Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

"One hundred thousand naval forces in Shenshui area are causing chaos, execute them!"

"Fifty thousand demons are causing chaos in the Youshui area. Kill them!"

"The 80,000-strong coalition of immortals and demons from the Weishui area is causing chaos. Kill them!"

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During the initial investigation at Guanjiangkou, the sudden death of water gods such as Shen Shuiqu caused an uproar in the South China Sea. After the news was passed back, all the waters were shaken.

The creatures in the water were angry and terrified, and eventually they started a rebellion, openly rebelling against Ji Ren's rule, and war broke out.

But after Ji Ren personally led his troops to the waters and suppressed the rebellion with force, the successive riots were recorded in only a few sentences in the history books of the South China Sea.

Ji Ren, who personally led the six Meishan brothers and twelve hundred grass-headed gods, was almost invincible in the South China Sea.

Even if you have thousands of troops, it’s just one word: kill.

It was no big deal for them to break through the enemy's center with force and rush across thousands of miles, causing blood to flow for thousands of miles in the South China Sea and causing turmoil. Finally, Guanyin Bodhisattva took action personally and barely persuaded Ji Ren to stop, thus avoiding further escalation of the situation.

However, there was too much killing, and there was a serious shortage of water officials in several water areas. It was too late to transfer them from other places, so Ji Ren selected suitable water gods from the local poor families and conducted imperial examinations locally.

Except for a very few who had a vague ominous premonition, most of the other water kings were greatly relieved when they saw that Ji Ren's attention was on these few waters. With these few waters to hold Ji Ren back, Ji Ren's attention would not be on them for the time being, so they could just live one day at a time.

In this way, the water gods of the South Sea lived safely for fifty years, but their fear of Ji Ren grew stronger and stronger.

There was no way out, as in their own waters, they heard news of Ji Ren’s killings every day.

However, if the status quo remains the same, everyone seems to think there is nothing wrong with it.

Officials are just being inspected, and there is nothing wrong with the water officers having better abilities and nobler moral character.

However, at this time, Ji Ren made another move, advocating that pure recommendation was no longer acceptable, and that the separate recommendation should be replaced by the imperial examination and the recommendation with equal emphasis on the imperial examination, which caused another uproar.

Although the imperial examination and the imperial examination are equally important now, isn't your intention obvious to introduce an imperial examination in addition to the imperial examination?

If we don't take action now and wait for Ji Ren to show his true colors, wouldn't that be courting death?

But looking at the red area in the Shenshui area, the water kings still hesitated.

When the imperial examination system and the recommendation system were implemented in parallel, their privileges would be gradually weakened, and they should have resisted. But how could they resist facing that guy?

The upper class is collectively silent, but the lower class is still making noise.

Everyone admits that Ji Ren is very strong, so there is no problem with you replacing the Dragon King of the South China Sea.

We are all subjects anyway, but you want to change the system, that’s not possible.

Thus, another round of rebellion began, with great momentum and vigor. In the blink of an eye, it spread to the five regions of the South China Sea, and the war extended for billions of miles.

Ji Ren and Zhou Kuan respectively led their armies to fight, and the rebellion was pacified in seven months, leaving behind a few simple words in the history books: "the rebellion was defeated in July, and the clan was annihilated."

It took another thirty years to change the system and establish Ji Ren's authority.

Zhuge Qinglan took control of the South China Sea and became the de facto ruler of the South China Sea.

Ji Ren has become the supreme belief in the hearts of many aquatic creatures in the South China Sea.

In the South China Sea alone, the faith of the creatures in the South China Sea in him is almost as strong as that in Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Another reason why the belief in Guanyin Bodhisattva can compete with Ji Ren is that Guanyin Bodhisattva is Ji Ren's uncle, and believers feel there is no need to argue about this and revere him together.

Before we knew it, a hundred years had passed since we returned to the South China Sea.

In the secret room at Guanjiangkou, Ji Ren sat cross-legged with his five hearts facing upwards. Behind him, a nine-meter-tall image of a god emerged. An endless stream of spiritual energy surged in from all directions, injected into Ji Ren's body, and turned into thick fog.

Above the deity's image, auspicious clouds were surging, and above the auspicious clouds, two three-patterned Taoist flowers were fluttering in the wind, which was quite mysterious. And next to them there was a half-real and half-virtual flower, with Taoist rhyme flowing and a strange fragrance in the air, as if it would turn from virtual to real at any time.

Ji Ren practiced the Eight-Nine Profound Art. After an unknown amount of time, thousands of spiritual energies began to buzz and condensed together to form the third Dao flower. As the third Dao flower condensed, a violent force that seemed to be able to destroy the world suddenly erupted from Ji Ren.

The next moment, the image of Erlang Shen behind Ji Ren became more heroic, arrogant, and powerful, and his domineering power swept across the entire Guanjiangkou.

Since he came out of seclusion, he has been living in Guanjiangkou. Jade Ding Zhenren, who has not left, feels the cold breath emanating from Ji Ren. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a bit of complacency. He is worthy of being my disciple, a child of destiny. No matter how he practices, he is fast and no matter how he fights, he will win.

"Junior brother has made a breakthrough?"

Zhuge Qinglan, who was standing beside Jade Ding Zhenren, looked up and asked.

