Chapter 61 Jiang Zi Yas Ambition (2/2)
Jiang Ziya seemed to have also heard this voice as well. He frowned and held the Immortal Beating Whip in his right hand, then put it in front of his chest and said, ”Which Fellow Taoist is it? I wonder if you like judging people behind?”
”Humph!” Suddenly, a red light flashed, and there was another person by my side. After I took a closer look, I recognized that it was Xiao Hong. When Xiao Hong saw me, he looked a little scared. Maybe the thirty-six strikes left him a deep impression, but his fear seemed to be mixed with gratitude. Xiao Hong bowed to me and said, ”Big Brother Hao Ning — —”
”Pardon?” I waved my hands immediately, ”No, no, no, Hong Hai'er, Great Saint Infant King. You have already lived for many years. Don't call me big brother. Um, hehe, back then when I stabbed you so many times, I was forced by the circumstances. I am really sorry about that.”
Why was I so polite to him? Nonsense. I didn't have Avalokiteshvara's ”Water Sword” protecting me right now. If this devilish brat wasn't happy and spouted out the fire on me, then wouldn't I be destroyed in body and spirit? Under the flame, I had no choice but to lower my head.
”You can never know it is a blessing or disguise.” Xiao Hong's tender white face slightly flushed, and then he waved his hand, ”Let's not talk about this — —” Xiao Hong looked at Jiang Ziya, ”Jiang Shang! How dare you bewitch people to take you outside to be a sect head instead of working properly in this book?”
Then, Xiao Hong turned and cupped his fists towards me, then spoke, ”Jiang Shang is a bastard. He wants to use you to become a god in the mortal world, then confers all the quasi-gods in the mortal world that have not yet gained consciousness. That way, he will be the ancestor of all new gods.”
I was confused, but I kind of understood what was going on. Jiang Ziya laughed three times into the air, looking at us, ”So you are an innate fire spirit. It's my pleasure to meet you. But with your words just now, you are judging a good man in an evil way. I can do the matter of conferring gods here, so why can't I do the same thing in the outside world? Moreover, this little friend in front of me is obviously not capable enough, so why don't you let me help him? You kept saying that I am not allowed to confer gods outside, but why do you try to help this little friend to do so? ”
That was a skillful argument. He was using the opponent's spear to attack his shield. Jiang Ziya was truly cunning. His words even made sense to me. Wasn't this the typical ”sheriff can set the fire but not allow people to light lamps”?
Sure enough, Xiao Hong was stuck and speechless when he heard it. Jiang Ziya smiled slightly and said, ”You little brat, my speech skills were trained in numerous war speeches during the war between Shang and Zhou. Your argument is full of holes!”
”Jiang Shang!” It was at this time that a voice sounded from between my eyebrows. It was from Zhang Chihang. Hearing this voice, Jiang Ziya tensed up a little. Then Zhang Chi hang continued, ”Tian Zun ordered you to carry out the divine acts and confer gods on behalf of the heavens after the War between Shang and Zhou, but you did not listen to your master's words, as you desired to control gods in the mortal world. This is your selfish desire. Hao Ning intends to confer gods not only to save others, but also to receive the arrival of a new god in accordance with the Heavenly Path, and he has no intention of controlling new gods. Besides, if you leave, who can take over your job? The matter of the God Creation Ceremony will change once again, and all the citizens will fall into fire and water. You are leaving the citizens behind to harm the entire world without any care. How could you still make those sophistries?”
Jiang Zi Ya tensed up, and then sneered, ”Chihang, the pariah! I have no time to listen to your blabbering. If you were still in Exposition, I would respect you a little bit. But now that you have already turned over, even if you appear in the outside world with your great mana, you would still be restricted by the laws of this place. Other than saying a few words, you have no use for anything else! What do you mean that I am leaving the people? How many donations do you immortals and buddhas receive in the mortal world? What about me? Just because I don't have enough spirit to become an immortal, I am not allowed to become a god. I've conferred many gods, but I don't have a place in the God Realm. It says that all gods should be inferior to Master Jiang. That's bullshit! My pitiful donations are not enough for me to live in this world. I can only repeat the same story over and over again in this tattered book!”
