Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 260: Hidden Dangers in Xiqi and Empress Pingxin's Purpose
Deng Chanyu has always been brooding over the fact that Xiqi sent Hong Jin to launch a surprise attack on Hanzhong. However, now that God has determined to "prosper Zhou and destroy Shang", she has endured it. Although she cannot sabotage them openly, she thinks it is okay to make some small arrangements in secret.

She dispatched a large number of people and found her old subordinate Ma. Taking advantage of the momentum of Jiang Ziya's construction of the Conferred God Platform, she established such a stonemason union in Xiqi City.

The team grew bigger and bigger, with bricklayers, blacksmiths and carpenters joining them from time to time.

They are not short of money, and they are suspected to have official protection. The common people are also wise and know that it is easy to make a living here, so they all flocked here. Now, in public, the Ma family has become the number one contractor in Xiqi.

In secret, Deng Zhong used the trade union as a cover to gather intelligence.

With the help of many craftsmen, Deng Zhong has established a huge intelligence network in Xiqi City.

He first bargained for a hundred taels of gold, then said, "Ji Chang's third son, Ji Xian, believes that the Ji family no longer needs to honor His Highness Yin Hong. He proposed expelling His Highness from Xiqi and officially raising the banner of the Zhou Kingdom. Crown Prince Bo Yikao strongly opposed this, and this is how everyone in the Ji Mansion learned of it."

The nine-tailed fox spirit signaled the maid to add another 100 taels of gold, and Deng Zhong showed a greedy expression very similar to Fei Zhong's at the right time.

"Is it just Ji Xian? Who else is his accomplice?"

Deng Zhong seemed to have gone through a mental struggle before accepting the gold. He said, "I heard that Ji Chang's fifth son Ji Du and eighth son Ji Chu both agree with what his third son Ji Xian said."

The nine-tailed fox spirit rubbed his not-so-bright head and thought that among Ji Chang's hundred sons, the ten eldest sons born to him and his wife Tai Si were the most valued.

Tai Si died a long time ago, and these ten sons are the legitimate ones. To be honest, Ji Chang may not be able to match the names and appearances of the rest.

Now the third son Ji Xian, the fifth son Ji Du, and the eighth son Ji Chu have united together. They have both military power and authority, and are a very strong political force.

She waved her hand, letting Deng Zhong go down, and then she rushed back to the harem to inform Yin Hong.

Yin Jiao still had Indra to rely on, as well as his grandfather Jiang Huanchu's army. Yin Hong only had a nine-tailed fox spirit left. He thought about it over and over again, but really had no idea what to do, so he asked the nine-tailed fox spirit if he minded having a few more like-minded people.

Perhaps because she had followed King Zhou for a period of time, the nine-tailed fox spirit was hostile to Xiqi from the bottom of her heart. Now she was happy to create some chaos in Xiqi.

With a clever plan, the eighth son Ji Chu soon became good friends with Yin Hong, and also brought Ji Xian and Ji Du over.

Yin Hong made a very formal promise that the Shang Dynasty was only the common ruler of the world and had no monarch-subject relationship with the Zhou State. Yin Jiao's promise to him was "the younger brother will succeed the elder brother". As long as the East and the West work together to destroy King Zhou, he will return to Chaoge to be his younger brother, and he is willing to support Ji Xian to become the crown prince of Zhou Gong. If the political struggle on their side fails, he can also go to Chaoge to be a doctor.

This was equivalent to providing a way out, and the political struggles among the nobles at that time still followed rules. After King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he allowed King Zhou's son Wu Geng to continue to manage the capital and the people of the Shang Dynasty. This was far from the point of killing entire families at will as was the case in later generations.

The Deng family left a retreat in Bashu, and Ji Xian felt that he could also prepare a retreat, in case Bo Yikao went on a killing spree?

The two sides shook hands and made peace.

Yin Hong obtained some of the political resources of the three brothers, and Ji Xian also gained some reputation, and everyone was happy.

The third son, Ji Xian, who was originally Guan Shuxian in history, opposed Bo Yikao. Yin Hong was just an excuse. Now that he had become his own man, he immediately turned his guns on Bo Yikao. He used the fact that Bo Yikao did not respect Yin Hong and Ji Chang to create public opinion and seize the position of the crown prince of Zhou Gong.

The affairs of Xiqi have nothing to do with Deng Chanyu.

Time passed quickly in Pangu's world. According to her calculations, they had been here for almost three months. They had passed through villages, small tribes, and large clans, finally arriving at the heart of this world, a vast tribe that worshipped Gonggong, the ancestor of water.

Daji had difficulty fighting against her peers here and needed more training. Deng Chanyu challenged the Gonggong tribe twice, becoming familiar with their moves and fighting styles, and successfully completed the challenge.

At this time, she also had a general understanding of this world. Those iron walls that penetrated the sky and the earth and stretched as far as the eye could see were like barriers, whose purpose was to protect Pangu Temple in the most central position. Now, a hole was eroded by the chaotic energy in the southeast corner of Pangu World. The chaotic energy entered this world, and the witch clan could not be eroded. Those flowers, birds, fish and insects that migrated in with the witch clan in the past were in trouble.

The simple-minded Wu Clan warriors didn't care about the Chaos monsters; they would kill as many as they could. However, some tribal leaders and knowledgeable people were very worried. The cave was growing larger and larger. They could handle it now, but what about the future? They prayed to the Ancestral Wu, and that led to Deng Chanyu and Daji's journey.

Wu Ling reported the matter of the Ghost Chariot to Wu Sha, the high priest of the Gonggong tribe. The high priest had participated in the war between the witches and the liches that year and couldn't understand how the body of the dead demon saint like the Ghost Chariot could enter the Pangu world.

They speculated that it was a hole in the sky that attracted the corpse of the demon saint that fell into the chaos.

Deng Chanyu put her hands on the pergola and looked up at the sky.

The blue-gray sky was originally very harmonious and natural, but now a vortex-shaped black hole appeared in the southeast direction, which instantly destroyed the harmony of this world.

"Do you dare? Can you fill this hole? Can't? I knew you were a coward!" Wu Ling was madly provoking her.

It's just that this method of provoking someone is really too witch-like.

Am I that stupid? Working for you for free with no real benefit? Who would take that kind of clumsy provocation?
Deng Chanyu smiled but did not respond.

She didn't give up until she saw the rabbit. Seeing that she couldn't get it for free, the Gonggong tribe had no choice but to offer some hard goods.

Logically speaking, water should be soft and gentle, but seeing Gonggong crashing into Mount Buzhou, we can see that this tribe also has an extremely hot temper. No matter how you look at it, they don't look like the ancestor of water. Their water is more like violent waves.

Wu Sha was very direct. He led Deng Chanyu and Daji to a large hall dedicated to Gong Gong. Then, pointing at the shrine, he said bluntly, "This is your reward. What do you think?"

A broken halberd is placed suspended in the shrine.

The halberd has a sky-blue body and a blade as wavy as water, but this magical weapon has been broken at one-third of the body and is now in two pieces.

"This is the Xuan Tao Halberd of the Grand Ancestral Witch! It possesses the power to control the five lakes and four seas!"

When mentioning the ancestor witch, Wu Sha looked excited.

Deng Chanyu had no interest in Gonggong, she just took a closer look at him.

The magic weapon was completely broken, and now it has no other use except to be placed here for remembrance.

So the question is, can I repair this magical weapon?

(End of this chapter)