“Yes, three Taoist flowers, the seventh level of Golden Immortal. His current cultivation level is among the top 100 in the Three Realms.” Jade Ding Zhenren chuckled.

"Top 100?" Zhuge Qinglan was surprised when he heard that. The Three Realms are vast, with countless living beings. It goes without saying that the saints' disciples are powerful. Apart from the saints' disciples, there are also many powerful people who have practiced for tens of thousands of years. And his own junior brother has only practiced for three hundred years, and he has entered the top 100 of the Three Realms?

“Yes, it is in the top 100, and not the 100th.” Jade Ding Zhenren said with a smile. With Ji Ren’s current strength, he rarely meets an opponent among the Golden Immortals. Take the Chan Sect for example. Except for Yun Zhongzi, even Guang Chengzi may not be able to suppress Ji Ren. The one who can surely defeat Ji Ren now must be a Daluo Golden Immortal. However, the Three Realms are so large that the total number of Daluo Golden Immortals may not exceed fifty, so the top 100 is already a very conservative statement.

“Junior brother will not lose the fight a hundred years from now.” Zhuge Qinglan felt a little relieved when he heard that.

"If he fights, he will naturally not lose. So, you should work hard to improve your cultivation. As the Prime Minister of Nanhai, you only have the cultivation level of a True Immortal, not as good as your subordinates." Jade Ding Zhenren said unhappily.

"The soldiers are stronger than me because they have to go to the front line and I don't have to go to the front line." Zhuge Qinglan smiled. He didn't care about the difference in cultivation. What he cared about was the development of the South China Sea.

As for his cultivation, although he had not practiced seriously in these years, with the infusion of the South China Sea's luck, he was only one step away from becoming a Xuanxian.

"As for you, I don't know whether it is your luck or misfortune to meet Ji Ren." Jade Ding Zhenren shook his head when he heard this.

If Zhuge Qinglan had never met Ji Ren, how could he still be only at the peak of True Immortal level if he practiced diligently under his guidance?

It is unfortunate from this perspective.

But Zhuge Qinglan accepted this misfortune with pleasure.

Because Zhuge Qinglan's lifelong pursuit is to cultivate himself, manage his family, govern the country and bring peace to the world, and then retire peacefully. Now that he has entered the fairyland, the concept of bringing peace to the world is even greater, and he is willing to do it.

From this perspective, Zhuge Qinglan is really not suitable for the image of Jade Ding Zhenren, although Zhuge Qinglan is knowledgeable, has a photographic memory, and is very suitable in terms of wisdom.

But in terms of personality, they are different.

"Of course it's my luck."

Ji Ren came in from outside and took over the conversation.

"You're lucky I didn't ask you. Is there any need to ask?" Jade Ding Zhenren looked at Ji Ren unhappily.

"It's also my luck." Zhuge Qinglan smiled and helped Ji Ren out of the predicament.

Ji Ren's eyes showed gratitude, my dear senior brother.

"You've made a breakthrough. Are we going to proceed to the next step?" Jade Ding Zhenren looked at Ji Ren and said.

"Of course, we should regularly examine the performance of all officials and change the imperial examination system to the imperial examination system. Now that these two steps have been taken, the third step of changing the system of local officials to officials should naturally be done." Ji Ren said.

"Are you going to gather the luck of the South China Sea to improve the grade of Yang Jian's Dharma image?" Jade Ding Zhenren said.

“Yes, and it’s time for a change in the South China Sea,” Ji Ren said frankly.

"Okay..." Jade Ding Zhenren was about to nod, but before he could finish his words, his expression suddenly froze, revealing a puzzled expression, "Why is this kid here today?"

"Who?" Ji Ren asked puzzledly.

"Your brother." Jade Ding Zhenren moved his fingers casually, and the next moment, the space beside him twisted, and a figure fell out in a mess. It was Zhang Jingshou.

"Who is plotting against me? My master Yun Zhongzi, my great master Yuanshi Tianzun!"

After Zhang Jingshou fell out, he subconsciously reported his identity before he could see his surroundings clearly.

"Okay, I get it. It's me. What's wrong? Why are you coming here today?" Ji Ren asked.

After he came back, he also met Zhang Jingshou. To be precise, when Lu Shang came to kill the water tribe, Zhang Jingshou followed him.

A golden stick caused a great disturbance in the South China Sea, showing off its power and might.

Completed the reappearance of the Conferred God trio.

After killing the people, Zhang Jingshou did not return to Zhongnan Mountain, but went to the underworld to cooperate with Huang Wang and Tian Zhi to manage the Soul-Suppressing Generals.

"Something big is happening, many treasures have come out of the underworld! According to the analysis of the map of treasures of heaven and earth given by the master, it is most likely the Northern Zhenwu Zaojiao flag, the only one among the five flags that has not yet appeared in the world. I asked the master, and the master said, it's your turn to go, see if you have the chance?" Zhang Jingshou said.

"The Zhenwu Soap Carved Flag?" Ji Ren raised his eyebrows when he heard this. During the Journey to the West, the Zhenwu Emperor lent this magic weapon to Sun Wukong. It could cover the sky and the sun, make the universe hazy, and pretend to swallow the sky.

Here, it is one of the five flags.

It is also the only five-sided flag that has not yet appeared in the world.

Now it appears?