Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Halfway through the banquet, Lü Yang and Qi Feng, one with a serious expression, said the singing was too noisy, his head was aching, and he needed to find a quiet place to cultivate. The other, stammering, said the dancing was boring, making him sleepy, and he wanted to go back to his room to sleep.

Having said that, they each stared with eager eyes, glancing at the two envoys and then at the host, Golden Dharma King.

Fire Crow Taoist and Zhang Yuanjing, the two divine envoys, one principal and one deputy, naturally found it strange that these two Saint Core Realm demonic cultivators were speaking. In such an occasion, finding such reasons to leave seemed a bit childish, but they assumed the two were expressing dissatisfaction with the Golden Dharma King, so they pretended not to notice and nodded in agreement with a nonchalant air.

However, Chang Guangming's gaze, as if looking at idiots, almost made the Golden Dharma King explode on the spot.

He nodded expressionlessly, allowing the two to leave, but in his heart, he cursed them and their ancestors for three generations.

At the same time, he was also very dissatisfied with the Right Envoy and the White Dharma King, thinking to himself that although he, Old Jin, was only going through the motions with this Underworld Cave ritual to use the Upper God's name to do things, you should at least send two people with a bit of brains! Sending these two blockheads, acting like idiots, is simply not taking this king seriously enough!

As the banquet reached its climax, Chang Guangming suggested that the two divine envoys come down and enjoy themselves with the followers, bestowing blessings upon them.

This was a customary part of welcoming divine envoys in the Candle God Sect. The Golden Dharma King didn't stop it but stood up with a gloomy face and loudly announced that the divine envoys would spread the Upper God's will and bestow blessings upon the followers.

"Pity us mortals, burdened with many sorrows. Only by joining the Divine Sect can one find liberation. Seek within yourselves, strengthen your roots. Break through the shackles, transform from mortal to saint. The Candle God bestows blessings upon the diligent and loyal…"

The voice that had prompted Fire Crow Taoist on the high platform transmitted to him again: "Remember this incantation; it is exclusively for divine envoys to bestow blessings in the sect. Do not speak randomly!"

At this moment, the Golden Dharma King personally directed several Saint Core Realm Dharma Instructors to select some representatives from the followers to come forward and receive the divine envoy's blessings.

Within the Candle God Sect, only three types of people can represent the Candle God to bestow blessings upon the followers: the Sect Leader, the Left and Right Divine Envoys, and the Divine Grace Envoys who appear due to special events.

According to the Divine Sect's custom, Divine Grace Envoys can only appear from the two great divine traces, and only one group of Divine Grace Envoys can exist at the same time.

The Candle God Sect has not seen many Divine Grace Envoys in its history, and each appearance is related to a major crisis in the sect.

Divine Grace Envoys can not only resolve these major crises but also bring many blessings to the followers. Therefore, ordinary followers of the Candle God Sect deeply revere Divine Grace Envoys and fervently hope to receive blessings from them in person.

Therefore, the excitement and frenzy on the scene completely drew the Golden Dharma King's attention. He no longer had time to pay attention to Chang Guangming or the two divine envoys.

"Fellow Taoist, I, Chang, will take you and your party away from this place as soon as possible and head to my sect's main altar. Once there, the Left Divine Envoy will naturally protect your safety.

"Therefore, no matter how the Golden Dharma King coerces or tempts you here, do not agree to any of his requests. Later, when the blessing ceremony begins, just repeat the words that I have told you.

"After the blessing, the followers here will become your supporters and listen to your commands, and the Golden Dharma King will be helpless. However, this old brute also has advisors and will definitely try to stop you from going to the main altar.

"You must be extremely careful, always keeping in mind the need to rush to the main altar to heal Lord Candle Dragon, and constantly proclaim this to the followers who support you, seeking their support. In this way, no matter how powerful the Golden Dharma King is, he will never dare to defy the wishes of the majority of the followers."

This time, Chang Guangming directly revealed his identity and, taking advantage of the Golden Dharma King's busyness, gave Fire Crow Taoist rather detailed instructions on how to deal with the upcoming changes.

A quarter of an hour later, the Golden Dharma King and his subordinates calmed the frenzied followers who had surged forward and selected thirty-six people from the crowd. All were carefully chosen confidants. Even if these people had a deep reverence for Divine Grace Envoys due to their long-term worship of the Candle God, they would still obey his orders and would not publicize this blessing afterward. More importantly, they would never become die-hard supporters of the Divine Grace Envoy and turn against him because of this.

"Please invite the Fire Chief Envoy!" The Golden Dharma King patted his red robe, wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked back to the main table, and called out to Fire Crow Taoist.

Fire Crow Taoist felt inexplicably apprehensive at this sight.

Taoist cultivators fight against heaven and earth, do not believe in deities, and desire purity of heart. They always center on themselves and never place their hopes on illusory gods or ghosts.

However, upon arriving here, the Candle God Sect's fanaticism demonstrated another path of cultivation in this world. Judging from the strength of these people, this path seemed not impossible. And this so-called "Candle God" was likely some real existence, and an extremely powerful one.

However, on second thought, it was not so. Only the low-level followers were fanatical. These Saint Core Realm demonic cultivators obviously did not truly treat the two of them as "Divine Grace Envoys" but were forced to maintain superficial respect due to the pressure from the followers.

The thirty-six followers were uniformly painted, burly men, each with a rugged appearance as if cast from the same mold.

As soon as these people saw the "Fire Chief Envoy" approaching, they all knelt on the ground in unison, muffledly shouting, "Long live the Candle God! Please bestow blessings, Divine Grace Envoy!"

