Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 395 The Selfish Motives of the Taoist Burning Lamp

Chen Xuan reached out and patted Nezha's little head, then said, "These things all depend on your fate. When the time is right, everything will appear."

"On the contrary, if the time is not right, you will not be able to obtain it even if you search the entire prehistoric world. Otherwise, Lü Yue would not only have twelve umbrellas."

"And Donghuang Taiyi had already used his Star Bell to collect all 365 Zhou Tian Star Umbrellas that were scattered throughout the prehistoric world."

After hearing this, Nezha nodded as if he understood but not quite. Then he stopped bothering Chen Xuan and began to study the Star Clock with Ao Bing.

At this moment, Chen Xuancai spoke up, saying, "The Investiture of the Gods has now officially begun. Souls have already entered the Investiture of the Gods list, awaiting their bestowal of titles."

"What you need to do now is not to directly break through Xiqi City. Instead, you need to use Xiqi City as bait to complete the encirclement and attack of reinforcements."

"It would be best to bring all three sects of the Xuanmen sect and the Demon Sect to Xiqi, and then completely eliminate any chance of them rising again."

Chen Xuan's words surprised all the Daoist disciples present. After all, they had never imagined that Xiqi City was merely a bait.

However, recalling that the Investiture of the Gods required 365 righteous gods and 84,000 evil spirits, they understood Chen Xuan's intention in doing so.

Finally, Chen Xuan sent everyone back to the front lines of the two armies. He left only Fuxi behind and did not allow him to leave.

Seeing that everyone had left, Chen Xuan then spoke to Fuxi, saying, "Go to the Conferred God Platform and have Bai Jian keep these people out of the platform according to the list."

Fuxi took the list and glanced at it before saying to Chen Xuan, "Master, there are many disciples from the three sects of the Xuanmen on this list. Does Master intend to include them in the Human Race's List of Worthies?"

Chen Xuan nodded. "Although there is no limit to the number of people on the Human Race's List of Worthies, it will be difficult to fulfill its true function if there are too few people on it."

"The people on the list are not all vicious. If they unfortunately perish in the great calamity, they can be included in the list of virtuous men."

Fuxi nodded after hearing this, and an idea even formed in his mind: how glorious the Human Race's Holy Court would be in the future.

Suddenly, Fuxi thought of a crucial question and asked Chen Xuan directly, "Master, if the people on the list do not die in battle, can they be included in the Human Race's List of Worthies?"

Chen Xuan nodded. "The Investiture of the Gods requires a true spirit to be listed, because the Jade Emperor wants to use the Investiture of the Gods to control those who are conferred titles."

"The Human Race's List of Worthies is for those who have truly made meritorious contributions and those who have truly accumulated virtue. Even if a true spirit is listed, their true form of merit will be restored."

"Therefore, the List of Worthy Persons is a recognition and conferment of titles upon those who are listed. It is not like the Investiture of the Gods, which imprisons the soul of the conferred title."

After listening, Fuxi nodded, then bid farewell to Chen Xuan and headed directly to the Investiture Platform in Qishan.

However, Fuxi did not go directly to the Investiture Platform to see Bai Jian. Instead, he took out the Fuxi Qin (a type of zither) and played a tune in Qishan.

Bai Jian, who was in the Conferred God Platform, heard the music immediately. He knew it was the Fuxi Qin played by Fuxi, the Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race.

Most importantly, Bai Jian didn't even need to listen carefully. He already knew the content of the music; it was a series of names.

Only after the music ended did Bai Jian bow in the direction from which it had come. However, he did not utter a single word throughout the entire performance.

Fuxi, satisfied, left Qishan and returned to Chaoge City to oversee the situation. After all, the city couldn't be without a sage; otherwise, it was highly likely that the Heavenly Dao Sage would seize his home.

At the same time, Shen Gongbao, along with a group of Western Sect disciples, arrived in Xiqi City. They were accommodated in a separate courtyard prepared by Ji Fa for the Western Sect disciples. However, before the Western Sect disciples even entered the courtyard, they sensed the battle between the sages above Sishui Pass.

He even sent his disciples to spy on what was happening at Sishui Pass.

However, the result was that not only did they fail to obtain any information, they also nearly lost their lives.

Therefore, the disciples of the three major schools of Taoism are currently gathered at Jiang Ziya's Prime Minister's residence, discussing what they should do next.

Finally, Maitreya, the Taoist of the Western Sect, addressed the crowd: "Fellow Daoists, you have already experienced several great battles. Now, let the Western Sect take over the next battle."

Seeing the confident Maitreya Daoist, Randeng Daoist couldn't help but frown. However, it was only for a fleeting moment, and he quickly regained his usual expression.

He couldn't help but think to himself, "This Maitreya Taoist is a direct disciple of the two Buddhas of the West. I can take this opportunity to teach him a lesson."

"If we could take this opportunity to have Maitreya Daoist's soul inscribed on the Investiture of the Gods, that would be even more perfect."

"However, in doing so, the two Western interpretations will inevitably hold me accountable. So I need to think of a way to avoid getting involved."

In fact, the Burning Lamp Taoist's idea was very simple: to take this opportunity to suppress the Maitreya Taoist and prepare for his future involvement with the Western Sect.

Otherwise, even if Daoist Ran Deng went to the West, his situation wouldn't be much better than it was in the Chan Sect.

If you don't join the Western Religion, you're just a figurehead in the Chan Sect; if you join the Western Religion, you're still just a figurehead. So wouldn't joining the Western Religion be a waste of time?

Therefore, at this moment, Daoist Ran Deng would absolutely not let go of this opportunity to scheme against Daoist Maitreya.

However, he dared not make things too obvious, otherwise he would be unable to go to the Western Church. His millennia-long plan would be ruined in an instant.

Thinking of this, Daoist Ran Deng spoke directly to Daoist Maitreya, saying, "Fellow Daoist Maitreya, how do you plan to face the disciples of the Daoist sect?"

"The disciples of the Jie Sect set up the Ten Deadly Formations and the Plague Formation. Now the Plague Formation has been broken, and only five of the Ten Deadly Formations remain."

"On the other hand, the Taoist disciples have not suffered any casualties so far. This is enough to show that the Taoist disciples should not be underestimated."

On the surface, the Taoist Ran Deng was reminding the Taoist Maitreya not to underestimate his opponent. However, to the Taoist Maitreya, these words sounded like a challenge to his authority.

He immediately smiled and said to Daoist Randeng, "Randeng, rest assured, since I dared to take on this task, I have a plan."

The Taoist Ran Deng sighed and said, "Then I wonder how much Fellow Taoist Maitreya knows about the disciples of the Taoist sect?"

Maitreya Taoist, still wearing a smile, began to recount his experiences encountering Taoist disciples on several occasions.

Although I didn't gain much advantage each time, I didn't pay a heavy price either.

Even Maitreya Daoist believed that Western religions and Taoism were roughly equal.

Little did he know that his analysis would thoroughly enrage the disciples of the Chan and Jie sects.

(End of this chapter)