Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 655: Brilliant World

Immortals and gods are beings whose great power is attributed to themselves.

Such an existence naturally rejects rules and constraints.

The more powerful a person is, the more talented he is, the more eager he is to break the rules.

But Ao Bing knew very well that the rules in Pangu's world seemed to be a restriction on immortals and gods, but in fact, they were a protection for all immortals and gods.

If one really throws the rules aside and relies entirely on one's own power and preferences to take whatever one wants and decide life and death in the world, then the entire world will collapse. Between heaven and earth, except for the few most powerful saints, all other beings are ants and food.

In such a world, practicing cultivation or pursuing great power are all meaningless - as long as you don’t become a saint, no matter how strong you are, your life and death, your past and future, your existence or not, are all in the saint’s thoughts.

Therefore, the existence of rules is a concession made by the saints to all the spirits of heaven and earth under the suggestion of the Great Heavenly Venerable, so that heaven and earth can become better.

Except for saints, everyone between heaven and earth is protected by rules.

Therefore, Ao Bing has always stood on the side of the rules - and those people in the world who died at the hands of Ao Bing, from ordinary immortals to Daluo, the reason why they died at the hands of Ao Bing was because they crossed the boundaries of the rules. Their enemies were not just Ao Bing, but the rules that even the saints in this Pangu world were following.

In this world, rules are Ao Bing's greatest reliance.

Under the rules of heaven and earth, even if Ao Bing really faced Daluo, or even someone with great supernatural powers, he still had a chance to turn things around.

But the situation in Chu was different.

The State of Chu is a chess game involving saints and Guixu.

The chess game involves not only Taiyi and the demon clan, but also those who came from Guixu.

However, the vast majority of those who left Guixu were selfish and did not care about the rules of heaven and earth.

For them, when the existence of rules is beneficial to them, they will abide by them, but when the rules are not in their favor, they will tear up the rules without hesitation - or in other words, the existence of rules is a tacit understanding among their own people, but those exiles from Guixu are not their own people, nor are they willing to become their own people.

This means that in the State of Chu, one side of the chess game is made up of those Guixu Daluo who do not care about the rules - this also means that when Ao Bing appears in Guixu, those Guixu Daluo who are related to the Jade Emperor will attack Ao Bing without hesitation and kill him, so as to give the Jade Emperor more room to maneuver in the Heavenly Court.

If it was before, even if Daluo Hui attacked Ao Bing without hesitation, Ao Bing would have gone to the State of Chu.

At that time, behind Ao Bing, there were the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother of the West, Kaiming and Luwu.

But now, the Great Celestial Lord is seriously injured and difficult to heal, and is also entangled by the ominous filth of heaven and earth. The Queen Mother also has to make every effort to observe the direction of the ominous filth of heaven and earth to prevent the Jade Emperor from taking advantage of it, and to ensure that the ominous filth of heaven and earth that entangles the Great Celestial Lord can be weakened.

On West Kunlun, the Queen Mother of the West is in the process of connecting to Guixu to become a saint, and Kaiming and Luwu also send news that there seems to be Daluo spying outside West Kunlun, so the two of them must stay in West Kunlun and have no time to split themselves.

As for the other Yinglong who has some connection with Ao Bing, in Yinglong's heart, there is only the Emperor's daughter Ba. If Guixu has a way to alleviate the situation of the Emperor's daughter Ba, Yinglong will not be reluctant to become Guixu's "friend".

What's more, Ao Bing had no way to contact Yinglong.

"The chess game of Chu is a reflection of all the disputes in the entire universe."

"As for Chu State, I will go there no matter what."

"But not now - before going to Chu, we must have a way to ensure that the Guixu Daluo who fall into Chu must follow the rules of the game." Ao Bing thought, "We must have a way to suppress the Guixu Daluo in Chu!"

Between heaven and earth, what are the means to suppress Daluo?
It does not require magic power as support, nor does it require the person controlling it to have any time to react - as long as the power of Daluo is surging in time and space, its existence will produce corresponding suppression in time and space.

"The treasure of the emperor!"

After a moment, Ao Bing had the answer.

The treasure of the Emperor of Man, supported by the spirit of humanity.

As the 'opposite' of the immortal god, when it is surrounded by the energy of humanity, its power exists in that infinite energy of humanity.

Even Daluo, even those with great supernatural powers, in such a situation, have to be cautious and abide by the rules between heaven and earth and not touch the power of the treasure of the Human Emperor - otherwise, when they are restricted by the treasure of the Human Emperor, even Daluo, even those with great supernatural powers, may fall.

