Chapter 277

We and the Three Pure Ones are a mutually beneficial win-win model.

The Three Pure Ones use Pangu as a model to aid their own teaching work; we, meanwhile, take advantage of this process to polish Pangu's brand brighter, giving us greater competitiveness in promoting to the myriad beings of the world.

Nüwa expressed her stance, saying, "Between our two groups there is an unspoken understanding; we help each other."

So now, they seek to obtain the highest post in teaching work—the Heavenly Dao Saint—and we are to support them.

Strongly support!

Fengxi heard and instantly understood.

"So... the Three Pure Ones are actually just a navy helping our Wu Clan build momentum!"

"Every time Pangu is mentioned in teaching, it is actually giving our Wu Clan, descendants of Pangu, covert advertising..."

The Three Pure Ones Heavenly Lords have a very subtle connection with the Wu Clan.

They engage in teaching work and, within it, make extensive use of exemplar education methods.

The Three Pure Ones strive to cultivate disciples excellent in all aspects, being all-around talent from ability to virtue, from mind to wisdom.

A truly excellent teacher has never been merely about letting students learn; they must also involve all aspects, influencing students' entire lives, letting them not only gain ability improvement but also obtain a spiritual leap.

What in this could be more direct and effective than setting up a model and calling on one's disciples to earnestly imitate and study it?

And when one chooses such a teaching path, looking across Honghuang, the model subject immediately appears, with no dispute at all.

——Pangu!

Who is more worthy of reference and study than Pangu?

What the real Pangu was like, the people of this era actually do not know very clearly.

But the endless ages, through various praises, have long abstracted him into the embodiment of the finest conceptual image—the spirit of creation, the act of dedication, selfless virtue... there are far too many aspects that can be brought up.

Using Pangu's special exemplar persona as a vehicle, through the guidance of these few great educators of the Three Pure Ones, we stimulate the inner drive of each sect's disciples, prompting them to base themselves on that moral spirit, adjust their cognition and evoke emotional resonance, thereby increasing psychological identification, and finally, through diligently internalizing the exemplar's spiritual qualities, achieve the goal of elevating their spiritual realm.

Transforming the noble virtues embodied in Pangu into the qualities for receiving those who receive the Dao, to match or even surpass in the spiritual realm... this has been the Three Pure Ones' continual goal.

And in the process of pursuing this goal, they, as transmitters of the Pangu tradition, naturally become the orthodox Pangu lineage—something even if Pangu himself returned, it would be hard to refute.

After all, the Three Pure Ones have been vigorously promoting, aggregating and beautifying various versions of Pangu's image, crafting a fine image of great love for all beings and selfless dedication, and striving to spread it through the educational channel...

Having come this far, how could Pangu dare say—have the Three Pure Ones not received my authorization? Is the content they promote actually false? I, Pangu, am simply not as described?

Surely they have lost their wits.

If even Pangu does not deny it, how could the Wu Clan possibly reject such tremendous assistance?

Naturally, it is impossible.

When Pangu disappears from sight, his reputation becomes that of the Wu Clan; at worst they can inherit a large portion of it, winning popular favor.

From a certain perspective, the three Heavenly Lords are essentially silently acting as endorsers, using the great platform of education to help the Wu Clan carry out the most hardcore promotion... Moreover, they are big shots in the education industry, with terrifyingly high traffic, a top-tier existence in the whole circle.

In terms of educational achievements, looking across the entire Honghuang universe, only the two ancient Buddhas of the Buddhist school can barely match them with a bit of strength—but even that is only a bit.

Truly compared, they still lag far behind; the share they cut from the education cake is not large.

This does not mean the Buddhist school's teaching level is poor; mainly, their operational focus is not there.

The Buddhist school's current main business is concentrated in finance, with lending, insurance, and various odd services that can meet people's urgent needs and are often handy to use.

As far as Fengxi knows.

Even many disciples under the Three Pure Ones have some dealings with the Buddhist school—after all, credit lending, advance consumption, enjoying life is simply too tempting.

Although after the fact, when eating dirt to repay debts, one inevitably feels a bit of regret.

However, when the Buddhist school thoughtfully rolled out the 'installment low-interest' repayment model, that bit of regret vanished like smoke.

