Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 242 Threat
The Jade Emperor's words were all excuses, how could Ao Bing not hear that? So he didn't hold back and refuted them one by one with reason and evidence.

"Your Majesty Dragon is wrong. In the ancient times, the size of the Tianhe River was billions of times larger than it is today, and the Demon Court was still able to digest it on its own."

“Now, although the Heavenly Court is not as good as the Demon Court, the Sky River is not as good as it was in the past. If all the immortals and gods and heavenly soldiers and generals in the Heavenly Court use it freely, no matter how much spiritual energy the Sky River contains, it can be exhausted.”

Seeing that excuses were useless, the Jade Emperor played rogue and insisted that although there was abundant spiritual energy in the Milky Way, there were also many immortals and gods in Heaven. Even if the supply was opened up, it could only meet the needs of Heaven, and there would be no excess spiritual energy to supply the human world.

This is obviously not true. Nowadays, the human world has not been completely deserted, and most immortals still prefer to stay in the human world rather than go to heaven.

Therefore, the resources in the heaven at this time are so abundant that they cannot be used up. Although the water of the Milky Way is precious, in the eyes of the people in heaven, it is no different from ordinary water.

Even if the supply is open, what does it matter? No one would even consider it! Unless there is no other choice, who would use the inferior water from the Milky Way when there is a better resource?
It is simply impossible to rely on the gods and heavenly soldiers in heaven to consume the water of the Milky Way on a large scale to relieve the pressure on the heavenly dike.

At least, the current Heavenly Court cannot do it. The Demon Court can do it because the demon tribe not only has many masters, but also a large number of tribesmen.

The soldiers of the heavenly court number in the tens of millions at most, but the soldiers of the demon race number in the hundreds of millions, and there are tens of billions at any time.

And this is only the number of demon soldiers, not the number of demons. It is no exaggeration to say that the number of demons at their peak was many times greater than that of humans today.

The human race has only been around for a few years, but the demon race has dominated for billions of years, or even longer, before the human race was born.

The demons are not mortals. They are basically innate creatures, born with endless lifespans.

In other words, the demon race does not suffer from the pains of birth, aging, sickness and death, and their numbers will only increase with the passage of time, not decrease.

Humans can reproduce, but they will grow old and die, but demons will not. Just think about it, after countless years of accumulation, the number of demons can be imagined, it must be extremely terrifying, far exceeding that of humans.

Even the human race is not as good as the demon race in terms of numbers, let alone the current heaven. Therefore, even if the huge resources carried by the ancient galaxy are consumed by the demon race.

But the current Heavenly Palace is in such a bad condition. It is many times weaker than the ancient Demonic Palace. It cannot even consume the resources carried by a recovering Milky Way, making it a burden instead.

It is indeed a burden. What Ao Bing said is not alarmist, but it is really possible.

As the starry sky recovers, the water in the Milky Way will only increase. If it cannot be consumed in time, the Milky Way will inevitably burst its banks and endanger the three realms.

It sounds very dangerous, but the Jade Emperor does have reason not to be anxious, because although this kind of thing may happen, it will not happen in the near future.

With the current strength of Heaven, it should be no problem to hold out for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years.

Therefore, the Jade Emperor was not joking about the safety of the Three Realms, but was confident that the Shang Dynasty would not last more than a hundred thousand years.

When the time comes, once the Shang Dynasty is destroyed, he will follow Ao Bing's plan and pour the water from the Tianhe River into Tongtian Lake. In this way, the pressure will be relieved.

Ao Bing could guess what the Jade Emperor was thinking. But his reason was hard to refute. Taking the Demon Court as an example, could Ao Bing say that the Heavenly Court was far less powerful than the Demon Court?
Obviously not!

Although this is a fact and the Jade Emperor himself is aware of it, Ao Bing is not a person with great supernatural powers. Wouldn't it embarrass the Jade Emperor in public if he pointed this out to him?

Before the Conferred God Ceremony, Ao Bing was the direct descendant of the three religions, so it didn't matter if he offended the Jade Emperor.

But during the Conferred God Ceremony, the Taoist Patriarch had just reprimanded the saint for the disrespect of the disciples of the Orthodox School to the Jade Emperor, and even launched a killing spree among the immortals and gods to teach the three religions a lesson.

In this case, if he offended the Jade Emperor again, he would be committing a crime against the wind, and it might anger the Taoist master. Ao Bing always acted cautiously, so he was naturally unwilling to take this risk.

Therefore, even if he wanted to refute the Jade Emperor, he could just say that the Heavenly Court was too weak. If he couldn't say that the Heavenly Court was too weak, then how could he refute the Jade Emperor?

After a moment of silence, Ao Bing recalled what the Jade Emperor had said before, and suddenly got an idea. He then said, "The Jade Emperor also said before that the drying up of Tongtian Lake was the retribution for the Shang Dynasty's monopoly of Tongtian Lake."

