Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 343: The Age of Profit
"Among them, the way to heavenly immortals has been deduced by me and your two uncles. The way to earthly immortals began with Taoist friend Zhenyuan."

"There are still three major branches that have not been developed: human immortals, divine immortals, and ghost immortals."

Hearing Ao Bing talking about the five major branches of the immortal path, Tongtian Sect Master briefly introduced them. Nowadays, many cultivators call the Three Pure Ones the ancestors of Taoism, and the reason is that they opened up the Heavenly Immortal Path.

The so-called Heavenly Immortal Way is to cultivate Qi, focusing on cultivating magical power. The Earthly Immortal Way is to follow the earth veins, focusing on evolving a blessed land.

The paths to human immortality, divine immortality, and ghost immortality have not yet been developed, so their uses are currently unclear.

It is obvious that Ao Bing's idea is to incorporate martial arts into the path of human immortals. In this way, he can occupy a part of the immortal path's luck and become one of the immortal path's ancestors.

"Man is the spirit of all things."

"The path to human immortality is the path for all spirits to become immortals, so this path has only one requirement, that is, the threshold is extremely low, and everyone can practice it."

"Martial arts just meet this requirement. In the early stage, it focuses on physical training, and the threshold is very low. As long as you have a physical body, anyone can practice it. It's not like the Celestial Immortal Way, where only those with a superior foundation can practice it."

Ao Bing expressed his understanding of the way to human immortality. As for whether it was right or wrong, the way to human immortality had not yet been born at that time, so how to define it was up to whoever proposed it first to decide.

The Taoist ancestor only said that there should be a way for human immortals in the world, but he did not say what the way for human immortals is. Since the Taoist ancestor did not say it, it is up to everyone's understanding.

Anyway, Ao Bing's understanding of the way to become an immortal is exactly what he said. If others disagree, then the difference will be revealed in their magical powers.

"That's right. Opportunities are always the ones that belong to whoever discovers them first. Since you were the first to propose the way to human immortality, then you have the final say on how to define it."

"But then again, finding an opportunity is one thing, but being able to hold on to it is another."

"There are many powerful people in the prehistoric world who aspire to become the ancestor of human immortals. They know that you have occupied this position in advance, so they will definitely regard you as an enemy and try every means to compete with you."

"So, you have to think carefully."

"If you don't have enough strength, and rashly occupy the position of the ancestor of human immortals, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing for you, and will attract a large group of enemies for you."

Master Tongtian did not refute Ao Bing's words, but only informed him of the risks involved.

The path to human immortality is a branch of the path to immortality. It is not a fixed system of practice with a clear founder.

In other words, the candidate for the ancestor of human immortals is not fixed, but can be replaced. This is true not only for the human immortal path, but also for other branches of the immortal path.

As long as a more suitable cultivation system emerges, the old cultivation system will be eliminated and its Taoist ancestor will be changed accordingly.

In other words, don't think that everything will be fine once you become the Dao Ancestor. That's not the case. If the new generation is powerful enough, they can completely replace the old generation and become the new Dao Ancestor.

This can be seen from the way people address the Three Pure Ones and Zhen Yuanzi.

The Three Pure Ones are called the ancestors of Taoism, and Zhen Yuanzi is called the ancestor of earthly immortals. Why do you think so?
Because the Three Pure Ones are so powerful, no matter how the world changes in the future, the Three Pure Ones will remain unchanged, and the way of the celestial immortals will never change hands, so they are called the Taoist Ancestors, the Taoist Ancestors of Celestial Immortals.

As for Zhen Yuanzi, although he is now the ancestor of earthly immortals, his strength has not reached the level of being invincible in the ancient times.

Therefore, his position was not stable and there was a risk of being replaced. Therefore, he was only the ancestor of earthly immortals, not the ancestor of earthly immortals with a higher status.

Even someone as strong as Zhen Yuanzi was at risk of being replaced, let alone Ao Bing. His strength was far inferior to Zhen Yuanzi, and if he became the ancestor of human immortals, the probability of being abolished was too high.

"Master is right. Then I will teach first, only the way of martial arts, not the way of human immortals. When I am strong enough, I will try to compete for the position of the ancestor of the human immortal way."

After Master Tongtian finished speaking, Ao Bing also felt that he was a little arrogant. With his very low strength, he dared to compete for the position of one of the Five Ancestors of the Immortal Path, which was coveted by even those with great supernatural powers.

It's better to wait for a while. At least wait until he cultivates to become a quasi-saint, then it won't be too late to reveal his corresponding ambitions.

"That's right!"

“Nowadays, although your strength is not bad, even if you encounter a quasi-saint, you can still hold out for a few rounds, but in the eyes of a great master, you are still no different from an ant and can be destroyed in a snap of a finger.”

