I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 594: Being on an Equal Footing and Following Orders but Not Announcements
Zhou Tieyi and others first focused their attention on treasures that could change the situation in the world, but in the entire Heluo battlefield, there were actually many treasures of the second, third and lower grades.

This is the Taoist tradition left by the various schools of thought who participated in and died in the war. When the two periods of history overlapped, these treasures fell like rain as the Luo River in the sky and the Luo River on the ground merged.

There was another person who entered here early and was not noticed or restricted by various forces. He was Garuda Yuanqian of the Fahua Temple.

With the blessing of Zhou Tieyi's great fortune, when a third-grade master saw seven second-grade secret treasures and hundreds of third-grade secret treasures falling like rain, one can imagine the greed in his heart. This greed naturally blinded his spiritual reminders.

Yuan Qian transformed into streaks of golden light and shuttled back and forth, collecting second-grade secret treasures one by one. He originally planned to grab one for himself, and then grab a few third-grade secret treasures and leave quickly to avoid being surrounded by the second-grade and first-grade treasures that would come in from behind.

However, with the blessing of good fortune, he suddenly found that it was much easier than he had imagined to collect these ownerless second-grade secret treasures. He collected four second-grade secret treasures in succession, and only reacted when the two histories were about to completely overlap.

"not good!"

While suppressing the four secret treasures he had just obtained, Yuan Qian quickly moved closer to Zhao Fuer. The golden light he turned into was as fast as thunder, and it only took a dozen breaths for him to reach Zhao Fuer.

But the moon in the sky tonight is so bright.

The moon on Mount Yujing belongs to the Queen of Heaven, but outside Mount Yujing, the moon of the entire Daxia belongs to Zhou Tieyi.

The light of the bright moon fell on Yuan Qian, and a big hand stretched out from the light. The surrounding moonlight was like a river, slowing down the flow of time within the palm of the hand.

So in Yuan Qian's view, his proud innate magical power of being able to travel nine miles in one breath, but to outsiders, Yuan Qian was just swimming slowly in a palm made of moonlight. As the palm covered him, Yuan Qian's body became smaller and smaller, and he naturally swam slower and slower.

Zhao Fuer also noticed Yuan Qian, but without the blessing of history, he was only a third-rank master now. How could he snatch food from Zhou Tieyi's clutches? He could only look at the moonlight in the sky and said, "The second-rank secret treasure that Yuan Qian obtained is given to you. If you let Yuan Qian go, it can be regarded as a conclusion of this cause and effect."

Zhou Tieyi had completely captured Yuan Qian in his palm, and then he looked at Zhao Fuer with a smile, "These second-grade secret treasures were obtained in exchange for the good fortune I bestowed on him. As for why I captured him, it was naturally because he captured my disciple for no reason. If you from Fahua Temple want him, come to Taiyi Temple to find me."

It is not so easy to get Zhou Tieyi to release Yuan Qian. Of course, the [Eight Buddhas], one of the Three Treasures of Fahua Temple, must be sold for a good price.

"Humph."

Zhao Fuer snorted coldly. Of course he had to take back the Garuda Yuan Qian, but he could only wait until the Taoist sects in the world gathered at Taiyi Temple and broke Zhou Tieyi's thirty-three days. By that time, the battle would surely be more brutal than the Luo River battle that had been going on for more than three hundred years!
Zhou Tieyi ignored Zhao Fuer. Sun Chenglong still had another cause and effect to resolve, and he didn't want his apprentice to end up like Yuan Qian, so following the guidance of cause and effect, he took the three of them to the bank of Luoshui River.

After the integration of history, the entire Luo River became "rich", the river surface was sparkling, and the stars in the sky were as bright as the moon. Hundreds of third-grade secret treasures and the remaining three second-grade secret treasures fell randomly all over the Luo River, attracting people from all over the world to come and explore the secrets.

Zhou Tieyi arrived at the ferry crossing by the river, where Zhuge Dan had already arranged some simple chairs. Besides a pot of wine, there were a few steamed freshly caught knife fish on the table.

Moreover, Zhuge Dan not only prepared a chair for Zhou Tieyi, but also prepared chairs for Zhou Tieyi's three apprentices.

The moonlight Buddha statue condensed by Zhou Tieyi walked up to Zhuge Dan and said with a smile, "It's really unkind of Shenwu Hou to eat this fish three times."

In his eyes, Zhuge Dan's aura was still rapidly declining. He had already fallen to the third level and was even showing a tendency to return to that of an ordinary person.

Zhuge Dan knew what Zhou Tieyi meant. This meant that he would not only use his apprentice to deal with Jiang Taiyi, but also resurrect the Qi soldiers, and even want Zhou Tieyi to help him take back the current Luoshui Dragon Court.

