Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 466 Lu Ya Gifts Treasures
Seeing that Lao Jiang was about to persuade him, Ji Fa asked first, "Which do you think is better, the human way or the immortal way?"

Jiang Ziya stroked his beard and sighed, "Humanity brings peace and prosperity to the world, and saves the vast land. The immortal path travels the blue sea in the morning and ascends the Cangwu Mountain in the evening. I am still foolish and have wasted more than forty years. I really don't know which is better."

Ji Fa said a little excitedly: "Prime Minister, Ji Fa has made up his mind. You will assist my son in regulating the country. I hope you will agree."

His tone of "The world is so big, I want to see it" speaks volumes. Now he doesn't even use the term "I" anymore, but "I" instead.

Jiang Ziya thought about it over and over again. If he were to go by his heart, he also wanted to go back to the mountain to practice cultivation. These things in the world, no matter how wise a king or famous minister you are, a hundred years will pass in a hurry. What will be left in the last handful of loess?
If you put yourself in his shoes, if Ji Fa calls him "Father Prime Minister", he will be responsible for him.

"The most precious thing in the world is the path to immortality. How could this old minister stop Your Majesty? I only hope that Your Majesty will ascend to the path to immortality as soon as possible and return to Xiqi to take charge of the overall situation."

Three days later, Guangchengzi's boy came to Xiqi on a cloud and took Jifa to Jiuxian Mountain.

Ji Fa also entrusted his only son to Jiang Ziya in front of all the civil and military officials.

In this day and age, the succession to the throne is still very much based on bloodline. If the Deng family had not been descended from the Si clan of Emperor Yan's mother, they would not have been qualified to compete for the throne.

Ji Fa was full of confidence in his future and did not say anything like "If the heir is capable, then assist him. If he is not capable, you can be the lord of Xiqi yourself." There was no need for that.

According to history, Ji Fa's son came very late. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Ji Fa died within two years, leaving behind only a young son. At that time, the regent of the Zhou Dynasty was his fourth brother, Duke Zhou Dan.

Now he has become Guangchengzi's disciple. Although he has not yet entered the path of immortality, all the hidden illnesses in his body have been cured almost completely. Since the civil and military officials do not allow him to go to the battlefield, he has been having children in the harem and now has a two-and-a-half-year-old son.

Ji Fa went to Jiuxian Mountain to practice and entrusted all state affairs to Jiang Ziya.

Jiang Ziya's ability in governing a country was a thousand times better than his ability in practicing Taoism. After seizing power, he remained humble, and he managed the country, trained the army, and fought wars, and all affairs were handled in an orderly manner.

King Zhou recently started drinking and having fun again, and Ji Fa went to practice Taoism. The war between Shang and Zhou dynasties completely turned into a war between Wen Zhong and Jiang Ziya.

Wen Zhong had the talents gathered by the Shang Dynasty when it occupied the world. King Zhou's brutality was slightly less than that in the original time and space. The tortures such as burning people with red-hot irons and feasting in pools of wine and meat were suppressed as soon as they appeared. Regardless of the north or the south, many people still believed that the Shang Dynasty was orthodox. The Zhou Dynasty was located in the west and was undoubtedly at a disadvantage in the competition for talents.

After Jiang Ziya took control of the government, he immediately posted a notice to build a talent recruitment hall to recruit talents!
No matter your background, as long as you have a skill, you can come to the Zhou State to serve as an official.

The armies of Shang and Zhou fought again.

Wen Zhong has been suppressing the Zhou Kingdom recently. It seems that with one more effort, he will be able to completely occupy Mount Qishan. After that, it will be much easier to attack Xiqi from a dominant position.

Before the two armies, he rode a black qilin, holding a dragon whip, and said fiercely: "Jiang Shang, you have defied the will of heaven. Now that you are at the end of your rope, you still stubbornly resist to the end. Isn't that ridiculous? Listen to my advice, surrender quickly, and you can avoid the suffering of war and save the people of Xiqi. Otherwise, once the army arrives, we will all be destroyed."

