Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 793

[Chapter 791: Granting the Scripture]

Seven days later.

County government office.

“Student greets the master!”

Gan Yu mingled among the other students and saluted the magistrate, who was wearing a scarlet official robe.

Among the students who were with him, there were little children, teenagers like him, middle-aged people, and even old people with premature gray hair.

It is no empty talk to strive for fame and honor in one’s old age!

The magistrate’s surname was Xu. He was a Jinshi graduate. He had a handsome face and three long flowing beard. He looked to be around 30 or 40 years old. He had a dignified look and an official demeanor.

County Magistrate Xu passed the imperial examination and was selected to serve in Qingxi County after only two years. He was appointed as the ninth-rank chief clerk. Three years later, he was promoted to the position of county clerk, followed by county lieutenant, county magistrate… and finally the position of seventh-rank county magistrate. It took him more than ten years, and it can be said that all the hard work paid off.

In a court with too many officials, this promotion speed is definitely fast. At least no one is blocking him at every step, which is enough to show that there is a strong backer behind him.

“Ahem…”

County Magistrate Xu looked pale, as if he was ill, and raised his hand at this moment.

Gan Yu suddenly felt a gentle force surging up, lifting him up. Looking at the magistrate Xu who looked like a sick ghost, he suddenly felt awe in his heart.

“You are all well-educated people. This time I am recruiting talents for the Dao Court… You must remember to be loyal to the Dao Court. If you can become an official in the future, you must live up to the people…”

Magistrate Xu gave a few words of admonition, looked at the expectant eyes of some people, and suddenly smiled: “Forget it, judging from your expressions, you have been anxious for a long time, so I will personally confer the ordination on you…”

While he was speaking, the bailiffs around him bowed and left.

There seemed to be a lingering scent of incense in the hall, making it hazy and somewhat mysterious.

Gan Yu glanced at Xu Zhixian from the corner of his eye, and suddenly felt that Xu Zhixian’s appearance seemed to be somewhat similar to the statue of the City God that he saw when he went to the City God Temple to pray. He could not help but lower his head quickly to hide the shock in his eyes…

“rise!”

Magistrate Xu did not say much to the students, but just made a gesture with one hand.

In his body, a scarlet-red tablet of the Seventh-Rank City God of Qingxi County suddenly emitted a bright red light.

A red light was like a flying bird, holding a talisman and transformed into spiritual light, rushing straight out of the sky.

“ah!”

Divine power is like a mountain!

All the young students present were pale and knelt on the ground.

Then, the clear chirping of mandarin ducks was heard, and above County Magistrate Xu’s head, red divine power transformed into the shape of mandarin ducks, surrounding a Taoist talisman.

This Taoist talisman was also red throughout, as if it was made of beautiful jade. The line of divine text in the middle was the “Secret talisman of the Supreme Dao Court Alliance”!
Under the infusion of red divine power, this Taoist talisman instantly split into some light spots and turned into a gray-white “Taishang Tongzi Lingguan talisman”!
However, compared to the Tongzi talismans that Fang Xi had seen, these talismans obviously lacked a bit of charm, giving people a sense of falsehood.

County Magistrate Xu said solemnly: “City God Xu Xinji has recruited talents for the country. The heavens and the earth have witnessed this!”

In his hand, a bronze seal emerged. It was the official seal of a seventh-rank county magistrate!

County Magistrate Xu held the official seal in both hands, and a phantom of a golden seal of the City God seemed to emerge in the void and merge into the official seal.

Pah!
He stamped official seals under many boy’s scrolls.

The scarlet divine power seemed to transform into ink and flashed across the Taoist talisman.

Buzz!

Those boy’s talismans roared, and suddenly became awe-inspiring, disappearing into the brows of the boys.

Gan Yu’s whole body trembled, and after a little meditation, he felt that there seemed to be an extra talisman in his sea of consciousness.

At the same time, he had taken spiritual objects and had already laid a good foundation. At this moment, he could even feel an inexplicable inspiration emerging in the void, which made him feel hungry.

Unconsciously, he sat cross-legged, attracting a wisp of spiritual energy from heaven and earth into his body.

“Drawing Qi into the body?”

When Magistrate Xu saw this, he nodded slightly: “To be able to achieve this step just after being ordained, he is indeed a good seed…”

More importantly, Gan Yu is young enough and still has time to strive for the imperial examination.

As for those white-headed old men, there is little hope…

After a while, all the students recovered from their abnormal state and a hint of joy appeared on their faces.

The Taoist court has strict laws and regulations, and uses Taoist laws to suppress the spiritual energy of the world!

Without the Taoist talisman, even if one can acquire some with great difficulty, it will ultimately be nothing more than a moon in the water or a flower in the mirror.

But now, once you have been granted the ordination certificate, you have entered the Dao in one step!
It is equivalent to ascending to heaven in one step!

County Magistrate Xu coughed again, as if the previous ordination was a great burden to him. Seeing Gan Yu regain consciousness, he said in a deep voice, “Granting the ordination to the boy will enable him to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, strengthen his body, and even perform magic… This is the grace of the Taoist court. You must remember it. If there are those who are disloyal and unfilial in the future, I will personally take their souls and make them suffer all kinds of purgatory…”

When he said this, his voice was so cold that Gan Yu couldn’t help but shudder.

I know that what County Magistrate Xu said is true!

…

A forest somewhere far away.

In the cave.

Fang Xi sat cross-legged, with the wild rabbit and stream fish roasted by Mei Changkong in front of him…

Both of these prey were roasted to a golden and charred taste, and placed on a huge green leaf plate with some fruit as a side dish.

