Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 804: Breaking through the Five Passes and Marching East
If it were just a simple in-person ceremony, most immortals wouldn't be interested. They're seeking freedom and ease. Wouldn't I be comfortable lying at home? Why would they travel all the way to watch the ceremony? Whose side was Zhao Gongming on?

It seemed that he also knew that the immortals in the prehistoric times would not do anything without profit, so Tongtian Sect Master still spent a lot of money for Zhao Gongming. This Shangqing saint issued a decree that he would give a sermon after the ceremony, and all immortals, regardless of their background or cultivation, could come and listen.

Deng Chanyu was quite interested in this sermon. It would be a shame not to listen to it. Saints preached relatively frequently when they had just become saints, but now they rarely preach.

There's no big reason, it's just too much trouble.

I am a saint whether I preach or not. Why should I preach?
Isn't it a pleasure to learn and practice what you have learned? Normally, no student would be willing to take out their high school textbooks to study after starting work. Is Genshin Impact no longer popular?
A certain Wa who does not want to reveal her name at this time and is currently writing a new set of skills has a lot to say about it. It is too boring, but she can't just write it randomly.

The same goes for Tongtian Sect Master.

You ask him to talk about the way of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian? He can talk about it for thousands of years, but this involves the question of whether the earthly immortals and celestial immortals can understand it. Even if they can understand it, this is also the most valuable knowledge. Why does Tongtian want to talk about these things?
Ask him to talk about the knowledge of Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals? That would bring us back to the problem of Wa. It's too boring. To save face, he has to choose his words carefully. If he makes a mistake, it would be a disgrace.

It's true that a saint can generate billions of thoughts in a split second, but doesn't that still require some brainpower? Overall, Tongtian Patriarch's sermon was quite valuable, and to describe it as highly anticipated wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Chi Jingzi said, "There are many fellow Daoists from all walks of life participating in the grand ceremony. I will exchange some spiritual materials with them to make up for your loss. What do you think, Junior Sister?"

He was very thoughtful. As a leading figure in the Chan sect, he had a wide network of contacts and was able to organize this small-scale trade fair.

Deng Chanyu had no way to do this. She was neither socially anxious nor a bigot. The main reason was that she was too young and had a small social circle. Even though she had reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, many immortals who had been in seclusion for over a hundred years did not recognize her.

Chi Jingzi has a lot of connections.

She nodded and said, "I'll do as you say, Brother Dao."

"good."

Even though Jiejiao has always been known for its swift and decisive actions, this personal teaching ceremony still required three months of preparation.

Deng Chanyu had previously spent a month discussing Taoism with Wenshu, Cihang, and the others on Mount Emei. Now, with more than two months left until the grand ceremony, should she retreat? The time was too short. Should she do something else? There wasn't much else to do.

They went directly to Yunxiao Cave on Taihua Mountain where Chi Jingzi was residing and continued to preach and discuss the Dao.

Deng Chanyu also gained a lot from this kind of discussion.

It can be heard that the Chan school has entered a relatively standardized model for spiritual practice, with a lot of theories such as "inner scene", "external scene", visualizing the Three Pure Ones Palace, and visualizing the intersection of dragon and tiger. Manjushri and others occasionally say some professional terms such as "untying the knot", "cutting off ignorance", "perfect enlightenment of the six dusts", and "perfect enlightenment of the six roots".

Various small realms and bottlenecks have professional explanations and lengthy discussions.

No matter whether it works or not, it sounds pretty scary anyway.

Deng Chanyu sighed. No wonder the Three Pure Ones expelled a certain Wa from the Xuanmen. Her own teacher had never spent any time on this.

For Nuwa, what about the Golden Immortal and Taiyi? Isn't it enough to have hands? Is there any need for practice?

The cultivation of the lineage of Nuwa, Deng Chanyu, and Nezha is like driving a dump truck. Don't worry about what's ahead, just floor the accelerator and charge! Just tell me, is it fast?
Nezha has only been practicing for eleven or twelve years now, and he's already caught up to Yang Jian, who practiced for a hundred years. It's not that Nezha's talent is higher than Yang Jian's, but simply that he's just a step behind. What's with the "three poisons and five fears"? What are they? With a 300% training speed, he doesn't even notice the flowers and plants on the road!

Deng Chanyu secretly wrote down some professional terms, and planned to select some of them and write them into the Ultra Instinct later, to show that her level as a teacher is high enough, haha!

Without Ma Shan's blood-locking hook, the Shang State's Lintong Pass could not hold the overall situation with only Wen Liang. Lei Zhenzi sent Wen Liang to the battlefield with one stick. The Zhou army attacked the city like ants, and finally more than 30,000 soldiers were killed in the battle. It was extremely difficult to break through Lintong Pass.

From west to east, the five gateways blocking the Zhou Kingdom from entering the Central Plains, namely Sishui Pass, Jiepai Pass, Chuanyun Pass, Tong Pass and Lintong Pass, were all breached.

Jiameng Pass in the north fell into the hands of the Zhou State as Yuan Hong left. Afterwards, Jiang Ziya sent General Chong Heihu to govern the area north of the Yellow River.

Sanshan Pass and Qinglong Pass in the south of the Five Passes were both in the hands of the Han State.

Now the Shang Kingdom only has Luoyi and some surrounding areas, and is surrounded by enemies in all four directions.

Jiang Ziya returned to Xiqi City and made a general mobilization, preparing for the final blow to completely destroy the Shang Dynasty.

Nangong Shi reminded him that he should keep some troops to guard against the Han regime in the south that was sharpening its sword.

Lao Jiang has contacted Haotian, the Party A, and now he wants to deify him as a god quickly. After that, he will go to heaven to be an official. Your affairs in the human world will have nothing to do with him anymore. If you want to fight me, you can fight me. I, an old man, will not fight you.

He was anxious to "jump ship" because he knew that the Han State in the south was waiting for him to destroy Shang and would not send troops to attack at this time. So he conscripted all the merchants, farmers, herdsmen, and criminals in the Zhou State, with men serving as fighters and women as transporters. There were 300,000 regular combat soldiers, and the remaining auxiliary soldiers were about the same number. Finally, he falsely claimed that the army had a million soldiers, and the army left Xiqi City in a mighty manner to launch the final attack on the Shang State.

"Prime Minister, there is a woman blocking the road at the intersection ahead." General Nangong Shi came hurriedly to report.

Jiang Ziya was a little confused. A woman blocking the road? I have a million soldiers here. Are we going to stop moving just because a woman blocks the road?

After all, Nangong Shi was one of King Wen's four friends in the past and the most senior minister of the Zhou State. He was an old veteran at such an old age and had always worked diligently, so he couldn't scold him.

"General Nangong, hold the line. I will go to the front to take a look."

Jiang Ziya rode the Sibu Xiang to the front and saw a middle-aged woman wearing green palace clothes and with a dignified demeanor standing in the middle of the road.

After seeing the woman's appearance clearly, he finally understood why Nangong Shi was in trouble.

After thinking for a moment, he also dismounted the Sibu Xiang and bowed his head in greeting: "Jiang Shang greets Her Majesty the Queen."

Queen Jiang had a gentle demeanor and a pleasant voice: "Prime Minister Jiang, I am no longer the former Jiang of Donghai. Please do not mention the Queen's words again."

Even though she said that, Jiang Ziya still bowed properly.

(End of this chapter)