Even during the chaos of the birth register, only the Giant Spirit God and several Golden Immortal Heavenly Generals were dispatched from beginning to end.
Although this is a good thing, as the Queen Mother of the West said, things are becoming more and more fragmented and complicated. At the same time, the overall situation in the Three Realms has also become more fragmented and complicated, and it is not as easy to see as before.
"Don't worry too much, fellow Daoist. With the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Four Imperial Gods here, the Three Realms will always be the same Three Realms." Empress Wushan said softly.
The Lady of the Nine Heavens sighed and said, "That being said, the world is changing, the Three Realms are changing, and so is the Heavenly Court. Ninety percent of the immortal officials in the Heavenly Court have only two roots: either from Taoism or Buddhism. Immortal officials like me, my fellow Taoist, and even Fang Jian, who are not from Taoism or Buddhism, are extremely rare."
The Queen Mother of the West is an innate deity, and the Goddess of Wushan was born into the human race. After her death, she was directly appointed as an immortal by the Heavenly Court. Neither of them had ever entered the Taoist or Buddhist sects.
"I have known for a long time that the Heavenly Court will not make things difficult for Yuan Tiangang, but I still can't help being disappointed. Except for the head of the Heavenly Court, Xun Qing, the rest of the people are from the Taoist sect. They naturally believe in Taoist doctrines in their hearts, and as long as it does not violate the Heavenly Law, they will naturally make judgments that tend to favor the Taoist doctrines they believe in." When Jiu Tian Xuan Nu said this, she couldn't help showing a trace of fatigue.
The Goddess of Wushan said, "Doesn't my Heavenly Court have a system for selecting people based on their merits?"
The method of merit and virtue examination mentioned by Wushan Niangniang is naturally the method used by the Heavenly Court to counter the Daoist and Buddhist sects. Daoist and Buddhist sects cultivate disciples by teaching and passing on their teachings, which is naturally impossible for the Heavenly Court. Therefore, the Jade Emperor introduced the path of becoming a god through merit and virtue.
As long as a mortal has great merits and achievements during his lifetime, he can be granted the true seal of heaven after his death and become an immortal official in the heavenly court.
However, this method has a huge flaw, that is, most of these people are ordinary people with mediocre qualifications. Therefore, even though the Heavenly Court has now granted so many meritorious immortal officials, there are only a few who can accomplish great things and achieve great things. There are even less than ten people who can become third-rank immortal officials.
In such a situation, how can you compete with the Taoists and Buddhists? But is the merit-based selection method wrong? It is not wrong, because it is the only way to ensure that ordinary mortals can get a fair shake.
The Queen Mother of the West was about to speak when her brows suddenly furrowed and she immediately turned to look towards the temple door.
"Great Lord! Great Lord!" Nezha rushed into the hall. "Great Lord, I want to be conferred on the shores of the East China Sea! I'd be fine as a sixth-rank water god. Fang Jian was conferred on Broken Boundary Mountain, so there's no reason why he shouldn't be conferred on me..."
"Get out!" The mysterious light surged behind the Queen Mother of the West, and her angry shout instantly suppressed all the words that Nezha had not yet said.
"Oh!" Nezha looked at the Xuan Guang that could easily suppress him, and had to respond obediently. He turned around and ran out of the Taixuan Hall without stopping his steps that had just rushed in.
Watching Nezha sprint out of the Taixuan Palace, the Lady of the Nine Heavens was both angry and amused, "This bastard!"
Empress Wushan covered her mouth with her hands and chuckled softly, saying, "He really wants to be sealed away."
"No, if we banish him, who knows how much trouble it will cause." Lady Jiu Tian Xuan Nu shook her head.
After hearing this, Empress Wushan pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, fellow Daoist, you should stop him from thinking about it as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, the Lady of the Nine Heavens frowned slightly, then said to the boy standing below, "Pass on my oral instructions and go to Master Wenshi. Have him draft a talisman and send it to the Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly."
The boy bowed slightly to listen to the order. After the Queen Mother of the West finished speaking, the boy took the order and left.
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Not long after, Nezha, who was walking dejectedly on the golden clouds of the thirty-three heavens and counting the stars out of boredom, received an order from the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, saying that a talisman had arrived from Taixuandu Province and asked him to go back to receive it.
Nezha leaped three feet high and said excitedly, "Could it be that the Empress has ordered me to be exiled?"
Thinking of this, Nezha instantly flew back to the Heavenly King Palace and shouted anxiously: "Nezha, accept the imperial edict!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Nezha appeared in front of Master Wenshi and bowed respectfully.
Seeing him like this, Master Wenshi coughed softly, then said, "Ahem, Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly, there's no need for formalities. The Great Lord has a decree for you, so I won't read it out. You can read it for yourself."
"???" Nezha felt something was wrong. Why did he let me watch it alone? Wouldn't that mean there was no sense of ceremony at all?
But Master Wenshi had already handed the talisman over, so Nezha had no choice but to take it and then take a closer look.
After seeing this, Nezha's whole body trembled, and his hands holding the talisman began to shake violently. Then, he raised his arms high, looked up to the sky and shouted in grief and anger: "No!!! Great Lord!!!"
Seeing his son lose his composure like this, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King standing by hurriedly stepped forward worriedly to take a look at the talisman, and then... then he laughed, because there was only a line of ruthless big characters written on it: I hereby inform Nezha, the Third Prince, that you will never be appointed to a different position.
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