However, Zhuge Dan was as thick-skinned as Zhou Tieyi, and said with a smile, "Lord Zhou is so good at eating fish, let's make three dishes out of this fish, and share it with you and me."

Zhou Tieyi looked at the Luo River in front of him, then looked at the steamed fish in front of him, nodded slightly, and then sat down. Mei Juncang and his three disciples also hurriedly sat down.

After they sat down, Zhuge Dan, as the host, poured wine for the four people, then took out the freshly steamed knife fish and placed one on a plate for each person.

Zhou Tieyi held up the wine glass and asked, "Is the Divine Martial Marquis insulting the Dao now?"

This is why Zhuge Dan had to rely on Zhou Tieyi to take back the Luoshui Dragon Court.

Zhuge Dan did not hide anything. Zhou Tieyi would definitely be able to guess most of the matter based on his condition. The remaining one or two details were just his way of walking the holy path. It would not hurt to tell Zhou Tieyi, the former god and saint. Maybe he could even gain some new insights from Zhou Tieyi. One can learn from others' experience.

"Yes, everyone in the world says that I am very wise, but more than three hundred years ago, I still could not help Qi accomplish its great cause because I lacked strength. Three hundred years later, the world will change more than three hundred years ago, so I have to fight for this holy way."

Zhou Tieyi looked at Zhuge Dan and said thoughtfully, "You used the historical loop to integrate the historical mirror image and temporarily reached the peak of the first rank, and then began to damage the Tao?"

Zhuge Dan smiled and said, "Yes, in the historical loop that was just sealed, I am the peerless first-class of the Yin-Yang School. Most people who damage the Taoism pass on their own Taoism to people and things. In your era, there was already a complete method."

Zhou Tieyi said in a serious tone, "The method of divine fetus, the Five Emperors."

Zhuge Dan picked up the wine glass and drank it all. "Yes, the method of divine fetus. In the ancient times, in order to pursue the holy way, the gods, except you, Phoenix Ancestor, Azure Dragon, Earth Mother, Netherworld, and Blood Sea all used humans as divine fetuses, which later became the Five Emperors."

Zhou Tieyi nodded slightly. The Phoenix Ancestor corresponds to the Red Emperor, the Azure Dragon corresponds to the Black Emperor, the Earth Mother corresponds to the Yellow Emperor, the Netherworld corresponds to the Green Emperor, and the Sea of ​​Blood corresponds to the White Emperor.

"As for Yuanshi, Taixu and Jiuxiao, they should have condensed their damaged Dao onto objects. The details of how they did it have not been passed down to this day."

Zhuge Dan looked at Zhou Tieyi, wanting to get an answer from him.

Zhou Tieyi smiled mysteriously, even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. Sun Chenglong seemed to have thought of something, he looked at Zhuge Dan with wide eyes, "So, the Divine Martial Marquis, you are so mean..."

Zhuge Dan regretfully withdrew his gaze from Zhou Tieyi, then smiled confidently and said, "Yes, since it is damaging, then I might as well do it simply. With the help of Guixu and this looping history, I can completely turn it into nothingness, and naturally there will be no loopholes left in the future."

In Zhuge Dan's opinion, since the Five Emperors betrayed the Nine Ancient Gods and became the direct cause of their failure, it means that the saints themselves have no weaknesses, but as long as you seize the things that damage their Tao, you can defeat the saints.

But Zhou Tieyi shook his head, "I have a different opinion from you on this point."

Zhuge Dan asked seriously, "I'd like to hear the details."

Zhou Tieyi stretched out his hand and touched the knife fish in front of him directly, but his Buddha body was originally condensed from moonlight, so he could only cover the knife fish like a soft light.

Zhuge Dan frowned, he understood what Zhou Tieyi wanted to express.

Zhou Tieyi continued, "God, the saints are above all living beings. If they are in a perfect state, they are actually no longer in the world we understand, but in another, more vast universe. So they need an anchor that can restore them from a perfect state to a normal state and return to our world."

“Is this anchor the object that carries the Tao?”

"Yes." Zhou Tieyi said seriously, "The inheritance of the Tao is the 'weakness' of the saints and also their 'foundation' in this world. This is in line with the nature of saints. Strength and weakness exist at the same time, and they are always in contradiction. If one loses one of them, he will be out of touch with the world, or be lost."

"Lost?"

"Lost in a higher-level world, the Buddhist scriptures say that the world is as numerous as the grains of sand. Saints live in the world with the Tao as their anchor. If saints exist in a perfect state, then they are higher than the world we understand now. As far as they can see is the world of the grains of sand. In that dimension, saints are like ordinary people on the beach. How can they find the 'grain of sand' that originally belonged to them? The only way is to mark this grain of sand in advance."

"I understand."

Zhuge Dan showed a look of sudden enlightenment, "The saints are already in a contradiction, so it is wrong to describe the saints as 'killing' in our understanding. Therefore, there are two ways to defeat saints. One is to completely destroy their inheritance when they are in their complete and strongest state, so that they are lost in the wider world, or to pull them down from the sainthood and become 'ordinary people' again."

