Chapter 232 - Get Together, Watch Closer (2/2)

“Drugs for souls?” Zhou Yuan and Chen Busheng did not understand it. “What are the drugs for souls?” They asked.

“I am so stupid.” Liu Shuai shook his head. “I should have realized that they could make things like the Spiritual Flying Bugs through souls. Naturally, they had ways to make other things. The effects of the soul dopamine coming from Pure Land of Bliss to souls are just like the drugs to our bodies. Differently, the drugs could exhaust our bodies, Pure Land of Bliss exhaust our souls instead.”

Seeing Hao Ning and the others were still in confusion. Liu Shuai continued to explain it with gestures, “the Pure Land of Bliss in souls, the more people who have the soul dopamine in their souls. They will work tirelessly and focus on one thing all the time. During this process, they will use their souls’ energy until the energy is used up. In practice, it is just like the effects drugs bring to our bodies.”

Saying this, Liu Shuai patted himself on his head and continued. “When I saw Qili, I doubted that he must take drugs. Unexpectedly, his body did not take drugs, instead, his soul did. His soul had been totally damaged and could not escape from it forever…”

“Screw the Pure Land of Bliss.” Liu Shuai looked at the three, “Pure Land of Bliss, well, how ironic it is as it has a beautiful name. The right way to understand it is that when souls pursue their Lands, their souls become a purified land without thoughts or feelings. They must believe that the whole world is very clean.”

Listening to Liu Shuai’s explanation, Hao Ning and the others were shocked deeply. They had to admit that they had seen every case Liu Shuai mentioned.

“What a great job it is.” The fake Nezha thumbed up, excitedly. “After conducting various experiments, from the falling souls to Book Elf, and to Pure Land of Bliss. We never stopped our experiments. Great progress has been made over the past. And now, you can see, we are only half a step away from success.”

“I know what he referred to!” Zhou Yuan cried. “They controlled everything! And the sufferings of souls in the past years were a test conducted by them!”

Hao Ning also understood it. This was not the evil Kung Fu they guessed before. It was those who focused on souls and researched how to be immortals. In their pursuit of being immortals, they did something even a demon would not do.

“Interesting.” Yi Pingzhi grinned. He took out a fan from nowhere. “Here it is. We just stand here, and we got the key to being immortals. I planned to change the name of this place. I want to name it “Immortals in the Celestial Empire”, and I will write a book about my experience after I become an immortal to memorated what we, the offspring of the Celestial Empire, suffered on the way.”

“You are an elegant man!” The fake Nezha saluted. Subsequently, he frowned, “but I think that there are not enough Pure Land of Bliss we produced. When do we have enough essence of thearchy?”

“My boy, you just saw what you have seen before. We have planted many Pure Land of Bliss over the past.” Yi Pingzhi waved his fan. “And the latest Pure Land of Bliss, as long as it can attach on a soul, it can spread quickly to other souls who have the same minds through interaction and communication among them. By doing so, we can get more and more souls with Pure Land of Bliss. And…”

Yi Pingzhi pointed to a production line in the distance. Over there, some tardy persons were loading something. Yi Pingzhi waved his arm. A blue long needle in a transparent glass bottle flew toward him from the production line. “Now, do you know what it is?”

Nezha looked at it closely, shaking his head, “sorry, I don’t know.”

Yi Pingzhi grinned, “this is one of my inventions. I made it through fabricating the legend Ice Needle. I name it Garden of Silver Needle.”

Seeing Nezha was still in confusion, Yi Pingzhi smiled and continued, “think of it. There are many souls attached by Pure Land of Bliss. They will be not well in the future. And they, of course, will go to hospitals. However, so far, doctors have no clues about how to take care of this disease. So, I will present the Garden of Silver Needle as a gift to the world through my hospital, Yi Clinic. I will heal them based on our traditional Chinese medicine, making them recover. Moreover, the Garden of Silver Needle can also heal other diseases. But anyone who is healed by this Garden of Silver Needle will be planted a Pure Land of Bliss in his body. And magically, Pure Land of Bliss can improve themselves! In this way, our traditional Chinese medicine will defeat Western medicine, and we can get more and more essence of thearchy through it. I think, if my plan goes well, it won’t take a long time…”

“Great plan and idea!” The fake Nezha laughed. “I did not expect you are so crazy about Traditional Chinese medicine. Salute!” said Nezha with a bow.