Just as Fire Crow Taoist was about to recite the "incantation," the surrounding followers all prostrated themselves on the ground, their figures connected into a gray expanse in the intersection of firelight and darkness, and a deafening voice rang out: "Long live the Candle God! Please bestow blessings, Divine Grace Envoy!"

Fire Crow Taoist's heart trembled violently. He quickly gathered his mind, focused his eyes on his nose, his nose on his mouth, his mouth on his heart, unified his mind, lowered his eyes, and solemnly recited at a measured pace: "Pity us mortals, burdened with many sorrows. Only by joining the Divine Sect can one find liberation…"

Once, twice, three times… Gradually, the thirty-six people nearby began to echo in low voices, followed by the followers in the distance, spreading out layer by layer, quickly converging into a low but clear wave of sound. The prayer was clearly discernible, full of emotion, solemn and sacred.

Fire Crow Taoist opened his mind, immersed himself in it, and every word seemed to come from the bottom of his heart, sincere and incomparable, resonating with the thousands of followers, causing everyone to undergo a spiritual cleansing.

Before the main table, Zhang Yuanjing looked at Fire Crow Taoist in astonishment, and his heart was inevitably uneasy.

As for the Golden Dharma King and other Saint Core Realm demonic cultivators, each had a serious expression but lacked the fanaticism of ordinary followers. Except for a few Dharma Instructors who still opened their mouths to recite a few prayers, the rest all kept their mouths tightly shut, uttering not a word.

How many times should he recite before it's over? Fire Crow Taoist had no idea! As the incantation reciter, in order to appear the part, he naturally put his whole heart and soul into it, so once he started reciting, he couldn't stop.

Chang Guangming stood behind, his mouth twitching, quite helpless. He didn't expect Fire Crow Taoist to get so into the role, actually reciting like a real divine envoy.

Looking at the "Fire Chief Envoy's" fully engaged appearance, he didn't dare to interrupt him casually, lest he reveal something that would arouse the followers' suspicion.

Fortunately, reciting this prayer also consumed the power of the divine soul. After half an hour, due to excessive consumption, Fire Crow Taoist felt tired, and the sound and frequency of his recitation decreased.

The surrounding followers were overexcited and had also reached the end of their rope, so Fire Crow Taoist took the opportunity to stop the "blessing" and gestured for everyone to get up.

Tens of thousands of followers did not get up but remained kneeling on the ground, shouting slogans such as "Long live the Candle God" and "Long live the Divine Envoy" to express their gratitude to the Candle God and the Divine Envoy.

Just as the Golden Dharma King was about to announce the end of the banquet, suddenly six ordinary followers rushed out from one side of the crowd and ran towards Fire Crow Taoist.

The two Dharma Instructors behind the Golden Dharma King immediately took a few steps forward, blocked Fire Crow Taoist, and shouted, "Retreat quickly! Do not collide with the Divine Grace Envoy, or you will be killed without mercy!"

The six people knelt down, their foreheads touching the ground, shouting, "Divine Grace Envoy, have mercy and save us! Drive away those Earth Demon Beasts!"

The Golden Dharma King was furious and shouted, "The Divine Grace Envoy is bestowing blessings! Who allowed you to come up and wail! Get them out of here!"

The two Dharma Instructors blocking the six people immediately stepped forward, knocked them all to the ground, grabbed them in their hands, and were about to leave.

At this moment, suddenly someone in the middle of the row of followers closest to the six people shouted, "Everyone, quickly beg! Ask the Divine Grace Envoy to take action and drive away the Earth Demon Beasts that have plagued Underworld Valley for hundreds of years! If the Divine Grace Envoy leaves, there will be no chance!"

As soon as this was said, even more followers joined the ranks of begging, and then more and more, and the sound shook the valley.

The Golden Dharma King's yellow face flushed red, and he clenched his fists, waving them vigorously, thinking to himself, which bastard is causing trouble? Is this King not annoyed enough already!

At this moment, a familiar face flashed through the crowd, with narrow eyes, a broad forehead, thick lips, and a faint smile always hanging on his face, looking like a wise man, it was his confidant advisor, Chai Laoqi.

Seeing that the Golden Dharma King had discovered him, Chai Laoqi nodded slightly, revealing his trademark smug smile on his lips.

The Golden Dharma King immediately understood that the six people who had rushed out to beg the Divine Grace Envoy to eliminate the Earth Demon Beasts were intentionally arranged by Chai Laoqi.

Although he had not yet figured out the mystery of it, since it was Old Chai's plan, it must be a good idea. He immediately suppressed his anger and revealed a hint of a relaxed smile that he had been hiding for most of the day.

Chang Guangming originally thought this was an accident and was hesitating how to handle it. When he saw the Golden Dharma King's expression, he immediately understood that it was him, um, no, it was done by his subordinates, this must be a conspiracy.

He immediately transmitted his voice: "Do not agree. The Earth Demon Beasts have been haunting the desolate dead zone for hundreds of years, specializing in devouring followers below the Foundation Establishment Realm. Even the Left and Right Divine Envoys have no solution."

Fire Crow Taoist wanted to reject, but among the dark crowd, there were only voices of pleading.

Some also loudly recited, "Pity us mortals, burdened with many sorrows! Pity us mortals, burdened with many sorrows!…" repeating this sentence constantly, hoping that the Divine Envoy would be moved and eliminate the harm for the followers.

These voices, gathered together, formed a will that pierced through gold and broke through stone, reaching the depths of people's hearts, making Fire Crow Taoist afraid to refuse easily.

He knew that a true Divine Grace Envoy would definitely agree decisively at this time, instead of hesitating and thinking of finding reasons to reject.

However, the voice transmission from Chang Guangming was always the four words "Quickly reject."

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