Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

Why did Bai Ze agree unconditionally to Jiang Yuan's request? It was to repay a favor. But simply helping him contact the Zhou Tian Demon God wasn't enough to repay all the favors.

Therefore, Bai Ze still needs to do more. For example, he could remind Jiang Yuan of the hidden dangers in this matter, or save Jiang Yuan's life if he encounters danger.

Only in this way can all the debts of gratitude be repaid.

"I know they have ill intentions, but whatever their schemes may be, because of my status, they can only act after I am unable to fulfill my promise, that is, to return the Great Shaman's blood essence or an equivalent treasure as agreed."

"Before this, they couldn't do anything to me. After this... that won't be the case anymore. As far as my future prospects are concerned, it's impossible for me not to repay the treasure I owe them."

"Unless they scheme against me and are willing to sabotage the Heavenly Court's grand plan to promote Xuanhuangji. In that case, I would be unable to fulfill my promise and repay the debt on time."

"But is that even possible?"

Upon hearing Bai Ze's reminder, Jiang Yuan smiled.

Given the size of the Heavenly Court, the total amount of Xuanhuang millet harvested each year must be beyond imagination. For him to be able to receive a tenth of it, unless he borrowed a supreme innate treasure, what else could he not repay?

"That's true!"

Bai Ze thought it made sense. Promoting the Xuanhuangji was related to the future rise and fall of the Heavenly Court. Anyone who dared to secretly sabotage this matter, even if they were a Zhou Tian demon god, would not be tolerated by Emperor Jun.

The consequences of sabotaging this matter are so severe that even if those Zhou Tian demon gods were insane, they wouldn't sabotage it just to scheme against Jiang Yuan.

"Let's get back to business."

"Beyond the nine heavens, there is an even wider starry sky. Therefore, the Encyclopedia of the Nine Heavens must be compiled well, without the slightest error, and without allowing others to find fault with it."

"Only after this book is presented to the Heavenly Emperor can I ask him to entrust us with the important task of compiling the Encyclopedia of the Stars."

"Fellow Daoist is a wise man, and should understand that compared to compiling the Encyclopedia of the Starry Sky, compiling the Encyclopedia of the Nine Heavens is merely an appetizer; the latter is the truly great merit."

"Once it is accomplished, even the Great Perfection of Quasi-Saints can only be considered our starting point. In the future, we will surely become great supernatural beings, and may even reach the Primordial Chaos Realm."

The matter of lending money was a trivial matter, and Jiang Yuan did not want Bai Ze to focus his energy on such things, so he offered him empty promises, suggesting that he should refocus his energy on compiling the Encyclopedia of the Nine Heavens.

As I said before, this matter is extremely important and cannot be allowed to fail under any circumstances. However, because of his cultivation, Jiang Yuan cannot keep an eye on things all the time, so in this situation, we can only ask Bai Ze to do the work.

He is not only one of the best among the Great Luo Golden Immortals, but also a wise man among the demon race. With him overseeing this matter, there will be absolutely no oversights, and the effect will be even better than if Jiang Yuan were to personally oversee it.

Therefore, after entrusting this matter to him, Jiang Yuan could rest assured and become a hands-off manager, focusing on his secluded cultivation and striving to break through to the Pangu Taiyi realm.

"The Complete Encyclopedia of the Stars..."

Bai Ze was taken aback, not because he was swayed by Jiang Yuan's promises, but because he was wondering if this was really possible.

He wasn't Jiang Yuan; he had never been to the starry sky, and his understanding of this place came entirely from his own imagination.

He had truly been to the starry sky and lived there for a very, very long time. Therefore, he knew deeply the vastness of the starry sky and the multitude of living beings it nurtured.

If a detailed encyclopedia of the stars could be compiled, the benefits would be so great that it could indeed create a Grand Luo Immortal.

The problem is that the starry sky is too vast and continues to expand. Even the powerful demon race, which has ruled the starry sky for many years, has only explored the central region.

Further afield, the demon race could not even observe, let alone explore.

With this in mind, Bai Ze's thoughts inevitably differed from the confident Jiang Yuan's. He felt that a complete encyclopedia of the starry sky was probably impossible to compile.

Or rather, only a sage could have composed such a work. But a sage is already a Primordial Golden Immortal, so there's no need for them to covet this merit.

This is contradictory...

However, that's not important. Jiang Yuan was right about one thing: the benefits of compiling a starry sky encyclopedia far outweigh those of a nine-heaven encyclopedia.

Even if it's not complete, but only a part, the benefits gained are still several times, or even ten or twenty times.

That's enough; it's enough to motivate Bai Ze to work hard and dedicate himself wholeheartedly to this cause.

"Indeed!"

Coming to his senses, Bai Ze nodded.

Unaware of Bai Ze's thoughts, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but smile with relief after Bai Ze agreed. With Bai Ze as his tool, he could now focus on his secluded cultivation with peace of mind.

To be honest, Jiang Yuan's cultivation level is rather low. How low? Even though he is a disciple of a sage, many people look down on him and want to steal his opportunities.

Indeed, ever since the news spread that Di Jun was going to give one-tenth of Xuanhuang Millet to Jiang Yuan, countless powerful figures throughout the demon race have been envious, wishing they could devour Jiang Yuan alive and take his place.

However, due to Jiang Yuan's status, such things could only be thought about and could not be put into action. But even so, the powerful demons who envied him did not stop.

First, he submitted a memorial to Emperor Jun, claiming that he had been too generous to Jiang Yuan and demanding that the treatment be reduced from 10% to 1%, or even lower.

Then, citing his low cultivation level and inability to shoulder such a heavy responsibility, he hoped that Dijun would withdraw his previous order and entrust the compilation of the Encyclopedia of the Nine Heavens to other demon gods.

The former is alright; it didn't cause too much trouble. After all, even if the amount of Xuanhuang millet allocated to Jiang Yuan is reduced, the portion saved most likely won't end up in their hands.

But the latter is different. As long as the task of compiling the Encyclopedia of the Nine Heavens is changed, the new demon god and his race will immediately receive tremendous benefits.

Therefore, this matter caused a great uproar, alarming most of the demon race. Almost half of the demon gods petitioned Emperor Jun, hoping that he would replace Jiang Yuan.

Some shameless demon gods even directly volunteered, saying that they could completely replace Jiang Yuan and do a better job than him.

Afterwards, although Emperor Xi suppressed the matter, how could Jiang Yuan, as the person involved, not have received the news?

Therefore, while he was furious, he also deeply realized his own shortcomings. The reason this matter escalated was not because he had gained too many advantages, but because he was too weak.

He doesn't even need to be a quasi-saint; as long as he's a Great Luo Golden Immortal now, this matter won't cause any trouble.

Even though the demon gods had the advantage of numbers, they only dared to bully disciples of sages at the Heavenly Immortal realm. If you tried bullying disciples of sages at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, they would never dare to cause trouble.

Because celestial immortals cannot kill them, but great immortals can.

Being a disciple of a sage is indeed a life-saving talisman, but it can only save your life, not your dignity and interests.

To keep these, we still need to rely on our strength.