Chapter 265: The Secret of Heaven
Why do people go crazy?
Why do some people do things that others cannot understand and still think they are right?
To put it bluntly, it all stems from two words: "selfishness".
It can be said that there is no unselfish person, but everything has a limit. Being overly selfish will make people dislike you, and being extremely selfish will be quite scary.
The crazy behavior of Jiajing and the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun stemmed from their selfishness. They were both extremely selfish. For the sake of their own comfort or satisfaction, they did not take other people's lives seriously at all. No matter if they were meritorious officials or descendants of their mentors, they would kill them if they wanted to, and confiscate their property if they wanted to.
As for the lives of ordinary people, they don't care at all. Even if thousands of people starve to death or freeze to death, they don't care.
Such extremely selfish people don't care about other people's feelings, nor do they care about other people's life or death. If you look at them from other people's perspective, they will naturally become crazy.
We are not human, only you are human?
They don't treat others as human beings, or in other words, they see no one else but themselves.
However, when this fate befell them, they could not bear it.
Jiajing couldn't stand the contempt of the Heavenly Court and the disregard of the Hongmeng Sect, so he had to find a way to resist, even by stepping on other people's heads!
The same goes for the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun. They all believe that they are the only ones who can treat others as non-human beings, and others have to treat them as non-human beings, even if they are the True Lord or the Heavenly Lord.
However, Jiajing was not very lucky as he met the master Daoxing Tianzun. The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was luckier as he was actually favored by Chilian Tianzun.
He is flexible towards people who can bring him benefits or power.
In other words, he is good at deceiving people like this to get to the top.
Of course he knew that Chi Lian Tian Zun was an old witch who was tens of thousands of years old. But it didn't matter. As long as he could ascend to the throne, it didn't matter if she was hundreds of thousands of years old. He could even treat her like a teenage girl.
That night, he started to persuade my wife again.
He pretended to be nonchalant and said as if he was chatting casually: "Master, I heard that the two uncles took 17 True Lords to break the formation, but in the end, all 17 True Lords were lost in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, and not a single one was brought back."
Chi Lian Tian Zun said angrily: "These two useless things are more likely to cause trouble than to help. I shouldn't have let them lead people to break the formation in the first place."
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun quickly coaxed him, "Master, don't be angry. I'm just afraid that we won't be able to break the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, which would damage Master's reputation."
Chi Lian Tian Zun said without hesitation: "Didn't I tell you, don't worry about this, someone will naturally come to break the formation, we just need to wait."
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun pretended to be concerned and said, "Master, last time the two uncles filled in 17 True Lords, how many more will be filled in next time? Is it okay if more True Lords die? Won't the Grand Master be angry?"
Upon hearing this, Chilian Tianzun was stunned.
She really hadn't thought about this question.
True Lords are not cabbages. There are only so many True Lords in their Hongmeng Sect. Seventeen True Lords is not a small number. If seventeen or even more are added, the master will definitely be angry!
She appears arrogant on the surface, but she is quite clear in her heart that the reason she can be so arrogant is because her master dotes on her.
If she messes things up this time and causes the Hongmeng Sect to lose dozens or even hundreds of True Lords, her master will probably be so angry that he will vomit blood, and she will probably fall out of favor!
If she fell out of favor, it would be the end of her, because she had offended too many people, and her fellow disciples would probably take revenge on her crazily!
In this respect, she and the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun are strikingly similar. Both of them rely on the favor of their elders to become arrogant, which is why they have similar interests, feel like they met too late, and are like honey to each other.
Of course, this is just Chilian Tianzun's feeling. The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun is not simply like-minded with her.
Chi Lian Tianzun was spoiled by the Hong Meng Patriarch and has no understanding of the ways of the world. However, the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was trained to be an emperor by Jiajing since he was a child and is very cunning.
It can be said that in this respect, Chi Lian Tianzun is far inferior to the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun.
When Crown Prince Zhu Yijun said this, she immediately fell into the trap.
She asked subconsciously: "What should I do? I can't fill it with Zhenjun anymore. If I fill it with too much, your master will definitely be angry."
Hehe, of course I know this, you are the only one who doesn't use your brain.
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun pretended to rack his brains for his master and pondered for a long time before muttering, "Since the True Lord cannot be filled in, we can only fill in the True Person."
Chi Lian Tian Zun shook his head repeatedly and said, " Didn't tell you that we can't bring a real person to the mortal world, not even an immortal."
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun nodded repeatedly and said, "I know. I don't mean to ask Master to fill in the real people of our Hongmeng Sect. I mean to fill in the real people of the mortal world. The real people of our Hongmeng Sect cannot be filled in randomly, right?"
Yes, there are only so many real people in the Hongmeng Sect. If she fills a bunch of them into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, that would be terrible and her master would still be angry.
Chi Lian Tian Zun couldn't help but ask, "Where do so many real people come from in the mortal world? It takes more than a few real people to break the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. Even dozens of real people are not enough. We need at least two or three hundred real people to fill in the formation set up by more than three thousand demon immortals."
Two or three hundred?
OK!
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun pretended to give advice and said, "Master, there are not so many True Lords in the mortal world that we can train right away. As long as the Heavenly Court does not send down a calamity, it should not be difficult for us to train two or three hundred True Lords. We can use these True Lords to fill in and break the formation, and our Hongmeng Sect will not suffer any losses."
Chi Lian Tianzun really didn't take the first, second, or third level True Gods seriously. She had no idea that this was Jiajing's plan.
She was actually delighted and said, "My dear disciple, you are really smart. You are right. As long as we train real people in the mortal world to fill in and break the formation, our Hongmeng Sect will not suffer any losses. That's great."