There is boiled water in a bamboo tube.

It is quite good to be able to do this in this mountainous area.

Mei Changkong was not there at this time, as he had gone to find food for himself.

Fang Xi opened his eyes and nodded with a little satisfaction.

At the same time, he recalled the scene where Gan Yu was ordained.

“So, this is how the Dao Talisman is split from the Dao Talisman of the previous level?”

“No… what came out of the split is just a fake with nothing on the surface!”

“The real key lies in using the seal to ask for the witness and approval of heaven and earth…”

By silently thinking about all the things that had happened before, Fang Xi had a better understanding of the operation of the divine way.

“With such layers of control, the last emperor can indeed deprive the officials below of their divine positions with a single word, and even decide their life and death, truly being ‘the emperor’s law’!”

“What if there is no Taoist talisman, but only a priesthood?”

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“Even… where did the divine duties between heaven and earth originally come from? Could it be that they were also split from a certain divine duty?”

Fang Xi felt that he seemed to have touched upon a secret at the deepest level of the Heavenly Court…

…

The world of earthly immortals.

Xiankong Island, Kyushu School.

Inside the cave, Fang Xi was wearing a green robe. The robe was as smooth as brocade and very breathable, with a large number of miniature formations engraved on the surface.

This set of robes alone is enough to be comparable to the entire wealth of a Return to Void cultivator.

For Fang Xi, such enjoyment was nothing but an ordinary thing. At this moment, he was sitting in front of the desk with disheveled hair and a very lazy look.

On the desk, six talismans were placed side by side.

From the ninth-rank ‘Taishang Daoting Dugongzhi Lu’, to the eighth-rank ‘Taishang Daoting Beidou Milu’, and even the day and night wandering gods, and even the most conspicuous ‘From the ninth-rank Qingxi County City God Temple Reward and Punishment Court Martial Judge’… at this moment, they have all lost their magic, just like ordinary talismans, lying quietly on the desk.

“Sure enough, the laws of heaven and earth are different, so it can’t be used immediately?”

Fang Xi murmured to himself, then picked up the Wu Judge’s priesthood and began to examine it carefully.

The Shinto talisman is naturally far more precious than the ordination granted by the Taoist court.

This ninth-grade divine position is even rarer than the eighth-grade Taoist talisman, and even the divine text is several times more complex and profound!
“After this period of observation, my talisman skills have firmly entered the seventh level…”

“After all, after reaching the fusion stage, it will be easier to improve the level of the hundred arts of cultivation…”

Fang Xi murmured, picked up the priesthood of ‘Qingxi County City God Temple Dutian Patrol Officer’, and entered his spiritual consciousness into it.

After a period of research, he finally made some discoveries.

At this moment, his divine thought moved, and he reached the core of the priesthood through the divine text and obtained several divine arts.

For example, the ‘Talisman for Summoning Heroic Spirits’, the ‘Art of Seeing and Hearing from Heaven and Earth’, the ‘Art of Controlling the Wind’ and so on.

These are all divine arts. As long as you refine the priesthood of the Sun-Wandering God, it is equivalent to receiving initiation and you can learn them in an instant.

Not only that, it can be performed instantly as long as the divine power is expended.

“It only needs some modification. By collecting incense and faith from the Earthly Immortal Realm, it should be possible to reactivate the priesthood…”

Fang Xi pondered for a moment: “It’s just that most of the clergy are earthbound spirits… Once they go beyond their own domain, their divine power will be greatly reduced… It’s a bit troublesome.”

But this problem is actually quite simple to solve. All you need to do is carry a treasure from the cave with you and migrate a large number of believers into it.

Fang Xi had spent such a long time in that Daoting world, but had not discovered the existence of the cave treasures. It seemed that such cave treasures either did not exist or were extremely precious.

“But this is normal. In a lower world like the human world, cave treasures are extremely rare…”

“As for carrying believers with you, it is only a temporary solution… We can also let the people of Jiuzhou study it, such as installing some high-power incense faith signal towers to extend the scope of the priesthood.”

Technology is constantly moving forward.

Especially with a Taoist master who has achieved the state of fusion, a big boss who has achieved the state of returning to the void, and even a group of elites who have achieved the state of transformation to the spirit, the technology of the Jiuzhou Realm today can completely crush the Jiuzhou Realm when it only had the Nascent Soul cultivators.

“The Dao talisman was formed by splitting, and the priesthood may be the same…”

“Even the divine positions in the world may eventually converge on that one person… He is the source of all gods!”

The more Fang Xi studied, the more he felt that the Emperor of Heaven was unfathomable.

At this time, he took up the priesthood of Wupanguan.

Although the Shinto talisman transformed by this priesthood has lost all its luster, it is still dazzling, as if it were carved from the finest jade, with traces of red blood veins inside.

And when his mind entered into this priesthood, he found that there was more knowledge besides a series of divine arts.

For example… how to collect the people’s incense and faith, and refine ‘incense money’!
This money is the currency circulating between gods, which can replenish and transform divine power… The value is far greater than gold and silver.

In addition, after becoming a god, one can also combine the divine texts that one has comprehended with the priesthood to sacrifice an object of Shinto authority.

This object can be a notice, a tower, a tripod… but the most common one is a seal!

“Generally speaking, it is difficult for a ninth-rank deity to create such a divine weapon… Only when you reach the seventh rank can you have a better chance of success.”

(End of this chapter)