Chapter 292: Chapter 207: You think you’re the only one who can summon deities? Come forth, my brother Lord Cui!_2
He glanced at Xu Yang, and said in surprise, “When did you learn the art of summoning deities? Summoning deities… isn’t that easy. First, you need to communicate with the immortals and gods in heaven and gain their recognition…”
Listening to Grandmaster Chengming’s explanation, Xu Yang laughed, “Old senior, you got it wrong. There are different levels in the art of summoning deities… Look at the Great Saint of Even Heavens in Journey to the West. He stomps his feet, and various Mountain Gods, River Gods, and Land Deities must come and see him. I think that’s the true art of summoning deities!”
“…”
Grandmaster Chengming opened his mouth, thinking that what Xu Yang said was not summoning deities, but “summoning deities like a boss.”
Would the gods and immortals from all walks of life be at the beck and call of a little Daoist like you?
While on the side of the Lu Shan Sect, Li Shixuan summoned the Golden Armored Deity, and Supreme Sage Chen summoned the Mountain Ghost’s Shadow, but they did not attack. Instead, they protected Wei Daochang. They knew that since Xu Yang could cultivate the Daoist flying sword, neither the Golden Armored Deity nor the Mountain Ghost’s Shadow would necessarily be able to deal with Xu Yang!
Now all they needed to do was protect Wei Daochang, and once he successfully summons a deity, they could easily crush Xu Yang like an ant!
And this deity was one that the Lu Shan Sect had recently communicated with.
He was a heavenly Stellar Deity, and with a mere display of his power, he would be invincible in the mortal world!
“Hm?”
“Grandmaster Chengming!”
Suddenly, Li Shixuan’s and Supreme Sage Chen’s faces changed, and they both looked at Grandmaster Chengming, saying solemnly, “Old senior, don’t tell me that your Zongsheng Palace is going to intervene in the grudges and disputes between our Lu Shan Sect and the Jingming Sect?”
Grandmaster Chengming laughed and said, “I, an old Daoist, was invited to attend the Lu Shan Sect’s Prayer and Blessing Ceremony. I just happened to encounter this matter. You guys can fight, don’t worry about me.”
Although he said that,
he still stood beside Xu Yang and did not leave.
Meanwhile, Xu Yang frowned and urged, “What are you guys doing? It’s just summoning a deity, not inviting the Heavenly Emperor to descend. Why is it taking so long to see any progress?”
“Yun Mengxi, Xiao Miao, Yue Niang!”
“Get ready to act!”
As Xu Yang spoke, a ferocious wave of evil energy burst from Yun Mengxi.
Xiao Miao meowed, its body swelling up and transforming into a fierce, giant, tiger-like orange cat.
As Yue Niang’s clothes flicked, no earth-shattering momentum was revealed. However, the invisible pressure of a Ghost Immortal made Li Shixuan and Supreme Sage Chen’s faces change drastically.
At this moment…
Boom!
Inside the rolling dark clouds in the sky, a thunderous roar seemed to erupt.
Immediately after, within the dense dark clouds, a faint star emerged!
This scene was very strange… The sky hadn’t turned dark yet, and although the dark clouds caused by Wei Daochang’s actions had made the sky dimmer, it wasn’t enough to reveal a “star.”
Most notably, after the star emerged, it became brighter and brighter…
With a hum!
A brilliant beam of starlight pierced through the clouds, and within the starlight, an imposing figure appeared. He looked down upon the mortal world, his voice like a thunderclap, and said, “I am the Heavenly Court’s Lord Sirius, who has summoned me?”
Pfft!
Wei Daochang spat blood, clearly burdened by the summoning process. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth respectfully and said, “Lord Sirius, I am the Supreme Elder of the Lu Shan Sect in the mortal world. My ancestor is the Miraculous Salvation True Lord Miaoji, the Celestial Master Xu Xun… Today I have summoned you, Lord Sirius, to settle the disputes in our sect and to uphold justice on behalf of heaven!”
The imposing figure glared at Xu Yang and his companions, Yun Mengxi, Yue Niang, and Xiao Miao, his eyebrows raised in anger and said, “As disciples of Daoism, how dare you collude with Yin spirits and evil creatures… You deserve to be killed!”
With that,
he struck a palm towards them through the air.
Boom!
Heaven and earth changed color.
For a moment, it seemed like the whole world had turned into a sea of stars.
A large starlight hand viciously struck towards Xu Yang.
The power of this palm made both Grandmaster Chengming and Yue Niang’s faces change, but Xu Yang remained calm and composed, not even blinking.
He held a token in his hand.
As the starlight hand approached, Xu Yang threw the token into the sky and shouted,
“Come out, Lord Cui, my brother!”
Boom!
The token exploded.
Within the rolling fog, Lord Cui appeared in front of Xu Yang in an instant, dressed in a red robe, holding the Book of Life and Death in his left hand and a Judge’s pen in his right.