“So is Mr. Fei.” Yi Pingzhi said, accepting Nezha’s bow. He sighed, “in the new era, traditional Chinese medicine is going down. And Mr. Hu, even advocates healing diseases through the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. What he did betrayed to our traditions and our forefathers. Mr. Fei and I disagree with him and condemn him. But even so, Mr. Fei still wanted to protect him and ordered me to leave him alone. It is weird. Anyway, forget it. Now, there are many Garden of Silver Needles having been used in the market. And It won’t take a long time…”

“Oh, my God.” Hao Ning and the others screamed. They had such a big plan. Hao Ning looked at Liu Shuai and Zhou Yuan. He said after a while, “can we, can we do anything?”

Zhou Yuan shook his head. Liu Shuai looked at fake Nezha and Yi Pingzhi, having no idea except sitting on the ground. After a while, he said, “they have a well-planned plot. There is nothing we can do.”

“Mr. Yi. You needn’t explain more for Little Hai.” A voice came out before Hao Ning asked one more question. The voice continued, “tell me, what’s going on with Chen Busheng?”

A mid-aged man approached. Hao Ning and the others looked at him closely. It was Mr. Fei!

“My lord.” Yi Pingzhi bowed, “I have taken care of him. It is as expected that when I questioned him based on our plan. He said he wanted to maintain the status quo and stay with his lover. So, as per what Heaven Master said, I have to fabricate one to be his company.”

“Heaven Master, fake one?” Both Hao Ning and Chen Busheng understood what he referred to. “Heaven Master, he must be…” saying this, Hao Ning stopped himself because he saw Chen Busheng had clenched his fists.

If Heaven Master were Li Yufei, it could be beyond imagination that Chen Busheng’s most loved Yufei had planned such a big plot. That meant Li Yufei, the one Chen Busheng was looking for many years, was the demagogue of the plot. How would Chen Busheng choose? Or, did he have options?

“That’s good. No need to concern about it anymore!” Mr. Fei nodded. “Now, with the help of Heaven Master and Little Hai, you should accelerate your experiment. I will go to inspect what’s going on with Pandora metals. This is the key to becoming immortals.”

Saying this, Mr. Fei split the space, walked into the crack and disappeared.

Seeing Mr. Fei had gone, Yi Pingzhi said to fake Nezha, “you must do me a favor now.”

And then, Yi Pingzhi pointed to a pool in front of him, shouting, “scattering Beans as Soldiers!”

The water in the pool turned into golden and became many beans subsequently. The beans flew into the air, and exploded, becoming little men.

“Good, good.” Yi Pingzhi said, smiling and looking at the little men in the air. He continued to say, “Ancestor of human creation!”

The little men in the air became a woman with a human upper body and a snake lower body. It looked at Yi Pingzhi, saying nothing.

“Oh, my God!” Liu Shuai looked at the woman, trembling. “He, he made a Nuwa!”

“What?” What Liu Shuai said scared Hao Ning. He shook his head and said, “how is it possible?”

“The essence of thearchy.” Yi Pingzhi stretched his arm. A lot of essence of thearchies flocked together in front of the woman, and then flew toward the pool. The mixture of the remaining Pandora metals and the essence of thearchy looked like mud immediately.

“Ancestor of human creation,” Yi Pingzhi said, looking at the Nuwa that Liu Shuai mentioned. He continued to say with a smile, “it’s ready now.”

The woman said nothing. She kept drawing circles in the air. The “mud”, the mixture of the Pandora metals and the essence of thearchies, gradually turned into a man shape by her stir. The man was becoming a true man slowly. At last, it became a man. And then, the woman shouted in a low voice. Many golden lights came out of her body, flying into the man’s body. The man’s body emitted numerous lights, making the whole warehouse like a day. At the same time, the ground began to shake. It seemed like an earthquake was happening.

“Mr. Yi!” Nezha said nervously. “What’s happening? Anything is wrong here?”

“Ease!” Yi Pingzhi wiped sweat. He was also nervous about what was happening. He said in a high voice to the golden man, “Yi Pingzhi warmly welcome Heaven Master’s visit!”

“Bang”. The air at the other side stopped flowing suddenly and countless dots appeared in the air, like glowworms flying around. In a short time, those glowworms got together and formed a man shape. The lights out of the glowworms were not bright, but they shadowed the lights out of the golden man. Slowly, the glowworms man integrated with the golden man, becoming a white light. After the white light darkened, a young man floating in the air appeared. He looked at Yi Pingzhi in apathy, “Yi Pingzhi, why do you call me out in this unimportant world? Anything you want to report?”

The man looked like Long Fei. Hao Ning realized that he must be Li Yufei.

