Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 302: Good and evil cannot coexist, ghosts and gods take action
"I can't control the affairs of the vassal states. But good and evil cannot coexist. If someone does evil, everyone in the world can intervene as long as they see it."

Ao Bing's expression became more serious, and his tone revealed unquestionable firmness.

The vassal states have self-government, which is a rule passed down from ancient times. Even the emperor cannot break it, otherwise he will be opposed by the united forces of all the vassal states.

But at the same time, good and evil cannot coexist. This is the foundation of the immortal way, and it is also a principle that runs through the ancient world and cannot be violated by any force.

Anyone who dares to disobey must be prepared to become the enemy of the whole world and will be strangled with all his might by the righteous people headed by the Heavenly Court.

No matter how big the rules of the vassal states' autonomy are, they are no bigger than the distinction between good and evil. Therefore, the autonomy of the vassal states does not mean that the vassal states can do whatever they want, there is still a bottom line.

The bottom line is the difference between good and evil. If the princes go astray, then everyone in the righteous world will be able to punish them.

"you……"

The stubborn princes were furious and wanted to scold Ao Bing, "Who are you to dare to represent the righteousness of the world?"

But the moment the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized that with Ao Bing's identity, he could indeed represent the righteousness of the world.

After all, he is not only a disciple of a saint, but also holds the power of punishment by heaven and earth, and is fully qualified to represent righteousness.

Besides, when dealing with evil, identity is never important. As long as there is evidence, even if someone has evil thoughts, one can stand up and righteously accuse the evildoer.

"It's easy for Lord Long to ask us to change the sacrifices with just one sentence. But after that, who will bear the wrath of the gods and ancestors?"

"Could it be possible that Da Shang could bear the wrath of the gods for us?"

Seeing that Ao Bing was using the righteous path to suppress others, some princes spoke in a sarcastic tone, accusing Ao Bing of ignoring the lives of the people of the princely states in order to achieve his own merits.

It is easy to change the sacrifice, but they will still have to bear the wrath of the gods and ancestors afterwards.

Even if the Shang Dynasty was willing to bear the wrath for them, it was too far away to reach them. By the time the Shang Dynasty's reinforcements arrived, the wrath of the gods and ancestors would have been almost vented.

By then, even if the Shang Dynasty killed the gods and ancestors who vented their anger, what would that do other than giving temporary comfort to the living?
The damage has been done, and unless time can go back, it cannot be repaired.

"So you underestimated my Xuanmen. Didn't you see that there are other people who came to this hall today besides you?"

Hearing this, Ao Bing could not help but laugh out loud, then motioned for them to look at the disciples of the Chan Sect and the Western Sect standing beside them.

"not good!"

"Human Dragon, you evil creature!"

Before the princes could react, the disciples of the two sects could not help but exclaim in surprise when they saw Ao Bing looking at them.

The disciples of the two sects were so smart that they immediately understood Ao Bing's intention. He was planning to use them as guns to deal with those evil gods who had fallen into the evil way.

Since ancient times, good and evil cannot coexist, and eliminating demons and defending the way are their principles as disciples of Xuanmen.

Therefore, it would be fine if we didn't see the evil demons wreaking havoc on the world, but since we have seen it, as a disciple of Xuanmen, we cannot just stand by and watch.

Especially for the saints’ disciples, who represent the face of Xuanmen in the outside world, they must not retreat when encountering such things. Even if they know they will die, they must defend the righteous path with their lives.

It was because the disciples of the two sects saw through this that they cursed Ao Bing in their hearts and called him an evil creature.

This is a blatant conspiracy. Even if they see through it, it is useless because their position does not allow them to refuse.

Ao Bing was so vicious that he actually used the principle that good and evil cannot coexist to force them to take the initiative to kill those ghosts and gods who were unwilling to give up the living sacrifice.

At this time, the disciples of the two sects finally realized why Ao Bing asked Emperor Xin to summon them to Chaoge.

It was obvious that they were being used to screen out the evil spies who had infiltrated Chaoge, but the real purpose was to use them to remove the obstacles to reform.

More importantly, they were clearly used by Ao Bing, but they still had to thank Ao Bing afterwards, because they were indeed practicing the right way by taking action against those ghosts and gods who were unwilling to abolish living sacrifices.

In the process, although you may offend people and there are risks, the benefits after success are also obvious.

Not only can you get the blessing of human luck, but you can also gain great fame and gain a wave of faith. No matter how you calculate it, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

In this way, although it was clearly Ao Bing who was plotting against them, it actually seemed like Ao Bing was doing them benefits, and they had no choice but to accept Ao Bing's favor.

This is really the case. The more I think about it, the more I feel aggrieved.

