Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1212 Phoenix's Great Expedition
The presence of all the twenty-eight constellations has pushed Phoenix's appeal to a new high.

Deng Chanyu contacted Yunxiao, and Yunxiao contacted the disciples of Jiejiao who were going to be deified and ascend to heaven.

This led to many former disciples of the Jiejiao sect coming to join the battle.

The jurisdiction of Emperor Ziwei highly overlaps with that of Dou Mu Yuanjun. These former disciples of the Jiejiao are all subordinates of Dou Mu Yuanjun, regardless of their origins or current positions.

The Turtle Spirit Holy Mother pondered every day about taking over another body and returning to the path of immortality, but because the Master Tongtian suddenly left the prehistoric world, she was in an awkward situation where she dared not move forward but had nowhere to retreat.

Her mind is not on her job at all, and she just muddles through at work.

Many former disciples of the Jiejiao sect do not have such a strong enthusiasm for cultivating immortals. As long as they can live freely and at ease, they can actually accept being a god or an immortal.

Since she herself did not work, her subordinates had no way to advance, and the Turtle Spirit Mother's actions caused great dissatisfaction.

Many former Jiejiao disciples saw this and thought, "Okay, you don't care? Then we can go work for Ziwei Emperor, maybe we can even get a position."

There are actually quite a number of gods enshrined in the List of Gods. Except for the departments of Thunder, Fire, and Water, most of the gods are classified into the category of "constellations".

They have official positions but no job. They claim to be certain star gods, but in reality they can only get a minimum living allowance. The amount of incense they receive is so dismal that it is simply indescribable.

The reason is that they have no chance to prove themselves.

Jiang Ziya's Conferred Gods were a blind marriage. It was easy to deal with those he knew, as they matched his abilities and he could confer a similar godhood. But most of the time, it was people he didn't know. Jiang Ziya didn't know how tall or fat they were, or what abilities they had. He was just a tool. He just read out the names on the list and that was it.

They went to heaven to serve as officials, and Haotian did not dare to appoint them casually for a while.

Some people are like a needle in a bag, and they naturally show their due abilities. For example, Bi Gan, the God of Wenqu, and Dou Rong, the God of Wuqu, are ministers with extremely strong working abilities and are very loyal, so Haotian chose to use them.

Some of them simply couldn't discern any abilities, like the 108 Constellations led by Gao Yan and Huang Zhen. What could they possibly accomplish? It was said that the brothers were bound together forever, and that all 108 of them had to work together. So what duties in Heaven would require 108 people? Even cleaning a toilet wouldn't require that many.

If Phoenix had not organized a large army to expedition to Ziwei Star, they would have been close to being optimized.

Now, Gao Yan and his companions, relying on the recommendation of their former brothers from Jiejiao, have come to join the Marshal, hoping to gain the merit of following the dragon.

Phoenix readily agreed, saying that he would share wealth and prosperity with everyone else, and that promotion and wealth were foreseeable.

Many star gods came to the North Pole Marshal's Mansion, and at one time, many generals gathered there. They did not come empty-handed, they all brought soldiers and generals with them. Roughly speaking, the North Pole Marshal's Mansion had gathered more than 80,000 heavenly soldiers and generals.

Fenghuang was very satisfied. Although she, as the general, was leading a bunch of small generals to the battle and there was no coordination between them, which looked quite chaotic, that was the way it was in that era and she couldn't have too high expectations.

However, she still divided the army into twenty divisions based on the abilities of their respective commanders, grouping those who were familiar with each other together. Ziwei Star was a vast area, and if she relied on herself to eliminate the demons, how long would it take? Divide the area, and each of them would eliminate the demons in their own area, and call for support when needed.

Zheng Lun and Chen Qi came back to report and submitted the memorial, but no one paid any attention to them.

They waited outside the palace for an hour, but Haotian hadn't given any instructions. Phoenix figured her cheap father-in-law was getting frustrated, and since she couldn't stop him, she might as well pretend she didn't know. It was done. Heaven's power was expanding, and if it failed, Phoenix's own prestige would be lost.

"Okay, you two have worked hard. I will use your troops as the vanguard in this battle. I hope to hear good news of your victory."

Being a pioneer was a very honorable thing in this era, and being able to seize the spoils first was a good job anyway.

The two generals Heng and Ha immediately thanked him and went down to reorganize the troops and prepare for the expedition.

"Marshal! You must not resort to force rashly. Please calm down your wrath for a while and wait for the right time. This is the best strategy!" Just when Phoenix was ready and was about to give the order to send out troops, an old man with white hair and beard, who walked tremblingly, was supported by two waiters and came in. As soon as he entered the tent, he began to speak ill of the situation.

Fenghuang glanced at Long Ji. Who is this guy? He's so old, yet he's still so arrogant. Could he be your grandfather?

Longji pointed his mouth towards the west, and Fenghuang finally realized that he looked vaguely familiar. It turned out to be Bo Yikao, the Great Emperor of the Western Extreme! How did he age so much? He didn't recognize him at first glance.

Jiang Ziya had previously gone to the underworld in person to help Bo Yikao extend his life by twenty years out of consideration for the relationship between the Zhou Kingdom and Ji Chang. At that time, the six saints were still in the prehistoric world, and now almost ten years have passed.

Prolonging life only makes people immortal. Immortality and immortality are not the same thing. Bo Yikao did not have any method of cultivation, and his body aged very quickly. He looked like a candle in the wind and could die at any time.

This guy is lucky. When Zhu Rong crashed into the Lingxiao Palace, the entire Thirty-Three Heavens collapsed.

At that time, Bo Yikao was resting in a small palace far away from the Lingxiao Palace, and he managed to escape the first wave of attacks. Later, his nominal subordinate, the Western Inspector General Taibai Jinxing, did not want to bear unnecessary consequences, so he rescued him and brought him to the Tenth Heaven.

Haotian's attitude towards this person was the same as before, that is, to wait until he died of old age, and even instructed his subordinates to serve him wholeheartedly and not to neglect him.

For a quasi-saint, ten or twenty years is nothing.

Now Bo Yikao has become someone that the Heavenly Court cannot afford to offend. Everyone is afraid that he will die in their hands, so they all avoid him.

At this time, the Four Heavenly Kings were silent as a cicada, fearing that the sound of their breathing would be too loud, and if they did, they would send the emperor away directly, which would be an unjust death.

Fenghuang didn't want to waste time talking to Bo Yikao. What benevolence, righteousness, and forgiveness? Don't talk to me nonsense. The arrow is on the string. Are you not going because you are worried about casualties?
She gave Longji a wink, and the Princess of Heaven had no choice but to come forward.

"Your Majesty, please be patient. I will explain this to you."

"your Highness."

Bo Yikao attached great importance to the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects. There were few people in the entire heaven who attached too much importance to Longji's identity as a princess. Only he was stubborn in bowing and greeting every time.

Longji took Bo Yikao away, and Fenghuang immediately mobilized its troops to go to war.

The twenty legions looked quite impressive. Zheng Lun and Chen Qi were the first to lead two legions, or eight thousand heavenly soldiers, to set off first.

Phoenix led the remaining 70,000 troops out of the North Gate of Heaven and started her great expedition!
(End of this chapter)