Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

"........."

Seeing Zhang Zhiwei taking out the list of disciples and promising to let Shenshu be the deputy leader, the "national teacher" in the dark was dumbfounded. If Shenshu was the deputy leader, then what would he be?
It could not hold back any longer, and moved, turning into a flash of lightning and falling into the field. It looked at Zhang Zhiwei, and wanted to question him angrily, but when it met Zhang Zhiwei's eyes, its momentum weakened a bit, and it only dared to whisper:
"I just took action to deal with that glowing guy. Even if I didn't do anything great, I've worked hard. Why am I being stripped of my position as deputy leader before I even get back to the hall? You shameless... Grand... Grand Leader, do you think this is fair?"

Zhang Zhiwei: "…………"

Lu Jin and Lu Ci looked at this scene in amazement. In their impression, the deputy leader was very majestic and indomitable, so how come in front of Senior Brother Zhang, he was so... fawning?
It was a little hard for them to believe. Was this still the invincible deputy leader in their memory who had abused them thousands of times?
This is the case now. If they saw the "national teacher" become the size of a fist and squeak in front of Zhang Zhiwei, the filter in their hearts would probably be shattered even more.

Zhang Zhiwei was complaining in his heart, who was he trying to show off to? Why was he still feeling wronged? Who was planning to reap the benefits?

He didn't say it explicitly, because the "National Master" didn't know yet that he could read its inner thoughts. If it knew, given its extremely cautious nature, it would be difficult for it to read its inner thoughts.

"That makes sense. I'm glad you took action to get rid of that glowing guy, but I don't like you hiding in the background and observing from the bottom. What do you want to do? Are you plotting against me?!"

Hearing what Zhang Zhiwei said, the "National Master" shrank his neck and immediately denied it, saying that the reason he couldn't observe it in secret was that he didn't want to interfere with the battle between him and the sacred tree and ruin his fun.

This was an excuse that the "national teacher" had thought of long ago.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Zhiwei would not make things difficult for it, but now there is an unexpected situation.

Zhang Zhiwei patted the "National Master" on the shoulder and continued, "How about this, a small punishment is a big warning. Below the leader is the Great Protector. You go to be the Great Protector. When you perform well, you can be promoted."

The "State Master"'s face changed, and he complained madly in his heart, the big-faced thief turned his face and didn't recognize him, and he was still making big promises. If that broken sacred tree took his position, how could he be promoted...

Although it was itching with hatred in its heart, it did not dare to say it out loud. After all, it had previously intended to take advantage of the conflict between the two parties while the fisherman gained.

Helplessly, it had to agree. It would be the Great Protector. After all, its deputy leader was just an empty title, and what it actually did were the work of the Great Protector.

Seeing the "national teacher" being so sensible, Zhang Zhiwei nodded and looked at the branch in King Nathan's palm: "What do you think? Do you want to enter the hall?"

When Zhang Zhiwei was talking with the "National Master" before, the sacred tree's attention was always on the list in Zhang Zhiwei's hand.

With its keen eyesight, it is not difficult to see that Tangdan is something similar to its golden branch. Perhaps its effectiveness is not as strong as that of the golden branch, but that is not important, because its effectiveness is determined by the caster.

Just like its golden branch, it can directly control the believers' thoughts through the golden branch, guide the believers' actions in a subtle way, and also grant the believers a series of abilities such as teleportation, perception, blessing and enhancement through the golden branch.

Strictly speaking, this cannot be considered a prohibition, but rather a rule.

Many people like to say “rules are made to be broken”.

But in fact, rules are the hardest to break.

If you want to break the rules, you have to be outside the rules.

Once you enter the rules, you become part of the rules, and at this point it will be unlikely to break them.

This was also the reason why it had previously tempted Zhang Zhiwei to take over the golden branch.

But unexpectedly, the situation changed so quickly, and now it is its turn to inherit Zhang Zhiwei's "golden branch".

To answer or not to answer? That is the question!
To be honest, it did not want to accept it, not only out of its pride, but also because if it accepted it, it would be more powerful, just like the other party had not accepted its golden branch before.

But if he didn't answer, the other party would not only destroy his plan to escape, but would also leave the timid monkey on Nason Island and continue to weaken him.

The sacred tree was very rational. Once it thought about it, it knew it had no choice.

