Chapter 236 The Ancient God's Complex Expression

Wei Yuan and Zhang Ruosu discussed the possible problems that might arise during the Buddhist debate.

Frankly speaking, the old Daoist was giving Wei Yuan a mock exam before the real thing.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan had a sufficient understanding of Daoist arts and cultivation. The old Daoist finally felt relieved. Before leaving, he gave Wei Yuan a treasured talisman that could summon Zhao, the God of Wealth, the Zhengyi Black Tiger Xuantan Marshal. Unlike the stories in Investiture of the Gods, in Daoism, Zhao was the guardian general beside Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, a proper Daoist disciple.

He predates the writing of Investiture of the Gods by more than a thousand years.

It's just that the original true form was forgotten because of the overwhelming popularity of folk incense offerings.

However, he is not the only one whose fame was so great that he was used by later novelists.

The Great Tang military god, Li Jing, probably couldn't figure out how he became a commander in the Shang Dynasty and had an unfilial son who wanted to smash his head. Speaking of which, did the Shang Dynasty even have a commander position?

Wei Yuan muttered in his heart, and then accepted the treasured talisman.

The black cat expressed that it wanted to stay on Mount Longhu and would not go down for now.

Wei Yuan glanced at Zhang Ruosu and the big orange cat, who both looked innocent.

He seemed to understand something.

"You're really not coming down the mountain?"

The black cat licked its paw, its face full of ferocity, and said solemnly: "To resist the foreign, one must first pacify the internal."

Wei Yuan gave a thumbs up.

This was Zhao Pu's famous saying from the Song Dynasty, "Governing the world with half an Analects."

It seemed that the black cat had also read a few books.

Leaving a headache for Zhang, Wei Yuan patted his butt and went straight down the mountain.

After going down the mountain, he didn't go back directly.

Instead, he brought wine and dishes and detoured to the Wuhou Temple in Shu, to see Guan Yunchang. The latter was originally in a deep sleep, but when Wei Yuan arrived, he turned around, closed the door, and saw the majestic general sitting on one side of the table, stroking his beard, his expression calm.

"General Guan..."

"Your injuries have recovered?"

Guan Yunchang stroked his beard and said indifferently: "A mere minor injury, not worth mentioning."

"Since there is fine wine, how can there be no reason to drink it?"

"Daoist Yuan, please warm the wine."

Wei Yuan knew the temperament of this famous general. All the world's peerless generals were arrogant and self-respecting. He hooked the corner of his mouth, did not expose it, and took the initiative to warm the wine for Guan Yunchang. After a meal of wine and meat, he agreed with Guan Yunchang on the matter of taking action later, and then returned to the museum.

In the following days, Wei Yuan just meditated and practiced Qi.

Either he sorted out his thoughts, corresponding his understanding of Daoist arts with Zhang Ruosu's new school of Daoist knowledge, gaining more insights, or he went online. He could see that the Daoist and Buddhist debate was overwhelmingly popular online, and nothing could compare to it.

The black cat temporarily returned to Mount Longhu.

The water ghost stood with his hands behind his back, feeling a bit lonely.

Then he discovered that the netizen with the cat head was going online more and more frequently.

So the water ghost, who started an online flame war, quickly threw the black cat to the back of his mind.

He devoted himself to the path of Dao debate with keyboards as swords.

Time passed quickly. The day before the Daoist and Buddhist debate, Wei Yuan hid the Zhengyi Black Tiger Xuantan Marshal Zhao's treasured talisman, and also confirmed Guan Yunchang's condition in advance. After pondering for a while, he decided to do another divination in advance.

The reason for not performing divination in advance.

Was because Wei Yuan was not a Qi after all. With his divination level, divining things that would happen a month later was full of too many variables, and it was basically impossible to get a real revelation. For such major events involving too many things, divining one day in advance and preparing some means in advance was already the limit.

Wei Yuan casually took out a few copper coins, flicked his fingers, and the copper coins rolled up and landed in his palm.

For safety, to avoid being noticed, Wei Yuan decided to use methods such as Zhou Gong's Dream Interpretation to interpret the hexagram. He lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and soon returned to his dream. Wei Yuan pondered for a while, preparing to contact Wuzhiqi in his dream.

His movements paused.

Wuzhiqi was not actually good at heavenly secret-related abilities.

The effect of shearing his wool was also limited.

Of course, the most important thing was that Wuzhiqi was probably still in the game.

Thinking about the anger of being forcibly logged off when playing games during vacation, Wei Yuan felt that if he pulled Wuzhiqi over, a Huai River staff would likely appear on his head. However, it was necessary to divine whether tomorrow's affairs would go smoothly.

