Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 397 Conflict with the North Sea
"My fellow Taoists, now that the Immortal Alliance has been established, we will have enough confidence to deal with the prying eyes of outsiders. We no longer need to worry about opportunities being taken away by others. This is truly a cause for celebration."

Seeing that everyone was getting further and further off topic, Ao Bing spoke up and brought the conversation back on track.

To put it bluntly, the blessing of fortune brought by the establishment of the Immortal Alliance is just a byproduct and not their real purpose.

The reason why they established the Immortal Alliance, after all, was to restore the merit of their ancestral bloodline.

This is the key point. No matter how mysterious the luck is, it cannot directly improve the realm, but merit can.

If the members of the Immortal Alliance want to break through, they still have to rely on merit in the end. Luck is just an added bonus and they cannot put the cart before the horse.

"The leader is right. We almost forgot something important. The luck of the Immortal Alliance has its limits, but the merits of repairing the ancestral veins are endless."

"We cannot pin our hopes on illusory luck for our future. Merit and virtue are more real."

Upon hearing this, all the elders of the Immortal Alliance returned to the divine way.

Luck and fortune, the word "qi" explains everything. It is fluid and changes with fate, and it is impossible to favor one person forever.

No matter how much you have, you will lose it one day in the future. It is not like merit, which is refined and never disappears.

Therefore, compared to the illusory luck, the elders of the Immortal Alliance pay more attention to merit.

Of course, this is mainly because they have channels to obtain a steady stream of merit. If not, they would definitely regard luck as more important than merit.

This is a very realistic problem. As the rules of heaven and earth become more and more perfect, the channels for obtaining great merit are becoming fewer and fewer, making it difficult to obtain merit.

On the contrary, as for luck, you can gather a lot of luck by just making some moves between heaven and earth. It is much easier than gaining merit.

Since it is easier to obtain luck than merit, people naturally value luck more. Because luck and merit are not valuable because they are rare, but because they are more abundant.

The more you have, the higher the value. So naturally, whoever has an easier time obtaining it will have a higher value.

For outsiders, it is easier to gather luck, so in their eyes, luck is more valuable.

However, for everyone in the Immortal Alliance, the existence of the Buzhou Ding can help them gain a steady stream of merit.

This makes it easier for them to gain merit, so naturally the value of merit is higher.

Although merit is more valuable, this is a recent phenomenon and the people in the Immortal Alliance have not yet adapted to it. They are still used to the era when luck was more valuable than merit.

Therefore, after seeing the tremendous fortune of the Immortal Alliance, they became lost in it, and only came to their senses after being awakened by Ao Bing.

"After we established the Immortal Alliance, we used the Buzhou Ding to transform Pangu's essence. Although we should put our own people first, it is not easy to invalidate the promise we made before."

"Therefore, I plan to give half of the share to the allies of the Immortal Alliance, the three innate tribes, the Star God lineage, the Heavenly Court, as well as the human race and the witch tribe. What do you think, fellow Taoists?"

Ao Bing brought up old matters again, talking about the promises he made to many forces before the Immortal Alliance was established.

Now that the Immortal Alliance is strong, they can refuse many unreasonable requests from powerful masters, but they cannot refuse things that were promised before.

Especially the human race and the witch race, they not only moved the resources here early, but also spent a huge price to set up a large formation to protect Longzhou.

In this situation, if the Immortal Alliance turns against them, not only will their reputation be ruined, but they will also become mortal enemies with the human and witch tribes.

Whether it is the Wu Clan or the Human Clan, they are forces that the Immortal Alliance cannot afford to provoke. The Human Clan has Nuwa, and the Wu Clan has Hou Tu, both of whom are outstanding saints.

Not to mention that Ao Bing is not a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, even if he is, he is no match for the two ladies.

Falling out with the two tribes would be a dead end. Therefore, both publicly and privately, Ao Bing should abide by the previous agreement.

"As cultivators, we have established ourselves in the wild with integrity. How can we break our promise to others? Since we have already agreed, there is nothing more to say. We just need to fulfill our promise."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the Immortal Alliance spoke righteously without any hesitation.

There was no need to hesitate about this matter. Being in the prehistoric world, didn't they know whether the human race and the witch race were easy to mess with? Even if they hadn't been promised in advance, they would have to make up for it afterwards.

Otherwise, if the two tribes really target them, the Immortal Alliance will have no chance of development in the future, and it will suffer heavy losses if it doesn’t die.

Also, bringing in the human and witch tribes is obviously a good thing. Although it will result in the loss of some interests, it is equivalent to bringing in two powerful bodyguards for yourself.

