Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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As the storm subsided, Wei Xi was carried back to the ground by his apprentice. He was still stunned and couldn’t react for a moment: “Aren’t we going to fight anymore?”
His apprentice raised his hand and touched the top of his head: “Okay, they won’t hit you anymore.”
Wei Xi gripped the God-Slaying Whip, his gaze subtly sweeping over Feng Bo and Shui Shi. He hadn’t even settled the score with these two for hitting his disciple on the head with a fan earlier.
Feng Bo’s expression hardened, and Wei Dedao, standing beside him, spoke up gently, “Star Lord, my disciple is still young…”
Feng Bo & Shui Shi: “…Shut up.”
The victim was helpless and furious. Xia Shouren finally recognized the person in front of him who was covered in merit. He looked at him and then at Wei Xi, a look of great surprise on his face: “Huh? How could it be…”
Upon hearing his voice, Wei Dedao’s expression changed. He subconsciously turned his head to Wei Xi’s position for a second, but could only feel the cold gaze from Shuo Zong behind Wei Xi, who seemed to have no intention of helping to stop Xia Shouren from speaking.
Feng Bo and Shui Shi, was extremely displeased with Wei Dedao’s presence and couldn’t help but frown: “You know him? Who exactly is he?”
Although Xia Shouren didn’t hold a divine position in the Heavenly Court like Shuo Zong, as an ancient divine beast, he had frequent interactions with the cultivation world and was knowledgeable about world affairs. Therefore, even though they had never met, he had a deep impression of Wei Dedao, the number one cultivator in the cultivation world. Not only did he have a deep impression, but he also knew many of the illustrious legends Wei Dedao had left behind in the cultivation world. However, Feng Bo and Shui Shi, had a special status and rarely descended to the mortal realm in the past, so their understanding of the cultivation world was much less than Xia Shouren’s.
Therefore, when he heard the question from Feng Bo and Shui Shi, Xia Shouren instinctively wanted to answer, but when he opened his mouth, he suddenly received a look from his friend.
Xia Shouren thus paused, then changed his tone: “I don’t know him.”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi stared at him with a furrowed brow.
Tuan Tuanyi, who was standing to the side, had observed Wei Dedao’s appearance and confirmed his suspicions. Now that he had met Feng Bo and Shui Shi, he was fully accepting of the existence of gods and immediately bowed down, saying, “Your Majesty, Heavenly Venerable!”
He then called out in his junior brother’s direction, “Junior brother, junior brother! The Heavenly Venerable has manifested! What are you all standing there for!”
His junior brother looked at him coldly, showing no intention of coming over to kowtow. The Heavenly Venerable, however, was very good-natured and even reached out to pat his head. Although he was blind, his eyes were full of smiles: “No need for such a grand ceremony. Get up. You are Xi’er’s eldest disciple? You have a good bone structure. Just call me Grandmaster.”
As the number one die-hard fan of the Taicang Sect, Tuan Tuanyi was so excited upon seeing his sect’s enshrined figure that he blushed and cried out, “Grandmaster!”
He then stood up and said to Feng Bo and Shui Shi, “Alas, as a deity, you don’t even recognize our sect’s renowned Daoist Venerable. It seems you really didn’t have a good time in the past.”
He knew relatively little about the celestial deities. Since he came into contact with metaphysics, the one he was most familiar with was his own Heavenly Venerable. The rest were the Three Pure Ones and so on, which he had seen at the Taoist temples of fellow practitioners like Kuang Zhiming. Feng Bo and Shui Shi had few believers in modern times and were rarely worshipped in Taoist temples, so he had never heard of these two gods before. This left him with a deeply ingrained equation in his mind— his own Heavenly Venerable was far more powerful than these two unknown deities.
The crowd: “…”
Wei Dedao was a little embarrassed: “I wouldn’t dare speak to the Xingxiu like that.”