"Of course, you have great merits, so they may not dare to kill you, but if they trap you for millions of years in the name of giving you an opportunity, what can you do?"

"So, it is more important to do well in the present. As for the rest, it will not be too late to consider it after you have achieved success in your cultivation."

Master Tongtian laughed and said that someone like him had many ways to deal with a young man like Ao Bing, and it was not necessary to kill him.

For example, if we give him a chance, and let him realize the truth for millions of years, then when he comes out, it will be too late. Moreover, even if he is tricked, he cannot retaliate, and he should thank the person who tricked him.

After all, they were not trying to harm him, and the opportunity they gave him was real.

Just like now, Patriarch Tongtian withdrew the Great Zhoutian Star Fighting Array, forcing Ao Bing to retreat here for hundreds of thousands of years. After he comes out, can he blame Patriarch Tongtian?
Not only that, he also has to thank Master Tongtian for helping him refine the innate treasure.

Cultivation is not just about fighting and killing, it also involves the ways of the world. In this regard, those who have great powers to avoid cause and effect are very proficient, but for most people it is not worth their while.

However, if they meet someone worthy, they will definitely do their best to leave people speechless.

Sometimes, the success of one thing is to ruin another. Giving benefits to others in advance is to avoid greater losses.

Those with great supernatural powers live forever, regardless of the length of a moment, and can see many things very clearly.

"You go ahead!"

"The evil god's rebellion has lasted for so long, it's time to end it. Also, if you see disciples of Jiejiao causing trouble, you don't need to hold back."

"Master has long said that during the catastrophe, all disciples of Jiejiao who practice in seclusion can survive, and those who go out and cause trouble will be killed and listed."

"They didn't listen to my instructions and insisted on going out to cause trouble during the catastrophe. They deserve to be on the list."

"You taking action against them now can be regarded as clearing the door for me."

Knowing that Ao Bing still had things to do, and seeing that everything was done, Tongtian Sect took the initiative to leave and gave him instructions.

Now, under Ao Bing's intervention, the development of Jiejiao has long deviated from the established track, so Master Tongtian did not retreat into seclusion in the mountains and completely ignore worldly affairs as he did before.

Instead, he often paid attention to the Jiejiao disciples to see what they were doing. Then, he saw all the shameful things that the Jiejiao disciples did.

If it were any other time, Tong Tian would not care about these things. He has always taken a laissez-faire attitude towards Jiejiao disciples, and his main point is that life and death, disaster and happiness are all up to oneself.

If they kill people and do evil today, they deserve to be exorcised and defended in the future. It is all part of the cycle of nature and there is no need for him to intervene.

But it’s different now. Even though he had warned them in advance, some disciples of the Jiejiao still went their own way and didn’t take his reminders to heart at all. Could Master Tongtian tolerate this?

It's fine to do evil at ordinary times, the retribution will be on yourself at most, and it won't implicate Jiejiao. But if you do evil during the catastrophe, if you don't do it right, the entire Jiejiao will be implicated.

Therefore, Master Tongtian became angry and took the initiative to hand over the power of cleaning up the sect to Ao Bing, allowing him to do it without worrying about being targeted by his fellow disciples.

"Yes, Master!" Upon hearing Master Tongtian's words, Ao Bing was stunned for a moment. Then, after he understood what he meant, he quickly replied respectfully.

With Master Tongtian giving him the power, he no longer had to worry about anything, and he would have to face his fellow disciples with difficulty.

Although, he didn't take many of his fellow disciples seriously, but whether or not Master Tongtian allowed it was another matter.

Fighting with fellow disciples without the permission of Master Tongtian is called fratricide, which brings pain to relatives and joy to enemies.

But with the permission of Master Tongtian, fighting with fellow disciples became a matter of clearing the sect, which was a solemn matter of strict sect rules and upright traditions.

When outsiders heard this, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least on the surface, they had to give Ao Bing high praise.

After all, you can not follow the Xuanmen precepts, but you must respect them!

"Just let it go. During this catastrophe, there is no room for mercy."

After saying this, the figure of Master Tongtian slowly disappeared from the spot, and he had already left.

"Yes, Master."

After bowing in the direction where Master Tongtian left, Ao Bing left behind an incarnation and flew towards the starry sky above his head, preparing to leave.

Leaving an incarnation here is to comprehend the mystery contained in the transformation of the Fusang sacred tree. Although Ao Bing may not understand it now, it does not mean that he will not understand it in the future. It is always right to write it down.

The reason for heading to the starry sky above his head is that the starry sky here is connected to the starry sky above Longzhou. Leaving here, Ao Bing can go directly to Longzhou.

