Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 9: Humane Deification
"What? Nezha!"

Taiyi Zhenren, who was practicing in the cave, was stunned when he heard the boy's report.

He didn't expect that Ao Bing would not follow the routine, but directly surrender to the Shang Dynasty and use the righteousness to punish Nezha.

"What a wicked beast!"

Taiyi Zhenren was both shocked and angry. If Ao Bing had killed Nezha, things would have been simple. He would have only needed to make a slight move to revive him.

But after arresting him, they didn't kill him, but instead held a public trial to ruin Nezha's reputation. If his reputation is not restored, then even if Nezha is saved, it will be of little use.

"Humph, you think it's so easy to ruin my reputation? You really underestimate me."

With a cold snort, Taiyi Zhenren's figure disappeared in the cave, and he rode a cloud to the East China Sea, ready to rescue Nezha first.

……

"Although Nezha has committed heinous crimes, he does have some great abilities. It would be a pity to just kill him like this. It would be better to spare his life and make him a patrolling Yaksha, so that he can protect the aquatic creatures and the people along the coast to atone for his sins."

On the coast of the East China Sea, Ao Bing was discussing with Bigan how to deal with Nezha.

The result of the public trial is self-evident. Previously, fishermen along the East China Sea coast were wondering why they were catching fewer and fewer fish recently. Now that they heard that it was all because of Nezha, they really wanted to eat him alive.

The crowd was outraged and unanimously demanded the execution of Nezha.

But at this time, Ao Bing felt that it was too easy for Nezha to be executed. It would be better to make him a sea patrolling Yaksha to protect the people and aquatic creatures along the coast, which would be the best use of him.

Generally speaking, there are two types of deification. One is to deify someone for his merits. When the person had great achievements during his lifetime, the people spontaneously offered sacrifices to him after his death, and he became a god.

The other type is what Ao Bing is talking about now. He did evil during his lifetime, but after his death he protected the people to atone for his sins and was named a god.

It sounds like a good thing, but it’s not the case for Nezha.

If a person is deified because of his sins, then every time the people offer sacrifice to him, they must mention his sins and at the same time praise the person who subdued him and deified him.

In addition, Ao Bing's move is equivalent to giving Nezha a chance to start over.

For Nezha, this is a grace of rebirth. The higher his achievements in the future, the greater this grace will be, so great that he will not be able to take revenge on Ao Bing.

On the contrary, when Ao Bing was in danger, he would take the initiative to help. If he didn't do this, he would never be able to achieve enlightenment in the future due to the backlash of karma.

Ao Bing not only stepped on Nezha, but also improved himself, and eliminated the possibility of his future revenge. This was the purpose of Ao Bing's enshrinement of Nezha as a god. While making the best use of things, it also eliminated future troubles.

"The sea is moody and extremely dangerous. If there is a god's protection, it can not only improve the safety of fishermen, but also prevent overfishing in nearby waters. What Renlong Bo said is very good."

Bigan nodded, agreeing with Ao Bing's proposal. Then, he ordered his men to set up the table and prepare to petition the king of men to enthrone Nezha as a god.

That’s right, the Shang Dynasty could also enthrone gods.

For all gods related to humanity, the Human King can directly enthrone them without the need to petition the Jade Emperor, and the Heavenly Court also recognizes this.

However, the gods enthroned by the Shang Dynasty had a shortcoming, that is, they shared weal and woe with the Shang Dynasty. Once the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, more than 90% of the enthroned gods would perish.

But no matter what, the Human King does have the power to confer gods. Therefore, Ao Bing suspected that the reason why the Conferring Gods Calamity would be fought in Dashang was to take back this power to confer gods.

Otherwise it doesn't make sense why the battles between immortals are tied to the rise and fall of dynasties.

Patrolling Yaksha was only a minor god, so Bigan was not worried that the Human King would disagree. After reporting the matter, he and Ao Bing waited for the order.

However, not long after, the sound of fierce fighting was heard, and it was quickly approaching this place.

"what happened?"

Ao Bing and Bigan raised their heads at the same time and looked in the direction where the fighting sounds came from.

Then nine dragons rose into the sky, spitting out divine fire from their mouths, and burned towards the Jurchen woman wearing a rosy robe.

This Jurchen woman, whose origins were unknown, fought with a Taoist priest with a white beard, holding a sword in her hand. Two cloud scarves fluttered around her, shielding her from the burning divine fire.

"Taiyi, you are going too far. Your disciple killed my disciple, and now I come to you. It would be fine if you didn't give me an explanation, but you actually dared to attack me. Do you really think that I, Jiejiao, am easy to bully?"

