Chapter 147: A thought blossoms, and the king dominates the world (Subscribe)
"This this……"

Jiang Ziya was so shocked that he was dumbfounded. He looked at Yang Ling in disbelief and said reluctantly, "Brother, are you kidding me?"

He found it hard to believe what Yang Ling had just said.

Whether it was the other party who forcibly robbed others of their Merit and Celebration Cloud, or his two senior brothers who became victims...

Yang Ling shook his head, his expression not showing any sign of joking. He said calmly, "That's the truth, Junior Brother Ziya, I'm not kidding you."

After that, he told them all the stories between him, Yu Ding and Manjusri without reservation.

When Jiang Ziya heard that Jade Ding Zhenren intended to accept Yang Jian as his disciple and started to use all means after being rejected, his face became even uglier.

He suddenly remembered the last time in front of Yuxu Palace, when Senior Brother Yunzhongzi mentioned Yang Ling, Senior Brothers Yuding and Wenshu both looked very ugly!
At that time, he was immersed in the feeling that he was about to be forced to go down the mountain, and did not care much about it. He just thought that they were unhappy because Senior Brother Yun Zhongzi killed the nine-tailed fox.

Now thinking back, it was clear that the two brothers were harboring resentment, and what they hated was not anyone else, but the young Zen master in front of him!

"The cycle of cause and effect leads to unfavorable retribution."

Yang Ling looked at Jiang Ziya and said calmly, "Yu Ding and Wen Shu have plotted against me time and again, so I took away their merits and luck.

This is the result...or retribution I give them!"

Jiang Ziya was silent, with countless thoughts in his mind like surging waves.

His understanding of Yang Ling seemed to be completely overturned in an instant.
Or maybe, he had only truly gotten to know this disciple of the Human Religion until now.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself, and then asked in a low voice: "Then why did you tell me this, Senior Brother?"

Yang Ling looked at Jiang Ziya and said calmly, "Because I always criticize things, not people. Although I have a feud with Yu Ding and Wen Shu of your Xianjiao, it does not affect my appreciation for Brother Yun Zhongzi... and you!"

At this point, Yang Ling's eyes flashed with admiration: "Junior Brother Ziya, you have a lot of strategies in your mind, and you have talent, courage, and spirit. You just lack an opportunity.

I believe that one day, you will make a big splash.”

"Brother, you are too kind to praise me. I am unworthy of it!"

Jiang Ziya stood up and looked at Yang Ling with complicated eyes. The waves in his heart seemed to merge into an unspeakable emotion at this moment.

He was fully aware of the weight of Yang Ling's words. This was not only a recognition of him personally, but also a potential invitation.

However, his mind was in a state of confusion at the moment and it was difficult for him to respond immediately.

After a long while, Jiang Ziya nodded slightly, his voice calm and low: "Brother, your kindness is in my heart.

It’s just that what Senior Brother said today shocked me, and I need to go back and digest it slowly. Please excuse me while I take my leave first.”

Yang Ling did not try to keep him, but just smiled and watched him leave.

He knew that getting Jiang Ziya to work for him was not an easy task and would require a lot of time and sincerity.

After Jiang Ziya's figure disappeared outside the clinic, Yang Ling withdrew his gaze and secretly thought about his next plan in his mind.

He came to Chaoge not only to win over Jiang Ziya, the man who deified the world, but also to understand the changes in the situation more quickly.

It is now the tenth year since King Di Xin of Shang ascended the throne.

Ever since the nine-tailed fox was killed by Yang Ling more than half a year ago, the King of Shang has regained his spirits for a while, managing the affairs of the Shang Dynasty every day and working diligently for the people.

But the good times didn't last long.

In less than half a month, he returned to his old ways and once again ordered the selection of concubines, ordering princes from all over the country to select beauties and send them to the palace for his enjoyment.

Upon hearing this, Queen Jiang and the court ministers hurriedly tried to persuade Emperor Xin to focus on state affairs. However, this action angered Emperor Xin, and for some unknown reason, he accidentally pushed him off the Zhaixing Tower.

Poor Queen Jiang escaped from the nine-tailed fox, but eventually died at the hands of her own husband.

This incident also surprised Yang Ling a little.

He thought that if he killed the nine-tailed fox, everything would change, and Queen Jiang, Senior Physician Mei Bo and others who were killed by it would not have died.

But he didn't expect that Queen Jiang still died in the end.