This makes people even more angry, especially when they think that they have to do all the dirty work, but the one who gets the biggest benefit is Ao Bing, while they can only get some soup and water.

The disciples of the two sects were furious and wanted to jump out and loudly accuse Ao Bing, but unfortunately, the occasion was not right.

All the princes of the Shang Dynasty are present. If they jump out to accuse Ao Bing at this time, it will give everyone the impression that there is discord within the Xuanmen.

It would be a big deal if this made people think that the Xuanmen might not be as serious about eliminating demons and defending the way as the rumors said.

As disciples of a saint, they must never do anything that would seriously affect the reputation of the Xuanmen sect.

Therefore, no matter how angry they were in their hearts, they had to endure it and not get angry in public and jump out to challenge Ao Bing.

"Lord Long means that if the gods are unwilling to give up the practice of living sacrifice, or even get angry about it, then the saintly disciples in the temple will take action against them?" one of the princes asked thoughtfully.

Hearing this, Ao Bing smiled without saying anything, just looked at Randang Amitabha and others.

"That's natural!"

"Sacrificing living people is an evil practice. We will never tolerate it!"

Randeng's eyelids twitched, and he spoke righteously. Regardless of whether he was willing to intervene in this matter, he could not go against the grain in the face of major issues.

"This……"

"So does my Western religion!"

Shi Zizai hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said. It was obvious that he had made a great decision when he gave this answer.

The Western Religion is different from the Orthodox Religion. The reason why the disciples of the Orthodox Religion are reluctant is mainly because they do not want to be used by Ao Bing. They have no objection to the abolition of living sacrifices.

But it is different with Western religions. They really do not want to oppose human sacrifice, because human sacrifice is the mainstream of spiritual practice in the West today.

The West is barren and lacks spiritual energy, making spiritual practice extremely difficult. In addition, the blockade from the East prevents people from migrating eastwards collectively.

This environment is simply the best soil for the breeding of evil methods. Naturally, in order to achieve quick success, Western monks created countless evil methods.

Among them, living sacrifices are relatively safe, while most people choose to eat them raw.

This is why the West, as the base camp of the Western religion, is the place where the devil is most rampant. It is too suitable for the devil to survive, and it is impossible to eliminate it. Instead, the more it is eliminated, the more it will appear. In the East, where the cultivation civilization is highly prosperous, the way of living sacrifice has been identified by Ao Bing as an evil way. But in the West, where the cultivation civilization is not so developed, it is still a kind of righteous way.

Even many guardians of Western religions, when it comes to living sacrifices, are even more ruthless than the four gods and ghosts worshipped by the princes.

Ao Bing felt that the four direction ghosts and gods were going too far in performing living sacrifices, but in the eyes of the Western disciples, the four direction ghosts and gods did not overly exploit the believers, but only demanded an insignificant number of people as sacrifices, and their behavior was already very good.

In the West, it would definitely be praised by everyone.

Therefore, Western religious disciples do not think that living sacrifice is a big deal at all, and they even support it.

But what can be done? Looking at the current situation in the Shang Dynasty, the abolition of living sacrifices has already been decided. Unless the Western disciples are crazy, how could they openly sing against it?

They are here to preach, not to cause trouble.

If they oppose Ao Bing's abolition of living sacrifices today, they can go home tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, the Shang Dynasty will label the Western religion as evil, and the day after tomorrow they will probably launch an army to attack it.

"Although the living sacrifice was wrong, the ghosts and gods have done us a great service after all. How can we attack them?"

Some vassal states said with a lack of confidence. Not all vassal states are powerful, and the reason why some vassal states have been able to survive to this day is entirely due to the support of the gods behind them.

Therefore, for them, just offering a part of slaves who were of no use to them could exchange for the protection of the gods, blessing them with good weather and protection from foreign enemies, which was undoubtedly a very worthwhile thing.

Under such circumstances, how could they agree to abolish the practice of human sacrifice? Without the gods, it would not be long before their country would perish as well.

Is Ao Bing abolishing the living sacrifice? No, he is preparing to destroy them without bloodshed.

"In an era of great contention, nations frequently fight each other, the strong will become stronger, and the weak will perish. It is not the right way for a weak nation to rely on gods to survive. It is the right way to join a great nation as soon as possible, and to sacrifice the country and protect the ancestral temple."

Ao Bing's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was cold. This was not because he was ruthless, but because the general trend of the human race was like this. These weak countries could not keep up with the development of the human race, and it was inevitable that they would be eliminated.

Times have long since changed. The human race today is no longer the weak race that needed to sacrifice some of its members in order to survive, but a strong race strong enough to dominate the world.

