Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 123: Nezha, rest assured to rebuild your body, and repay the evil dragon for your master

While Ao Bing was practicing in seclusion deep in the starry sky, Yang Jian and his sister were bored staying in Heaven, so they returned to Longzhou.

Yang Jian returned to Longzhou to accumulate merit so as to rescue his mother as soon as possible.

Therefore, after returning to Longzhou, he did not go to Huaguo Mountain to practice, but patrolled the sea near Longzhou and hunted ferocious beasts everywhere.

Hunting ferocious beasts can not only gain merit and achievements, but also rely on the method of refining ferocious beasts passed down by Ao Bing to condense the stars and quickly improve your cultivation. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

For Yang Jian, this method of practice obviously suits his needs better and is much better than continuing to practice aimlessly in Huaguo Mountain.

As for Yang Chan, she followed the path of creation and paid more attention to understanding the world, so she didn't need to resort to such killing methods. So she stayed in Longzhou and practiced hard in the Holy Mother Temple.

The incident of Nezha happened when Ao Bing went to heaven. The officials of Renlong City could not find Ao Bing, so they reported the matter to Yang Jian and his sister after they returned.

But since it was related to the Chan Sect, Yang Jian and his sister could not make the decision, so they could only wait for Ao Bing to return before making any decision. So, as soon as Ao Bing came back, Yang Chan hurried over to tell him about it.

"What exactly happened?"

Ao Bing pondered for a while and asked.

"Not long after we left, a Taiyi Jinxian-level beast suddenly appeared near Chentang Pass for unknown reasons. It repeatedly invaded Chentang Pass and surrounding cities, causing great suffering to the people in the pass."

"Although experts were organized in Renlong City to hunt them down, they all ended in failure, and many people were killed."

"Several years later, when the beast was about to break through Chentang Pass, Nezha came from nowhere, riding on a wind-fire wheel and holding a fire spear. He fought with the beast outside the city for three days and nights, and finally they both died together."

"Afterwards, the people who were affected by the disaster, in order to thank Nezha for his kindness, specially built a temple for him, offering sacrifices every day, with incense burning all the time."

Yang Chan briefly recounted what had happened.

"Master Taiyi, you are such a despicable villain. To help your disciple escape, you came up with such a vicious plan. I will definitely go to the Human King and severely sue you."

After hearing this, Ao Bing was extremely angry.

With his scheming, how could he not see that this incident was a farce directed and acted by Taiyi Zhenren from beginning to end, and his purpose was to help his disciple Nezha escape.

What do you mean they died together? It was clearly a fake death to escape. And the Taiyi Golden Immortal-level beast was probably also sent by Taiyi Zhenren.

In order to help his disciple escape, he really did everything he could, even coming up with such a vicious method.

Nezha was previously canonized as a god by the Shang Dynasty. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be tied to the chariot of the Shang Dynasty and die in this life.

But this was obviously not in the interests of the Chan sect, so Taiyi Zhenren designed this drama to let Nezha fake his death and escape.

It can't be considered as faking death. After all, Li Nezha is really dead.

Even if he is resurrected afterwards, he will have a new face. From the soul to the body, everything has been replaced. It is guaranteed that he has nothing to do with Li Nezha.

There are still ways for saintly disciples to replace souls and bodies. But when a person dies, all karma disappears.

Not to mention, Li Nezha died to save the people of Chentangguan, perfectly fulfilling his duty as a god of the Shang Dynasty. This means that his karma with the Shang Dynasty has come to an end.

As for the mistakes he had made before, they were completely offset after he killed the Taiyi beast.

There is neither cause and effect nor karma. After Li Nezha's death, he only needs to change his face and appear in the world with a new identity. He will naturally bid farewell to the past and start again.

It is really hard for the people who were killed by the ferocious beasts. They were really innocent victims of the disaster. They were killed by the ferocious beasts for no reason and they didn't even have the chance to reincarnate.

The common people are all mortals. Once they are hit by the evil spirit of the ferocious beast, they will be dead beyond death. Their body and soul will be completely destroyed, and even their true spirit will be shattered. How can they have the chance of reincarnation?

"It is not the way for cultivators like us to take human life lightly. Taiyi really deserves to be killed!"

After calming down, Ao Bing couldn't help but sneer. In his mind, he had one more reason to kill Taiyi.

Relying on Nezha to take the blame for the disaster, Taiyi really acts without any scruples, just like an evil cultivator, even worse than the devil.

Although the demons will stir up disputes everywhere in order to practice, they also have a bottom line and will not directly slaughter living beings.

Only evil monks would not take human life seriously, act recklessly, and slaughter lives at will.

In order to help his disciples escape, Taiyi did not hesitate to invite ferocious beasts to slaughter innocent people. Such behavior has already entered the evil path and anyone should punish him.

"How should this matter be resolved? Now the people have built a temple for Nezha and are competing to offer sacrifices to him, causing the temple to be extremely popular and even the public opinion has been reversed. The previous mistakes have been covered up and no one mentions them again."

Seeing Ao Bing regain his composure, Yang Chan asked.

"I underestimated the disciples of the Chan Sect. I didn't expect them to have such a bottom line that my carefully planned situation was completely ruined."

Ao Bing had to admit that in terms of bottom line, he was far inferior to the disciples of the Chan sect.

The plan he had previously formulated to plot against Nezha was perfect. It not only took revenge on Nezha, but also showed him a favor, making it impossible for Nezha to take revenge, but forcing him to obey his orders.