”Bah!” Xiao Hong was still a child. He clearly did not take the old man in front of him seriously, and spat at him, ”Shameless, you were actually scolded by our big brother Zhang Chihang, and you can't even talk back. Now you're acting like a hooligan.” Jiang Ziya had probably never seen such a ”mean” childlike Xiao Hong; thus he was stunned for a moment when he heard him say that he was shameless.
Xiao Hong turned his head and talked to me, ”Thankfully, Big Brother Zhang Chihang had already prepared this beforehand, so we have always been in between your eyebrows. Big Brother Hao Ning, don't be afraid, this old man has been doing bad things on his own, and doesn't dare to let the Divine Generals know about it. I will stop him here so that you can borrow the List of Creations.”
”Humph!” Jiang Ziya laughed sinisterly, ”Who said they didn't know?”
As he said that, he lightly slashed with his left hand, and the ground in front of Hong Hai'er and me suddenly split open, then the ground under our feet flew for a few miles.
”Ouch!” I lost my balance and almost fell to the ground. Hong Hai'er was really capable. He quickly pulled me back. I stood still and wanted to see where Jiang Ziya was, but the scene in front of me scared the shit out of me.
The area in front of us was completely black. I could not count how many people there were, but in front of them, there were several figures that resembled generals. One of them was a slightly older general with a pagoda in his hand. Could it be Li Jing, the Pagoda-holding King? One of them looked to be about Xiao Hong's age, with a large circle around his neck and a red caltrop wrapped around his body. He held a spear in his hand. Could it be Nezha? But why didn't Nezha step on the Wind Fire Wheel?
”Eh? Is that Nezha? Where's his Wind Fire Wheel? ” I couldn't help but cry out.
Xiao Hong, who was at my side, was initially very nervous when he saw these people, but when he heard my words, his face was filled with admiration. ”Big Brother Hao Ning, you are indeed awesome. You are not stunned by the great army at all, and you still have time to mock Nezhe's defect!”
I felt my face heat up. It wasn't that I wasn't afraid, but the black mass in front of me didn't have any kind of pressure, though there were a huge number of them. It was more like watching an IMAX movie in a cinema. The army produced by cheap special effects had not aura at all, even if it included a huge number of figures.
Of course, I didn't say these. Xiao Hong tapped on my forehead, and for some reason, he took out a Water Sword and a pair of Wind Fire Wheels from my forehead, then told me, ”His Wind Fire Wheel is right here.”
I immediately picked up the Water Sword and stepped onto the Wind Fire Wheel, which made me extremely happy. Only now did I remember what Zhang Chihang had said back then, ”This is what I won from Tai Yi in a card game …” Tai Yi, Tai Yi, Spiritual Master Tai Yi, oh my god, Nezha was a disciple of the Spiritual Master Tai Yi. Since Zhang Chihang won his Wind Fire Wheel, of course, Nezha didn't have it. Thinking about it here, I faintly felt that Zhang Chihang had a deeper meaning for doing all these things.
”Oh, no!” Xiao Hong suddenly reacted, ”This old man had tricked the souls of the people in front of him, so they were zombies. They did not discern right and wrong, but only listened to Jiang Ziya's orders.”
Zombies? Wasn't that the same as Zhou Yuan? No wonder I couldn't feel the pressure of so many people in front of me. It was just like I couldn't feel the existence of Zhou Yuan when I face him.
Before I could think of it carefully, Jiang Ziya shouted from the opposite side, ”Little friend, you can't stop this magnificent army in front of you. Innate fire spirit, although you can manipulate fire, it's more than enough for the Nezha father and son to deal with you. Even Chihang cannot help you. Why don't you just give in—”
”Then what about me?”