With the human and witch tribes in charge, plus the strength of the Immortal Alliance itself, let's see who will have the courage to provoke them in the future.

"Okay, since everyone has no objection, then this matter is settled."

Ao Bing nodded happily, feeling relieved. He was afraid that someone would suddenly jump out to oppose him. If that were to happen, with this person around, the future of the Immortal Alliance would be in jeopardy.

"Alliance leader, we can accept half of the share, but can the Wu Clan accept it? We agreed that the Wu Clan's resources would be refined first, followed by the human race."

"Now, the agreed share is suddenly reduced by half. I'm afraid the Wu Clan will not agree."

At this time, an elder stood up and said worriedly.

His worries were not without reason. According to the previous agreement, Buzhou Ding would first concentrate on refining the resources of the Witch Clan, and then it would be the turn of other forces.

Full strength means that except for Ao Bing's 10%, the remaining 90% will be allocated to the Wu clan.

But now, with the establishment of the Immortal Alliance, Ao Bing has to change 90% to 50%, which will reduce the efficiency by nearly half.

This is different from what we agreed. Who can guarantee that the Witch Clan will agree to take this loss in silence?

"Your worries are not without reason, but you forgot one thing. With the establishment of the Immortal Alliance, a large amount of luck has gathered. The power of the Buzhou Ding has been enhanced, and the efficiency of converting Pangu's essence has been greatly improved."

"Although it has gone from 90% to 50%, the refining efficiency has not decreased, but has increased instead."

"In general, the Wu Clan did not suffer any loss, but made a lot of money. I think they should not be dissatisfied with this."

Ao Bing signaled everyone to look at the Buzhou Ding and observe its changes. The Buzhou Ding is also a part of the Immortal Alliance, and it can even be said to be the foundation of the Immortal Alliance and its symbol.

Since the Buzhou Ding is so important, after the Immortal Alliance is established, it will be the treasure that carries the Immortal Alliance's fortune, and its power will naturally be enhanced accordingly.

The more powerful the Buzhou Ding is, the more efficient it is in converting Pangu's essence. Compared to before, it has increased several times. This extra efficiency is all the work of the Immortal Alliance and should belong to the Immortal Alliance. It is not within the scope of the previous agreement with everyone. How to distribute it is naturally decided by the Immortal Alliance.

The half share that Ao Bing gave was actually the share originally agreed upon with everyone, and even a little more.

Overall, they still made money. If they were still unhappy, Ao Bing would have no choice but to turn hostile.

"Hey, the power of Buzhou Ding has indeed become several times stronger."

Everyone didn't notice it before, but now they see that the shape of the Buzhou Ding is more solid than before. The mysterious charm of the Great Dao is entwined around it, giving off an aura of immortality and eternity.

Now, even if someone said that the power of Buzhou Ding was comparable to that of an innate treasure, they would still believe it. Because in their eyes, Buzhou Ding was more like a smaller Buzhou Mountain than a Ding.

That aura and demeanor could not be said to be similar, but could only be said to be carved from the same mold. It was not surprising that Mount Buzhou, even if it was only a small one, had the ability to rival the innate treasure.

Ao Bing was born late and had never seen Mount Buzhou. But everyone had been famous for many years in the ancient times, and had not only seen Mount Buzhou, but had also climbed it many times.

Therefore, they will never admit their mistakes.

"This aura is undoubtedly from Mount Buzhou. After so many years, it is still so powerful, making people look up to it from the bottom of their hearts."

"The more I think about this, the more I can't understand. Mount Buzhou is so powerful, and its power is even greater than that of the innate treasure. How did Gonggong knock it down back then?"

"Given Gonggong's strength, even if he blew himself up on Mount Buzhou, he would not be able to shake it in the slightest. How could he knock down Mount Buzhou, which has suppressed the heaven and earth and existed since ancient times, with just a slight collision?"

Speaking of Mount Buzhou, everyone couldn't help but think of a question that has troubled them for many years.

That is, how could Mount Buzhou be broken by Gonggong? It shouldn't be possible, Gonggong didn't have that strength.

Everyone remembers the situation very clearly. Gonggong crashed into Mount Buzhou on impulse, ready to seek death.

Mount Buzhou was formed from the spine of the great god Pangu. It is extremely solid. Even if someone as strong as Gonggong crashed into it, his body and soul would be destroyed and his body and soul would be transformed into vital energy and return to heaven and earth.

At that time, the ancient world was severely damaged, and everyone thought that it was a good thing for an ancestor witch to give up his origin to repair the world, so they did not stop it.