Tuan Tuanyi: “It’s alright, Heavenly Venerable. I wasn’t wrong. They’ve both been laid off. How high can their status be in the workplace?”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “…”
Xia Shouren couldn’t help but speak up for them: “The layoffs… actually, it’s not their fault, it’s mainly because the entire Heavenly Court is…”
Tuan Tuanyi waved his hand: “I understand, I understand. Their unit was disbanded because of poor performance. As a result, they lost their jobs and started a cult. If you ask me, what kind of righteous god can someone who runs a cult be? They used to be civil servants, but now the government can’t even tolerate them. They’re really getting worse and worse.”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “…”
To be honest, after being awake for so long, neither of them regretted falling into demonic possession. But now, the two immortals suddenly realized what it meant to make a mistake that would lead to eternal regret.
Tuan Tuanyi looked them over for a while and then seriously advised, “I think your mentality is not right. It’s too radical. And you’ve probably been on vacation for too long. You don’t understand the outside world at all. You even dare to cross the line of the law. How can you not be doing badly? People like you are not suitable to work on your own. You might as well come and work for our Taicang Sect. What do you think, Master?”
Everyone present: ???
Wei Xi snorted coldly at Feng Bo and Shui Shi, his eyes filled with disgust because they had just fought with his disciple: “What’s the use of hiring these employees? We might as well just kill them.”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “…”
Wei Dedao said, “Two star lords, my disciple is still young…”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “…”
Tuan Tuanyi exclaimed, “Master, although these two immortals are just amateur gods and can’t compare to our Heavenly Venerable, they can still make it rain, so they’re not bad, right?”
The disgust in Wei Xi’s eyes gradually faded, and he began to thoughtfully examine the pair of opponents in front of him.
Feng Bo was praised for his prowess, but he was not happy at all: “Nonsense! We are gods appointed by the Heavenly Dao and are renowned in the constellations. Your sect’s so-called Heavenly Venerable who has no divine bones is the real… wild… false god!”
Maintaining his status, he couldn’t bring himself to utter the boastful words of Tuan Tuanyi. What did Tuan Tuanyi know about divine bones? As always, he resorted to sophistry: “Nonsense! Just now in heaven, you were saying that our Heavenly Venerable had so much merit that you didn’t even dare to fight him. Now you’re calling him a false god. I ask you, does our Heavenly Venerable have more merit or do you have more merit?”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “…………”
They couldn’t help but look at the false god in front of them. The radiant merit on the other party was not only greater than that of the two of them, but even most of the gods in the Heavenly Court combined could not compare.
This… this unparalleled merit… could it really be from curing the believer’s athlete’s foot? Feng Bo and Shui Shi’s mentality was a bit broken at this thought.
Seeing their inscrutable expressions and silence, Tuan Tuanyi became even more confident: “Leaving that aside, our Heavenly Venerable’s official Weibo account has already surpassed one million followers after the advertisement aired. How many believers do you have?”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “…”
Not to mention Feng Bo and Shui Shi, which had been forgotten by the world, even Xia Shouren was filled with envy upon hearing this: “There are so many?”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi felt heartbroken when they thought about how few incense offerings they had left. They looked Wei Dedao up and down and realized that he was clearly a false god. So why was he doing so much better than them in every aspect?
A dignified deity reduced to this state? Feng Bo looked bewildered: “How is this possible? How did you manage to do this?”
Seeing that he was finally showing signs of being convinced, Tuan Tuanyi couldn’t help but show a smug expression. He took out his phone, pulled up an advertisement for his sect, and showed it to Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “See this? This is the difference between our legitimate company and your cult!”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi didn’t quite understand this, but when they heard Tuan Tuanyi say that the target audience of this advertisement was as many as hundreds of millions of people, they couldn’t help but show a look of shock on their faces: “I never thought that the times have developed to this point.”
Them the legitimate gods had no one to worship them anymore, and even their temples had become dangerous buildings due to lack of maintenance. Believers were even chased by the police when they offered incense or made sacrifices. On the other hand, this false god had thousands of followers, had been recognized by the government, and was not restrained by the laws of heaven. He was even given such dazzling merits.
Shui Shi was gentler than Feng Bo, but when he saw the streaks of black staining his divine power, his expression turned sorrowful: “Why have we fallen into demonic ways?”
Feng Bo was also somewhat dazed: “The Demon of Troubles said that humans in this world have already firmly believed in science and no longer need gods. Only by becoming a demon can we dominate the world and regain our place.”
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