Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 61 Tu Xingsun defected to Xiqi
Xiqi did not say anything like "Ji Chang of Xiqi will never pay homage to Shang", but the actual meaning was expressed.

However, this time there was no Jiang Ziya to help govern the country, and the national strength was much worse than ten years later. Old man Ji Chang did not raise the banner of "Zhou", but chose to be like Nanbo Hou E Chongyu, who was still a subject in name but had actually begun a military confrontation.

The Shang Dynasty and the four great princes were in a situation of one superpower and many strong powers. Now there were wars on all sides. Ji Chang believed that he still had a chance.

The saints had no reaction to this. It was only ten years earlier. In the eyes of the saints, ten years or even a hundred years passed in a flash, and they did not have much concrete concept.

Xiqi is not strong enough now, and launching an uprising prematurely would result in great sacrifices. The saints don't care about this issue at all.

Heaven's will is to rise up the Zhou and destroy the Shang, but your Zhou still needs to be self-reliant and independent. You can't ask us saints to fight for you, can you? You can't even withstand a wave of attacks from the Shang, and you want us disciples of the three sects to fight for you? What kind of dream are you?

Only Yuanshi Tianzun, who was more concerned about Xiqi, took a second look at him. He first sent Juliusun, who had been kneeling for half a year, back to the mountain, and let go of the previous matters, asking him to be more careful next time. Then he said to Jiang Ziya, "You were born with a short life, and it is difficult to become an immortal. Now that King Cheng Tang's time has come, the Zhou Dynasty will rise." He did not give him any magic weapon, and asked him to go down the mountain to "support the wise leader."

Jiang Ziya begged bitterly, repeatedly stating that he did not want wealth and glory in the world, but only wanted to practice hard in the mountains.

Yuanshi Tianzun acted extremely ruthless and waved his hand to let him go down the mountain.

"Oh? Ziya, are you going down the mountain too?" The dark and fat Juliusun was also shameless. He knelt in front of the gate of Yuxu Palace for half a year. After being forgiven by his teacher, he stood up with a normal expression. He did not have the posture of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect at all. He walked down the mountain happily. As soon as he reached the foot of Kunlun Mountain, he met Jiang Ziya who was carrying a backpack.

No one can guess the mind of a saint. Ju Liusun is a second-generation disciple, Jiang Ziya is also a second-generation disciple, and even Deng Hua and Qin Zhen, who appeared in the Ten Absolute Formations and died within a hundred words, are also second-generation disciples.

There was a huge difference between the disciples, so Jiang Ziya did not dare to show off in front of Ju Liusun.

"Greetings, Senior Brother and Teacher. Teacher ordered me to go down the mountain."

He stammered in his answer.

This morning, Jiang Ziya was still chopping wood in the mountains, but he was notified to go down the mountain at noon. His going down the mountain was almost equivalent to being expelled from the sect. For Jiang Ziya, who had been devoted to the Tao and had never wavered for forty years, today's experience was really too dark.

Ju Liusun knew some of the inside stories of the List of Conferred Gods, but his relationship with Yuanshi Tianzun was not as close as those favored disciples of Guangchengzi, so what he knew was very limited. At this moment, a slight change appeared on his face.

He was able to follow the Taoist Master Ran Deng in rebelling against the Chan Sect and joining the Western Sect, and soon became a Buddha. This shows that Ju Liusun has unique wisdom.

He thought, "Meeting is destiny. Ziya, do you have a place to go? Why don't you come back to Jialong Mountain with me and spend a few days together?"

Jiang Ziya was now in a state of confusion. He remembered Yuanshi Tianzun's words to "revive the Zhou Dynasty and destroy the Shang Dynasty," but to say that he had no resistance at all and was prepared to be a tool? He didn't want to do that right now.

He was from Donghai. Whether he was the Duke of Dongbo or the two hundred princes in the east, they had always been extremely loyal to the Shang Dynasty. He went up the mountain at the age of 32. At this age, his world view and outlook on life were already very mature. Seeking immortality was not brainwashing. He had a certain sense of belonging to the Shang Dynasty.

In those days, the Shang Dynasty occupied the central land, and the four major princes guarded the four directions. Under the deliberate instigation of the Shang Dynasty, people in the east looked down on people in the west, and people in the south and the north despised each other. As an authentic Donghai native, Jiang Ziya looked down on Xiqi.

I dared not directly disobey Yuanshi Tianzun's order, but delaying it and finding an excuse was perfectly fine. "As you wish, Senior Brother."

The two men came to Jialong Mountain. After Ju Liusun shouted four or five times, he finally opened the mountain gate. Then Jiang Ziya saw his nephew Tu Xingsun, who was actually older than him and had been practicing Taoism for a hundred years.

After drinking heavily for three days in a row, Jiang Ziya told everything he knew, then said goodbye to Master Juliusun and his disciple, and left Jialong Mountain with a rather lonely back.

Tuxingsun had no idea about the rise of Zhou and the destruction of Shang before, but he had been listening closely for the past three days and heard a lot of inside information.

As soon as Jiang Ziya left, he whispered to Ju Liusun, "Master, what does this 'Zhou Dynasty will rise, Cheng Tang will fall' mean? That Senior-Martial-Uncle Jiang's cultivation seems mediocre, so why is he allowed to enjoy the wealth and splendor of the world?"

He almost said directly that it was my turn.

Ju Liusun's impression of his disciple grew worse and worse. "Do you have a pig's brain? If you directly confront the Shang Dynasty, what consequences will you bear?" The Xianjiao sect sent Jiang Ziya down the mountain precisely to use this disciple, whose path to immortality was cut off, as a shield for the other second- and third-generation disciples.

He was very dissatisfied with Tuxingsun's greed, but he still had the bottom line of a master.

"Your uncle Jiang has a short life, his path to immortality cut off, and he can only waste his time in the mortal world. Don't try to imitate him. Diligently practice the Jade Purity Immortal Technique, and quickly achieve the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head and the Five Qi Returning to the Origin—that's what you should strive for." After a moment's thought, he added, "There will be a time for you to descend from the mountain."

Juliusun's advice was actually quite sincere. Tuxingsun agreed on the surface, but after Juliusun went into seclusion, he finally revealed his true intentions.

After enduring repeated beatings from Wei Hu and Jin Zha, Tu Xingsun became extremely resistant to practicing Taoism.

In the original time and space, he was fooled by Shen Gongbao, who said that he "can enjoy the wealth and honor of the world". At that time, Tuxingsun stole the rope that bound Juliusun without saying a word.

Now that Ju Liusun was in seclusion, he made the same choice, opened the restrictions of the cave, and took away Ju Liusun's rope.

There are several recognized characteristics of Tuxingsun's character.

He is greedy, lustful, cunning, and loves to steal. He is usually a little clever, but he lacks great wisdom and long-term vision.

This person has a very extreme personality and thinks highly of himself. In front of the illusive "wealth and honor in the world" mentioned by Shen Gongbao, he abandons the century-long relationship between master and apprentice. He thinks that if he wants the so-called "wealth and honor in the world", he can definitely get it.

It was the same now. He threw Ju Liusun's warning to the back of his mind, took the immortal rope, and left Jialong Mountain without looking back.

After going down the mountain, he identified the road and used the ground-walking technique to head to Xiqi.

When they were drinking before, Jiang Ziya said that he was going to go to Chaoge first to see the current situation of the Shang Dynasty. Tuxingsun felt that he should seize the opportunity and go to Xiqi first. God's will was in Xiqi. If he went to help at this time, wouldn't the wealth and honor in the world be within his reach?
(End of this chapter)