Jiang Ziya was unsure, but he remained firm. He bowed to the Sibu Xiang and said, "Forgive me, Grand Master. I have been entrusted by the late king, so how dare I not give my all? Now that reinforcements are coming, and we have allies of the Great Zhou in all directions, Grand Master, you are trapped in our trap and cannot escape. Sooner or later, you will die here."

Wen Zhong said to his generals, "Who will take this thief's head for me?"

The generals were very enthusiastic.

Zhang Shan, the general just sent by King Zhou, who would have succeeded Deng Jiugong as the general of Sanshan Pass in the original time and space, led a thousand cavalry as the vanguard. Although Zhang Shan had an ordinary name, his actual martial arts skills were even better than Deng Jiugong's. At this time, he used a long spear to great effect.

Deng Zhong, who had been subdued at Huanghualing, died in Donglu. The remaining three generals remained: Xin Huan, Zhang Jie, and Tao Rong attacked from the left flank, while Wen Zhong's own disciples, Ji Li and Yu Qing, attacked from the right. A fierce battle ensued, and Jiang Ziya's men fought desperately, but were ultimately defeated. Xin Huan, with his wings, struck him from above with a thunder chisel, leaving a bloody hole in his arm.

Jiang Ziya returned to the camp covered in blood.

Ma immediately called the maid to bandage his wound.

Just when half of the food was wrapped, the disciple Wu Ji came quickly to report.

Ma was a little unhappy, but Jiang Ziya waved his hand, signaling Wu Ji not to mind and to speak frankly.

Wu Ji is also not on the list. In the Battle of Conferred Gods, this general of Xiqi successively killed Zhao Jiang, the Lord of Zhao, Yin Jiao, the Crown Prince, and beheaded Zhu Zizhen, one of the Seven Monsters of Meishan. Although his record seems to be brilliant, in fact, these people were killed by him with their hands and feet tied, their magic power sealed, and they had no ability to resist.

I can only say that Jiang Ziya was really good to his apprentice and gave him several waves of achievements.

At this time, Wu Ji bowed in front of the hall and said: "Teacher, a strange person has come to the Talent Recruitment Hall. My eyesight is too poor to recognize the true immortal's face. I don't know what to do with him."

Jiang Ziya is now desperately short of helpers. As long as anyone comes to surrender to the Zhou Kingdom, he will basically accept them. If they have nothing of their own, he will give them a small official position or some copper coins.

He himself had no chance of becoming an immortal, and at his peak he was only a half-immortal. Not to mention Wu Ji, who could only learn martial arts and read military books.

Wu Ji didn't have much magical power, but he had been in the market for many years and had some vision. He felt that the stranger who came today was difficult to see through, so he probably had some skills.

Jiang Ziya immediately entered the city and came to the Talent Recruitment Hall. He soon saw a middle-aged Taoist priest in a gray Taoist robe, with a resolute face and a short beard.

He found that he couldn't even see through the Taoist's cultivation level, so he bowed quickly and said, "Jiang Shang greets fellow Taoist. May I ask your name?"

The Taoist smiled and said, "I am Lu Ya."

Jiang Ziya had never heard of this name and it seemed that the person was not a disciple of a major sect. However, he did not neglect him and quickly asked the other party to sit down, and then ordered Wu Ji to serve tea.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lu Ya said with a smile, "I have come to see that the Prime Minister is in a bit of trouble these days, so I have come to offer you a treasure."

Jiang Ziya was not "slightly embarrassed" at all. He was about to be defeated by Wen Zhong in Mount Qishan. Once Mount Qishan was broken, Xiqi City would be in danger. This time Yuan Hong would not come to rescue Xiqi.

"Haha, I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Immortal. I wonder what treasure this is?"

Lu Ya took out a purple-red gourd and handed it to Jiang Ziya very solemnly.

"I am so blind that I don't know the name of this treasure."

Lu Ya spoke eloquently, "This treasure is called the Immortal Slashing Flying Knife. If you wish to use it, open the gourd and release one of its innate spirits. It will fix your enemy with its gaze. After that, you only need to recite the incantation, 'Please, treasure, turn around.' That's it."

(End of this chapter)