Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 703: Kunlun Dharma Assembly ends, the world changes
Chu State, Yunzhong Temple.

In the vast Taiyi mythology system, Yun Zhongjun is still the only god who has shown his divine power.

Although he went to Kunlun for the Dharma Assembly shortly after his manifestation and no longer appeared in the human world, with the management of the Qu family priests and the support of the experienced disciples of the surrounding immortal sects, the incense offerings at the Yunzhong Temple not only did not decrease, but became even more prosperous.

Under the canopy of incense, the entire territory of Chu State was peaceful and without any ghosts.

Even those mountain spirits and water monsters that used to cause trouble have become much more restrained.

The situation in the entire Chu State can be said to be prosperous, the government was in good order and the people were harmonious. The national strength of Chu State also became stronger than ever before.

However, despite the country's strong national strength, the civil and military officials of Chu also had their own hidden worries.

That is, compared with the previous generations of kings, the kings of this generation of Chu were too soft-hearted and too indulged in pleasure.

On the earth, the heaven is far away, the gods and immortals are free, and the princes everywhere are taking advantage of this opportunity to rapidly strengthen themselves.

Even the hegemony of Qi has been replaced by Jin...

At this time, the second-generation overlord Jin was in decline, and other princes were eager to replace Jin and become the third overlord, exercising the authority of the king. According to the judgment of the civil and military officials of Chu, the national strength of Chu had actually surpassed the current overlord Jin and had the possibility of replacing Jin.

But the kings of this generation in Chu State seemed to have no idea of ​​​​struggling for hegemony at all.

For the civil and military officials of the State of Chu, this situation was like the collapse of heaven and earth - after all, it was the custom of the State of Chu to produce strong kings, and the kings of all generations had always been strong. But at this juncture of the struggle for hegemony, a gentle king who did not care about state affairs suddenly appeared.

This is no different from declaring that Chu has lost its hope of becoming a hegemon.

For this era, becoming a hegemon is the highest pursuit of a country's monarch and ministers. Under such circumstances, those ministers of the Chu State who are accustomed to strong monarchs have even been secretly plotting whether they should replace them with a strong monarch.

It was at this moment that a gleam of surprise suddenly flashed in the eyes of the 'weak' king of Chu.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yunzhong has returned!" At the same time, Qu, who was in charge of sacrifices, also pushed open the door of the palace.

"Pass the order. I will go to the Cloud Temple to offer sacrifices to Lord Yunzhong tomorrow."

After this order was issued, the undercurrents in the territory of Chu also stopped.

The Kunlun Dharma Assembly ended and Yun Zhongjun returned. This was no secret to the civil and military officials of the Chu State.

At this point, the King of Chu went to the Yunzhong Temple to offer sacrifices, and naturally he wanted to discuss some things with Yunzhong Jun - for the civil and military ministers of Chu, this was a great thing.

The king could not listen to the advice of his ministers, but he should be able to listen to Yunzhongjun's words.

Before the sacrifice, another minister took advantage of the night to find Qu to find out Yun Zhongjun's thoughts and hinted to Qu to do some work for Yun Zhongjun.

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"Your Majesty, I have heard that there is a bird on a hill in the south that has not flapped its wings for three years, has not flown, and has not chirped. It is completely silent. What is its name?" The sacrifice to Yun Zhongjun in the temple had just ended when a minister stepped forward and spoke.

King Xiong Xin of Chu looked around, and seeing that there were no outsiders in the hall, he lowered his gaze and responded, "If you don't have wings for three years, you will grow feathers; if you don't fly or sing, you will observe the people's example. Although you don't fly, you will soar into the sky; although you don't sing, your singing will be startling. Zi explained it, Bu Gu knows it."

After the words, the King of Chu burned another stick of incense to Yun Zhongjun and asked Yun Zhongjun to see him.

The power of incense, along with the authority of the princes, all moved together, and Yun Zhongjun was forced to reveal himself.

"May I ask you, Lord God, if our Chu State were to use military force at this time, would you be able to suppress the gods and immortals in the state and calm the storms in the state?"

Without waiting for Yunzhongjun to speak, the king of Chu asked directly and got straight to the point.

The civil and military officials who came to offer sacrifices were also surprised.

Everyone thought that even though the King of Chu would be excited, this excitement was a process, and his nature would change little by little - but who would have thought that the nature displayed by this monarch would be so direct and so aggressive.

No one was sure whether it would soar to the sky, but its stunning success had frightened all the civil and military officials.

