I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

"Just do as I tell you to do, and don't ask too many questions," the Jade Emperor said indifferently.

God of Cookery: "..."

"What? Do you have a problem with what I said, or with me?" The Jade Emperor suddenly questioned him during his silence.

"Your subject dares not," the God of Food hastily admitted defeat.

"Go and do it... Remember, all my commands are ordained by Heaven, are the destiny that was meant to happen." The Jade Emperor's tone softened as he spoke softly.

"Yes, sir." The God of Food accepted the order and quickly left the outer perimeter of the Heavenly Ruins, clutching the small black bottle.

The next day.

Danyang Town.

A plague broke out in the town without any warning, infecting hundreds of people in just one day.

These hundreds of people became carriers of the disease, causing the plague to spread to other towns...

That evening, Qin Yao learned about the matter from Dong Yong and A Zi. Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed Jin Zha and A Huang standing there blankly.

What's wrong with you two?

"Mr. Qin, could this plague be related to the two of us?" Jinzha asked anxiously.

Qin Yao shook his head: "Don't think nonsense. What you've violated are the rules of heaven, not the way of heaven."

“Godfather is right, I suspect someone is up to something,” Azi suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Ah Huang asked.

“On the way back, I secretly tried using magic, but none of the magic works against this plague,” Azi replied.

Ah Huang: "..."

"I will immediately return to Heaven and report this matter to the Queen Mother of the West."

Jinzha glanced at Ah Huang reluctantly, but ultimately spoke with a firm attitude.

Qin Yao waved his hand: "No need for that trouble, I can just tell the eldest princess directly."

"A communication device?" Ah Huang said, his eyes sparkling.

"What communication device?" Jinzha was completely confused.

In front of everyone, Qin Yao took out a communicator from his pocket, infused it with magic power, and said, "Princess~"

"I'm here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Hong's voice rang out from inside the small tool.

Qin Yao said in a deep voice, "A mysterious plague has appeared in Danyang Town, and even immortal magic cannot cure it."

We suspect that evil spirits are at work. Could you find a way to inform the Queen Mother?
For example, one could ask the all-seeing and all-hearing beings to relay the message.

"Of course!" Ah Hong said decisively, "I'll go find Thousand-Mile Eyes and Wind-Following Ears now, and I'll contact you later..."

Perhaps due to the different flow of time, Qin Yao and the others waited in the mortal realm for a full five days without receiving a reply, despite her promise of "later".

During this period, the plague in the surrounding area worsened, and prices soared as a result.

People who could barely make ends meet before are now completely unable to afford food; even those who are not sick can only wait to die at home.

Qin Yao witnessed this scene and then summoned everyone to discuss the matter of distributing porridge to save the people.

Dong Yong, A Zi, Jin Zha, and A Huang naturally agreed with this, so at noon that day, a porridge stall was set up in front of the Weaver Girl Cloth Shop, and a sign was put up that porridge was being served free of charge.

In no time, long queues formed in front of the porridge stall, and the news of the Weaver Girl Cloth Shop distributing porridge spread like wildfire throughout the town.

Town entrance.

Dressed in rags, with dry lips, looking like a refugee, Li Jing passed by a dilapidated temple when he suddenly saw a group of emaciated beggars running out of the temple excitedly, shouting and chanting words of porridge distribution.

Li Jing rubbed his empty stomach, not caring about anything else, and grabbed a little beggar: "Brother, where should we distribute porridge?"

"Weaver Girl Cloth Shop, let me go!" the little beggar cried.

Li Jing released the other person and muttered to himself, "Weaver Girl's Cloth Shop?"

After regaining his senses, he saw that the group of beggars had already run far away, so he hurriedly chased after them.

Who cares what kind of cloth shop it is? I'll be grateful to have a full meal.

Not long after.

When Li Jing followed the beggars to the entrance of an alley, he saw that the line of people waiting to receive porridge had already stretched outside the alley.

He arrived late, so he was at the very back of the line, ahead of him was a beggar who looked almost exactly like him…

"Brother, you came to get some porridge, and you don't even have a bowl?"

While waiting, the beggar looked back and asked in surprise.

Li Jing: "..."

He never considered himself a beggar, so why would he prepare any bowls?

"As a beggar, you don't even have a broken bowl. You're really pitiful," the beggar in front sighed, then said, "But I can't lend you my bowl. Who knows if you have any diseases?"

Li Jing: "..."

At this moment, having lost his power as a god and fallen to a state worse than a beggar, he finally understood: the laws of heaven and divinity had eroded too much of his humanity and taken away many of his survival skills.