"If I sign, what benefits can I get? Can it help me out of trouble?" asked the sacred tree.

"If you enter my hall, you will be one of us. Of course I will help you, but..." Zhang Zhiwei changed the subject, "This will take time!"

Hearing this, the "national teacher" next to him turned his head away. The big-faced thief was making big promises again!
In the conversation between Zhang Zhiwei and the sacred tree, others could only hear Zhang Zhiwei's voice but not the voice of the sacred tree. However, even if they could only hear half of it, they could roughly understand what was happening.

The sacred tree is about to enter the hall, and the price was previously being bargained...

"How long will it take?" asked the sacred tree.

Zhang Zhiwei thought for a while and said, "A hundred years, maybe. If you want to go out now, you can only do it secretly. After a hundred years, I will take you out in style."

It took so long, are you kidding me? Only a fool would agree to this… The “national teacher” complained in his heart.

The others were secretly complaining in their hearts, thinking that a hundred years seemed a bit of a lie, as ordinary extraordinary people could not live that long. However, if it was Senior Brother Zhang, there should be no problem.

Also, this statement is a bit weird. What do you mean by picking her up in a grand manner? Why is it like picking up a bride?
Lu Ci, who had been to brothels with several cousins, suddenly remembered the words his cousins ​​had used to coax prostitutes: "Wait a little longer, after a few days, I will redeem you and marry you in a grand ceremony."

The sacred tree had no idea what these guys were thinking, otherwise it would have beaten them to death with its roots.

"One hundred years is one hundred years!"

The sacred tree hesitated for a moment and agreed.

A hundred years is a very long time for both Zhang Zhiwei and the "National Master".

But it is different. It has existed for too long, so long that a hundred years is just a tiny number for it. It has even been exiled to Nasen Island for nearly two thousand years.

Zhang Zhiwei's promise to the sacred tree is like saying to a prisoner who has been locked up for twenty years and is planning a desperate escape, "Stop messing around. In just one more year, I will release you safe and sound and give you a bright future."

The sacred tree naturally had no reason to refuse.

Even in the eyes of the sacred tree, the pie Zhang Zhiwei painted was not actually a pie, but a future that could be clearly seen without the need for divination. After all, he was so young now, but he had such strength. What would he be like in another hundred years? !

"Sign it now!" Zhang Zhiwei handed over the list. The branches of the sacred tree grew like snakes from the palm of King Nathan, and one end of the branch lightly touched the list. In an instant, its name appeared on the list.

Zhang Zhiwei took it and took a look. The name of the sacred tree on the list was not called Nasen Sacred Tree, but Tiantong Jianmu.

Obviously, this was a modification of the sacred tree according to the style of the hall. Just as it had said before, over the long years, it had had many nicknames, the Tree of Life, the Golden Oak, etc. Now, it has a new name, Tiantong Jianmu.

"Very wise!" Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself, and moved the name of the sacred tree to the position of deputy leader. With the status of the sacred tree, it deserves this position.

After Zhang Zhiwei wrote the name of the sacred tree on the hall list, a golden branch broke out of the ground on the ground of the Seven Star Terrace in the hall space. It was very small at first, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a huge golden tree with lush branches and leaves, and the whole body shining with golden light.

The golden tree looked around, and the first thing that caught its eye was the huge amount of power of faith above its head.

These powers of faith float above like clouds, some are golden, some are red, and some are purple, giving people a colorful feeling.

The sacred tree was naturally no stranger to the power of faith. It stretched out its branches, touched the power of faith, and read the information contained in the power of faith.

The golden power of faith mostly carries gratitude to the leader of Tiantong Sect. Some are grateful to Tiantong Medical Hall for curing their or their relatives' illnesses, while others are grateful to Tiantong Church for saving their lives and giving them a better life.

Among the other colorful powers of faith, most of them hope that the Lord of Tiantong will bless them and help them fulfill their wishes such as promotion and wealth.

This is very inferior power of faith.

Because of what Zhang Zhiwei did in Shanghai some time ago, the Tiantong Church expanded rapidly and many new believers joined.

These believers are not the poor who are helped by the church, nor are they the sick who are saved by the hospital.

They just admire the power of Tiantong Sect Leader, so their beliefs are much more mottled and messy.

The sacred tree does not look down upon this kind of belief.