Unexpectedly, under the impact of Gonggong, Mount Buzhou broke apart. The primitive world, which was already on the verge of breaking apart, was completely shattered without the suppression of Mount Buzhou.

This scene stunned everyone, even the person involved, Gonggong, was stunned. He did not expect that Mount Buzhou would be broken by him.

"The destruction of Mount Buzhou must have had some unknown reason. As for what it was, Daozu and the Saints should have noticed it."

"But since they haven't announced it, it means that these things are not something we should know."

"So, don't think about it anymore, just practice with peace of mind. When you reach a certain level, you will naturally know all the truth."

Seeing that everyone was lost in their memories, Ao Bing couldn't help but interrupt. He was also very curious about why Mount Buzhou was destroyed.

Ao Bing would definitely not believe the nonsense that Gonggong knocked down Mount Buzhou. Gonggong knocked down Mount Buzhou, which is as ridiculous as knocking down Mount Kunlun.

In order to find out the reason, Ao Bing paid special attention to this part when reviewing the history of the prehistoric times.

This is Ao Bing's advantage. Although he was born late, he is a major student of prehistoric history. This enables him to access many secrets of the world and ancient mysteries that ordinary people cannot access.

However, no matter whether they are saints or people with great supernatural powers, they are all very taboo about the collapse of Mount Buzhou. They are unwilling to talk about it and they don’t even leave any records.

This disappointed Ao Bing, but he also realized that this matter was not something he could get involved in. Even the saints were very wary of this, and he was still foolishly pursuing the truth. Wasn't that courting death?
In the ancient times, it is best not to explore any history that people don’t want to be mentioned.

Because no one knows whose dark history it is. If you accidentally dig it out, you will offend that person to death, and then you won't even know how you died.

"That's true. The truth is always hidden from the weak, but there are no secrets in front of the strong."

Everyone came back to their senses and nodded in agreement. Then, they asked, "May I ask the leader, when will the fellow Taoist from the other lineage reincarnate into Dragon Continent?"

When it comes to improving strength, one cannot avoid the alien lineage. Although one can obtain endless merits through the Buzhou Ding, it takes time to improve one's strength.

There is a very simple way to improve the luck of the Immortal Alliance. That is to let the alien lineage reincarnate into Longzhou as soon as possible.

In this way, the luck they carry with them, as well as the luck of creation belonging to the Chaos Demon God scattered between heaven and earth, will all converge on the Immortal Alliance, thereby causing the Immortal Alliance's luck to soar.

"Speaking of this, it is also a problem. Fellow Taoists, I am afraid that we will have a conflict with the North Sea Monster Clan next."

When mentioning the alien species, Ao Bing pondered for a moment before speaking in a deep voice.

"That's right. Ancestor Kunpeng has always regarded the alien lineage as his greatest helper. Now that we have poached them to the Immortal Alliance, it is undoubtedly poaching Ancestor Kunpeng. It would be strange if he is willing to do so. He will definitely come forward to stop us."

"Whether the alien lineage can come here or not is related to the rise and fall of our Immortal Alliance. Therefore, we must not give in."

"If everyone cannot give in, then this dispute is indeed unavoidable."

When everyone heard this, they were stunned at first, and then they all realized what Ao Bing wanted to express.

As long as the alien lineage is still in the North Sea, then in the eyes of outsiders, they are the greatest helper of Kunpeng. On the contrary, if the alien lineage leaves the North Sea, it means that Kunpeng has lost an arm and his strength has dropped sharply.

Kunpeng would definitely not allow such a thing. Therefore, when he saw the alien lineage leaving, he would definitely come forward to stop them.

They even went so far as to turn against the alien race and kill them all.

The reason why it is so extreme is mainly because the alien species has surrendered to Ao Bing.

If the alien species were to join others, then when Ancestor Kunpeng saw that he could not stop them, he might send them out of the North Sea with courtesy in order to keep a portion of the incense money.

But since they plan to join Ao Bing, it would be easier to kill them so as to avoid trouble in the future.

Ao Bing and Kunpeng had a grudge, and this was the biggest reason. Why did he choose to join his enemy when there were so many people to join? In Kunpeng's view, this meant that the alien lineage was ready to tear its face off with him and stand completely against him.

Since the alien race was unkind first, don't blame him for being unjust. When it comes to enemies, Kunpeng Patriarch has never been merciful.

Rather than meeting them on the battlefield in the future and causing huge losses to ourselves, it would be better to kill them all when they are unprepared to prevent future troubles.

(End of this chapter)