To put it more bluntly, long ago, he was also a human being, and he could have survived in the world even without using immortal arts or magic.

But now, as a god, having lost his magical powers, he is unable to adapt to life on Earth!

With a jolt of excitement, the line ahead quickly shortened, and Li Jing arrived at the porridge bucket...

"Father?!"

Suddenly, a voice filled with shock and confusion rang out in my ears.

Li Jing suddenly raised his head, and after seeing the man's face clearly, his eyes widened immediately: "Jinzha?"

half an hour.

Inside the Weaver Girl Cloth Shop.

As Li Jing drank his porridge, he listened to Jinzha recount the whole story, including the events leading up to the incident and Jinzha's personal experiences, and his feelings were inexplicable.

If he were still a god, upon hearing that Jinzha was actually having an affair with the Third Princess, he would surely be furious, and might even force Jinzha to take the Third Princess with him to heaven to report back.

But along the way, he unknowingly regained a lot of humanity and recovered a lot of understanding and empathy, so he no longer insisted on doing things his own way.

"Father, what's wrong with you? How did you end up in this situation?" Jinzha suddenly asked as he pondered.

Li Jing paused slightly, then sighed, "It's a long story, too..."

Outside the shop, in front of the porridge stall.

The God of Food hid in a corner, watching the beggars lying on the ground beside the porridge stall, full and satisfied, and a look of bewilderment suddenly flashed across his face.

Who is righteous and who is evil?

The righteous poison people, while the evil spirits provide porridge to save them?
Isn't that a bit off?

"The God of Cookery..." Suddenly, a voice came from inside his clothes.

"Your Majesty," the God of Food replied softly as he quietly departed.

"Come to Tianxu and see me immediately!"

"Here you go~"

After a while. Before the Heavenly Ruins.

The God of Cookery hesitated for a long time, but ultimately did not dare to ask the question that was on his mind. He only asked, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"The time has come; we can begin the next phase of the plan," the Jade Emperor said indifferently.

The God of Cookery was taken aback.

What's next?
what's the plan?
As if hearing his thoughts, an array plate suddenly flew out of the Heavenly Ruins barrier and hovered in front of him.

At the same time, the Jade Emperor's voice rang out again: "Take this array plate and build a demon-suppressing array within a 500-mile radius of the evil spirits. Once the array is completed, I will be able to transfer my magical power to you through the array, and you will be able to use the array to connect with the power of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Stars to annihilate the evil spirits!"

The God of Food glanced at the array plate and exclaimed in astonishment, "Your Majesty, judging from the complexity of this array, I'm afraid it won't be completed in a short time..."

“Relying solely on your own strength to repair the formation will definitely be very slow. You can leverage the power of the human government and mobilize the people to complete the simple structure of the formation.”

"In this way, if all goes well, this formation will surely be completed within a hundred days," the Jade Emperor said.

God of Cookery: "..."

"What, do you have another question?" In the silence, the Jade Emperor suddenly asked.

The God of Cookery shook his head, forcing a smile: "No, Your Majesty, I obey your command!"

That night.

Jinzha brought Li Jing back to Qin Yao's courtyard and gave everyone a brief introduction.

Compared to Azi, Dong Yong, and Qin Yao, Ah Huang was much more nervous, and even dared not look Li Jing in the eye when speaking.

However, in practice, she treated him like her father-in-law, and together with Azi, they bought a lot of daily necessities late at night.

Li Jing kept this in mind, but didn't say much, pretending not to know about the other person's affair with Jinzha...

"Qin Yao, are you there?"

Not long after, as everyone sat down to have dinner together, Ah Hong's voice suddenly rang out from beside the table.

Qin Yao took out a communicator from his clothes and quickly infused it with magical power: "What did the Queen Mother say?"

"The mother didn't have a chance to say it, but the barefoot sage said that the plague must have been brought by evil spirits, so the most urgent task is still to continue to search for the evil spirits."

"Once the evil spirits are eliminated, the plague will naturally be over," Ah Hong said helplessly.

Qin Yao pursed his lips: "So, the Heavenly Court won't take any action against this plague?"

“It’s not that we don’t care, it’s that we’ve been led astray by the Barefoot Immortal,” Ah Hong said.

"I understand," Qin Yao replied.

"I'll take my sisters down to help you," Ah Hong said, sensing his disappointment with the Heavenly Court.

"Not for now."

Qin Yao said, "You guys are probably being closely watched by the Barefoot Immortal right now. It might not matter if one or two of you sneak down, but if too many of you do, it could easily trigger his sensitive nerves, and it would be a loss for us."

