Chapter 978: Legend Emerges

"Can you lend me the Order of the Divine Horse of Merit?" Xuanqing Xingjun asked, trying hard to suppress his excitement.

Gu An immediately waved his sleeves and threw the Merit Divine Horse Order to him.

After receiving the Order of the Divine Horse of Merit, Xuanqing Star Lord began to cast a spell to contact all the immortal gods under the command of Merit God-Suppressing Heavenly Lord.

The Golden Body God was driven out of the heaven, and this matter was discussed in the temples and heavenly palaces of many supreme immortals and supreme beings of heaven.

The Changsheng God whom Yang Jian served and Li Xuanmiao's master Guangfa Taiguang God were also staring at the Gongde Zhenshen Tianjun.

The Immortal God who had seen Gu An was amazed. He did not expect that Gu An was so powerful.

As soon as the title of the God of Merit and Virtue was announced, all high-ranking gods and immortals felt its majestic fortune.

Although this immortal position is not as good as the Supreme Heavenly Dao, it is already higher than the Supreme Immortal.

How many supreme beings are there in heaven?

The vast majority of the Supreme Beings have already been cultivating in seclusion and have ignored worldly affairs. The Supreme Immortals are the top of the Heavenly Court's power tower. The sudden appearance of an immortal god with a higher status than the Supreme Immortal is difficult for all the Supreme Immortals to accept, including the Lord of Eternal Life.

But the fact that Gu An could easily repel the Golden Body God shows that he is an existence that surpasses the Great Daoist Immortal. No immortal dares to cause trouble for him anymore and can only plot against him in secret.

The high and mighty Heavenly Dao Supremes saw more. In their view, the God of Merit and Suppression was a knife in the hands of the new Heavenly Emperor, and they would not fight against the Heavenly Emperor.

While waiting for the arrival of the heavenly officials, Xuanqing Star Lord began to introduce the Heavenly Palace to Gu An.

Gu An pretended to listen, but his mind had already drifted back to the human world.

The time in heaven is different from that on earth, and he has begun to miss the mature herbs in the temple.

…

Above the sea of clouds, there stood a pavilion, in which dozens of immortals and gods gathered, drinking tea and chatting, among them was Li Ya.

Li Ya sat in the corner, listening to other immortals and gods discussing the recent events in Heaven.

"That Heavenly Lord of Merit and Virtue is no ordinary person. His immortal status is higher than that of the Supreme Immortal. It is said that his magical powers are immense, and some Supreme Immortals have already been defeated by him."

"It is said that all the sacred horses are under his control. That means he has great power."

"Who on earth is he? How could he have achieved such a high immortal status in his first ascension?"

"He has a cultivation level that reaches all the heavens and earth, and he is also a meritorious immortal recognized by the Emperor of Heaven. We cannot compare to him."

"Such an existence may make us, the Meritorious Immortals, more influential."

The immortals in the pavilion are all meritorious immortals. They are the rare meritorious immortals who still have ideals. They have not been wooed by other immortal factions, and they are not in harmony with the world, so they can only stick together.

Li Ya listened to the deeds of the God of Merit, but did not pay much attention to it.

How will the God of Merit and Virtue, who is in charge of the divine horse, save the people in the future?

In his opinion, the God of Merit and Virtue was just a chess piece planted by the Emperor of Heaven, and he might even restrain the God of Merit in the future.

Li Ya had a blank expression on his face and felt irritated. He was becoming increasingly tired of life in heaven.

He could do nothing but stay in his own heavenly palace to practice, which was completely different from his original intention of becoming an immortal. If he just wanted to practice, he might as well return to Zhongtian to teach his disciples.

At this moment, a figure flew over, it was Xuanqing Star Lord.

When the meritorious immortals saw Xuanqing Star Lord, they all stood up. They all respected this Star Lord very much. Even if some of them had a higher immortal status than the Star Lord, they would still salute him when facing Xuanqing Star Lord.