Wei Yuan pondered for a few seconds.

Gradually, he had an idea.

Without seeing him do anything, various kinds of dim sum suddenly appeared in the dream, steaming hot pot appeared, roast duck with golden and crispy skin appeared, ice cream appeared, and exquisitely shaped cakes that looked extremely delicious appeared. Then he silently recalled.

Everything from steamed lamb, steamed bear paws, steamed deer tails, roasted duck, and roasted chicken.

To roasted goose, braised salted duck, soy sauce chicken, preserved meat, Songhua eggs, small sausages, cold cuts, sausages, and assorted Suzhou platters.

He didn't need to have eaten them.

He just needed to have them.

Wei Yuan sat cross-legged surrounded by food.

Then he silently recited the name—

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, Zhu Jiuyin.

……………………

The Mountain Sea Realm · Nine Netherworlds.

Wei Yuan had been here before, and saw Zhu Jiuyin for the first time under the leadership of the Nine Netherworld priests.

The birth of the Nine Netherworlds was due to the disaster of the northwest tilting of the sky.

There was a fragment of the sky here.

Zhu Jiuyin's manifested body stood next to the fragment of the sky. Seeing the vast and boundless aura, his expression was calm. After a long silence, he flicked his sleeves to let the last true spirit of Gu emerge. The past obsessions had been killed. The current Gu was just a pure wisp of true spirit, with no past memories anymore.

Zhu Jiuyin looked at Him, silent for a long time.

Finally, he sighed softly and flicked his sleeves.

Gu's true spirit dissipated and fell into the heaven and earth.

Behind Zhu Jiuyin, the most powerful cultivators and priests in the entire Nine Netherworlds stood with their heads bowed.

They could also feel the melancholy of the Venerable God.

And that kind of lonely, truly high and above aura of an ancient god became even heavier, just like the main body of Zhulong, who supported the heaven and earth and presided over the rotation of the sun and moon, making people awe-inspiring. Zhu Jiuyin turned around, his voice flat, and said:

"Seal this place off."

"The grand sacrifices within ten years are cancelled."

Everyone's hearts shook, and then they became a little anxious. The cancellation of the grand sacrifice also meant that the Venerable God would not descend to the world and would no longer manage the affairs of the Nine Netherworlds. They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. It seemed that Gu's matter still had some influence on this ancient god, making Zhu Jiuyin lose interest in other matters and become even more indifferent.

They wanted to persuade him, but after all, Zhu Jiuyin was a god, and they were just the people of the Nine Netherworlds who were sheltered. Even if they had other ideas in their hearts, they could only bow their heads and say:

"Yes."

"We respectfully obey the divine decree."

At this moment, the leading Nine Netherworld High Priest suddenly discovered.

The expression on the face of that powerful and arbitrary god suddenly froze.

The expression in that instant was extremely complex and strange.

It was as if he hadn't expected it, probably with a feeling of 'What are you doing?' at first, and then turning into an astonishment of 'How dare you do this?', as if the matter was so absurd that even this ancient god showed a trace of confusion.

This trace of astonishment made the Nine Netherworld High Priest's heart sink. Then, the trace of expression in Zhu Jiuyin's eyes quickly disappeared, still high and vast, flat and distant. He waved his sleeves to let everyone retreat, and Zhu Jiuyin's manifested body also dissipated.

In Wei Yuan's dream, the ground was full of food, but still failed to make Zhu Jiuyin appear.

Wei Yuan was a little regretful.

Since Wei Yuan had personally seen Zhu Jiuyin, and he summoned Him in his dream with his true spirit, it was impossible for Zhu Jiuyin not to notice, even if it was across the distant Mountain Sea Realm and the Human World. However, the Queen Mother of the West could travel between the two realms, so Zhu Jiuyin could definitely do it too.

It seemed that he was unwilling to come.

Tsk, is the food in my Human World not tasty enough, or has your Zhu Jiuyin's taste become picky?

Wei Yuan complained in his heart.

Just as he was about to clean up these things.

In front of him, a palm fell and picked up a piece of pastry.

He raised his head, and Zhu Jiuyin, wearing classical clothes and with an ancient face, tied his hair with a wooden hairpin, slowly put the pastry into his mouth, his eyes indifferent, and said:

"What do you seek me for?"

ps: Today's first update... Sorting out ideas, writer's block...

Song Dynasty · Zhao Pu: If China is stable, the surrounding barbarians will submit. Therefore, those who wish to resist foreign invaders must first pacify the internal.

The skill points for digging pits seem to have been improved again.

Also, I'm recommending a book today~ "The Other World Conquest Manual"