Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 992 The Fundamental Power of the Way of Wealth

When the Way of Wealth manifests itself, all things related to the Way of Wealth in the world will also manifest.

Starting with the most basic form of money and currency.

As for its derivatives, such as transactions, finance, value, measurement, etc...

It is like nodes on a large network, connected together to form a vast system that encompasses everything in the world.

The moment the giant net was fully formed, Zhao Gongming's Golden Wealth Dao Fruit, which shone with golden light and seemed to condense the source of wealth from all the heavens, naturally merged into it, just like a fish in water.

The Dao Fruit and the giant net are perfectly integrated, inseparable.

The Path Fruit is the heart and source of the net, and the Great Net is the extension and authority of the Path Fruit.

The fusion of the two allows the power of the laws of the Golden Path to permeate every corner and every dimension of the world with unprecedented depth and breadth.

This force is not an external intrusion, but flows naturally like the gravitational pull of tides; it is one of the underlying rules governing the operation of the heavens!

The innate spiritual treasure—the Falling Treasure Coin—was also held in Zhao Gongming's fingertip at this moment.

The coin has a hazy, shimmering sheen. When one's attention falls on it, it seems as if one can see everything on it.

"The way of wealth is inherently unrestrained."

Zhao Gongming's voice slowly rang out, not responding to Ao Bing's words about 'measurement', but only speaking about the way of wealth itself.

"Back then, when this precious coin was in your hand."

Zhao Gongming looked up at Ao Bing.

"But I have never seen you take any restraint measures when you invoked your power."

“At that time, fellow Daoists, possessing this treasure, often engaged in forced buying and selling.”

"Why are you speaking of these constraints now, fellow Daoist?"

"This is inevitable..."

Zhao Gongming shook his head, his expression meaningful.

"Brother Dao's words are nothing short of sophistry."

Ao Bing remained calm, gripping the chains that extended from the execution platform with one hand.

"My use of the Treasure-Dropping Coin is certainly a form of forced buying and selling."

"But when have my acts of forced buying and selling ever been anything but unscrupulous?"

"Whenever I acted back then, was I ever not subject to constraints?"

"Moreover, when I was in charge of the Treasure-Losing Coin, the way of wealth and goods did not yet cover the world as it does now."

"The wealth and profits have far less impact on the world than this thing!"

In Ao Bing's words, the concepts of faith and heavenly rules were like a spiral of yin and yang, entangled in the chains, and spreading along the chains towards the net of wealth.

Similarly, the net of faith and righteousness, which also covered the heavens and earth and used the great Luos as nodes, also appeared at this moment, trying to 'bind' the net of gold and wealth.

Both being vast nets covering heaven and earth, the net of trust and righteousness is clearly far superior to the net of wealth and riches.

When the great net of faith and righteousness manifests, it has already merged into the net of wealth and riches of heaven and earth, and is thus directly 'squeezed' out from between heaven and earth and from among all living beings.

Subsequently, the double helix of heavenly principles and morals on the web of faith and righteousness directly evolved into a deeper essence of 'virtue' and 'law,' merging into the great web of wealth, causing the fruits of wealth to reappear.

Then it transformed into chains, locking the golden treasure's Dao fruit.

In that instant, Ao Bing grasped a deeper level of change in the path of wealth.

The essence of wealth lies in circulation and accumulation.

Under this system of wealth, all the resulting changes are for the purpose of circulation and accumulation.

Everything is for more efficient, wider, and more pervasive circulation!
Everything is for a larger, more concentrated, and more endless accumulation!
The greedy nature of that "accumulation" needs no further mention; Ao Bing and the powerful beings of the heavens had already seen through its calamity.

But the circulation...

However, what it circulates is not just Pantian.

Rather, the entire Five Directions Great World 'circulates' under this system of gold and wealth.

When the five great realms of heaven and earth are interconnected, the first thing that aligns with them is the measure of time.

They are originally independent timelines that are now connected, merged, and influenced one another.

And after time passed, what followed was the path of wealth and riches.

It is a circulation between the five directions of the universe based on this path of wealth.