Of course, you can also reach the boundless starry sky.

……

He was still in Tanggu the previous moment, but the next moment, Ao Bing had already appeared in the Zhoutian World above Longzhou.

"go with!"

Standing on the top of the stars, Ao Bing suddenly shouted in a deep voice. In an instant, a tall chaos portal appeared, flew out from above his head, and fell into the Chaos Lake deep in the Zhoutian World.

This chaotic lake is where the Zhoutian world is connected to the chaos outside the sky. Every moment, a large amount of chaotic energy surges out of it.

The Chaos Gate formed by the acupoints all over Ao Bing's body is also a place connected to chaos and can draw strength from chaos.

The two have the same nature and begin to merge immediately the moment they touch.

In the blink of an eye, the Chaos Channel deep in the Zhoutian World was replaced by a tall Chaos Portal. At the same time, the Chaos Qi gushing out of this Chaos Portal was several times larger than before.

"The power of incense and vows should be integrated into it!"

It wasn't over yet. Ao Bing continued to display his magical powers. The incense and prayer power that was originally flowing towards the stars immediately changed direction and began to flow towards the Gate of Chaos, slowly growing in strength.

Using the Chaos Gate to replace the stars to carry the power of incense and vows would be more beneficial. After all, although the power of incense and vows was not bad, it was still inferior to the Chaos Qi.

Although both of them are used to strengthen the stars, the effect of the chaotic energy is undoubtedly better. In the past, there was no choice but to use incense and wish power to strengthen the stars. Now that there is a choice, Ao Bing will naturally make adjustments.

Moreover, there is another benefit to using incense and prayer power to strengthen the Chaos Gate.

That is……

"Congeal!"

Ao Bing stretched out his hand, grabbed a wisp of chaotic energy gushing out from the Gate of Chaos, and condensed it into a pill.

This pill is called Hunyuan Pill, also known as Chaos Pill, Yuanshi Pill... In short, the name is not important. What is important is that it is the currency with the highest value in the monetary system established by Ao Bing.

Since the Daluo Jinxian, transactions have begun to use Hunyuan Dan. Similarly, even saints can use Hunyuan Dan when practicing.

Of course, if it was just the Hunyuan Pill, there would be nothing special about it. After all, this pill has only been around for a few days.

The truly special thing is that Ao Bing has incorporated the power of incense and vows into this Hunyuan Pill.

This seemingly simple initiative has endowed it with extraordinary significance.

Previously, as the heaven and earth continued to recover, the innate spiritual energy became more and more dense, so that low-level currency gradually lost its function and was no longer circulated.

For this reason, Ao Bing was worried and thought of letting currency replace magic power and become the driving force of magic weapons to ensure their liquidity.

The idea was good, but he worked hard for a long time and tried many methods, but still failed.

Just when Ao Bing was about to give up, this retreat made him think of a solution, which was to incorporate the power of incense and vows into the currency.

In this way, by simply igniting the power of will, the entire currency can be burned and transformed into a huge force for the owner to use.

It can not only be used to activate magic weapons, but also to hurt enemies, but it is not as efficient as activating magic weapons.

Whether it is acquired spiritual energy or innate spiritual energy, it needs to be refined before it can be transformed into magic power. But acquired merit does not need to be refined. With a thought, it can be transformed into one's own power.

Therefore, as long as a trace of acquired merit is incorporated into the currency, the originally stable currency will be like a bomb with a fuse that can be ignited at any time.

Money is dynamite, and acquired merit is the fuse, or the switch. Once activated, it can be ignited immediately and transformed into pure power for your own use.

In this way, the value of the currency is undoubtedly greatly improved. It is no longer just an ordinary practice resource, but more like an external mana library that can be activated at any time.

However, there is a flaw here. Once the currency is ignited, it will evaporate quickly. If it is not used in time, it will evaporate completely in a short time.

Ok……

If you think about it carefully, this is not a disadvantage. Volatility means fast consumption. The faster and more it is consumed, the higher the demand, which is more conducive to the circulation of currency.

"In the prehistoric world, low-level cultivators are restricted by their cultivation and cannot activate high-level magic weapons. This is a universally recognized iron rule."

"But now, with the emergence of new currencies, this iron rule has been broken. As long as you have enough money, even a mortal can activate the innate treasure."

Looking at the Hunyuan Pill in his hand, Ao Bing knew that the world was about to change and enter a new era.

The "second generation" will receive epic enhancements.

At the same time, the importance of money will be highlighted. Money can make a mill more expensive and almost omnipotent. It is no longer an empty talk, but will gradually become a reality.

The era of profit-seeking is coming
(End of this chapter)