Now that the human race has become so strong, the old practice of sacrificing small members of the tribe to preserve the majority should naturally be abolished.

At this time, those forces that still cling to bad habits and refuse to make changes can only be crushed into dust by the rolling trend and become the dust of the times.

"Dragon Lord, you..."

When the princes heard this, their faces changed drastically. They no longer cared about the difference in status and stood up suddenly, wanting to scold Ao Bing.

But at this moment, the celestial phenomena outside suddenly changed, and extremely powerful auras full of disasters suddenly filled the space between heaven and earth.

"what?"

Everyone in the hall felt something and looked outside. They saw endless clouds gathering in the sky, revealing terrifying phantoms of gods and demons. Some had human bodies with chicken heads, some had bird bodies with human heads...

"Zishou, you did not keep your word and violated the covenant that we gods and Cheng Tang signed."

"So, we are ready to give Da Shang a retribution. From now on, Da Shang will be plagued by natural disasters and wars for hundreds of millions of miles."

"When you come to your senses, chase the human dragon from the Shang Dynasty, resume living sacrifices, and continue to abide by the covenant, the retribution will end."

As everyone was shocked, the grand voices of ghosts and gods from all directions resounded between heaven and earth.

"presumptuous!"

"You are looking for death!"

However, before the four ghosts and gods could finish their words, Emperor Xin's furious voice was heard from the palace.

The next moment, the overwhelming Purple Emperor Qi surged out, supreme and noble, extremely domineering, and filled with great power to destroy everything.

boom!
Before the blink of an eye, the shadows of the gods hovering in the sky were all shattered and turned into nothingness by the Purple Emperor's Qi.

Zishou was Emperor Xin's name. Since he ascended the throne, no one called him by this name anymore. Instead, they called him the Great King.

No matter how noble or powerful you are, even if you are a disciple of a saint, the emperor of heaven, or a quasi-saint, you have to use a respectful title when you see him and call him the Human King.

What status did the four gods have that they dared to address him by name? After all, they were also subjects of the Shang Dynasty. As subjects, addressing the emperor by name was disrespectful.

From this we can also see the attitude of the four directions of ghosts and gods towards the Shang Dynasty. They never regarded it as an equal existence. They looked down on the Shang Dynasty with a condescending gaze, thinking that the Shang Dynasty was inferior to them and they should respect and listen to them.

This is what Emperor Xin could not tolerate the most. They were just a bunch of parasites sucking blood from the Shang Dynasty. How could they be worthy of looking down on the Shang Dynasty?
"This is the ghost you worship!"

"You have seen how rampant they are. They don't care about the Great Merchants at all."

After shattering the projections of the gods, Emperor Xin roared angrily at the princes in the hall.

At this time, no one dared to speak for the gods and ghosts. Even the princes who depended on the gods and ghosts for their survival did not dare to speak, fearing that they would offend Emperor Xin and be killed as a sacrifice.

There are no one who pleads for the ghosts and gods of the four directions, but there are people who are prepared to take the opportunity to destroy the ghosts and gods of the four directions.

"Your Majesty, the demons and gods in all directions are behaving badly. I dare to ask Your Majesty to abolish the worship of demons and gods and to raise an army to attack them."

King Xibo looked around and saw that no one spoke, so he took the initiative to step forward and ask for the order.

He really wanted to destroy all the ghosts and gods in the four directions. Of course, it is undeniable that he did have selfish motives.

The Zhou State had been planning to replace the Shang Dynasty for a long time. At least since the grandfather of Xibohou, the Zhou State had been planning this.

For this reason, Xibohou's grandfather and father died at the hands of the Shang Dynasty. The death of his grandfather and father also made Xibohou realize that the Shang Dynasty was too powerful for the Zhou Dynasty to contend with.

If you want to destroy the Shang Dynasty, you must first weaken its strength. Previously, Xibo Hou had no idea about this, but now, he sees hope.

The Four Ghosts and Gods are one of the pillars of the Great Shang. If they fall out, the strength of the Great Shang will be damaged. If they become hostile to each other and attack each other, then no matter whether the Great Shang wins or loses in the end, its strength will be greatly reduced.

This was the opportunity for the Zhou State. It was with this in mind that the Duke of Xibo stood up and begged Emperor Xin to send troops to attack the four directions of the demons and gods.

While Xibo Hou was speaking, the changes in the celestial phenomena outside became more and more obvious.

It was clearly spring, but the sun above our heads was growing bigger and bigger. Waves of heat were rising between heaven and earth, the land was drying up and cracking, and the river water was dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The words of the gods came true, natural disasters came, and the first to come was drought.

　This is from yesterday, and there are more to come.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)