Not long after, the senior official Mei Bo also advised Emperor Xin to issue an edict of repentance due to the death of Queen Jiang, and to abdicate and pass the throne of the Shang Dynasty to Crown Prince Yin Jiao.

Emperor Xin was immediately furious and ordered the Golden Gourd Warriors to beat Mei Bo to death on the spot.

Afterwards, he even suspected that his son Yin Jiao wanted to usurp the throne, and immediately sent soldiers from the palace to capture his two sons.

Fortunately, Yin Jiao and Yin Hong were lucky enough to escape from the city and were rescued by Guangchengzi and Chijingzi.

Now, because of the tragic death of Queen Jiang, her father, Dongbo Hou Jiang Huanchu, has led more than 200 princes in the east to rebel.

The Shang Dynasty once again fell into a precarious situation.

Yang Ling saw everything, but he didn't understand why things turned out like this, so he didn't act rashly.

Even though the nine-tailed fox is no longer bewitching him, why does Emperor Xin seem to be even more tyrannical, greedy and vicious than before?

Could it be that all of this was just this guy's own evil doing and had nothing to do with the nine-tailed fox?
But the previous Emperor Xin was clearly not like this.

According to the court officials, the former Emperor Xin was very quick-witted, very sensitive to hearing and seeing, and could fight wild beasts with his bare hands and replace beams and pillars...

Such a person who is both talented in literature and martial arts is undoubtedly the leader of the revival of the country!

Being worthy of the title of the Lord of Restoration, he can be described as wise and brave, right?
But now Emperor Xin is extremely greedy, cruel, tyrannical, perverse and vicious, and spends his days indulging in wine, women, and lustful beauties.

If Yang Ling had not checked it himself, he would have thought that some evil spirit possessed him, or that he was simply something pretending to be someone else!

What could cause a person's temperament to change drastically and become completely different?
Yang Ling thought about it for a long time and finally came up with the answer - the three poisons of greed, ignorance and anger!

In this vast land, countless intelligent beings are all troubled by the three poisons of greed, ignorance and anger. These three poisons harm the body and mind, and are the culprits for the countless living beings sinking into the cycle of life and death. They are the root of evil!

Once the three poisons of greed, ignorance and anger erupt, one will fall into a situation where one cannot tell right from wrong, good from evil, and where one takes things in a perverse and foolish way, and all kinds of evil coexist.

The most important thing is that there is no cure for the three poisons of greed, ignorance and anger. As long as you have not achieved Daluo, you will never be able to get rid of them!

Even the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Orthodox School, who were great masters of the Dao, could not resist the invasion of the three poisons of greed, ignorance and anger under the protection of a saint.

If Emperor Xin was allowed to induce the three poisons of greed, ignorance and anger, he would indeed be transformed from a wise and powerful monarch into the greedy and cruel tyrant he is today!
But who can control the three poisons of greed, ignorance and anger?

This is not some trick to confuse the mind, but a "terminal illness" that even saints are helpless against!
The more Yang Ling thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, as if an invisible giant hand had already woven a spider web. Even if he had the foresight to cut off a few strands of spider silk, the web could still firmly control everything.

Controlling the fate of many people invisibly! Realizing this, Yang Ling was not discouraged.

He was aware of this great calamity of the Conferred Gods, but several saints were using the heaven and earth as a chessboard to fight and place their pieces on it, and he was not qualified enough to participate in the game now.

But he can be a pawn, the kind that has crossed the river. He can rush around recklessly and participate in the game of chess in his own way.

However, the most urgent task now is to improve my strength as soon as possible.

The truth is only within the range of cannons. Only when your own strength is improved can you have the confidence to ignore everything.

……

The next morning, Yang Ling had breakfast with his daughter as usual, then went out to the clinic.

When he opened the door, he saw Jiang Ziya already waiting at the door. Just like usual, his thin figure stood straight. If it weren't for his white hair and beard, he would have looked like an energetic young man.

For a person who practices cultivation, Jiang Ziya can indeed be considered a young man.

However, his talent and aptitude were too low, and he had not been able to become an immortal even after practicing in the immortal paradise of Kunlun for forty years. After coming to the mortal world, his Taoism had made even less progress.

Neither of them mentioned the matter of Yu Ding and Manjusri again, as if nothing had happened.

However, Yang Ling knew that Jiang Ziya's decision not to leave was a sign of his attitude. However, it was not easy to make him make up his mind.

Yang Ling was not in a hurry, there would be time later.