Life never ends, shopping spree never stops!

Thus, everyone is satisfied—the myriad beings enjoy an advanced high-quality life; the Buddhist school is also satisfied, the Eight Treasures Merit Pool on Mount Sumeru sees its merit ever increasing.

The Buddhist school's higher-ups are now obsessed with making money; naturally they relax considerably toward the education industry, which demands high investment but yields unstable returns.

However, an era, a trend... it's hard to say when the education industry will become a sunrise sector, with intentions of support from the Heavenly Court; perhaps then the Buddhist school will launch a major foray into it, shift its main focus, and roam freely in that market.

Either spending money to poach talent, or merging and acquiring... there are many methods.

Of course, looking at the present, these situations still seem rather distant.

Taking the Daoist school with the Three Pure Ones as its main core, which devotes most of its energy to the education industry, it remains the hegemon of the current teaching field and is an object worthy of the Wu Clan's serious consideration for support.

Just as the high echelons of the Demon Race covet the industry of the Great Saint Peng, they wish to use it as a tool to directly interfere in the ideological realm of humanity and the myriad beings.

The Three Pure Ones' "Pangu Orthodoxy", advancing indirectly through education to achieve publicity goals, also looks pleasing to the Wu Clan's bigwigs, who do not grudge supporting it.

Even putting it more deeply—perhaps long ago, some bigwigs of the Wu Clan had already reached an agreement with the Three Pure Ones, after many shady deals, establishing a "Pangu Strategy Bureau".

In the Pangu Strategy Bureau, the three Heavenly Lords join forces and take the chief's seat.

Fengxi speculated that this was indeed highly possible.

After all, Lady Nüwa is very wealthy, having ruthlessly snatched a sum from her brother through the means of robbing the rich to aid the poor.

And the Three Pure Ones, over these many years, have poured money into education, expanded their influence, and eventually snowballed into the top boss of the education industry... Their external claim is that this money comes directly from Pangu's grant, a commendation of their Great Dao domain.

But what is the real situation?

"Tsk!"

"There's a problem here!"

Fengxi, while listening to Lady Nüwa's strategic planning arrangements and confirming the subsequent voting matters—who to vote for, who not to—meanwhile had his mind racing, turning over many odd thoughts, guessing at the various backroom deals among the top experts.

Guessing and guessing, he gained much more confidence in Nüwa.

Perhaps this supreme female saint's skill in mental transformation is not good, she can't compare to some old schemers... but in the big picture, in terms of awareness, she is also among the top tier, having prepared many traps in advance, holding a strong hand, and will not suffer too much loss either way.

"Mm..."

"Lady's stockpiled strong hand, combined with my Feng-someone's clever wit and kingly maneuvers... such a combination opposing the top strategist divinities of the Demon Race described by Mu must still offer some hope of victory, right?"

Fengxi muttered to himself.

At the same time, his spirit became ever more focused and concentrated, listening to Lady Nüwa command and arrange over the encrypted channel.

……

The campaign of the Heavenly Dao Saints is full of dark machinations.

In fact.

Who can become a Saint?

And who cannot become a Saint?

Behind the scenes, there is basically a settled conclusion.

Look at this moment: ten Saint candidates are trading verbal blows, debating nonstop.

Stepping on this one, scolding that one, picking all kinds of faults, while suppressing others and lifting oneself up, it seems this can let one righteously obtain recognition and votes from many Grand Luo Heavenly Wills, vying for the Saint's position.

However……

The debater's rhetoric, used to influence undecided beings, still has some use.

But the beings present here……

Who isn't a Grand Luo?

Standing at the absolute peak of the Dao, possessing boundless timescales and life experience, naturally they are well-informed, their spirits complete and steadfast, hardly swayed by others' words.

The more critical the moment, the calmer and more rational they become, considering their position and motive—voting in support means voting for the candidate most aligned with their own interests!

Even if this candidate is completely refuted and their momentum utterly crushed,

But what of it?

Nowadays, what use is it for those just mixing about to have a loud voice alone?

One must look at actual utility—can they bring their brothers to soar?

If they can't fly... then at best they can offer spiritual support and encouragement, then vote with their feet, their bodies being utterly honest.

Thus, the atmosphere in the Purple Azure Palace gradually grew strange.