But in the end, because he overestimated the bottom line of the Chan Sect, his plan completely collapsed. Not only did Nezha successfully escape, but he also reversed his reputation.

From being hated by everyone before, he has now become respected by everyone.

"Spread the news that the beast was raised by Nezha's master, Taiyi Zhenren, and that it attacked the people at his instruction." "The purpose is to distort the reputation of his disciple Nezha so that Nezha can fake his death and escape, and start over with another identity."

"So, Nezha is not dead, but alive and well. If someone appears in the world with the name of Lingzhuzi in the future, it must be Nezha without a doubt."

After thinking about it, Ao Bing cut off the source of Taiyi Zhenren's trouble. No matter whether he directed and acted in this incident himself or not, he would put the blame on him first.

As for Ao Bing's claim that he had no evidence to prove that Taiyi Zhenren did it, so what? Taiyi Zhenren also had no evidence to prove that he did not do it.

If he is not convinced, he can come to Longzhou to debate in person. If he doesn't dare, then he can just hold it in.

Besides, Ao Bing is not afraid that the people will not believe him. He has been operating in the vicinity for nearly a thousand years, and his prestige has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is not something that can be shaken by just one or two things done by Nezha.

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Following Ao Bing's order, in less than a month, Nezha's reputation changed again, from being revered by everyone to being hated by everyone.

The temple that the people had built for him was now destroyed by the angry people.

No matter how the people of Chentangguan treat Nezha, they should do so. They have the right to do so. After all, they have really been hurt by Nezha. For no reason, they have been implicated by Nezha several times.

First, Ao Bing was skinned and his tendons were pulled out by Nezha, which caused the people of Chentangguan to be unable to catch any fish in the East China Sea for several days. If Ao Bing had not shown mercy, a large number of people in Chentangguan would have starved to death.

Now, inexplicably, ferocious beasts attacked again, causing the deaths of many people.

Nezha is simply the scourge of the people of Chentangguan. Countless people have been harmed by him and their families have been broken up. Destroying his temple is nothing. Spitting in his face and chopping him with a knife are all what he deserves.

There was nothing wrong with the people destroying the temple, but unfortunately, Nezha's soul did not dissipate, but was hidden in a statue, which was smashed to pieces on the spot.

Nezha wanted to get angry, but seeing that there were too many people destroying the temple, he was afraid and did not dare to do anything. So he turned into a wisp of breeze and quickly rushed towards the Jinguan Cave on Qianyuan Mountain.

At this time, Taiyi Zhenren had already left Kunlun Mountain and returned to his own Taoist temple.

"How dare you, you evil dragon, ruin my plan!"

Inside the Golden Light Cave, Taiyi Zhenren, who received the report from Nezha, became furious and roared in rage.

He was really angry. Ao Bing's actions had ruined his plan.

You must know that the people of Chentangguan built a temple for Nezha not voluntarily, but as a result of his secret instigation.

Although he had the ability to reshape Nezha's body, how much cultivation could a body created in such a short period of time have? At best, it could only be a Golden Immortal.

But Nezha is different from others, because he is in too deep a calamity, he must possess powerful strength to be able to hold on to the end and eliminate all the calamities for him.

Otherwise, given Nezha's current situation, he would die as soon as he entered the calamity, and the effect of taking over the calamity for him would be almost zero, equivalent to nothing. He would have to endure the calamity himself honestly next.

But how could Taiyi Zhenren be sure of overcoming the tribulation? It was precisely because he was not sure of overcoming the tribulation that he used the method of replacing the tribulation. Otherwise, why would he do such a vicious thing.

To prevent this from happening, Taiyi Zhenren must find a way to increase Nezha's strength.

Because time was short, normal means would definitely not be enough, so he thought of using unconventional means.

In this era, without a prefix, "heterogeneous teachings" is often used as a synonym for Western Buddhism.

Taiyi Zhenren is well-versed in both Chinese and Western learning, and knows that there is a secret method in the West that can collect incense and vows to improve one's cultivation.

So he secretly encouraged the ignorant people to build a temple for Nezha so as to collect incense and prayers for him to improve his cultivation.

According to Taiyi Zhenren's plan, he only needed to collect three hundred years of incense and vows, and add the lotus incarnation he specially cultivated for Nezha. The combination of the two would be enough to push Nezha to the realm of Taiyi Jinxian.

With such strength, coupled with a set of magical weapons, it is not difficult to survive until the later stage of the catastrophe.

However, although Taiyi Zhenren had a good idea, Nezha's temple was destroyed before even thirty years, let alone three hundred years, and his plan was ruined.

"Fortunately, as the starry sky was repaired, the duration of the catastrophe was extended, giving me more time to plan. Otherwise, things would be really troublesome."

In addition to being angry, Taiyi Zhenren was also somewhat fortunate, because with the restoration of the starry sky, his limited time suddenly became more abundant.

This means that even if the plan is disrupted this time, he can slowly make up for it later and won't panic.

But even if he could make amends, Ao Bing had repeatedly ruined his plans, so he couldn't just let this matter go.

"Although it's only one-tenth of the incense, it's enough for now."

Taiyi Zhenren made a Taoist gesture and poured the collected incense into the lotus pond in the cave, allowing it to merge into the lotus roots at the bottom of the pond.

Then, he shouted to Nezha, "Nezha, quickly enter the lotus pond and merge into the lotus root to rebuild your body."

Nezha jumped into the lotus pond as instructed.

Seeing this, Taiyi Zhenren's expression eased a lot, and then he said: "Nezha, you stay here and rebuild your body. I will go and repay the evil dragon."

(End of this chapter)