"According to the Jade Emperor, the decline of the demon race may be related to their monopoly of the starry sky."

"With these two examples, the Jade Emperor should not monopolize the Tianhe River. The Shang Dynasty became weak because of its monopoly on Tongtian Lake, and the demon tribe became weak because of its monopoly on the starry sky."

"Where is that court?"

"What will be the consequences if the Heavenly Court monopolizes the galaxy?"

"I am not exaggerating, but the Jade Emperor himself said so. We must be on guard against this."

Seeing that his reasons were not able to convince the Jade Emperor, Ao Bing simply used his own words to silence him.

"This……"

The Jade Emperor did not expect that what he had said before to fool Ao Bing would now become Ao Bing's biggest reason to convince him. He was speechless for a moment.

Finally, there was really no other way, so the Jade Emperor had to tell the truth: "Dragon Lord is a smart man, so I won't play dumb with you. I'm sure you have guessed what I mean."

"Yes, that's right. I plan to wait until the Great Shang Dynasty is destroyed before I release the restrictions on the Tianhe River and allow it to flow into Tongtian Lake."

"Anyway, the problem of Tongtian Lake has been going on for a long time. If we delay it for a while until the Great Shang Dynasty is destroyed, it won't have much impact."

The Jade Emperor stopped pretending and said frankly that he was just unhappy with the Shang Dynasty, so he was unwilling to take action at this time.

The reason why he was so frank was mainly to tell Ao Bing not to persuade him anymore. No matter what reasons he used, there was no room for negotiation on this matter and he would not agree no matter what.

At this point, the topic should have ended here, but after seeing that the Jade Emperor had stopped pretending, Ao Bing simply stopped pretending and said bluntly:
"In my opinion, it would be better for the Jade Emperor to take the initiative to agree to this matter. Otherwise, if the matter gets out of hand, it might hurt the Jade Emperor's reputation."

Ao Bing's words sounded very much like a threat, and anyone would be unhappy after hearing them, let alone the Jade Emperor.

"How dare you! If I don't agree, Da Shang dares to attack the Heavenly Court and attack me?"

Sure enough, the Jade Emperor's expression changed suddenly. He stood up angrily and shouted angrily.

He just didn't believe that Da Shang could be so bold as to go directly to the Heavenly Court and force him to agree to this matter.

Throughout history, the only force that dared to kill the Heavenly Court was the Wu Clan. That was because the Wu Clan was the descendant of Pangu. If it were any other force, who would dare?
In the prehistoric times, apart from the Wu Clan, which force did not fear the Heavenly Court? Even if they rebelled, their slogan was to overthrow the Emperor of Heaven, not the Heavenly Court.

"Da Shang may not have the courage to attack the Heavenly Palace, but Da Shang still has the courage to sneak into the Heavenly Palace and chisel open the Milky Way."

"Jade Emperor, don't underestimate the determination of the Shang Dynasty to save itself. In order to continue its destiny, the Shang Dynasty is not afraid even if it has to fight against Yuanshi Tianzun, let alone secretly digging open the Tianhe River?"

Ao Bing was not intimidated by the Jade Emperor. His tone remained calm and he spoke slowly as if he was stating the facts.

"He dares!" On the surface, the Jade Emperor did not change at all, and was even more angry.

But in fact, the anger in his heart quickly disappeared because of Ao Bing's words, and he regained his composure.

He knew better than anyone that Ao Bing was not exaggerating, and the Shang Dynasty really dared to do this. It was not an attack on the Jade Emperor, but just digging open the Tianhe River. Why didn't the Shang Dynasty dare to do it?

If you dig through the Milky Way, you might be able to survive. If you don't dig through the Milky Way, you will die sooner or later. The monks are all crazy in their bones, and their gambling nature is bigger than one another.

It would be fine under normal circumstances, but they wouldn't think so much at the critical moment of life and death. What would they not dare to do in order to survive?

"Da Shang would definitely dare!"

"Put yourself in his shoes. If the Jade Emperor were the ruler of the Shang Dynasty, would he dare to sneak into the Heavenly Palace and dig open the Milky Way?"

"Of course I dare!"

"And if the Great Shang really wanted to secretly dig open the Celestial River, with the current strength of the Heavenly Court, it would definitely be unstoppable."

"Since it is bound to happen, why would the Jade Emperor be the bad guy and stop it? He would only ruin his reputation for nothing."

"That's why I persuaded the Jade Emperor to agree to this. If you agree to it, then this matter will be your achievement. Not only will the common people be grateful to you, but even the Shang Dynasty will owe you a favor."

"But if you don't agree, then once Da Shang secretly digs open the Tianhe River and revives Tongtian Lake, the credit will belong to Da Shang."

"And you, the Jade Emperor, will be branded as selfish, disregarding the lives of the people of the world for your own likes and dislikes and your own selfish interests."

