Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Tuan Tuanyi didn’t quite understand what he was saying, but Xia Shouren and Shuo Zong’s expressions suddenly changed.
Xia Shouren asked loudly, “The Demon of Troubles?”
Shuo Zong’s expression gradually froze: “You ran into him?”
Tuan Tuanyi was startled by their reaction: “What the heck? What is the Demon of Troubles?”
Xia Shouren glanced at him and explained with a serious expression: “The six realms of heaven and earth— heaven, human, animal, ghost, god, and asura— are originally meant to be places of reincarnation after leaving the Buddhist realm, but they differ in the rules of the world. The heavenly realm governs all things, the human realm is you, the animal and god realms are self-explanatory, the ghost realm leads to all dead spirits, and the last one, the asura realm, is collectively known as the demon realm in our cultivation world. The Demon of Troubles is one of the generals under the demon king.”
After Xia Shouren finished his brief explanation, he frowned and questioned Feng Bo: “Are you sure you’ve encountered the Demon of Troubles? Ever since the Eastern and Western Heavenly Courts joined forces to use the Heavenly Dao to kill the Demon King Mo Bo Xun, there has been no trace of any demons for a long time.”
Feng Bo gave a bitter smile and shook his head: “How could that be killing him? At most, it’s just shattering his soul and suppressing him. Now that the Eastern and Western Heavenly Courts have perished and the Heavenly Dao has collapsed, how can we still restrain him? Moreover, the Demon Realm has been hiding for so long, and it did not reveal its trace when the Heavenly Dao collapsed. Its strength was not damaged in the slightest. The Demon of Troubles has divined that Demon King’s consciousness and has already transformed into a human and reappeared in the world after the Heavenly Dao loosened. Now the entire Demon Realm is searching for the Demon King’s whereabouts. Once they find him, the Demon Realm will gather together and become the new ruler of heaven and earth.”
Xia Shouren was stunned and said, “Bo Xun has actually reappeared? Back then, even the combined forces of the Eastern and Western Heavenly Courts were almost unable to defeat him and his demonic soldiers. Now that the Heavenly Realm is weak and the Heavenly Dao is incomplete, who can restrain the Demon Realm?”
Feng Bo’s eyes were also pessimistic: “Yes, fortunately, after Bo Xun transformed into a human, he did not contact his demon soldiers immediately. The demon realm guessed that he must have lost his memory and was reincarnating in the world, so they could not find his whereabouts for a while.”
Seeing how tense they were, Tuan Tuanyi asked blankly, “This Demon King is quite powerful, isn’t he?”
Feng Bo then said in a deep voice, “Of course, Bo Xun is the number one demon Buddha in the world. After becoming a demon, he controlled the entire demon realm. He held a high position and great power. His thinking was also very strange and stubborn. What he loved to do most was to destroy the cultivation of gods and Buddhas. Even the true Buddha was disturbed by him and almost failed to attain enlightenment. Later, he led his subordinates to try to overthrow the Eastern and Western Heavenly Courts several times and persuaded the gods and Buddhas to fall into the demon realm. How could he not be powerful?”
“Damn.” Tuan Tuanyi felt a sense of kinship with this demon king he had never heard of before. “So he came to your place to recruit. This demon is quite ambitious.”
Everyone: “…”
Xia Shouren gave Tuan Tuanyi a strange look, then thought about it and understood his odd thought process. Just a few minutes ago, this guy was also trying to persuade the gods of the Heavenly Court to join his sect, although he was trying to persuade two laid-off workers…
Tuan Tuanyi realized he hadn’t expressed his political stance quite well, so he quickly changed his tune: “Are you two stupid? Knowing they’re like this, you still believe what they say. How can you not be fooled? This Demon Realm is really wicked. They’re even undermining the Heavenly Court. They have no bottom line. Besides, isn’t the Demon Realm just a mafia? The country doesn’t encourage that. I don’t think it has any future. You’d be much better off staying with our Taicang Sect. Master, don’t you think so?”
Wei Xi: “Mm.”
Xia Shouren: “…”
Don’t you two feel ashamed saying such things?
Xia Shouren gave up on getting entangled with them and focused on his opponent, asking Feng Bo, “Since you two have fallen into demonic ways, has the Demon of Troubles given you any clues about The Demon King?”
