"Your Majesty, Fang Jian, the land god of Yangxia County, Zizheng Country, Dongsheng Shenzhou, is waiting to see you outside the palace." Taibai Jinxing entered the Lingxiao Palace and reported to the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor opened his eyes slightly and said, "Announce."
"Call the Land God Fang Jian for an audience!"
"Call the Land God Fang Jian for an audience!"
"Call the Land God Fang Jian for an audience!"
As the three chants spread from inside the Lingxiao Palace to outside the Lingxiao Palace, Fang Jian stepped into the Lingxiao Palace.
Entering the main hall, one can see that it is vast and boundless. Golden light shines everywhere, and immortals and gods stand by on both sides.
Some gods have golden light on their heads and are compassionate and merciful to people.
Some gods are majestic and ferocious, with golden bodies nine feet tall that dominate the world.
Some gods have thunderclouds above their heads, and wind and thunder surge with every breath.
Some people stand up straight, some people focus on the goal, some people close their eyes and concentrate, and some people glare with anger.
Some have celestial figures, others have handsome faces. There is truly a multitude of things.
But Fang Jian ignored them all, just looked straight ahead and walked forward.
I don't know how long or how far I walked, but when Fang Jian took the last step, a spiritual response naturally arose in his mind: "I should stop here", so Fang Jian stopped, and this position happened to be the place where the immortal officials stood when they paid homage to the Jade Emperor.
After stopping, Fang Jian didn't need to look up at all. Just by looking straight ahead, he could see an emperor wearing a golden robe with twelve gorgeous patterns and a black crown with twenty-four tassels sitting high on the top of the sky, overlooking the sky of billions of worlds.
"Your Majesty, Fang Jian, the land god of Yangxia County in Dongsheng Shenzhou, pays homage to His Majesty the Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Mysterious Sky High God." Fang Jian bowed his head and sang loudly.
The Jade Emperor lowered his eyes slightly, stared at Fang Jian for a moment, and then said, "Stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fang Jian bowed in thanks, then straightened his body and waited quietly for questions.
But after the Jade Emperor said "Stand up", he stopped talking and the entire Lingxiao Palace fell into silence.
If it were any other land god, he would have been terrified when faced with this situation, but Fang Jian was not. He just stood there quietly, his eyes watching his nose and his nose watching his heart.
The Jade Emperor and the immortals in the hall couldn't help but show admiration when they saw Fang Jian was so calm and without any sign of panic or fear.
The Nine-Sky Mysterious Lady standing by looked at Fang Jianxian with her eyes lighting up, and she already had a plan in mind.
At this moment, Taishang Laojun spoke first. In fact, as long as the Jade Emperor did not speak, he was the only one who could speak first in the Lingxiao Palace.
"Land God, other immortal officials from the lower realms are all filled with awe and trembling when they come to the Lingxiao Palace to meet the Jade Emperor. Why can you be so calm?" Taishang Laojun said with a kind smile.
This is a rather tricky question. Other immortal officials tremble in fear of the Jade Emperor's majesty, but you, Fang Jian, don't. What? Don't you fear the Jade Emperor?
If you directly answer that you are in awe, but you appear so calm, you are obviously lying.
If you answer without respect, you are not giving face to the Jade Emperor, which can be said to be very insidious.
Fang Jian raised his head and looked towards Taishang Laojun. To be cautious, he did not activate the Hongmeng Editor here, but even so, he could tell at a glance that the old Taoist who was asking the question was Taishang Laojun, the incarnation of Taoism.
Fang Jian bowed his head to the old monarch and said in a clear voice, "Your Majesty's divine power is so great that the envoys are terrified both inside and outside the court and dare not tremble."
I am so afraid of your majesty's majesty that I dare not even tremble or shake with fear.
"Hahaha." Taishang Laojun stroked his beard and laughed, looking at Fang Jian and said, "What a guy who doesn't dare to tremble. Good."
The Jade Emperor finally stopped being silent and said to Fang Jian with a smile, "Fang Jian, the one asking you this question is the Supreme Dao Ancestor."
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately bowed again and said, "I, the God, pay my respects to the Taoist Ancestor."
The Supreme Lord nodded with a smile, and then said to the Jade Emperor, "Your Majesty, this land god is quite extraordinary, and he has been awarded an excellent rank this time. How about lending him to me to use as a firewood burner in the Tushita Palace?"
Going to the Tushita Palace to make fire for Taishang Laojun is an opportunity that is hard to come by for ordinary people, let alone a ninth-rank immortal official?
Working under the Taoist Patriarch, even if it is just a little bit of benefit, is better than practicing for a thousand years.
"No." A clear and elegant voice immediately objected.
Taishang Laojun glanced sideways and saw that the person who voiced opposition was none other than the Queen Mother of the West.
Laojun smiled and said, "Why, Taixuan Province can't even bear to give up a ninth-rank immortal official?"
The Lady of the Nine Heavens first bowed to the Lord Laojun, and then said to the Jade Emperor, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report."
The Jade Emperor said, "Show it."
The Lady of the Nine Heavens said, "Your Majesty, Fang Jian is a land god. He is diligent and fair in his duties. He received an excellent grade in this examination. Moreover, his cultivation has reached the realm of spiritual refinement. Therefore, I request Your Majesty to support Fang Jian and let him take on another important task."
After the Queen Mother of the West finished speaking, the gods in the temple noticed that Fang Jian's cultivation level was actually at the Spirit Refining Realm.
Generally speaking, the Heavenly Court appoints immortal officials based on their level of cultivation. Ninth-rank land gods are generally at the Qi-training realm, while eighth-rank immortal officials are generally at the Xuan-training realm. Cross-border appointments are rare and are generally only made under special circumstances.
When the Jade Emperor heard the Lady of the Nine Heavens say this, he knew she had already made a plan, so he asked, "Does the Great Envoy have a plan?"
The Lady of the Nine Heavens said, "Yes, I believe that Fang Jian's achievements are enough to make him a sixth-rank immortal official."
"Ninth rank directly promoted to sixth rank?" Wu Qu Xingjun was a little surprised: "Isn't the gap too big?"
The Lady of the Nine Heavens shook her head and said, "It's not that big. The Heavenly Court is not an ordinary court on earth, so there's no need to be bound by the rules of rank. Besides, Fang Jian's achievements over the past three years have been outstanding, and he's a top-ranked immortal official this time. It's not an exaggeration to say that he's been promoted three levels in a row."
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