Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 858 Everyone is secretly reading Buddhist scriptures

Taibai Jinxing couldn't help but stroke his beard and sighed, "I am no longer able to do this. Marshal has high aspirations and a promising future. He still needs to forge ahead."

His words were sincere and full of encouragement.

The Phoenix offered two words of comfort: "Old Star Lord, please humble yourself and wait for the right time. Good or bad fortune is still unknown."

Taibai Jinxing's expression became more serious. "I'm like a blind man touching an elephant. This journey has been filled with hesitation. It's really difficult, difficult, difficult!"

They chatted for most of an hour. If it were usual, the heavenly soldiers and generals would have come to find him long ago. Most of an hour? It was good enough for you to rest for a cup of tea. It was either Haotian's urgent summons or some other trivial matter. Now it's good, free of worries.

The old man flicked his whisk and left the Marshal's Mansion.

Long Ji blinked: "Were you talking about the Heavenly Palace just now?"

Phoenix patted her hands. "Yes and no. The old Star Lord is just lamenting his fate. In the past, destiny changed, and he had to give up the path of killing. Now that Bigan has been appointed the Star Lord of Literature, his martial arts path cannot be restored, and his literary path has been blocked. He is at a loss as to what to do. That's why he feels so sad."

If it were when she first met Fenghuang, Long Ji would definitely have said a few words to ask her father for mercy. Now she also realized her father's character, that is, he was typically mean and ungrateful. This word may not be so bad, it's just that he is too rational and lacks humanity.

"Let's practice hard. No matter how the outside world changes, I will remain unmoved. That's enough."

In fact, what Fenghuang and Taibai Jinxing talked about were not only the affairs of Heaven, but they were in the ancient times and were under the jurisdiction of Heaven, so they did not dare to elaborate.

It has been said before that the number of days has changed, but this time it is the real time that the number of days has changed.

The changes were too fast, and the large-scale promotion of the incense and fire religion directly broke Taibai Jinxing's old waist.

At this time, Deng Chanyu, Fenghuang, and Yueguang all turned their gazes to the Heavenly Palace. The wishes of all living beings were continuously poured into the Heavenly Palace. Many gods of the incense and Taoist sects were practicing with the help of this huge power of incense, and their practice speed was advancing by leaps and bounds.

Taibai Jinxing had always advocated following the will of Heaven and responding to the needs of people. Now that this was no longer possible, what could he do? He was already halfway along the path to immortality, and for no reason, to show his loyalty, he had to take the extremely restrictive path of incense and worship? He had no way forward, and no way back. As an old immortal who had manifested from the stars during the reign of Emperor Jun, he was completely lost.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the prehistoric world has been continuously decreasing, and even if Yang Mei's body is dragged back, this trend cannot be stopped.

The original method of cultivation in the prehistoric times was to rely on the infusion of massive spiritual energy. People would absorb as much spiritual energy as possible. Yuan Feng, who ate whatever he saw, was a typical example. If that era was 1.0, then Hongjun's integration with the Tao was 2.0. Hongjun gave the immortals the method of killing the three corpses, and later the integration of the three corpses to achieve the Tao of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. He advocated saving and not wasting.

The way of using spiritual energy has changed from swallowing it whole to being frugal. The reason is that the concentration of spiritual energy between heaven and earth is decreasing, while the number of immortals is increasing.

Now, it is a new era, which can be called Honghuang 3.0.

From the initial practice of breathing deeply, to the 2.0 approach of letting the immortals breathe less, and now to not breathing unless necessary, this is a trend.

Hongjun's intentions are simple: he emphasizes the use of incense and deity, encouraging the use of sentient beings' willpower to replace the spiritual energy of heaven and earth during cultivation. Currently, there are many sentient beings in the prehistoric world, but few immortals. This model can still operate. When the number of immortals reaches a certain level, and the number of sentient beings cannot meet the needs of the immortals, the next era will begin.

Taibai Jinxing anticipated this scene and felt that she, who had no saints to support her and no outstanding abilities, could not keep up with the development of the times. Phoenix was also sighing. Once the Conferred God Ceremony was over, she, a young and up-and-coming person, became a remnant of the old era.
"Thank you for showing me the way, Marshal. I'll take my leave." The Golden Spirit Mother bowed her head and saluted. Yu Yuan on the side pulled the seven-fragrance carriage. The seven little pigs trembled when they saw the phoenix from afar, and one of them was almost scared to pee.

After the Conferred God Ceremony was over, Yang Jian from the School of Orthodoxy did not come to see his master Jade Ding Zhenren, Taiyi Zhenren did not come to see his disciple Lei Zhenzi, and none of the remaining immortals, including Huanglong Zhenren, came to visit Randang.

The people on the Jiejiao side are much more humane.

Yu Yuan came to see Wen Zhong on the second day after the Conferred God Ceremony, and the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit also came. Wen Zhong felt that he was really ashamed of the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit for what happened to Yin Jiao and Yin Hong, so he refused to see her.

The Holy Mother of Golden Spirit came to the Heavenly Palace in person, wanting to see the Holy Mother of Turtle Spirit again. It seemed that she did not want her former fellow sister to see her in such a miserable state. Turtle Spirit asked her maid to pass on a long letter for her and also stayed indoors.

"My junior sister is of upright character. If she has offended me in the past few days, I will apologize to the Marshal on her behalf." The Golden Spirit Holy Mother saluted the Phoenix again, then sighed, and the Seven Fragrance Carriage set off, returning to the Biyou Palace.

Long Ji watched the disappearing figure of the Golden Spirit Mother and whispered, "This Jiejiao Senior Sister's innate pure gold energy was extremely sharp before, but now she looks a bit more refined and pure."

Phoenix looked at her strangely. Long Ji clenched his fists, expressing his dissatisfaction: "My eyesight is also very good, don't underestimate me!"

"Then can you see where her change comes from?"

Long Ji put his finger on his chin and thought for a moment: "Is it because he was touched by the Turtle Spirit's current appearance? It doesn't seem so. Is that the new magic formula of the Shangqing Saint? It doesn't seem so either."

She glanced at Fenghuang out of the corner of her eyes, and there was one meaning between her eyebrows, which was that you should remind me quickly.

Phoenix made the shape of "Buddha" with his mouth.

Long Ji suddenly realized, "She also wants to join the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation, but because of her status, she is very hesitant. Has she secretly read a lot of Buddhist scriptures? Hahahaha, I saw it at first glance! This princess has a unique vision, so I can see it. How did you see it?"

Phoenix laughed dryly and said nothing. "Jin Ling certainly wouldn't go to Buddhism on her own. She could have sent her corpse-chopping incarnation to do it. As for how I knew she was secretly reading Buddhist scriptures? Because we're reading Buddhist scriptures here too!" Besides the three original sutras of Moonlight Bodhisattva, I've read quite a few of the other publicly available Bodhisattva Sutras, the Nirvana Sutra, the Akasagarbha Sutra, and the Great Prajna Sutra.

Long Ji was actually very smart, but he just didn't want to use his brain. He tapped her with his finger and said, "You are not being honest. Are you also secretly reading Buddhist scriptures? If you go to the Buddhist sect and become the master disciple, then we..."

As she spoke, a hint of worry appeared on her face. She really didn't want to change the status quo.

Phoenix immediately put his hands together and saluted, his movements perfect: "Female donor, I have entered the Buddhist monastery and have pledged my allegiance to Buddha in this life. If there is an afterlife."

Longji pouted fiercely to show his dissatisfaction and punched him. Fenghuang knew that Longji felt very insecure because of his family, so she quickly admitted her mistake and comforted him for a while.

(End of this chapter)