Feng Bo shook his head: “They themselves don’t have many clues either, they have just guessed that Bo Xun has entered the cycle of reincarnation. With Bo Xun’s identity, entering the cycle of reincarnation certainly wouldn’t be through the connections of the Underworld, so they can’t find his name, but it’s not entirely without a trace.”
Shui Shi continued, “The Demon Realm is unrestrained and reckless, with no sense of responsibility towards heaven and earth. If the Demon King wants to become a demon again, he will inevitably give himself an identity that is both worldly and free from attachment to the world. The Demon Realm guesses that he will make himself orphaned, impoverished, and suffer all the injustices and cold looks of the world, so that he can comprehend the demonic path without any attachment to the human world and all things in heaven and earth.”
“That’s so tragic,” Tuan Tuanyi said. Orphaned, impoverished, and suffering endless injustice and cold treatment— isn’t that exactly what my life was like back then? When he was begging, homeless, and sleeping under bridges, he endured so much cold treatment. Sometimes, in the freezing winter, when he huddled in the bridge, feeling like he was about to freeze to death, he questioned the world and society countless times. Because he felt so deeply about it, he couldn’t help but complain: “What’s wrong with this demon king? Why not be a proper king and choose this pathetic identity just to take revenge on society? My god. If I were him, if I could choose his own reincarnation, I’d definitely be born into the belly of the richest woman in the country, born with luxury cars, mansions, private jets, traveling the world— that would be so awesome!”
Xia Shouren rolled his eyes at him: “You idiot, that’s all you’ve got. Bo Xun’s goal is to control the entire Demon Realm. Do you think he has the same ideas as you?”
Tuan Tuanyi sneered, “Controlling the Demon Realm is meaningless. I’m a manager in our sect, which is a leadership position. I live a fulfilling life, love the world, and have a much more interesting life than him.”
As Tuan Tuanyi spoke, he couldn’t help but cling to his master. “Oh my god,” he exclaimed, “it’s all thanks to my master for bringing me out of that wretched place, Fengyang. Otherwise, I might have chosen to take revenge on the world one day.” Now, under his master’s diligent management, the sect was flourishing, and their savings were increasing. Who knows, one day they might actually own luxury cars, mansions, and private jets. Even if they couldn’t be second-generation rich, being self-made rich wouldn’t be bad!
….
The search for the Demon King ultimately failed to yield any results, but the development prospects of the Taicang Sect truly captivated Feng Bo and Shui Shi. What they coveted most was the golden light of merit emanating from Wei Dedao. As officials of the Heavenly Court, which deity hadn’t dreamt of being surrounded by the merits of the Heavenly Dao? Now, their followers were few, and their temple had been completely shut down. Despite being legitimate deities, they were not as prosperous as a false god.
Feng Bo thus said angrily, “The Demon of Troubles said that humans no longer needed gods. When I saw that no one in the Lehe River was praying for rain and the temples had been completely demolished, I actually believed him. Who knew he would lie to me? Clearly, treating human athlete’s foot can bring such great merit.”
Tuan Tuanyi chuckled and said, “You too, this is so outdated. Lehe doesn’t lack rainwater at all. What kind of future do you have here? When it rains here, it makes it inconvenient for the citizens to go to work. People will be too busy cursing you to do anything. If you want to do good deeds, you have to work with us.”
Feng Bo felt he had been tricked and was extremely embarrassed, so he sighed.
Almost simultaneously, the people who had fainted on the ground also woke up, each looking bewildered, and sat up from the ground.
Mr. Gu had just collapsed in the rain, covered in mud and water. After sitting up, his head was still spinning: “What happened? Why did I suddenly faint?”
At the same time, he noticed two strangers who had inexplicably appeared in his own team and was slightly taken aback: “Who are these two…?”
Why are you dressed so strangely?
Tuan Tuanyi hesitated for a moment. How should he introduce them? Feng Bo and Shui Shi were not the gods worshipped by the Taicang Sect. They had even fallen into depravity. Although they had pulled back from the brink, they were still associated with the underworld. Bringing up their identities would make his family seem like a legitimate and upright clan, and his behavior would seem very irregular.