He laughed loudly and said, “Xu Yang, my brother, I guessed right, didn’t I? These bastards from the Lu Shan Sect can indeed summon a deity…”
With that,
he gently tapped the air with his Judge’s pen.
Puchi.
The starlight hand crumbled.
Lord Cui looked towards the majestic figure in the starlight and said displeasedly, “Sirius, you’re just a small star in the sky. Instead of being on duty in the Heavenly Palace, why are you meddling in the affairs of the human world? The Heavenly Path and the Yin-Yang Path have not yet been reconnected, and you, a divine being of the Heavenly Palace, dare to descend into the mortal world privately?”
Just like the Underworld Palace.
The Heavenly Court also has a hierarchy… but compared to the Underworld Palace, this hierarchy seems not as strict.
Three Pure Ones and the Heavenly Emperor are, of course, beyond question.
As for the first-class immortals, there are the Six Imperial Guards, the Five Old Masters of the Five Directions, Golden Mother, and Wood Lord.
Of course,
Even among the first-class immortals, there is a great difference in strength and status.
For example, some of the great emperors among the Six Imperial Guards are even equal to the Heavenly Emperor, while the “Wood Lord,” although known as the “head of all male immortals,” can only serve as a subject under the Heavenly Emperor’s command.
The second-class immortal gods are even more numerous.
San Guan Da Di, Shi Fang Tian Zun, Tuo Ta Tian Wang, Huo De Xing Jun, and many others belong to the second-class immortal officials of the Heavenly Palace.
Naturally, these second-class immortal officials also have a huge gap.
For instance, the “Four Great Heavenly Masters,” although they are second-class immortal officials, their fame and prestige are much worse than many third-class immortal officials.
The so-called Twenty-eight Constellations are fourth-class immortal officials.
According to the rank, Lord Cui should be comparable to the “third-class immortal official” in the Heavenly Palace… But in terms of actual status, he is the chief judge of the Underworld’s Bureau of Laws, a beloved general under Emperor Beiyin of Fengdu, so he is actually incomparable to the “Sirius” in the Twenty-eight Constellations.
“C… Cui Lord?”
The majestic figure in the starlight stammered as soon as he saw Lord Cui.
Especially since Lord Cui’s words were indeed correct; if he reported to the Heavenly Palace about the crime of “descending to the mortal world without permission,” he would be finished.
Swipe!
He turned into a wisp of starlight, fell in front of Lord Cui, and transformed into a man, bowing and kneeling, saying, “Chief Cui, why did you come to the mortal world?”
“I was ordered by the great emperor to come and do business with Little Brother Xu Yang.”
Lord Cui pointed to Xu Yang and said, “This boy is the disciple of Celestial Master Xu Xun. The scoundrels of Lu Shan Sect have exterminated Xu Xun Heavenly Master’s orthodox inheritance, committing countless evil deeds, yet you descend to the mortal world to help the tyrant?”
Sirius was sweating profusely and hurriedly said, “Chief Cui, don’t blame me. I was deceived by those scoundrels… I beg Chief Cui to help and not reveal this matter.”
While saying that, he also pulled Xu Yang’s hand and apologized repeatedly.
Xu Yang was dumbfounded…
He had called Lord Cui out to counter the “god” summoned by the Lu Shan Sect.
But he never imagined…
It would reverse like this?
Could it be that the Heavenly Court and Underworld are also bureaucratic?
As for Sirius, he didn’t dare to stay any longer. He glanced at Wei Daochang, snorted coldly, and turned into starlight to disperse. The big star in the sky quickly disappeared as well.
Wei Daochang, on the other hand, had blood flowing from his mouth and nose and fell to the ground, vanishing without a trace.
Xu Yang looked at Yue Niang and Yun Mengxi, and the two women understood. They immediately charged forward and quickly defeated the golden-armored deities and the shadow of the Mountain Ghost summoned by Li Shixuan and Supreme Sage Chen, killing the two sages.
Yun Mengxi licked her lips excitedly, asking, “Husband, what should we do with these Lu Shan Sect disciples? As the saying goes, if the grass is not rooted out, it will grow again when the spring wind blows… Should we kill them all?”
Xu Yang laughed, “A group of people who haven’t even reached the Entering Dao Realm are useless even if killed… Let them contact their sect to pay ransom.”
He then called Li Yuanchang and asked him to clean up Wanshou Palace with the Jingming Sect disciples.
The disciples of Jingming Sect shed tears of gratitude, and Li Yuanchang fell to his knees, exclaiming, “Master, Ancestral Master… Have you seen this? Our ancestral home of Jingming Sect has been reclaimed!”
As for Lord Cui, after having a few words with Xu Yang, he said, “Little Brother Xu Yang, remember our wager… Well, I’m in the middle of dinner, so I’ll go back first, or the food will get cold!”
As he spoke,
With a bang, he turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared, leaving a token on the ground.
On the side, Grandmaster Chengming watched this scene and took a long time to recover his senses.
He was…
Quite disoriented!
Just what was the background of this Xu Yang?
How could he be so close to Lord Cui???
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