The path to wealth, overseen by Zhao Gongming and 'protected' by the numerous gods of wealth...

Its connection extends far beyond Pantian and the creatures within it.

Because of Zhao Gongming's initial actions—when the Way of Gold and Wealth manifested, it had already spread directly to the Five Great Heavens and Earths, and was then torn apart, divided into five, each controlled by one of the Five Great Heavens and Earths.

This means that after the manifestation of the Way of Wealth, the Ways of Wealth in the five great worlds have been constantly touching and competing with each other.

They have also been devouring and integrating with each other.

Only a small number of the Gods of Wealth and a small number of the Great Luo know this secret.

Amidst this constant infighting, even the creators of the five great worlds dared not easily allow their own path to wealth to be unified by the wealth paths of other great worlds.

Otherwise, at the moment the Way of Wealth was unified, it wouldn't have been accomplished by a single sage—but rather the very essence of the five great worlds would have circulated under the unification of the Way of Wealth… and ultimately, it would have been completely overtaken by one of the great worlds.

Whichever realm that sage of wealth stands in, that realm will have an absolute advantage in the clash between realms!

Given Pan Tian's current situation without the support of the Creator, if Pan Tian loses the initiative in this struggle for the 'Path of Wealth,' it will be a devastating disaster for Pan Tian! The other four great worlds don't even need to go through a battle at the level of the Creator; they can simply seize Pan Tian's origin through the circulation and transformation of the Path of Wealth...

This is the true source of confidence for those who possess wealth through the art of acquiring riches.

They may not be aware of the true hidden dangers of the path to wealth—but they can all see the caution and apprehension of the powerful beings in the world when facing this path.

The essence of the path to wealth lies in circulation, which connects the five directions of the universe; accumulation, on the other hand, is nothing but greedy plunder...

As a result, the more the powerful who were cautious and wary of this situation retreated step by step for the sake of the overall situation, the more the gods of wealth were also influenced by this path of wealth and moved forward step by step.

This is the most fundamental change in the path to wealth.

It has hijacked the entire Pantian!

Under such circumstances, all the powerful figures in Pantian who have come into contact with this point will choose to back down when faced with this path of wealth!
At this moment, Ao Bing also realized this.

Therefore, it was Ao Bing's turn to make a choice.

The way of wealth should be suppressed and restrained, so that it is damaged and the gods of wealth become disheartened, so that the way of wealth in the other four great worlds can directly invade and unify the way of wealth in this world.

Or should we continue to indulge and support him, allowing him to remain entangled and clashing with the ways of wealth in the four directions, while also emboldening those gods of wealth to become even more unscrupulous?

This doesn't seem like a difficult choice to make.

After all, no matter what trouble those gods of wealth have caused in Pantian, they are still members of Pantian, and the benefits they have obtained through the path of wealth still remain in Pantian—in any case, it's all 'the meat rots in the pot'.

However, if one chooses to suppress or restrain this path of wealth, causing Pantian's path of wealth to be controlled by the path of wealth from beyond the realm, then the origin of Pantian's heaven and earth will be blatantly robbed by the powerful beings from beyond the realm through this path of wealth—that would be a true loss at the level of the Great Heaven and Earth.

So, how should we choose?
Ao Bing hesitated, both the hand holding the chain and the hand holding the vermilion brush froze at this moment.

At this moment, Ao Bing even vaguely sensed the mocking gazes of those wealthy people from the Ministry of Finance.

This is not an illusion.

Instead, the wealthy officials of the Ministry of Finance were looking at Ao Bing with mocking eyes!

For the vast majority of the gods of wealth, Ao Bing's troubled posture was very familiar.

In the past, both the Great Luo and the emperors of heaven and earth have repeatedly tried to suppress the influence and power of the God of Wealth.

However, whether it was the leisurely Great Luo or the prudent Emperor, once they stepped into the Ministry of Finance and gained a deeper understanding of how the Way of Wealth worked, they all displayed the same hesitant attitude as Ao Bing at this moment before the Gods of Wealth.

Ultimately, after some hesitation, they both chose to back down!
The reason is also very simple.