Xuanqing Star Lord entered the pavilion and glanced at all the meritorious immortals. Li Ya also stood up to greet him. For the first meritorious immortal, Xuanqing Star Lord smiled and nodded, giving him attention.

"Star Lord, what is the origin of that Heavenly Lord of Merit and Suppression? Is he of the same path as us?" A Merit Immortal asked first, and the other Merit Immortals all looked at the Star Lord Xuanqing.

Xuanqing Xingjun smiled and said, "Even I can't explain his origins clearly, but what is certain is that he is definitely of the same path as you. It's just that his pattern and vision are higher. I can't introduce you to him for the time being."

These words made the Meritorious Immortals very uncomfortable, but the other party's status was indeed far superior to theirs, so they did not dare to object.

Little did they know that the reason why Xuanqing Star Lord said this was because Gu An had already left Heaven and returned to Zhongtian to plant flowers and grass.

He couldn't ask Gu An for anything, nor could he point this out, lest the immortals of merit look down on Gu An.

Xuanqing Xingjun did not know the relationship between Li Ya and Gu An. First, Li Ya never mentioned Gu An to outsiders, and second, Gu An also deliberately concealed this cause and effect.

Seeing the faces of the merit immortals were in a mess, Xuanqing Xingjun changed the subject and said, "Everyone, I have a mission on my shoulders. If you have nothing else to do, do you want to do it?"

A female merit immortal asked, "What mission?"

They do need to do something to integrate into the Heavenly Court, but it cannot be to be lackeys for other immortals and gods.

Xuanqing Xingjun said: "Some worlds on the edge of the Heavenly Dao are suspected to have been invaded by chaos, and the luck of the Heavenly Dao is weakening. You go to rescue the people of those worlds and investigate the matter. If you can complete the task, His Majesty will definitely reward you. This task was given to me by His Majesty, and it is an opportunity for the Meritorious Immortal."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of all the meritorious immortals lit up, including Li Ya.

Xuanqing Xingjun said meaningfully, "There are more and more Meritorious Immortals, but not many can truly stick to their original intentions. This is an opportunity given by Your Majesty. I hope that the Meritorious Immortals can gain a firm foothold and even grow stronger, and then influence the Heavenly Court."

These words made the meritorious immortals excited.

Li Ya was confused. Did the Emperor of Heaven really think so?

He didn't understand what the Emperor of Heaven was worried about. Even though it was his first time on the throne, his aura was that of the strongest person.

The longer Li Ya stayed in Heaven, the more he felt that the root of the atmosphere in Heaven was the Emperor of Heaven.

Other immortals of merit may have had similar ideas as him, but at the moment they were very active and asked Xuanqing Xingjun questions.

…

Inside the Wushi Daochang.

The Epiphyllum Ghost Mother followed Gu An, watching him picking herbs while asking, "Master, what is heaven like?"

Gu An began to give a brief introduction to the Heavenly Palace. Even though the information he provided was not detailed, it was enough to allow the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother to imagine, and a look of longing flashed in her eyes.

Gu An caught a glimpse of her eyes and asked with a smile, "Why? You want to become an immortal? If you want to go, I won't stop you."

The Epiphyllum Ghost Mother immediately shook her head and said, "Master, I won't go. You just became an immortal and you're already back. This means that the Heavenly Court isn't that interesting. If you want to stay in the Heavenly Court, I would like to follow you."

Gu An smiled and didn't respond, while Epiphyllum Ghost Mother began to talk about the other disciples' thoughts.

When the master became an immortal, the golden light of his merits was seen by all the living beings on the entire continent. This made some of his disciples want to become immortals, so they chose to leave Wu Shi and go to the human world to accumulate merits.

Gu An was not worried about this, as there were still many disciples left.

"After a while, there will be a situation where immortals and gods flee the heavens."

Gu An said this casually, but these words surprised the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother.

(End of this chapter)