The more unruly Daluo is, the less likely he is to risk his own death and attack Ao Bing under the suppression of the Human Emperor's treasure - because their unruliness means that they have no trust in each other.

And without trust between each other, how likely is it that they would risk death at each other's hands to deal with Ao Bing?

"The whereabouts of the Human Emperor's treasure is clear..." Ao Bing's gaze fell on Luoyi again.

There was the capital that the King of Ji Zhou re-established after the destruction of Haojing.

The only extant treasure of the Emperor of Mankind whose whereabouts is known for sure is the Nine Cauldrons of Emperor Yu that Ao Bing had seen before.

The last time Ao Bing went to Haojing, he did not notice the power of the Nine Cauldrons flowing.

It was obvious that Ji Gongnie or a member of the Ji Zhou royal family had hidden the Nine Cauldrons in advance.

——However, the Nine Cauldrons are the most important foundation of the Zhou Dynasty. Even if the Zhou royal family had hidden the Nine Cauldrons before, it is absolutely impossible for them to not take the Nine Cauldrons of Emperor Yu with them when they moved the capital.

"If you want to join the chess game of Chu State, do you have to go to Luoyi first?" Ao Bing frowned.

If we go to Luoyi, it seems more dangerous than going to Chu State.

After all, the King of Luoyi and Ao Bing had a grudge against each other for destroying their families and countries.

"Even so, we must go to Luoyi."

No matter how dangerous Luoyi is, it cannot be as dangerous as the chess game of Chu.

……

Although the authority of the Human King has been lost, in some sayings in the world, the two words "Human King" have been replaced by the "Son of Heaven", which seems to be more respected but is actually more contemptuous.

But the Human King is still the Human King after all, and Luoyi is, after all, the place where the Human King resides and is the undisputed core of the human situation.

In addition, the power of the Human King fell into the hands of others, and the Six Human King Masters also completely collapsed. The humanitarian spirit of Luoyi became increasingly thinner after the suppression of the Six Human King Masters was lost, and the suppression of practitioners also became weaker. Under such circumstances, the scene displayed in Luoyi City was unexpectedly more prosperous than the original Haojing.

There was an endless stream of merchants and travelers, scholars traveling for studies were shoulder to shoulder, people practicing cultivation were endless, and there were also wise men who gave lectures and presented their doctrines and knowledge in Luoyi with an extremely generous attitude... At a glance, everywhere in the city, people were discussing Taoism, performing magic, competing in martial arts, bargaining...

Although the human spirit is thin, the worldly spirit derived from the human spirit is increasing rather than decreasing.

If one ignores the fact that the Human King's power has fallen into others' hands, and only looks at the prosperous scene in Luoyi City, Ao Bing would almost think that this is an unprecedented humanitarian event. The Human King sitting here can also obtain extremely rich wealth in this extremely prosperous city, and use these wealth to build an extremely strong army.

However, the power of the Human King had fallen into the hands of others - although Luoyi nominally belonged to the Human King, in reality, it was not the Human King but the State of Qi who managed Luoyi and possessed its wealth.

Every ten days, a huge convoy would leave the city gate, carrying the wealth accumulated in Luoyi City and head towards the State of Qi.

At the same time, there were immortals and gods who used the method of the Mustard Seed Cave to bring back the most precious medicines, rare materials, magical treasures, etc. among the wealth to the State of Qi in order to strengthen the immortals and gods of Qi and equip Qi with a strong army.

In just a thousand years, the world has been completely transformed.

The cultivation systems of immortals and gods seemed to have undergone a revolution.

Although the way of immortals and gods is still the most mainstream and powerful system between heaven and earth.

However, outside the system of immortals and gods, the martial arts system and academic system belonging to the human world and the human race are growing at an extremely rapid pace.

After completely abandoning the possibility of "immortality" and completely embracing "humanity", the cultivation system belonging to the human race has also blossomed with a unique and incomparable power.

In the past, martial arts was only a part of the way to immortality, and was a prerequisite for the "swordsmanship" or "weaponry" of the way to immortality. Only the most advanced mortals who practiced martial arts and touched the essence of martial arts could pose a sufficient threat to the immortals.

But now, martial arts has become a relatively complete method of practice.

Ordinary martial artists can also pose a certain threat to immortals and gods.

