People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

Chapter 216: Zixiao’s invitation makes Haotian unhappy!
Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Palace.

Haotian looked at the three pillars of merit light descending from the sky above the Longevity Hall and couldn't help but frown slightly, with anger on his face.

The way of heaven can be truly impartial and selfless, and will bestow merits upon living beings based on their actions.

What the Immortal of the South Pole and the True Man Taiyi did is beneficial to the development of the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly Dao will bestow the Heavenly Dao's merits according to the normal process.

But Haotian is an innate creature with his own emotions, and there is no way he can be truly selfless.

In his heart, Yang Xuan's status was second only to Daozu and others, far beyond the reach of saints' disciples such as Nan Ji Xian Weng.

It is true that the new Heavenly Rules created by the Immortal of the South Pole and the True Man Taiyi have been recognized by the Heavenly Dao and will help the development of the Heavenly Court.

However, the new Heavenly Rules and Merit System they added were created based on Yang Xuan's current foundation.

In Haotian's opinion, with Yang Xuan's strategy, how could he not think of something that the Immortal of the South Pole and Taiyi Zhenren could think of?
Now that the South Pole Immortal and the other two have announced the Way of Heaven first, isn’t this equivalent to the two of them taking away the opportunity that originally belonged to Yang Xuan?

Even if Yang Xuan gained more than 20% of the Heavenly Dao merits for free, but from another perspective, isn't it equivalent to losing nearly 80% of the Heavenly Dao merits?

Coupled with what the Immortal of the South Pole and Taiyi Zhenren had done before, this made Haotian even more dissatisfied.

When the Immortal of the South Pole and the True Man Taiyi just went to heaven, they behaved very badly towards the Heavenly Court and him, the Emperor of Heaven. They asked for two first-rank emperors as soon as they opened their mouths, and did not take the Heavenly Court seriously at all.

Taiyi Zhenren even brought up Yuanshi Tianzun to put pressure on him, showing that he did not take the Emperor of Heaven seriously at all.

If it weren't for the Taishang Laojun's mediation, he would have had a serious argument with Yuanshi Tianzun, and he would not back down even if the matter ended up in the Zixiao Palace.

Out of respect for Taishang Laojun, Haotian did not bother with the two juniors, Taiyi Zhenren.

As a result, the two of them were not aware of their own problems at all, and still looked very self-important, and did not even look like they were asking for help from anyone.

More than 200,000 years ago, Haotian learned from the Queen Mother that Qingluan saw with her own eyes that the Immortal of the South Pole and the True Man Taiyi blocked Yang Xuan at the South Gate of Heaven and forced Yang Xuan to pardon them before they were willing to let them in.

Due to their status as disciples of the Chan sect, Yang Xuan was worried that the relationship between the Heavenly Court, the Chan sect and Yuanshi Tianzun would become strained, so he had to suppress his dissatisfaction and completed the pardon and enfeoffment for them outside the South Heaven Gate.

After learning about this, Haotian couldn't bear it anymore.

It would be fine if she was disrespectful to him, the Emperor of Heaven, but she actually dared to be disrespectful to Yang Xuan!

Yang Xuan is the number one meritorious official of Heaven. Haotian really holds him in his hands for fear of dropping him, and holds him in his mouth for fear of melting him. He is afraid that Yang Xuan will suffer any injustice. How can he tolerate the actions of Nan Ji Xian Weng and the other two?
Do you really think that you can do whatever you want in Heaven just because you are a disciple of the Chan Sect?

Others are afraid of Yuanshi Tianzun, but Haotian is not that afraid!
In terms of seniority, Haotian is of the same generation as the Six Saints of Heaven. When the Three Pure Ones disciples see him, they have to call him Uncle Master!

Now, the two Nan Ji Xian Wengs dared to snatch the opportunity that belonged to Yang Xuan, and they did it in the capacity of disciples of the Chan Sect. Haotian was even more furious.

He was worried that he had no chance to show off, and what the Antarctic Immortal and his two companions had done was just walking into his trap!

But at this moment, Yang Xuan smiled and shook his head.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. Our Heavenly Court has the responsibility to govern the great wilderness and should be tolerant."

"Since what the two disciples of the Chan Sect have done can be recognized by the Heavenly Dao and is beneficial to the Heavenly Court, what's wrong with giving them some merits?"

Yang Xuan looked indifferent, and casually put the column of merit light into the golden wheel of merit.

As for the heavenly merits obtained by the Immortal of the South Pole and the True Man Taiyi, Yang Xuan did not take them to heart.

Firstly, compared with Yang Xuan’s merits, these merits of the way of heaven can be said to be quite insignificant.

With his current foundation and cultivation, even if he just lets the Five Virtues Art run on its own, it won't take thousands of years for him to gather all the Heavenly Virtues.

What's more, ever since he deduced the method of condensing the merits of the Great Dao with the merits of Heaven, Earth and Man, he has somewhat looked down on the merits of Heaven, Earth and Man. So what's the harm in giving these merits to them?
Secondly, it was not Yang Xuan’s original intention to let the Heavenly Court conquer the prehistoric world and force all the prehistoric races to surrender by force.