Ao Bing said this in a firm tone. His expression didn't seem like he was speaking for Da Shang. Rather, it seemed like he was hinting to the Jade Emperor that even if Da Shang didn't dare to destroy Tianhe, he would still take action.

To be honest, this was how Ao Bing felt to the Jade Emperor at the moment. He believed that the Shang Dynasty dared to sneak into the Heavenly Palace and dig open the Celestial River, but he did not believe that the Shang Dynasty had the ability to do it.

But if it is Jiejiao, that is not necessarily the case. Jiejiao must have the ability to conceal his perception and secretly chisel open the Tianhe River.

The Great Shang and the Jiejiao are one and the same. Considering Ao Bing's confident tone, it is hard for the Jade Emperor not to wonder, is Ao Bing really here on behalf of the Great Shang and not on behalf of the Jiejiao?

At this moment, the Jade Emperor suddenly realized that although Ao Bing seemed to be discussing with him, he actually did not leave him any room to refuse.

If he agrees, then naturally everyone is happy. He gets face, and the big merchants get benefits.

If he objects, that's fine. It doesn't matter who digs open the Milky Way, as long as the goal is achieved.

Although privately digging into the Milky Way is a serious crime, if one adds a premise that it is for the benefit of the people of the world, then doing so is not only not a fault, but a meritorious one.

First, there is a small punishment and a big warning, and then after the storm has passed, there is no telling how many benefits will come to you. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the prehistoric times. Mistakes at one time can bring benefits for a lifetime.

Since the person who dug out the Milky Way had no merits but no faults, then the person who tried to prevent the Milky Way from being dug out must have committed a fault.

It is conceivable that once the matter has fermented thoroughly, the Jade Emperor's already bad reputation will be even worse, and it can be said that he will almost lose all his prestige.

The Jade Emperor was right to think so, but doing so would undoubtedly offend him to death.

Therefore, after meeting the Jade Emperor, Ao Bing did not directly threaten him with this matter, but first appealed to his emotions and reason in an attempt to convince him.

When reasoning failed, he used his trump card to force the Jade Emperor to agree. This is called "first courtesy, then force".

"What a good method of Jiejiao!"

"In that case, I agree. This matter will be fully handed over to Long Zun."

The Jade Emperor was not a man who could not afford to lose. After realizing that he could not refuse, he did not become furious, nor did he question why Ao Bing did this. Instead, he chose to endure and gritted his teeth and agreed to the matter.

Although he felt humiliated by being forced to agree, Ao Bing was not wrong. Ultimately, this matter would do more good than harm to him.

He will not refuse the benefits just for the sake of so-called face or to prove himself.

After all, the Jade Emperor is no longer a pure seeker of truth. He is the Emperor of Heaven. After entering the world of fame and fortune in Heaven, his code of conduct has, without knowing when, become profit-first.

What does it matter if you endure temporary humiliation for the sake of profit?
However, the Jade Emperor's practice was never perfect, and he was unable to swallow his pride.

Therefore, after saying his agreement, he failed to maintain his smile and pretend nothing had happened as he continued to negotiate with Ao Bing. Instead, he turned away with a cold face.

Obviously, this matter was not over yet. Not only did the Jade Emperor hold a grudge against Ao Bing, he also blamed the matter on the Jie Religion.

This is also normal, because the relationship between Jiejiao and Dashan is too close.

Even if the person who came to negotiate with the Jade Emperor at this moment was not Ao Bing, but someone who had nothing to do with Jiejiao, the Jade Emperor would still hold this matter accountable to Jiejiao.

The reason is simple. In the eyes of the Jade Emperor, if there was no Jiejiao supporting him behind the scenes, how could the Shang Dynasty dare to threaten him?

Jiejiao was too powerful, so any excessive actions of the Shang Dynasty would be subconsciously blamed on Jiejiao, and it was believed that it was Jiejiao that gave the Shang Dynasty the confidence.

It sounds outrageous, but this is the fact. Even if Jiejiao came out to explain that it had nothing to do with them, no one would believe it.

"Alas, I worked so hard to establish a good relationship with the Jade Emperor before, but now everything is back to the way it was before. All my efforts have been wasted."

After the Jade Emperor left, Ao Bing said with some regret. Of course, he only said it with regret, but in his heart he actually didn't care.

In other words, he had already prepared for a falling out with the Jade Emperor before he came. If reason didn't work, a falling out was inevitable.

Even if this matter is beneficial to the Jade Emperor, there is still a difference between agreeing voluntarily and being forced to agree.

However, it doesn't matter. In the past, Ao Bing deliberately built a good relationship with the Jade Emperor, simply because his development path did not conflict with the Jade Emperor's, but he could use the Jade Emperor's power to achieve his own goals.

But things are different now. The emergence of the incense and gods system and the city god system has made Ao Bing gradually move towards the opposite side of the Jade Emperor.

　I'm not free today, so I can only make up for it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)