The days that followed returned to normal.

The peaceful life was like a stagnant pool of water, without any waves, but Yang Ling knew in his heart that this was just the calm before the storm.

He still took time out every day to refine the spiritual treasures. The Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd only lacked the last restriction before the refinement could be completed.

Thanks to more and more medical clinics and charity halls, the task of doing good deeds every day can be completed efficiently, allowing him to open two colorful blind boxes every day.

Although these colorful blind boxes are the lowest level blind boxes, most of the time they only give him some small props or auxiliary items for cultivation, but occasionally there will be surprises, such as some rare magic herbs or magical arts.

But overall, the chance of getting good stuff is still a bit small.

I don’t know if it’s because he has almost opened all the good things in the “prize pool”.

Late at night on that day, when Yang Ling opened the system interface as usual and prepared to collect the task rewards, a sudden system message made his fingers pause.

[Congratulations to the host for achieving one million good deeds. The system function has been upgraded and the task reward merging service is provided.]

Yang Ling was slightly stunned, and then a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He never thought that his good deeds had accumulated to a million.

This number is almost unimaginable for ordinary people, but for him, it is the accumulation of every time he saves a life, applies medicine, releases an animal, and helps others.

He quickly opened the system panel and found that the system interface was no different from before, except for a reward merge button.

Yang Ling did some research and found out that the so-called task reward merger meant that he could now choose to store the daily task rewards, and when a certain amount was accumulated, he could claim them all at once to upgrade the rewards.

For example, a task reward that is evaluated as excellent ten times can be upgraded to a perfect-level task reward.

Ten perfect-level mission rewards can be combined and upgraded into legendary-level mission rewards.

Seeing this function, Yang Ling immediately became interested.

He had received a legendary mission reward once before, which only gave him a golden premium blind box, but from that blind box he got a top-grade spiritual treasure like the Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd!
According to his understanding, this legendary mission reward obviously corresponds to a high-level prize pool, from which real good treasures can be obtained!
Even if you don’t get any good treasures, I believe the guaranteed reward won’t be too bad.

Thinking of this, Yang Ling immediately felt that from today on, the daily task rewards would have to be stored and upgraded to legendary task rewards.

Now he can get an excellent reward just by sitting still every day. It only takes a hundred days to merge it into a legendary reward.

Besides, storing the task rewards can be used for emergencies.

Soon, three months passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, a mine collapsed near Chaoge. Yang Ling rescued hundreds of slaves and was rewarded with a perfect-level mission.

This also allowed him to meet the conditions for merging legendary rewards ahead of time.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Yang Ling rubbed his hands together, chose to merge the rewards and collect them.

Luxurious golden rays of light appeared out of nowhere and quickly intertwined to form a golden gift box in front of him, which looked extremely gorgeous and noble.

Yang Ling excitedly opened the golden blind box.

"Susu~"

Petals filled the sky from the blind box, with rays of light and auspicious colors, submerging Yang Ling in the center.

Fairy flowers bloomed one after another, sparkling and dancing, surrounding him.

Yang Ling's heart moved slightly, and a graceful and elegant figure emerged in his mind.

She stood on a fairy flower, her sleeves fluttering, like a fallen fairy, with endless rain of flowers falling, each petal crystal clear. She was like a god picking flowers and smiling, flawless and holy.

"Wow~"

As the breeze blew, the flower rain in the sky instantly turned into countless fairy shadows. It was impossible to tell whether they were petals or her thousands of incarnations. It was hard to tell the real from the fake.

At this moment, the endless void was disappearing.

An extremely powerful aura enveloped the world in his mind, and Yang Ling felt extremely depressed, as if the end of the world had come.

He knew that what came out of the blind box this time was a sacred fighting method, which was just as good as the "fighting" secret!

When this technique is performed, fairy flowers bloom one after another in the void, each petal is crystal clear and dancing. Each one can transform into a real body, which is an unparalleled killing technique!
With one thought, the flowers bloom and rule the world!
These eight words fully capture its charm.

This is the supreme holy method created by the ruthless emperor in the world of Zhatian. This method was later developed to the extreme by him and became the supreme immortal emperor method.

Even after she reached the realm of sacrifice, she was still using it, and it was one of her ultimate means.

Yang Ling was very satisfied with this. Although he did not get a treasure of the same level as the Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd, the addition of a sacred killing technique was a significant improvement to his strength.

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(End of this chapter)