Leaving aside the fact that the Way of Wealth itself binds Heaven and Earth—in the current world, the Way of Wealth, which is regulated and maintained by the gods of wealth, is the only system in Pantian that can be understood and accepted by everyone and runs through the entire Pantian system.

Originally, Pantian was a small country with few people and little interaction among its inhabitants. However, under the influence of the flow of wealth, it was transformed into a true whole.

The power of Pan Tian also truly coalesced into a whole.

From this perspective, the influence of those "gods of wealth" in the Ministry of Finance on the situation of heaven and earth is comparable to that of a sage!
That is why none of the powerful figures in Pantian could accept the consequences of the Ministry of Finance collapsing.

However, if the path to wealth is to be restricted and suppressed, and if the gods of wealth are to be restricted and suppressed, then there is a great possibility that the Ministry of Finance will collapse.

This will break the 'rope' that connects the entire universe.

In this matter, no one in the world has the luxury of making mistakes!
Therefore, after experiencing the same hesitation as Ao Bing at this moment, they all chose to back down and maintain the status quo.

Many of the financial officials in the Ministry of Finance have personally witnessed how those powerful figures pondered, hesitated, struggled, and finally reluctantly yielded.

Therefore, when they saw that Ao Bing also showed the same struggle and hesitation, the wealth gods in the Ministry of Finance who had experienced this scene almost all smiled and looked at Ao Bing with a mocking gaze.

That deep-seated reverence for Ao Bing had vanished completely!
On the execution platform, the rolling heads were like toys.

An unprecedented sense of exhilaration arose in the hearts of these gods of wealth.

While both involve concessions, the concessions made by Ao Bing, the Great Dragon God who upholds Heaven and righteousness, are clearly different from those made by other Great Luo Immortals and other Emperors!

After all, Ao Bing, the Great Dragon God who upholds Heaven and righteousness, represents faith, heavenly rules, reason, and law.

Everything it represents is the opposite of the 'profit' that the gods of wealth uphold.

Before Ao Bing broke through his barrier, all the gods and immortals in the Heavenly Court, when expressing their dissatisfaction with the God of Wealth, said, "Once the Heavenly Lord of the East Sea emerges from his barrier, he will naturally deal with you!"

One of the gods said this, but the gods of wealth didn't take it seriously.

With a thousand gods saying this, the gods of wealth became somewhat more restrained.

When those great immortals and emperors also said the same thing, the gods of wealth naturally felt fear towards Ao Bing.

Especially after someone deliberately revealed Ao Bing's 'resume' to the gods of wealth!
This is precisely why Zhao Gongming personally came to the Execution Platform when Ao Bing was executing sinful immortals and evil gods.

Under the 'terror' brought by Ao Bing, when his head rolled on the execution platform, the fear hidden in the hearts of those gods of wealth during Ao Bing's seclusion was also ignited in an instant.

Almost all the gods of wealth believed that Ao Bing would take the opportunity to settle scores with them as well.

That's why Zhao Gongming came to Ao Bing in person.

At this moment, seeing Ao Bing hesitate and struggle, and seeing that Ao Bing was about to back down, the fear in the hearts of those gods of wealth instantly turned into unprecedented confidence and disdain.

What about the rules of heaven?
What about integrity?
What about legal principles?
What about reason and emotion?
Ultimately, they will have to yield to the 'profit' that these gods of wealth uphold!
After the Great Dragon God, who embodied faith, heavenly rules, reason, and law, yielded, nothing in the world could restrain these gods of wealth!
These gods of wealth will be freed from all constraints and shackles!
"Even Cheng Tian is having trouble making a decision?" Beyond that mocking gaze, many other Great Luo Immortals looked at Ao Bing, who was hesitating, and sighed deeply.

Just then, Ao Bing's voice rang in Zhao Gongming's ears once again.

“Brother Gongming, even so, my attitude remains the same as before.”

"The benefits represented by the path of wealth must be subject to the constraints of law and righteousness!"

As Ao Bing spoke, the chains in his hands began to tremble once more.

Where are the Three Lords of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity?

Ao Bing's voice resounded throughout heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)