"As expected of a Dao artifact!"
Fang Zong sighed softly, his eyes emitting a long, dark light.
He was still inside the Heavenly Sound Forest, and even after he came out, his body was still filled with the power of the Heavenly Sound Forest, which allowed him to completely evade the detection of the Eastern Kingdom's Great Fortune. It wasn't until the power of the Heavenly Sound Forest completely dissipated that the Eastern Kingdom's Great Fortune discovered the various things that had happened to him.
"玏珰!"
Ninth Sister gave a delighted hint:
"1. Congratulations! Under the guidance of the Summoner, Wu Yongci and Murong Zhen have aroused the gods' compassion for humanity. The Eastern Kingdom's great fortune is moved, and you are rewarded with +100 Human Coins!"
"2. Congratulations! Under the guidance of the Summoner, Wu Yongci and Murong Zhen have aroused the monsters' compassion for humanity. The Eastern Kingdom's Great Fortune has been moved, and you are rewarded with +100 Human Coins!"
"3. Congratulations to the Summoner for the initial transformation of the Loess Plateau. Within an area of 640,000 square kilometers, 80,000 square kilometers of forbidden land have been transformed into fertile soil (initially formed). Reward: Human Venerable Coins +300! Nearly 150,000 square kilometers of barren land have been initially improved. Reward: Human Venerable Coins +500!"
Fang Zong's Ren Zun Coins instantly exceeded 1,000. He glanced at them and found that, apart from the title of 'Handsome Man', he had a terrifying amount of Ren Zun Coins of 1,029.
Ninth Sister's prompts continued, accompanied by a sky full of fireflies-like white light, making him seem like a saint born on lotus flowers.
"Ding Dang! Congratulations, Summoner, for reaching a sufficient number of Human Honor Coins. Your Human Honor rank has been upgraded to that of a County Princess."
"Double kill! Congratulations, Summoner, for reaching a sufficient number of Human Coins. Your Human Rank has been upgraded to Earl."
"Triblekill! Congratulations, Summoner, for reaching a sufficient number of Human Coins. Your Human Rank has been upgraded to Marquis!"
"Summoner's transformation of the Loess Plateau has brought immeasurable merit, and the Eastern Kingdom, moved by this great fortune, is hereby awarded a unique title. Please choose:"
1. Marquis of Zhendong;
2. Marquis of Zhenxi;
3. Marquis of Zhennan;
4. Marquis of Zhenbei!
"Marquis of Zhenbei!" Fang Zong decisively chose the last one.
"Ding Dang! Congratulations, Summoner, for making the correct choice! The Marquis of Zhenbei is stationed in the north. With the great fortune of the Eastern Kingdom, Cheng Ying, the True Lord of Regret who walks the human realm in the north, has been placed under the command of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Murong Yu, the Fallen Little Slave who walks the human realm in the east, and Ai Ke, the storyteller who walks the human realm in the west, are also under the control of the Marquis of Zhenbei and can be dispatched when necessary!"
As soon as Ninth Sister finished speaking, Fang Zong's eyes widened. He saw a picture of himself in it.
In the picture, he points one finger to the sky, and above him, the Regretful Lord Cheng Ying, symbolizing the 'sky', sprinkles down a sky full of mist and rain;
With one finger pointing to the ground, the fallen celestial slave Murong Yu, symbolizing the 'earth,' lay beneath him, causing countless mountains and rivers to rise.
Beside him, the storyteller Ai Kehang, representing the 'human world,' struck his ruler and instantly transformed into a chorus of worship and praise from all living beings. Unbeknownst to him, the sound of the bell from the Great Thunder Temple of the Buddha in the Western Paradise was even more magnificent than the legendary sound of the bell...
"Logically, each nation's destiny should have four human beings who guard the east, south, west, and north of the country. However, there is no nation that is immortal, so each nation's destiny can only have three human beings. The vacancy of one human being is the opportunity for the nation's demise!"
Fang Zong suddenly realized: if he had chosen to be another marquis instead of the Marquis of Zhenbei, he could only command one human being. By choosing the Marquis of Zhenbei, he would be in charge of Murong Yu in the east and Ai Ke in the west, plus Cheng Ying, whom he directly commanded. With three human beings under his command, he could be said to be the representative of the great fortune of the Eastern Kingdom and a saint among humans!
"The Saintly Marquis of Zhenbei!"
Fang Zong couldn't help but look up at the sky, and suddenly lotus flowers, gold foil, silver light, purple light... appeared in the incomparably dazzling scene, and a shocking power appeared, causing the people of the entire Loess Plateau to involuntarily bow down towards the place where Fang Zong was.
Throughout the rest of the Eastern Kingdom, all humanity couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion, as if they had gained a new anchor, which infused their spirits and bodies with a vibrant and energetic force...
"When the great wind rises, a sage will descend upon the world!"
Everyone realized that a saint had been born, and their lives would become more beautiful.
"Alas! A sage has appeared among men!"
As everyone cheered and rejoiced, a long sigh suddenly came from a small island in the center of a blue lake.
A tall, bearded man, dressed in a nine-chapter ceremonial robe and wearing a twelve-row pearl crown, holding a jade tablet, with golden boys and jade maidens attending him, stared at a mirror ten feet in diameter above his head. He grabbed his beard and couldn't help but pull out a strand, crying out in pain: "The suit-wearing thug Fang Zong is actually a saint on earth! We miscalculated!"
"Jade Emperor, do not panic."
A young monk, as white as jade, stepped out from the side. His long earlobes hung down to his shoulders, drooping by half a foot. "So what if a saint descends to earth?" he asked. He held up an oval halo, small in size, but inside was a towering jade pillar, seemingly at least a million feet long. "Namo Amitabha," the young monk murmured, "humanity is weak and can never become the ruler of the world."
"What a joke!"
The Jade Emperor Zhang Bairen retorted: "Back in ancient times, the Wu Clan shook the heavens and the earth, yet they were all wiped out, weren't they? The Demon Clan possessed the wealth of the four seas, yet in the end, the Demon Emperor Donghuang Taiyi still met a gruesome end, didn't he? Buddha, don't forget that you were just a lowly novice monk in the mortal realm back then, and I was merely a wealthy young master... Ultimately, we are both human beings, and we all have to serve under the sages of the mortal realm!"
"But Your Majesty, don't forget that you and I... We two established the Heavenly Jade Pillar to suppress the Nine Provinces. All beings under heaven, whether gods, immortals, demons, or monsters, are under our rule. Back then, many heroes either became immortals, converted to Buddhism, or simply vanished into ashes. There are just one more mortal saint. Can they shake the Heavenly Jade Pillar that we built over countless eons? Let alone a mere mortal saint, even the great destiny of the Eastern Kingdom will be suppressed by the Heavenly Jade Pillar!"
"Times have changed."
What does that mean?
Because of the human heart!
The Jade Emperor Zhang Bairen sighed, “Buddha should also know very well that to this day, at least fifty Heavenly Immortals have awakened, and at least twenty Buddhas from the Western Paradise have awakened. But look!” He pointed to a snow-white mirror ten feet in diameter, in which were the images of Fang Zong and Laozi.
"This Emperor used the Haotian Mirror to observe the mortals and discovered that the only Heavenly Immortals willing to show themselves are the Supreme Lord, He Xiangu, Han Zhongli, Lü Dongbin, and the Water Virtue Star Lord—just five in total. There isn't even a single Buddha from the Western Paradise! Do you know what this means?"
"Namo Amitabha Buddha..." The Tathagata chanted a long Buddhist chant.
"Haha, so you knew that!"
Zhang Bairen let out a long, mournful laugh.
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