice of using divination to determine political affairs reached an extreme. The right to interpret the divination rituals was the basis of their rule.

The earth and the sky were connected, and there was no god in the world. The nobles of the Shang Dynasty regarded themselves as gods, claiming to act on behalf of heaven and rule the world.

This kind of rule lasted for hundreds of years, became deeply rooted, and became increasingly extreme.

This caused dissatisfaction among the princes, but they were intimidated by the power of the Shang Dynasty and did not dare to act rashly.

Emperor Yi was assisted by Wen Zhong. With Wen Zhong's knowledge, he naturally scoffed at the ruling methods of the Shang Dynasty.

Influenced by this, Emperor Yi began to have some reformist ideas and wanted to change the ruling form of the Shang Dynasty, especially the human sacrifice ceremony.

But before Emperor Yi's actions achieved any results, they encountered huge resistance. Internal strife broke out among the nobles in the court, which directly shook the ruling foundation of the Shang Dynasty.

It was only thanks to Wen Zhong's strong support that the rebellion of the nobles was forcibly suppressed.

But after this incident, Emperor Yi's morale was greatly dampened. He realized that there was almost no chance of success in what he wanted to do.

If he insisted on going ahead, the rule of the Shang Dynasty would probably collapse from within and fall apart.

Faced with such a situation, Emperor Yi felt somewhat desperate, but he could do nothing unless he completely replaced the court of the Shang Dynasty.

But it is hard to imagine how much turmoil doing so would cause. Even with the full support of Wen Zhong, the two dynasties' elders, he would not dare to act rashly.

I was aware of the problem but was powerless to change it, which was more painful than being kept in the dark. I failed to make up my mind after several attempts.

Emperor Yi had three sons: the eldest son, Zi Qi, who was granted the title of Wei and was called Wei Zi Qi; the second son, Zi Yan; and the third son, Zi Shou, who was young.

At the same time, although Ziqi and Zishou are brothers with the same father and mother, when Zishou was born, his mother became the queen and no longer just a concubine, so the two brothers had different identities.

Zishou was extremely intelligent since childhood and was born with supernatural powers, which were different from ordinary people. He was highly valued by Emperor Yi, who entrusted him to Wen Zhong for guidance and training.