"What about the plague?" Ah Hong asked.

"Leave it to me, I'll handle it," Qin Yao said in a deep voice.

Watching him end the call and slowly stand up, Li Jing suddenly asked, "What are you planning to do?"

His idea was that if the other party had no clue for the time being, he would suggest that Jinzha take him to find Taiyi Zhenren.

Taiyi Zhenren was an expert in pharmacology and possessed great magical power; he could even bring the dead back to life, let alone expel plagues.

Qin Yao looked up at the night sky and said softly, "Let the light dispel the gloom."

Li Jing: "?"

Before he could ask what this meant, he suddenly saw the immortal in front of him conjure a white ball of light out of thin air with his hands, and then lift the ball into the air with white divine light, illuminating all directions.

It was as if a sun had appeared in the night sky, startling the entire town. Countless people came out of their houses and looked up to see what was happening.

Just then, the sphere of light illuminating Danyang Town shone down on them, and the people afflicted by the plague suddenly felt relaxed all over, as if the light had a healing effect on the plague...

However, every advantage has its disadvantage. While this action cured the people of the plague, it also attracted a large number of heavenly soldiers and generals, who continued to gather in the sky above Danyang Town, waiting for the light sphere to dissipate.

Inside the courtyard, Qin Yao felt that the treatment was almost complete. He quickly withdrew his faith power and said with a sidelong glance, "The price has come."

"I'll go drive them away!" Jinzha suddenly rose into the air and went to negotiate.

However, he could only command the troops under Li Jing's command, and had no effect on the troops that obeyed the Barefoot Immortal.

Li Jing let out a soft breath, turned to Ah Huang and said, "Please trouble the Third Princess to send me to heaven."

Ah Huang nodded slightly, formed a hand seal and cast a spell, then pointed in the air, teleporting Li Jing to Jinzha's side.

"What do you intend to do?"

Li Jing glanced at the group of heavenly soldiers and generals who were disobeying Jinzha's orders and asked seriously.

Seeing the majestic Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King before them, the heavenly soldiers and generals dared not be negligent and bowed respectfully. Then, one of the heavenly generals spoke on behalf of them:
"Reporting to the Heavenly King, we are on the orders of the Barefoot Immortal to search for evil spirits in the human world, and we suspect that the white light we just saw was related to evil spirits."

"That white light was emitted by me, its purpose being to cure the plague in Danyang Town," Li Jing said in a deep voice. "Do you perhaps suspect that I am an evil spirit?"

"This humble general dares not," the Heavenly General representative said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

Li Jing waved his hand: "Go look elsewhere, there are no demons or evil spirits here."

"Here..."

After they left to carry out their orders, Li Jing immediately dismissed his generals and finally said to Jinzha in the empty void, "Take me down."

Jinzha immediately helped the other person up by the arm and flew down on the wind.

In the courtyard, beside the stone table, Qin Yao's lips curled into a slight smile.

From this moment on, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King will be completely opposed to the Barefoot Immortal; given time and a good opportunity, he will naturally move towards opposing the Heavenly Rules.

This is also one of the main reasons why he openly uses the power of faith to help people, rather than secretly doing so in private.

"Thank you, Heavenly King."

A short while later, after the father and son landed slowly, Qin Yao stood up and thanked them.

Li Jing stared intently into his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Who exactly are you?"

Qin Yao silently lowered his arms and said frankly, "I am Qin Yao, Dong Yong's godfather."

Li Jing: "..."

Danyang Town, on the street.

The God of Food, who had just returned from Tianxu, looked at the people who had recovered and sighed inwardly.

Plans can't keep up with changes. Now that the epidemic is over, how can I still fool the government into helping me?
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to fly back to Tianxu immediately and report to the Jade Emperor, panting heavily...

After hearing the story, the Jade Emperor seemed stunned for a moment, then asked, "How is this possible? I don't even have an antidote for that plague, let alone King Yin Shi, who simply doesn't have the ability to detoxify!"

The God of Cookery calmed his breathing and said softly, "But that's just how reality is."

The Jade Emperor remained silent for a long time before finally issuing a decree formed from the laws of nature: "Take this decree back to Danyang Town and infuse it with magical power at the center of the town."

The God of Cookery's right eyelid twitched wildly: "Your Majesty, what is this imperial edict?"

"I already told you last time, don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."

The Jade Emperor said coldly, "I'll say it one last time: all you need to do is carry out the orders, nothing else."

Left with no other choice, the God of Food accepted the imperial edict with both hands, then turned and flew away from the entrance to the Heavenly Ruins… (End of Chapter)