Chapter 500: Chapter 356: Marshal Meng Awakens!
My name is Xu Yang.
I am the current sect leader of Jingming Sect in the mortal world. I am also the second generation Heavenly Master of Jingming Sect, the dean of Wu City Martial Arts Academy in Northwest Da Xia, and the Martial Arts Alliance Leader of Da Xia!
I am also the spouse of five female ghosts, a female zombie, three female demons… and a female werewolf!
There’s also another part of my identity…
That is, I am the son of Emperor Beiyin of Fengdu, the Underworld Emperor, the ruler of the Underworld in Da Xia mythology and legends, and I am proud of this part of my identity!
What I didn’t expect was…
My father might not be my father…
Looking at the statue’s head that is nearly identical to his own, Xu Yang’s heart was in chaos, muttering, “How could this happen… how could this happen…”
“I modeled it after Emperor Dongyue’s portrait!”
“Even if Emperor Dongyue really raided Emperor Beiyin’s lair, they shouldn’t look so alike!”
Xu Yang flipped his hand and took the big hammer, ready to smash the statue’s head in front of him.
“No, no, no!”
Master Taixu hurriedly blocked him, saying, “Master Xu, don’t smash it… I think this Emperor’s head is nearly perfect. It gives me a feeling…actually, even more divine than the statues of the Emperor that I have worshipped in Dai Temple throughout generations!”
Xu Yang: “!!!”
Master Taixu continued, “Besides, you have carved four statue heads in a row, almost all of them like this…maybe this is the will of heaven after all.”
As he spoke,
he picked up the head, leaped forward, and placed the statue head atop the neck of the towering giant statue.
The next moment…
Hum!
A divine light suddenly emerged from the Emperor’s statue.
The divine light spread up from the body of the statue, from the neck up, before finally covering the statue’s head.
When the divine light dispersed, the statue’s head was completely and seamlessly merged with the statue’s body.
Master Taixu said with joy, “Young Master Xu… look, I told you, this is the will of heaven!”
Will of heaven, my ass!
Xu Yang wanted to smash the statue.
But after thinking about it…
If his guess was right, then this statue in front of him was the only statue and golden body of his “real father” in the mortal world.
Emperor Dongyue may have been unrighteous to his brothers, but Xu Yang couldn’t be unfilial to his own father.
So Xu Yang approached gloomily, silently using his divine powers in his mind. The divine power talisman representing “Turning Stone into Gold” flashed in his mind, and he placed his palm on the statue.
A touch of gold began to appear beneath Xu Yang’s palm.
Soon,
the golden hue spread out, quickly covering the entire statue.
At this moment, it was night.
The golden statue looked striking in the dark night.
Seeing this, Master Taixu couldn’t stop smiling and said, “Hahaha… this is great! Such a huge golden body, if we run out of money in the future… when worshipping it in the future, the Emperor will definitely receive even more faith and prayer.”
He took out three joss sticks, lit them immediately, and began to worship the golden statue of the Emperor.
Xu Zhiyuan and Wang Hou also respectfully worshipped the Emperor’s golden statue.
Xu Yang had a strange expression on his face.
At this moment,
a peculiar feeling surged through his mind.
As if…
the ones they were worshipping were not Emperor Dongyue, but himself!
That kind of feeling was very strong. As they inserted the incense into the censer, Xu Yang even “saw” the rising incense and faith in the burning, seeping into the “Golden body” of Emperor Dongyue.
And then…
in his Zifu acupoint, there emerged an odd force.
Xu Yang widened his eyes.
He calmed his mind and carefully “gazed at” the power in his Zifu acupoint. It was a force that was invisible to the naked eye but was indeed real…
It existed between illusion and reality.
Faintly…
it seemed to have an inexplicable connection with Wang Hou, Xu Zhiyuan, and Master Taixu!
“What is this…”
“Power of faith in incense?”
“How can I, a living person, acquire the power of faith in incense?”
Xu Yang knew about the power of faith in incense. Many Yin deities, the Earthly City-Gods, the various mountain gods, land gods, and river gods could enjoy and utilize the power of faith in incense. However, being a Heavenly Master appointed by the Heavenly Emperor himself, he couldn’t have access to such power.
Unless he died,
or ascended to immortality, he wouldn’t be able to enjoy the “power of faith in incense.”
Xu Yang was puzzled and full of questions, “Even if I can enjoy the power of faith in incense, but… they are worshipping Emperor Dongyue, so why would that provide me with the power of faith in incense?”
“Xu Yang, what’s the matter?”
Xu Zhiyuan saw that his grandson’s expression was unusual and immediately asked with concern.
He seemed to understand Xu Yang’s “thoughts” as well. After considering it, he patted Xu Yang’s shoulder to comfort him, “You are already a grown-up, and you understand many things without Grandpa saying them.”
“This matter… is not your fault!”
“No one, including the immortals and deities in the heavens, can decide their own origins.”
Xu Yang looked up at the old man and smiled bitterly, “Grandpa, what are you talking about?”