He paused for a moment, then came up with a good idea: “This is an expert that we recently recruited in Taicang.”
Mr. Gu: “??????”
What is this? It’s so inexplicable.
Feng Bo and Shui Shi were also somewhat bewildered by their new identities. At this moment, their fanatical divine messenger also awoke, and upon seeing their faces, immediately began to kneel and kowtow devoutly: “The gods have appeared!!!”
Mr. Gu was shocked: “A god???”
“Holy crap!” Tuan Tuanyi exclaimed. “He knows you two?”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi said uneasily, “He showed up before when we asked him to recruit new believers. He used to be a believer in other cults and was very good at brainwashing people. He was also quite radical. He was the one who suggested the human sacrifice last time. I heard that he had done a lot of things in other sects before, but he was very experienced and was never caught by the police.”
“Holy crap, isn’t this a criminal?” Tuan Tuanyi said. “You two can’t get involved with this kind of criminal.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Bo’s face showed a reluctant expression. After all, these were followers they had worked so hard to develop.
Tuan Tuanyi quietly reminded them from the side, “The leaders in charge of culture are here now…”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi: “…”
The messenger was clearly a radical fanatic; his eyes gleaming with fervor upon seeing his deity, and he shouted to the followers around him, “What are you standing there for! Come and worship our deity!!!”
The surrounding believers became more cautious because of his demeanor, and they looked carefully at the strangers with wide robes and sleeves who indeed had an extraordinary air about them.
The messenger, perhaps feeling it wasn’t enough to express his reverence, then began kowtowing repeatedly on the ground, further agitating the elderly men and women. The messenger couldn’t possibly be wrong; their family was indeed not a cult, and they worshipped the true God— it had all manifested!
Before the excited old folks could even kneel down, two deep, urgent voices suddenly came from ahead, decisively severing the connection between the two sides—
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“We never engage in cults.”
The black-robed elders, preparing to kneel, were bewildered.
The divine messenger, kowtowing repeatedly until he bruised his forehead, “??”
Mr. Gu: “???”
Mr. Gu saw the two men dressed in strange ancient costumes quickly glance at him, and then gracefully walk towards the shocked divine messenger, doing something unknown.
A moment later, the divine messenger had a look of sudden realization on his face, and jumped up: “Where’s my phone? Where’s my phone? I want to turn myself in, can someone call 110 for me!”
Countless elderly believers: “??????”
Mr. Gu: “…………”
Tuan Tuanyi said, “See? They have nothing to do with these cults; they’re just ordinary experts.”
Mr. Gu looked at him with a complicated expression.
Are you taking me for an idiot?
….
On the other side, Xia Shouren cautiously pulled his buddy aside: “Hey, you old bast**d, tell me, where exactly did this Sect Leader Wei get his merits?”
Shuo Zong glanced at Wei Xi, who was speaking to Feng Bo and the Shui Shi under Wei Dedao’s gaze.
He glanced at Wei Xi’s less-than-pleasant expression and replied indifferently, “What do you think?”
Xia Shouren followed his gaze, and after a moment realized something, he opened his mouth: “…I never expected it to be…”
But there were clearly not many people who knew as much about the past as he did; Feng Bo and Shui Shi in front of him were arguing with Wei Xi.
Wei Xi was extremely annoyed: “What will you be responsible for after joining the sect? Aren’t you Feng Bo and Shui Shi? Of course, you’ll be responsible for bringing rain.”
Feng Bo and Shui Shi hesitated for a moment. The Feng Bo, having been beaten by him before, was unwilling to back down. It was Shui Shi who spoke their minds: “Of course, we need to bring rain, after all, it’s our job, but…”
Wei Xi swung the God-Slaying Whip in his hand: “But what?”
Shui Shi: “If there’s any work related to treating believers’ athlete’s foot and constipation, could you also let us get involved in some of that?”
Wei Xi: “??”
Shuo Zong: “…”
Xia Shouren: “…”
Wei Dedao: “…”
Tuan Tuanyi: “Wow, you guys have quite the ambition! Not content with just rain, you want to steal our Celestial Venerable’s business after joining the sect?”
Feng Bo snorted, remaining steadfast. Shui Shi looked ashamed, yet showed no intention of backing down. Whether human or divine, everyone strives for higher positions.
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