Oh, you are so brainless?
That’s really great!
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun suppressed his excitement and said carefully: "Master, can you go to the Heavenly Palace to warn those guys? If the Heavenly Palace sends down a calamity, no one will be able to withstand it."
Chi Lian Tian Zun said without hesitation: "They dare! I will take you to the Heavenly Palace tomorrow. These little bastards dared to ruin my great plan. I will ask them to get out."
Where can you ask them to go?
Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was puzzled.
However, Chi Lian Tianzun wanted to show off in front of this precious disciple.
The next morning, at about noon, she brought the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun to a towering viewing platform, stood with her hands on her hips, and shouted at the sky, "Where is the South Gate of Heaven? Open it quickly. I have something to tell you."
Uh, is it that awesome?
Don’t the gods in heaven have any dignity by shouting at them like this?
Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was stunned when he heard this.
Unexpectedly, auspicious clouds suddenly appeared in the sky and the South Gate of Heaven soon appeared not far in front of them. Teams of heavenly soldiers and generals rode on the auspicious clouds and quickly poured out of the South Gate of Heaven. Soon, they formed two neat rows between the Observation Platform and the South Gate of Heaven.
At this time, a god in official uniform also walked out of the South Heaven Gate, stood there, clasped his hands and bowed, and said, "Respectfully welcome the Heavenly Lord."
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was dumbfounded, and Jiajing below was even more shocked. They really didn't expect that the roar of Chilian Tianzun could scare the Heavenly Court into immediately putting up such a grand ceremony to welcome him.
Upon seeing this, Chi Lian Tianzun snorted with disdain, then he mounted the lotus platform and flew towards the South Heaven Gate with his beloved disciple.
Inside the South Heavenly Gate, there were even more densely packed heavenly soldiers and generals lining up from the entrance all the way to the entrance of the Lingxiao Palace. The Emperor of Heaven actually came up with all the gods in the Heavenly Court to greet them, bowed respectfully and said, "Welcome, Old Ancestor."
Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was completely dumbfounded.
What is going on?
Is the Emperor of Heaven a descendant of Chilian Tianzun?
Chi Lian Tian Zun said disdainfully: "Don't shout nonsense, who is your ancestor?"
You are not our ancestor, but our ancestors have to call you ancestor!
The Emperor of Heaven pretended not to hear or see anything, and still said respectfully: "Grandfather, please come in."
Chi Lian Tianzun snorted coldly again, then he mounted the lotus platform and followed the Emperor of Heaven to fly to the Lingxiao Palace.
The gods in heaven really treated her like their ancestor, and respectfully carried her to the main seat in the main hall of Lingxiao Palace, and then stood cautiously on both sides, not daring to breathe.
Chi Lian Tian Zun didn't say anything more and said coldly, "I will just tell you one thing. From now on, no one who has become a god in the mortal world's imperial court is allowed to bring down a heavenly calamity. Do you understand?"
That won’t work!
If this goes on, won’t the power of the mortal emperors soon surpass that of our Heavenly Court?
The Emperor of Heaven said carefully: "Ancestor, this is not good, right?"
Chi Lian Tian Zun stared at him coldly and said, "Don't you want to do this anymore? If you don't want to do this anymore, I'll ask them to replace you with someone who does."
My God, this woman is just as untouchable as the rumors say!
The Emperor's mind raced, his eyes darted around, and soon he spotted the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun. He suddenly had an idea and said, "No, no, ancestor, it's the imperial court in this mortal world that's against our descendants. They've driven them all to Japan."
Is there such a thing?
Although she is arrogant and domineering, she cannot turn her elbow outward. If her fellow disciples knew about it, they would definitely go to the master and complain about her.
Upon hearing this, Chi Lian Tianzun immediately turned around and looked at the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun.
How dare you bite me back?
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun immediately snorted coldly, "Don't talk nonsense, it's not our imperial court that is against your descendants, it's your descendants that are against our imperial court!
The mortal world is originally under the jurisdiction of our imperial court. Your descendants do not listen to our imperial court at all. You are doing whatever you want in the local area, acting like local tyrants, causing the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people. What should we do if we don’t drive them to Japan? If we let them continue like this, the Ming Dynasty will fall.”
I don’t care whether your Ming Dynasty perishes or not. You are not my descendants.
The Emperor of Heaven refused to give in and said, "You are talking nonsense. Everyone knows that it is because your imperial court condones corrupt officials to run rampant throughout the country that the heavens are angry and the people are resentful, and their lives are miserable."
What the hell are you talking about? Are you treating me like I don't exist?
Chi Lian Tian Zun said impatiently: "Don't talk to me about these useless things."
Yeah, why talk about these useless things?
I was almost led astray by this guy!
Humph, you are talking nonsense to me, right?
I will let your descendants fill the pit as well!
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun's eyes rolled, and he immediately leaned over to whisper, "Master, our imperial court really doesn't want to make things difficult for their descendants. It's their descendants who rely on their support and don't listen to our imperial court.
In fact, there are many earthly immortals among their descendants. If their descendants can listen to our imperial court, our imperial court will not only allow their descendants to return to Ming Dynasty and give them high positions and generous salaries, but also allow their descendants to become gods.
In this way, we will have more real people under our command."
very good.
Chi Lian Tian Zun nodded repeatedly and said, "Well, that makes sense. How about this? You let your descendants be loyal to the imperial court, and we will also teach your descendants to become gods."
Why does this woman obey this boy's orders?
Seeing this, the Emperor of Heaven didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. He could only nod his head and say, "Okay, okay."