Or, if one wants the Heavenly Court to rule over the wild world, abundant martial virtue is a necessary prerequisite, but it is not the main means.

Yang Xuan is more inclined to sit in the Heaven Court with absolute military force, so that the prehistoric tribes will not dare to make a move, and then use sufficient benefits and a few small tricks to make them "voluntarily" accept the rule of the Heaven Court.

Instead of relying solely on force to defeat all the tribes in the ancient world like the demon tribe and the heavenly court.

In fact, Yang Xuan built temples and collected incense to achieve this goal.

Heaven will not interfere in the internal affairs of other races. This is a matter of principle and cannot be changed.

But if one of the two warring parties built a temple, offered incense to the gods in heaven, and asked them for help during the war, perhaps the original balance would be broken.

In this case, they would either invade the opponent's territory, demolish the temple in heaven, and prevent the opponent from offering incense.

Not to mention whether they have the ability to invade the other party's territory, just the act of demolishing the temple of heaven is a huge cause and effect, and will definitely be retaliated by heaven.

The Heavenly Court is a force with a quasi-saint in charge. Looking at the entire prehistoric world, how many forces dare to go against the Heavenly Court?
If it is impossible to demolish the temple in the other party's territory, the other party can only build a temple in its own territory and offer incense to it if it wants to maintain the original balance.

The plan of the Immortal of the South Pole and the True Man Taiyi could be said to be contrary to Yang Xuan's idea. He had not thought of gaining merit from this.

On the contrary, the actions of these two people allowed him to gain merit for nothing, which could be said to be an unexpected gain.

Of course, there is another important reason why Yang Xuan appears so magnanimous, and that is because of his identities as Taiyi Zhenren and Nanji Xianweng.

These two people are disciples of the Chan Sect. An important beginning of the Conferred God Tribulation was that the saints' disciples were disrespectful to the Heavenly Court and did not take the Emperor Haotian seriously enough.

In addition, when Haotian asked the Three Pure Ones for help, no one paid attention, which prompted Haotian to return to Zixiao Palace to cry, which eventually led to the arrival of the Conferred God Tribulation.

During these years in the prehistoric times, although Yang Xuan was certain that the calamity of the Conferred Gods was not as simple as later generations said.

After all, they are both catastrophes. The dragon and phoenix catastrophes destroyed the heaven and earth, the wizard and demon catastrophes caused countless deaths and injuries, so how could the Conferred God Catastrophe come just because there is a shortage of people in heaven?
The saints are not fools. If the shortage of people in heaven will lead to the arrival of a catastrophe, even if they are unwilling to let their disciples go to heaven, they will find ways to fill the vacancies in heaven.

Compared with the catastrophe, what does it matter if you forcibly grab a living being and send it to heaven?
Obviously, there is a deeper meaning behind this calamity of conferring the gods.

Yang Xuan is not so arrogant as to think that he has the ability to stop the coming of the Conferred God Tribulation. That is something that even saints cannot do. He does not think he has the nerve to do this, nor has he ever thought about it.

But no matter what, he had to prevent the calamity of the Conferred Gods from coming early because of his own reasons.

What is certain is that, although the lack of manpower in Heaven could not be the reason for the Conferred God Tribulation, the conflict between Haotian and the Orthodox Sect was still an important beginning for the coming of the Conferred God Tribulation.

Haotian's previous reaction did not seem to be a pretense. What if he went to Yuxu Palace to argue with Yuanshi Tianzun? Given Yuanshi Tianzun's rumored personality, Haotian would probably make the conflict worse if he went to argue with him.

In the end, if something goes wrong, Yang Jian might not even be born, and the calamity of the Conferred Gods would have already arrived. That would be like shooting oneself in the foot. How could Yang Xuan let this happen?
After hearing Yang Xuan's words, Haotian's brows slowly relaxed.

"My dear, what you said is absolutely true..."

Having said that, Haotian was still extremely dissatisfied with what Taiyi Zhenren and Nan Ji Xian Weng had done.

Who do you think you are to dare to snatch my chance in heaven? Today is the first time, so will there be a second and third time in the future?

Haotian has no control over other places, but the Heavenly Palace is his territory, and Yang Xuan is the person he values ​​most. How can he bear to see Yang Xuan being wronged?

"Chanjiao? Just a bunch of hypocrites who claim to be noble!"

Haotian snorted coldly in his heart, and his impression of the entire Chan sect became even worse.

Perhaps even he himself did not realize that the setback he encountered in the Chan sect had already become a seed buried in his heart. What Taiyi Zhenren and other Chan sect disciples were doing were causing this seed to take root and sprout.

If what happened today happens a few more times in the future, this seed will definitely break out of its shell and sprout!
Haotian was silent for a long time before he calmed down. He blocked the secrets of the Lingxiao Palace and gave Yang Xuan a meaningful smile.

"Have you ever heard of Zixiao Palace?"

"Zixiao Palace?"

Yang Xuan was slightly stunned. Not to mention his identity as a time traveler, how many people in the ancient world had not heard of the Zixiao Palace?
If the Taoist master had not preached in Zixiao Palace, where would there be so many techniques in the prehistoric world? Even the realm of cultivation cannot be divided so finely.