Although the population on Nasen Island is limited, and may even be less than the number of Zhang Zhiwei's followers, thanks to the unique mechanism it has established, on the entire Nasen Island, except for those aliens who have just escaped to the island from the outside world, all others are fanatical believers who are willing to die for it.

The power of faith generated by this kind of fanatic is of extremely high purity and appears to be red-gold in color.

However, in Zhang Zhiwei's huge temple, there are very few such fanatical believers.

The sacred tree lost interest after just one look. Even though Zhang Zhiwei had more believers than it did, it looked down upon such a level of faith.

Then, it looked above the power of faith, where there was a fellow that made it feel palpitating. He had four heads and eight arms, a beast's head and fangs, and exuded endless divine power. He was none other than the guardian general Tianpeng Zhenjun, who was transformed from Zhang Zhiwei's heavenly soul.

“Use the power of faith of the hall to nurture it? Unfortunately, the purity of faith is too low.” The sacred tree thought.

A normal guardian angel would hover three feet above his head, but Zhang Zhiwei's guardian angel would be kept in the hall space.

Under the nourishment of the power of faith in the hall space, Tianpeng Zhenjun's appearance has changed a lot compared to the beginning, and he looks more and more like Zhang Zhiwei.

It was originally the incarnation of Zhang Zhiwei's soul and was cast into the appearance of Tianpeng Zhenjun. However, as Zhang Zhiwei became stronger and the power of faith grew, it began to turn into Zhang Zhiwei's appearance again. It is estimated that it will not be long before it becomes the appearance of Zhang Zhiwei with four heads and eight arms.

At that time, it will be completely separated from Tianpeng Zhenjun of the Taoist lineage and become a guardian general with Zhang Zhiwei's imprint.

In the words of Buddhism, this is the reward body of Buddha, one of the three bodies.

Zhang Zhiwei's consciousness sank, and Tian Peng Zhenjun opened all eight eyes, stared at the sacred tree, and said:
"From now on, you are the deputy leader of the hall. As the deputy leader, what you need to do is to assist me and coordinate all the affairs of the entire hall. Do you understand? Do you need me to explain it to you in detail?"

The sacred tree said: "That is, something went wrong. Project power in time. If there are casualties, use means to bring them back. Anything else?"

As expected of an expert... Zhang Zhiwei said: "These two items are enough!"

"I'll take care of it!" said the sacred tree.

These two points are not difficult for the sacred tree, as it has been implemented for thousands of years.

The so-called projected power is nothing more than increasing some power through remote blessing. As for the intervention, that is the job of the Great Protector.

As for bringing back the souls of the deceased, that is even simpler.

In the past, when it brought souls back, it would transform them into tree people, but that was in its Nathan system. In Zhang Zhiwei's system, it had to follow Zhang Zhiwei's rules.

It glanced at the few Qingfeng and Yanhun in the hall, and sighed in its heart that these things with their lower bodies made of smoke were really ugly compared to the tree people, but this transformation was simple!
The power Zhang Zhiwei gave to the sacred tree was not low, but he was not afraid of the counterattack from the sacred tree. He was able to deal with the sacred tree in the outside world before, let alone now.

Among his magical powers of faith, there is an ability called guidance. This ability has a certain suppressive power on spirits, but it works more on the members of the hall.

He can use this ability to guide their souls, whether they are dead or alive.

Even if the sacred tree is powerful and can resist this move to a certain extent, it will still be suppressed to a certain extent. Combined with some other means, the sacred tree will not be able to make a comeback.

Of course, the sacred tree also knew that Zhang Zhiwei had the ability to counter it, so it actually had no ill intentions, at least not before the hundred-year agreement was reached.

After feeling the situation in the hall, the sacred tree did not stay for long. After leaving behind a giant tree to distract itself, its consciousness returned. It drilled out from the palm of King Nathan's hand and fell to the ground. In an instant, a towering tree rose from the ground.

The burned sacred tree returned, and the lost authority of King Nasen and the Nasen Guards reappeared, and they could teleport on Nasen Island again.

The sacred tree returned, and the collapsed faith was reunited. King Nasen, the Nasen Guards, and the gods and people in the royal city all cried with joy and cheered loudly.

At this time, King Nathan's face changed, and he quickly wiped away his tears and reported to the sacred tree that he had just sensed through the king's induction that an army was entering the island. (End of this chapter)