“Yufei!” Chen Busheng called. His distorted his face due to his anger became soft. He was reluctant to believe that the past innocent Yufei turned into a demon. He cried, “you are my boy, Yufei. What did they do to you?”

“Stop yelling!” Zhou Yuan held him. “We are not sure he is real or fake Yufei. And no matter how loud you yell, they can’t hear you!”

Zhou Yuan was right. Yi Pingzhi and the others could not hear Chen Busheng. They just talk with the floating Yufei respectfully. “Heaven Master, we follow your order and we got Chen Busheng over here. However, he insisted that he would maintain the status quo and stayed with you for the rest of his lifetime…” And then, Yi Pingzhi aired what Chen Busheng said, “I, of course, hope that I can stay with Yufei forever no matter what.”

“Ok, I noted that.” Heaven Master sighed, shaking his head. He continued to say, “he still can’t accept who I really am.” After saying this, he looked at the distance. “Days outweigh mana and minds outweigh mana. It is true.”

Unexpectedly, Yi Pingzhi and Nezha lowered their heads, not responding to what Heaven Master said.

Heaven Master continued to say to himself, “since something happened to me, my understanding of life is far from the micro-understanding of the common people. Since then, I have known that Chen Busheng would not accept such Li Yufei. I just don’t want to give up. So, I tried. But now…” Heaven Master said with tears dropping.

“He is Yufei, what…what happened to him?” looking at the floating Yufei, Chen Busheng cried like a child. “Why did you become like this? Why did not you become a virtual soul on the internet, but a man with macro-understanding? My boy, why? I am your Chen Busheng…”

Chen Busheng took a deep breath. He seemed overexcited, making him almost faint. Hao Ning and the others rushed to help him.

“Heaven Master,” seeing Heaven Master stopped for a long time, Yi Pingzhi said, “we continue our experiment or not? If we succeed, Chen Busheng and you can be immortals. At that time, you two can stay together forever.”

“You are right.” Heaven Master nodded. And then he frowned and said, “but the stubborn Jiang Ziya, he is not willing to confer immortals on us. You can do nothing even you have the essence of thearchy. We tried many times but failed.”

“Jiang Ziya?” Hao Ning looked at Liu Shuai and Zhou Yuan nervously. He was shocked because Nezha had been looking for Jiang Ziya. How did he present over here?

Yi Pingzhi smiled, pointing to fake Nezha, ” Heaven Master, this time is different. With the help of Little Hai, we can convince Jiang Ziya to confer on us. If he refused, we have a Plan B.” Yi Pingzhi said, taking out a blue crystal. Hao Ning knew it. It was Pure Land of Bliss.

“Well,” Heaven Master nodded. “Let’s try again. But you should remember that even the latest Pure Land of Bliss is still not a bright way.”

Yi Pingzhi nodded promptly, “Heaven Master, what you think is far beyond ours.”

After saying this, Heaven Master pointed to the sky. The dust on the ground started to fly in the air. The floating dust, just like what happened just now, became light out of glowworms. In a short time, it turned into a man’s shape. The light disappeared. An old man emerged. Hao Ning looked at him. It was Jiang Ziya!

“Jiang Ziya.” Heaven Master smiled, adding, “no matter how many times you exploded yourself, I can make you come to life again. Give up your struggle. You can go back to the Gods Creation World as long as you confer immortals on us. If so, we all get what we want. Happy ending.”

“Oh, my God.” After hearing what Heaven Master said, Zhou Yuan and Liu Shuai were shocked deeply. “Heaven Master, he wants to… wants to…”

They said several “want to” at the same time, which confused Hao Ning. He couldn’t help asking, “why are you so shocked when you saw Jiang Ziya?”

“No. The real one died. And this one.” Liu Shuai said, pointing to Jiang Ziya outside. He continued to say, “this one is made by Heaven Master through a way we don’t know yet. He can make one by restructuring molecules. A living one!”

“This…” Hao Ning was still in confusion. “Is this weird? We knew that Avalokitesvara’s kalasa also can make people come to life.”

“Not the same, not the same.” Liu Shuai shook his head. “To make people come to life again is to follow the rules of nature. For example, if you plant a seed, of course, it will grow leaves and fruits. However, Heaven Master changed the molecules of dust and restructured a new Jiang Ziya. He is very powerful now. Or I can say, he is near to…” saying this, Liu Shuai stopped, and swallowed saliva. He continued to say, “To the Creator.”