Now, when Yang Xuan suddenly heard Haotian mention Zixiao Palace, he felt both expectant and worried.

As a time traveler, at this point in time, connecting Haotian and Zixiao Palace together will inevitably make people think of the Conferred God Tribulation.

If Haotian returns to Zixiao Palace at this time and accidentally lets the cat out of the bag in front of Daozu, Daozu might be able to find a reason to call all the Six Saints of Heaven to Zixiao Palace and start the Conferred God Tribulation in advance.

The expectation was also because Haotian suddenly mentioned Zixiao Palace in advance. With Yang Xuan's contribution to the Heavenly Court, Haotian mentioned Zixiao Palace to him, maybe...

Yang Xuan practiced his skills, calmed his slightly agitated heart, and answered truthfully:

"Zixiao Palace is the Taoist temple of Daozu. It is well-known in the prehistoric world. I know it."

"I will be returning to Zixiao Palace in a few days. Would you like to go with me?"

Haotian looked at Yang Xuan with a smile on his face. The name of Zixiao Palace was known to everyone in the prehistoric world, and all living beings in the prehistoric world were yearning for it.

If there is an opportunity to go to Zixiao Palace, no one would be willing to give it up even if they know that the opportunity is extremely dangerous.

As the boy of Daozu, Zixiao Palace is Haotian's home. If he takes people to Zixiao Palace, isn't that just like going home? What risk is there?

Logically speaking, if Haotian proposed the idea of ​​bringing someone back to Zixiao Palace, he would definitely agree without even a second thought.

However, after hearing Haotian's invitation, Yang Xuan did not give an immediate response. Instead, his eyes flickered and his face showed a thoughtful look.

The moment he received Haotian's invitation, no matter how firm Yang Xuan's faith in Taoism was, his heartbeat quickened a bit, and he subconsciously wanted to nod and agree.

The Zixiao Palace is the most famous holy place for practicing Taoism in the prehistoric world. Even if you just stay near the Zixiao Palace and feel its Taoist charm, you can gain many insights and your Taoism will gradually improve.

If you can enter Zixiao Palace to practice, the gains will be even greater.

The reason why those powerful people who went to Zixiao Palace to listen to the teachings had such great gains was naturally because they listened to the teachings of the Taoist Ancestor.

Another reason is because of the special environment of Zixiao Palace.

After all, the powerful beings who went to Zixiao Palace at that time had different levels of cultivation, different levels of understanding, and were in different positions. Not all of them could understand the great principles taught by the Taoist Ancestor.

In fact, except for a few powerful beings such as the Six Saints of Heaven, Donghuang Taiyi, and Queen Mother of the West, most of the other powerful beings, due to their lack of understanding and cultivation, failed to follow the great path taught by the Taoist Ancestor and thus exited the state of enlightenment.

However, no matter when one exits the state of enlightenment, no one will leave halfway.

Instead, he made use of the unique environment of Zixiao Palace to practice enlightenment, comprehend the great principles taught by the Taoist ancestors, or cultivate his supernatural powers and hone his magic power.

At that time, the Taoist gave three lectures in Zixiao Palace, and each time, all the powerful people who went to Zixiao Palace gained visible benefits.

Even those with the worst comprehension skills practice at least ten times faster in Zixiao Palace than in the past!
Although Yang Xuan's understanding of Zixiao Palace was not so thorough, he also understood that going to Zixiao Palace would be a great opportunity.

What's more, it was Haotian who wanted to take him to Zixiao Palace.

In the ancient times, the status of boys and mounts was not necessarily inferior to that of disciples.

Let me put it this way, if anyone dares to do anything to the Water and Fire Boy on Jin'ao Island, you can be sure that Tongtian will chop him to death.

Even if it is Taishang Laojun who practices the way of inaction, if someone cuts off his gold horn and silver horn, the Vajra Bracelet will appear out of thin air and hit that person on the back of the head.

With Haotian personally leading the way, if the Taoist priest takes a liking to Yang Xuan and gives him some pointers, it would at least be enough to equal several epochs of hard training.

But the problem is that Yang Xuan is really worried about Haotian returning to Zixiao Palace at this critical moment. He doesn't want the Conferred God Tribulation to come early because of this, and he still has many things that are not ready.

Yang Xuan would never give up the opportunity to go to Zixiao Palace, but now is not the best time to go to Zixiao Palace.

The Three Emperors of the Human Race still owe him a chance to preach. If he can use this opportunity first to further improve his cultivation, and then go to the Zixiao Palace, he will definitely gain more.

If the next things in Heaven and Hell can be perfected, Yang Xuan will not only gain more merit, but the influence of Heaven and Hell will also become stronger.

When the calamity of the Conferred Gods comes in the future, Bixiao will be given more security.

It was precisely based on these considerations that made Yang Xuan so conflicted. Giving up this opportunity was something he could not agree to no matter what.

"We have to find a way to convince Haotian..."

Yang Xuan's mind raced, and after thinking it over again and again, he finally made a decision.

(End of this chapter)