The old man changed his tone and said, “But Minister Wang is not wrong, no matter what your background is… your father is still the Emperor of the Underworld.”
“… …”
Xu Yang was dumbfounded.
He quickly changed the subject, “Grandpa, can we not talk about this?”
“Right.”
Looking at Master Taixu, Xu Yang said, “Senior Taixu, now that the golden body of the Emperor is completed, why didn’t you inform your disciples to come and worship?”
“I forgot when I was happy.”
Master Taixu took out his phone, opened a group chat named “Family of Love” and said, “Disciples, come to Heavenly Reward Palace… The golden body of the Emperor is completed.”
Disciples from Dai Temple rushed over.
Meng Mingshan was the first to arrive.
As soon as he arrived in front of the golden body, he looked up and exclaimed, “Master… ”
“???”
Xu Yang and others were surprised, especially Supreme Sage Taixu. He quickly asked, “Meng Mingshan… have you regained your memory?”
“Ah!”
Meng Mingshan covered his head and shouted, “Master, my head hurts so much… I feel like there are many unfamiliar images in my mind… Ah, I’m going to break through!”
Buzz!
Meng Mingshan’s body trembled with a surge of energy.
Immediately after, intense Daoist fluctuations began to spread all around.
Xu Yang “saw” that the “divine light” within Meng Mingshan’s body was shining brightly at this moment, and Meng Mingshan’s cultivation level rose rapidly from the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm to the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
Then…
Entering Dao!
However, Meng Mingshan’s upgrade didn’t stop at Entering Dao Realm.
The power within his body seemed endless, causing both his cultivation and perception of the Dao to rapidly increase. In just 15 minutes, his aura had risen to the peak of the Entering Dao Realm.
Seeing this, many disciples of Dai Temple couldn’t help but reveal envious expressions.
Even Xu Yang couldn’t help but say, “This is really unfair. We ordinary people have to work hard to make a little progress in our cultivation… but these reincarnations of great powers only need to awaken their memories and they can upgrade as easily as eating and drinking… It’s too unfair!”
As soon as these words came out, it attracted Wang Hou’s speechless gaze.
Damn it!
Don’t you know your own situation?
Just over three months ago, when we first met, you were still in the Qi Refining Realm.
How long has it been?
You fucking reached the late stage of the Spirit Refining Realm!
The key point is that you also practice martial arts, and your martial arts have reached the Celestial Phenomenon Realm… Even the reincarnations of great powers don’t have such a perverted situation as you!
Meng Mingshan’s upgrade stopped after reaching the Divine Transcendence Realm.
The aura on his body changed continuously, which was obviously due to receiving several “heaven-given divine powers” in an instant after entering the Divine Transcendence Realm.
Of course.
For him, who is “reincarnated”, it’s not so much “heaven-given divine power” as it is awakening his own divine power.
After half an hour, Meng Mingshan slowly got up.
“How is it, disciple?”
Master Taixu rushed forward and asked, “Have you awakened the memories of your previous life?”
Meng Mingshan’s eyes were filled with confusion. He pondered for a moment and shook his head, “Master, I… I just feel a headache, and there’s a towering figure in my mind that I can’t get rid of.”
He looked at the golden body of Emperor Dongyue and said, “It’s him… ”
“Although you haven’t awakened the memories of your previous life, being able to remember Emperor Dongyue is a good start.”
Master Taixu laughed and said, “In your previous life, you were one of the top ten commanders of the Dongyue Emperor, with a status equivalent to that of the Ten Halls of Yama, a true master of the immortals and deities level. If one day you completely awaken your memories, it must be the time for you to return to your peak… At that time, remember your master.”
Little Daoist nodded earnestly and said, “Once a teacher, always a father. Master, don’t worry, no matter what, you will always be my master.”
Only then was Master Taixu satisfied. He patted Meng Mingshan’s head and said, “Go on, offer a stick of incense to the master of your previous life.”
Meng Mingshan stepped forward, lit the incense, and worshiped.
Xu Yang, on the other hand, focused on his own “consciousness sea.”
As expected.
In his “consciousness sea,” a wisp of faint “power of faith in incense” had appeared.
Subsequently, the disciples of Dai Temple came forward one after another to worship.
Wisp after wisp of faint “power of faith in incense” began to gather in Xu Yang’s consciousness sea.
Xu Yang tried to refine a wisp of “power of faith in incense.” Although his cultivation didn’t increase because of it, he felt refreshed and clear-headed.
“Good stuff!”
Xu Yang was secretly delighted, thinking, “If I can get a lot of the power of faith in incense, it will be of great benefit to my cultivation!”
“By that time, I will scare Yin spirits and ghosts to gain merit, and at the same time gain the power of faith in incense… In just three months, I will be invincible in the world, killing Wang Hou will be just a snap!”
As for…
Why he could steal the “faith in Emperor Dongyue”?
Xu Yang didn’t pay much attention to this point.
Moreover, saying “stealing” is too ugly, isn’t it?
Sharing a little bit of my dad’s power of faith… how could it be called stealing?
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