“Oh, my God!” Hao Ning looked at Chen Busheng, adding, “If he were Li Yufei, how could he do such things?”

Chen Busheng did not answer Hao Ning. He just stared at Yufei softly and said, “my little boy, he is powerful now. I understand now why he said that his understanding of life is far from others.”

“You should drink a cup of Lethe Water to forget your love for Yufei.” Hao Ning sighed. He continued, “you should remember, he is Heaven Master! He is a demon!”

“No, he isn’t!” Chen Busheng looked at Hao Ning, continuing to say, “I know, Long Fei also knows. I will stay with him even he was bewitched by something. I will help him correct it. This is my responsibility…” Chen Busheng said. He looked at Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan nodded.

“Hey!” seeing Yi Pingzhi and Heaven Master, Jiang Ziya swore, “you bitch. Forget your dream. I won’t do it for you!”

“Mr. Jiang.” Yi Pingzhi smiled. “You have to see who he is?” added he.

“Uncle!” Nobody noticed when fake Nezha began to vomit blood. It seemed that he was suffering from tortures. “Uncle, the plan for conferring immortals has been stopped. The original immortals-to-be have been eliminated. I am the only one left! Uncle, if there are no immortals-to-be, our plan will be in vain! If so, the will of Lord of Heaven cannot be fulfilled. At that time, what should we do?”

“Nezha!” looking at fake Nezha, Jiang Ziya couldn’t help screaming. “What happened to you?” He continued.

“Uncle!” fake Nezha continued to say. “What happened to me is not important. But if there are no Gods in the Gods Creation World, it would not be the Gods Creation World. The Shang and Zhou Campaign we launched will become a joke in the end?”

Jiang Ziya listened to him with eyes closed. After hearing what he said, he knew what happened. “Ok, ok. There must be Gods in the Gods Creation World, but…” he looked at Yi Pingzhi. Yi Pingzhi noticed and said promptly, “as long as you confer immortals in front of us, you can confer it on as many as you want. You will not be interfered and it’s up to you to confer on who or how many. We just stand nearby watching you. So, the immortals you will confer on will be the ones in the Gods Creation World. After conferring, we will send you two back to the Gods Creation World.”

“Oh, I see!” Liu Shuai said, patting himself on his thigh. “They want to watch and learn how Jiang Ziya confers immortals. Heaven Master can learn it. He can study things clearly based on some clues. They studied souls, beliefs and the essence of thearchy… But they never saw how to confer immortals. So, they want to watch how Jiang Ziya will do and learn the key part!”

“I understand now.” Zhou Yuan said. “That is the reason why they can do nothing with the essence of thearchy! They need the key!”

“We need to do something!” Hao Ning said worriedly. “If Jiang Ziya is beguiled by them into conferring immortals in front of them, those demons will be immortals in the end!”

“You are right. But what can we do now?” Liu Shuai said, frowning. “And you also heard that no matter what we do, Heaven Master can re-make a Jiang Ziya and beguile him into doing it again. We can do nothing!”

“You can do nothing, but I can!” Chen Busheng said. He was clear now. “Now I will go and talk with Yufei. My Yufei will listen to me!”

Saying this, Chen Busheng was going to go outside. Hao Ning and Zhou Yuan held back him and said, “hey, if Heaven Master doesn’t believe in you, he will kill you.”

“I don’t care what you are talking about or whether he will kill me or not.” Chen Busheng stopped, turning back and looking at Hao Ning and the others. “I also don’t care about the Gods in the Celestial Empire, the essence of thearchy. I am sure of one thing, my Yufei, he doesn’t dare to stay with me because of my wrong words. If I tell him that I am willing to stay with him, I don’t care who he is now. I just need to ensure that the one outside is the real one, and I am the real one. That’s enough! And, if Yufei is willing to accept me, he may stop what he is doing now. I cannot ensure whether he will give up or not, but it is worth having a try. If I succeed, you guys may know what to do next as their most powerful man is on our side.”

Hao Ning and the others kept silent. They had to admit that what Chen Busheng said was right. But they were not sure whether Heaven Master outside was real Yufei or not? Or how could Chen Busheng influence Heaven Master? They were not sure of it.

During their talk and hesitation, Jiang Ziya started conferring immortals. He waved his arms. An intangible common flag appeared in the sky. There were words on it: The Legend of Deification. Jiang Ziya murmured, pointing to the distance. He heard a voice when he just wanted to say something. The voice said, “uncle…Don’t do it!”

Hearing the voice, all of them looked for it. It was the other Nezha running toward them from the distance.