No one expected that this weak king would be so direct - or rather, this directness was completely different from the image he had presented in the past.

After being astonished, these civil and military officials were filled with great excitement.

So what if it's scary?
A brave king is always better than a cowardly king.

With the national strength of the Chu State, as long as the king is brave and not cowardly, they will dare to fight anyone who comes.

Hegemony is right in front of you!
After the excitement, these civil and military officials finally calmed down and began to think about the problem of the King of Chu.

"The demon god in the country brings turmoil to the country."

"Is this what the king is suffering from?"

With the shrines and shrines in various places as anchor points, Yun Zhongjun's perception covered the entire Chu State in an instant.

The situation of the entire Chu State also appeared in Yun Zhongjun's perception.

There is no longer any trace of divine light in the Xiang River - it is unknown whether the god of the Xiang River has fallen or escaped.

In the Xiang River, countless water monsters and aquatic creatures travel back and forth.

Both the dragon clan and the surrounding immortal sects ignored the changes in the Xiang River and had no intention of seizing power while the Xiang River was ownerless.

Countless common people live and work in peace and contentment, and those disciples of the immortal sect who go down the mountain to travel also abide by the laws of the Chu State.

Just as the King of Chu said, the only things Chu is worried about now are evil spirits, as well as wind and rain.

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"Your Majesty, do we really not need to take more precautions against the State of Chu?" At the same time, other powerful vassal states that had the potential to compete for hegemony, as well as the current hegemon, the State of Jin, were also mentioning the State of Chu.

"If a great god like Yunzhongjun returns to Chu, the state of Chu may change."

"With the power of Chu, if it intervenes in the disputes among the princes, whether it wants to support other princes in their struggle for hegemony or to compete for the position of hegemony itself, it will disrupt the situation."

"No problem." After listening to the advice of those ministers, both the princes and the immortal gods who supported the princes responded with laughter.

"There are two troubles in Chu. One is the demon god, and the other is wind and rain." "Especially the demon god."

"When a country is conquering, it must be united from top to bottom. From the gods and nobles to the common people and slaves, everyone must obey orders and work together."

"But the demon god is unruly by nature and refuses to obey the king. It is impossible for him to take the initiative to cooperate with the national policy of Chu."

"If it were a sect of immortals doing this, the State of Chu could use the power of humanity and a large army to suppress and expel them."

"But the connection between the demon gods and the Chu State is too close. The existence of the demon gods can be regarded as the source of the Chu State. As for those demon gods, the Chu State can only let them go."

“Even if the Chu army crosses the Xiang River at this time, as long as someone stirs up trouble within the Chu territory, the demon gods of Chu will cause chaos.”

"When the Chu State was weak, those demon gods would barely restrain their thoughts to protect the Chu State's sacrifices. But when the Chu State was strong, those demon gods would often become the source of unrest in the Chu State, making it difficult for the Chu State to mobilize its full strength."

"Looking at the history of the Chu State, it is all like this."

"Therefore, the stronger the Chu State becomes, the less we need to worry about the threat from Chu State."

"On the contrary, if there is a major disaster or unrest in the territory of Chu, which puts Chu on the brink of collapse, then the existence of Chu will be a huge threat."

"Then let's just pretend that Chu doesn't exist?"

"As if he didn't exist."

"Don't worry, Chu is a barbarian country and the enemy of the world - if Chu crosses the river, it will be the enemy of all the princes."

"Well, if that is the case, Jin will use Chu as an excuse to form an alliance with the other princes again to stabilize its position as the overlord."

"Send an order to send precious treasures and beauties to the State of Chu to pacify it and do not let it act rashly." All the princes who aspired to compete for the position of overlord gave such an order.

However, the ideas of the State of Jin were exactly the opposite of those of these princes.

Under the coveting and peeping of other princes for the position of overlord, the position of overlord of Jin State was already shaky.

In the years since leaving Heaven, in order to stabilize its position as overlord, to win over the immortals and gods, and to get more immortal sects to support the State of Jin, the State of Jin has ceded a considerable amount of power to the immortals and gods in the country, as well as to those immortal sects.

The domestic nobility also expanded rapidly during this process - several noble families already had power that was no less than that of the royal family.

Under such circumstances, the State of Jin also urgently needed to introduce new forces to stir up the waters among the princes in order to seek an opportunity - otherwise, it was inevitable that the hegemony of the State of Jin would fall into the hands of others.