During the fight, the Jurchens cursed at the old Taoist.

Shiji was furious when she saw that Li Jing had not replied for a long time and went to Chentang Pass in person. At this time, Taiyi Zhenren also went to Chentang Pass to save Nezha.

The two of them didn't agree on what to say, and after a few words, they started fighting, and they fought all the way here. "Shiji, you don't know destiny. My disciple was born according to destiny, and he has the responsibility to help the world. Even if I killed your disciple by mistake, it was destiny. You are looking for trouble with him, are you trying to get on the Conferred God List?"

The old Taoist priest, also known as Taiyi Zhenren, scolded.

When Taiyi Zhenren said this, not only Shiji, who was fighting with him, was angry, but also Bi Gan, who was watching the battle below, was so angry that he shouted:

"What a thief, you can even justify killing someone by mistake in such a high-sounding way. What is destiny? Only following the way of the Holy Emperor is destiny. How dare a thief like you talk about destiny?"

"If everyone is like you, then they can kill whoever they want. How can there be any order in the world?"

"No wonder Nezha is so cruel at such a young age. It turns out he has met a master like you. He really deserves to be killed!"

Bi Gan was so angry that he unconsciously used his righteous spirit when he spoke.

Who is Taiyi Zhenren? He is a saint, a congenital god and demon. He has never been scolded like this before. He became furious and turned around to teach Bigan a lesson.

But before he could unleash his magical powers, the oncoming righteous energy directly shattered his magic power and almost knocked him off the clouds.

"what?"

Forcing himself to steady himself, Taiyi Zhenren subconsciously distanced himself from Bigan to avoid being hit by the great energy again.

"My friend, there may be a misunderstanding between you and me. I am Taiyi Zhenren, a disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun of Yuxu Palace..."

Taiyi Zhenren bowed his head and prepared to introduce his identity so that the other party would give up.

But he didn't expect that Bigan would not give him face at all. Before he could finish his words, he interrupted him and said:
"Don't scare me with the saints. No matter how great a saint is, he is not greater than reason. If the saint knew that you were so domineering outside, I wonder if he would feel ashamed."

Taiyi Zhenren ended the topic with one sentence. His hair and beard were standing out, and it was obvious that he was furious to the extreme. If Bigan had not been protected by human luck, he would have been beaten to pieces by now.

"Of course I don't know. In front of the saint, the Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect are all so righteous and righteous that everyone praises them. But when they are away from the saint's sight, they are completely different."

Shiji came back to his senses and said with a sneer.

"you……"

Taiyi Zhenren was so angry that he was shaking all over, pointing at everyone and unable to speak. At this time, because he saw Nezha, he had guessed who was the one who spoke.

What a great Shang!

This person cannot be killed.

After killing Bi Gan, he would be included in the List of Gods due to the backlash of humanity. Even Yuanshi Tianzun himself could not save him.

"Hmph, let's go!"

Taiyi Zhenren picked up Nezha who was tied to the ground and turned to leave. Since he couldn't take revenge, why didn't he leave? Would he stay and continue to humiliate himself?

But he has already taken note of what happened today. After the Shang Dynasty is destroyed and Bigan loses his humanitarian protection, he will definitely give Bigan retribution.

"Thank you two fellow Taoists for your help."

Shiji fell from the sky and thanked them one by one.

Ao Bing waved his hand, indicating that he had not been of much help and did not dare to take credit for it.

Bigan started chatting with Shiji. All the high-ranking officials of Dashang were disciples of Jiejiao, so with this relationship, Bigan and Shiji had no shortage of topics to talk about.

"How can you use the Holy Emperor's treasure to accidentally kill innocent people? How can you do this!"

After hearing about Shiji's experience, Bigan hated Taiyi Zhenren even more.

The Heaven-shaking Arrow and the Universe Bow at Chentang Pass were the most precious treasures left by Emperor Xuanyuan. With them, even if a Daluo Golden Immortal came, he would not dare to act rashly at Chentang Pass, which was enough to ensure that this pass was foolproof.

But now, Nezha used it to accidentally kill an innocent person, and the holy object must have been tarnished by dust. Its power will be greatly reduced in a short period of time, and it will no longer be able to guard Chentang Pass.

Chentang Pass is the gateway to the east of Chaoge. Once it is lost, the country will be in danger of overthrowing. How can Bi Gan not hate Chentang Pass, which was originally foolproof, for this reason?

The culprit behind all this is Taiyi Zhenren.

(End of this chapter)