The most advanced martial arts sects in the world even have records of killing Taiyi in places where the energy of humanity has never reached.

In addition, the teachings of the great sages of the human race, their ideas, and their understanding of heaven and earth even made the Taiyi immortals intoxicated and fascinated by them.

Ao Bing came out of the Heavenly Palace and on his way to Luoyi, he saw many groups of people giving lectures and studying. In almost every group, there were immortals and gods who were at least at the Taiyi level. They incarnated here to study those theories and concepts while protecting the masters and sages who were giving lectures.

It was clearly a chaotic time when the human king lost power and the princes fought for supremacy, but it seemed as if cause and effect were reversed and turned into a brilliant and prosperous era for the human race.

The attacks between the princes all reduced the foundation of the human race, but the various theories born out of the clashes of weapons between the princes were strengthening the foundation of the human race at an incredible speed.

Walking in the human world and watching the changes in it, Ao Bing could hardly imagine, if in such a great era, the destiny of the Human King was transferred, or if an extremely extraordinary person seized the power of the Human King by incredible means, what kind of strength would the human race burst out at that moment.

It seemed that after the Jade Emperor took over the throne, the situation on earth suddenly got completely out of control and headed in an unpredictable direction.

And those people with great supernatural powers, those saints, were also optimistic and approving of the sudden changes in the human world. They did not interfere at all. Instead, they used the doctrines and concepts of the human world to make their own teachings closer to the human world.

In the human world, the Taoist traditions of Xuanmen have been directly transformed into the doctrine called Tao. Other Daluo have also used the Taoist doctrines to directly integrate their own Taoist traditions into it.

Ao Bing could see familiar traces in any of the Taoist classics he picked up at random.

"Little Daoist Fang Yun, nice to meet you, Brother Daoist."

After the power of the Human King fell into the hands of others, the Imperial Observatory became a mere name without substance. Unlike the past, after Ao Bing stepped into the city of Haojing, he would be discovered if he was not careful.

This time, after Ao Bing stepped into Luoyi, it took a while before a Taoist priest called Ao Bing.

"Excuse me, Brother Taoist, where are you from?" The Taoist who called out to Ao Bing was tall and had an excellent face - under the wide Taoist robe, his muscular body stretched the robe out.

One can tell at first glance that this Taoist named Fang Yun, in addition to the way of immortality, also practices martial arts.

"Xing San, nice to meet you, fellow Taoist."

"I am just a wanderer, and I take the world as my home, so I don't have any difficulties." Ao Bing replied. "Daoyou called me, but do you have any advice for me?"

"I don't deserve your advice." Fang Yun said politely. Although Ao Bing's background was obviously nonsense, he just took what Ao Bing said as the truth.

"From the looks of it, this is your first time in Luoyi."

"I wonder if you need a guide?"

"Lead the way?" Ao Bing looked at the man in front of him suspiciously.

Although the man in front of him was weak, he was at least a cultivator who had already touched the door to immortality - he was only one step away from perfecting his immortal skills and becoming a celestial being with eternal life.

Such a person should honestly hone his spirit and perfect his skills, so why did he come to a place like Luoyi?
Although the power of the king of Luoyi people had fallen into the hands of others, causing the decline of humanity in the city - but the declined humanity was still humanity, and it still had considerable power to consume the immortal body that had not yet been perfected.

For those who are about to achieve immortality, coming to Luoyi is definitely not a good choice.

"Brother, if you have nowhere to go in the city, why don't we talk while walking?" Fang Yun said, extending his hand.

After Ao Bing nodded, Fang Yun led the way and spoke as he walked.

"I see that you have a very otherworldly look. I think you have been in seclusion for a long time and have not been concerned with worldly affairs for many years."

"That's right." Ao Bing nodded, his expression calm. "Speaking of which, I have been in seclusion for a thousand years."

Hearing this, Fang Yun's expression also changed slightly.

A thousand years is a very delicate period of time - between heaven and earth, anyone who has not achieved immortality will not live longer than eight hundred years.

The person in front of him said that he had been in seclusion for a thousand years. If his words were true, it would prove that he had achieved the level of an immortal and was a true immortal.

Although there are quite a few immortals in Luoyi City, there are only a few who travel alone like Ao Bing.

"The immortal path." After a moment, Fang Yun sighed as Ao Bing said, and his words were filled with emotion. "Brother Dao, since you have become an immortal, you naturally know how difficult the immortal path is."

(End of this chapter)