Zhuge Dan looked at Zhou Tieyi seriously. Zhou Tieyi's current state should be that of being pulled down from the sainthood. Although the method of becoming a saint that he deduced was problematic, it was worth the trial and error to know this knowledge from Zhou Tieyi today. Anyway, he might not be able to reach the final step.

Zhou Tieyi smiled slightly, picked up the chopsticks, carefully separated the bones of the knife fish, picked up a piece of fat fish meat and put it into his mouth to taste. Although it was just an incarnation, with the help of the moonlight, he could still taste the delicious information in it. This was a feeling that came from the human group's understanding of knife fish.

Zhou Tieyi told Zhuge Dan such an important piece of information. In return, Zhuge Dan thought for a moment and said, "Jiang Taiyi should be resurrected soon. Be careful of that cruel official."

This news was undoubtedly shocking. Sun Chenglong said in disbelief, "This couldn't kill him?"

Zhuge Dan smiled and said, "I did kill him, but the sub-saint also has the word saint after all. At that time, the situation in the historical loop was very complicated. In order to achieve my goal, I had to cooperate with the Phantom Priest. Since I can cooperate with the Phantom Priest, why can't Jiang Taiyi do the same?"

Zhuge Dan mentioned this detail, and Sun Chenglong and the other two lowered their heads to think. Indeed, the timing of the Phantom Priest's attack was too accurate. If the teacher had not already ambushed Deng Xuehu, then everything Sun Chenglong had done would have become a wedding dress for the Phantom Priest.

But even so, the Phantom Priest managed to escape successfully by relying on his accurate grasp of timing. Such exquisite grasp of timing must be the result of the Phantom Priest communicating with Jiang Taiyi through some method. Jiang Taiyi got the help of the Phantom Priest, but did not show anything too crucial in that battle, at least not something they could see.

Zhou Tieyi didn't care about it at all. He chuckled and said, "Even if he is resurrected, the price will definitely not be small. He will definitely not be able to regain the position of sub-saint in a short time. I will soon ascend to the saintly path and compete with Daxia and many other forces in the divine path. There is no need for him to take action against me at this time. On the contrary, I think he will be more inclined to me. He and I don't have any deep hatred."

Zhuge Dan thought about it and nodded, "That makes sense."

Sun Chenglong quickly pointed at himself and said, "Teacher, you don't have a deep hatred with him, but what about me?"

He showed a bitter face. He wondered if he had a deep hatred with Jiang Taiyi. After all, he had already made a vow. Once Jiang Taiyi's Taoism revived and brought chaos to the world, he would be obliged to stop it.

Zhou Tieyi laughed loudly, "Boy, I told you very clearly when I told you about the method of borrowing but not returning. I haven't even walked this path very far. Since you have chosen this path, then walk it yourself. As the saying goes, a master can only lead you to the door, but the practice depends on yourself."

Zhou Tieyi turned to look at Zhuge Dan again, and said, "But you can't take advantage of me as your disciple for nothing."

Zhuge Dan showed a somewhat helpless smile. In order to resurrect the Qi soldiers, he would still need the help of Sun Chenglong, which would consume Sun Chenglong's essence, so he needed to make up for it separately.

He took out a bamboo basket placed aside and handed it to Zhou Tieyi. There were two real dragons in it, one big and one small.

"The return of the historical tributaries of the Luo River War has greatly increased the rules and ancestral qi of the Luo River. Now it is the undisputed number one river in the world. If we seize the Dragon Court, it will be easy to build the Divine Court with it as the foundation. If you are interested, I would like to invite you to the position of General of Qi. In the future, I will be on an equal footing with you in the Divine Court. You can also command the revived Qi soldiers."

Sun Chenglong looked at his teacher eagerly. Zhou Tieyi picked up the bamboo basket and said, "There's no need to be equal. Just listen to orders and not announcements."

This is the best condition Zhou Tieyi can strive for for Sun Chenglong. The foundation for the resurrection of the Qi soldiers lies in Sun Chenglong. Zhuge Dan will definitely not give up. Zhou Tieyi already has many enemies, and he does not want to be an enemy of Shenwu Hou anymore. On the contrary, cooperation between the two sides will bring more benefits than disadvantages.

Since these are all facts, it is natural for Sun Chenglong to obtain the fortune and faith of the Qi State Divine Court, and it is normal to pay a certain price. Listening to orders and not to declarations is the best result.

After hearing this, Zhuge Dan showed a little regret. Compared to following orders and not hearing announcements, he would rather be "on an equal footing", but he certainly couldn't fool Sun Chenglong with Zhou Tieyi, so he could only nod and say, "It's a deal."

(End of this chapter)