The new power chosen by the State of Jin was the State of Chu, which was the Jingman.

In order to allow Chu to join the game, Jin sent a special envoy. Taking advantage of the inheritance of Chu's national power, Jin turned several small princes around Chu into vassals of Jin.

It was thought that after such a slap in the face, the king and his ministers of Chu would cry out in anger and plunge headfirst into the chaos among the princes, rushing around recklessly - and then Jin would naturally be able to use the threat from Chu as an excuse to form an alliance with the princes and stabilize its own hegemony.

But who would have thought that the new king of Chu was such a coward, who endured this great humiliation and had no intention of using the army for revenge.

"Mr. Chen, now that Lord Yunzhong has returned to Chu, do you think we can use Lord Yunzhong's name to push Chu to send troops?"

"The vassal states of Chu all believe in Yun Zhongjun. If I force those states to stop offering incense to them, will Yun Zhongjun be enraged and influence Chu to send troops to the Central Plains?"

The king of Jin took a few steps forward, stopped in front of the hall, and turned his back to it.

"If we just cut off the incense, I'm afraid it won't be enough." The minister named Chen walked out from the shadow of the palace.

“It is better to destroy their shrines, break up their temples, and use the overlord’s order to classify them as evil gods.”

"It just so happens that now that the Four Great Dragon Gods have returned, our Jin State also needs a way to make peace with the Four Great Dragon Gods."

What he said was about the State of Jin using the flesh and blood of real dragons to fill their own meridians. During the previous chaos in the Huai River, the dragon clan became the target of public criticism. Under the instigation of the immortals and gods of the Huai League, the princes of the world secretly received the corpses of real dragons to fill their own meridians in order to cultivate the spirit of the human king.

The State of Jin was naturally no exception.

In the past, the dragon clan retreated, and the matter of using real dragon flesh and blood to fill the meridians was naturally covered up like the chaotic battle on the Huai River.

But considering the powerful reputation of the Four Great Dragon Gods, if he is not given an explanation regarding filling his meridians with real dragons, I am afraid the matter will not be resolved peacefully.

It just so happens that this Yunzhongjun can serve as an explanation to the Four Great Dragon Gods - Yunzhongjun's power to call the wind and rain, and his future conflicts with the Four Great Dragon Gods... Although not many people know about it, the Chen family, as a famous family in the world, still knows something about it.

"Mr. Chen's plan is brilliant." The figure of a Taiyi immortal next to him also appeared and nodded to the man surnamed Chen.

The princes were only involved in filling the qi meridians with real dragons - but what they, the Taiyi, were involved in was seizing the dragon clan's authority over the water meridians.

Originally, most of the waters under the jurisdiction of Jin State were under the control of the dragon clan, but now, it is the major immortal sects that control the waters everywhere.

The rulers and ministers of Jin were worried about being purged, so how could these sects not be worried?
The rituals of the Four Great Dragon Gods were clearly placed between heaven and earth. It seemed that in the next moment, the Four Great Dragon Gods would be able to achieve Daluo - this came from the reckoning of Daluo, who could withstand it?
If this cause and effect could be resolved before he achieved Daluo, or even if he could let go of the human feelings... he would be a great god who was famous for righteousness and achieved Daluo because of righteousness!

Therefore, compared with the king and ministers of Jin State, the attitude of the Taiyi immortal god who appeared at this time suddenly became extremely enthusiastic after hearing about Yun Zhongjun's story.

If they had not been enlightened by someone, they would never have thought that they could start from Yun Zhongjun to settle the cause and effect with the Four Great Dragon Gods.

——In other words, under normal circumstances, even if someone thought of taking action from Yun Zhongjun, it would be impossible to accomplish this.

After all, behind Yun Zhongjun is the entire Chu State.

How could a simple immortal sect have the ability to demote the righteous god of a huge vassal state into an evil god?

Only a vassal overlord like the State of Jin could gather the strength of other vassal states, defeat the State of Chu, and then demote the righteous gods supported by the State of Chu into evil gods.

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"Lord of Water Virtue, the ritual of the Four Rivers has been opened. If you want to achieve enlightenment through water, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult."

“However, I have a way to be promoted to the emperor. I wonder if you are willing to take it?” The Jade Emperor returned to the Heavenly Palace and summoned the Water Deity.

After hearing the words of the Jade Emperor, the Water God bowed to the ground without hesitation.

"Please give me your Majesty's instructions."

(End of this chapter)