Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1613 Dao Sect Guardian
Hua Guang held up his forged imperial edict and read it aloud. Seeing that Tieguai Li and Lü Dongbin didn't react, he couldn't help but get angry: "I am here to escort the serious criminal by the order of the Jade Emperor. Why don't you leave immediately?"

Lü Dongbin shouted, "Don't say anything more. The Holy Mother Jizhituo has committed countless evil deeds. I will never allow you to take her away!"

Considering the fact that he was a human being, he had been very polite in his words. Deep down, he still hoped that the other party would give up when faced with difficulties.

Tieguai Li sneered at the side, "Your disguise is full of flaws, it's simply laughable. Today, we are here to guard the prison and will never let you take away the Holy Mother Jizhituo. If you retreat now, you can still retain some dignity."

"Hahahaha—I underestimated you."

Hua Guang was silent for a moment, laughed wildly twice, tore off his disguise, and revealed his true identity.

He was eight feet tall, with a face like a burning coal, a divine eye on his forehead, a spear for subduing demons and ghosts held upside down in his right hand, and wind-fire wheels under his feet. He was surrounded by a large number of fire crows and fire swallows.

If you don't look at his face, he looks like Nezha after his transformation in the animation.

Thanks to Deng Chanyu's teachings, Nezha's natural hostility has been almost eliminated, but this guy is just Nezha with ten times more hostility.

It is worth mentioning that Hua Guang’s Demon-Subduing and Ghost-Subduing Spear and Wind-Fire Wheel both come from Ziwei Star.

He looked down at Lü Dongbin from a high position. "You little immortal, dare you stop me? Where are the people in Fengdu? Are they all dead?"

Hua Guang reincarnated three times in a hundred years. Each time he practiced for a short time, and then he reincarnated due to various grievances and hatreds.

He had just reached the Celestial Immortal Realm, yet his tone was terrifying: "You are but insects like cicadas, how can you recognize the true immortals in the world? Release my mother immediately, or I will flatten your Fengdu Mountain!"

Lu Dongbin was almost angry to the point of having his nose crooked. He had never been looked down upon like this in all his years of career.

He shouted "Watch out for the sword" and then drew his sword and stabbed.

Hua Guang's spear skills are exquisite, and Lu Dongbin's sword skills are superb. Both of them have the strength to challenge opponents of higher levels, and they soon fought for more than thirty moves.

After testing each other's strength, Hua Guang took the first step and smashed Lu Dongbin's forehead with a dazzling gold brick. If this hit him, the result would be his brain bursting and his body dying.

Lu Dongbin was experienced in combat, and his sword moves suddenly changed. He forced Hua Guang back with two swords, then used a fire spell to briefly hold the gold brick, and secretly shot out a heart-piercing nail with his left hand.

The divine eye on Hua Guang's forehead emitted a fluorescent light, which fixed the piercing nail in mid-air. He wanted to open his mouth to curse, but Lu Dongbin suddenly summoned the Immortal Trapping Ring and locked his feet.

He roared, and the temperature of the flames burning all over his body suddenly increased a lot, burning the Immortal Trapping Ring unreasonably.

Three question marks popped up in Lü Dongbin's mind. How did you do that? This is too unconventional!

"My dear brother, this is an anomaly." A large amount of yellow sand spewed out of Tieguai Li's big gourd, forcing back Hua Guang who was about to stab Lu Dongbin to death with a spear.

Lü Dongbin refused to believe in evil and used his water magic to help the yellow sand all over the sky to surround Hua Guang. However, in less than half a cup of tea, the mouth of Tieguai Li's gourd was blocked by his own yellow sand, and Hua Guang escaped successfully.

Anomalies are not variables. They represent a peculiarity of the ancient world. What you think is natural and right may or may not work on him.

The fact that a demon like the Jizhituo Holy Mother could give birth to a living person is a manifestation of anomaly, and there is no reason to explain it. If Li Tieguai and Lü Dongbin were not also from the human sect, their luck would cancel each other out, and there would be more anomalies.

After all, Tieguai Li was at a higher level, and together with Lü Dongbin, the two Taoist elites joined forces, and with the help of many magic weapons and talismans secretly provided by Fengdu, they finally defeated Hua Guang with great difficulty.

Heart-piercing spikes pierced his limbs, and demon-binding ropes tied him up like a dumpling.

Daji sent them away from Fengdu Mountain, and this hot potato is handed over to you. You can kill or cut them up as you please, just don't appear in front of me again.

Lü Dongbin advocated killing him immediately, but Tieguai Li opposed the idea. After much deliberation, he concluded that Huaguang had great potential. What was wrong with him being an anomaly? Couldn't an anomaly be guided into the right path?

Hua Guang went from being a spiritual lamp before the Buddha to becoming a disciple of the great master Xuan Du. What is this? This is the path from Buddha to Taoism!
It has always been the case that Taoist disciples have entered Buddhism. At this time when Buddhism is flourishing, the significance of this matter is extremely great. If it were not an anomaly, such a heaven-defying thing might not have happened.

If the first person who converted to Taoism from Buddhism was killed, this trend might be interrupted, and it would take many years before such a good opportunity came again.

He suppressed Lu Dongbin's objections, mustered up his courage, and took Hua Guang to the Tushita Palace.

Regardless of whether they were direct disciples, outer disciples, or registered disciples, their status was higher than that of the boys. Tieguai Li had a good relationship with Jinjiao and Yinjiao before, so the two did not reject him. After informing them, they led them to see Taishang Laojun.

After possessing a corpse and returning to life, this was the first time that Li Tieguai returned to the Tushita Palace.

Laojun was entertaining Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the two were chatting aimlessly. When they saw Tieguai Li and Huaguang walking into the hall, their expressions changed.

Guanyin Bodhisattva remained silent. After a while, Laojun slowly spoke: "Please tell Tathagata that the pilgrimage is God's will. I will send the blue ox to the lower world to do my part in the pilgrimage."

Guanyin Bodhisattva knew that Moonlight Tathagata was taking advantage of the situation and made a deal with Taishang Laojun based on future events.

Taishang Laojun originally wanted some visible and tangible benefits. It seemed that Buddhism was flourishing, but in fact, it involved Deng Chanyu's enlightenment of Hunyuan. If it was a normal exchange of interests, the price Deng Chanyu would have to pay would be extremely high.

Now she threw out Hua Guang, and with the help of Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin, brought this guy who might become the guardian of Taoism to the Tushita Palace.

I'm giving you a Dharma protector and a possibility for the prosperity of Taoism in the future. Are you happy?
The Jade Emperor was not pleased at all. "Who can predict the future?" he asked. "How clever of you to trade something from the future for something from the present!" Tieguai Li, however, was unaware of these high-level maneuvers. He was deeply loyal to the Daoist sect and unwilling to miss any opportunity to revive it. So, with a look of excitement on his face, he arrived at the Tushita Palace, accompanied by Hua Guang.

Now that they are here, we can’t kick them out.

Going with the flow is the purpose of the Taiqing lineage. Hua Guang coming before him is God's will, or at least part of God's will. Taishang Laojun can only accept this deal.

"I'm leaving now." Guanyin Bodhisattva ran away at the speed of light.

Taishang Laojun said, "Tong'er, please send the Bodhisattva off for me. Also, let Li Xuan come in and talk."

Jinjiao and Yinjiao escorted Guanyin Bodhisattva out of Tushita Palace. Before leaving, Guanyin Bodhisattva passed by Li Tieguai. He smiled and nodded, then left Tushita Palace.

(End of this chapter)