Above, the debate never ceased, the contest for saintly status almost spraying saliva onto opponents' faces; below, they talked profits cheerfully, considering for future strategic layout who to support as a saint and whose saintly hopes to crush, so they couldn't run ashore; after the meeting ended, they took a big pot, placed it inside, rolled and flattened it, slowly simmered, made into cooked duck, swallowed it to digest, gaining extra strength for future wars.

And considering the opposition between the Wu Clan and the Demon Race…… thwarting the other side's strategy is destined to be a good show, with endless scheming and intrigue.

How to strategize in the vote-counting game, calculate and arrange to achieve one's goal…… this is nevertheless a highly stimulating confrontation.

Within the Wu Clan, Nüwa drew a line, setting the target.

"……the Three Pure Ones, we will support."

"Jieyin, Zhunti? Those who always think about eating tomorrow's grain today have too great a difference from our Wu Clan's pragmatic path; we do not support."

"Kunpeng? Support a little, do our best…… after all, he has now entered the Demon Race's sight, and the high echelons of that camp have truly and thoroughly begun to move."

Nüwa sent a voice transmission saying this, she slightly shook her head, her tone carrying a hint of helplessness.

"When Hongjun promises to step back and concede, relax restrictions, and unite with the Heavenly Dao without leaving the Purple Azure Palace…… those demons with wicked hearts, their initiative is fully mobilized."

"Before, it was just working for others with fixed pay, occasionally getting a bonus, so one could just get by."

"But now, with Hongjun's permission, turning public into private…… this is creating revenue for one's own venture."

"Their cleverness will be fully unleashed, various underhanded methods emerging endlessly…… everyone needs to change their mindset, the good times of the past will be gone forever, and difficult days have truly begun."

Nüwa instructed, and many mighty beings entangled with the Wu Clan covertly received orders and assented.

"If Kunpeng's saintly position cannot be held, beaten down by the Demon Race and beginning to control and reclaim public opinion…… then we will promote Hongyun to the position."

"This is our ally, because Fengxi's cloud cultivation shares some common interests with our Wu Clan…… his very existence is a thorn in the Demon Race's heart, needing to be pulled out."

"Minghe? This cannot be supported…… he himself is a titan of the penal-legal system, and adding a Heavenly Dao Saint's plaque, with added legitimacy and righteousness, would affect many of our layouts……"

"And furthermore……"

Nüwa went through them one by one, briefing her own people.

And looking at the support intention sheet she listed, flipped over…… it is basically the Demon Race's calculations.

Fengxi blinked, feeling he gradually saw through some mist, vaguely discerning a certain outline.

After Nüwa confirmed the action plan, he solemnly spoke, arranging concrete plans.

"Lady Nüwa's idea, I already know."

"And the Demon Race's line of thought, I can roughly guess…… nothing more than suppression and seizure of power proceeding together."

"Suppression naturally means pressing down on saintly candidates helpful to our Wu Clan; consolidation of power, on one hand solidifying the Demon Race's own rule, on the other preventing the Dao Ancestor from having too much ability to interfere with actual pieces."

Fengxi paused slightly, then continued: "In summary, the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Sovereign, Kunpeng Great Sage, and Hongyun Divine Saint are targets supported by our Wu Clan yet targeted for suppression by the Demon Race."

"Jieyin and Zhunti, these two ancient Buddhas, we do not support, but the Demon Race will…… those who count on tomorrow's grain today are both a problem and a fine tether, convenient for the Demon Race's high echelons to manipulate mortal beings."

"Zhenyuanzi…… our Wu Clan is indifferent, but the Demon Race might offer support, after all his platform helped them solve part of their production and sales problems."

"Minghe Demon Ancestor——this is rejected by both sides."

"For us, we don't want a penal titan acting under the Heavenly Dao's name causing trouble…… but perhaps the Demon Race will have similar considerations."

Minghe Demon Ancestor, in an awkward position, simultaneously despised by both Wu and Demon.

Indeed, his authority is important——overseeing the operation of Honghuang slaughter, plus a karmic ledger recording those who defy heaven, awaiting disposal at any time.

This already concentrates a large portion of the authority to handle cases and enforce punishments.

And to let him mingle among the Heavenly Dao Saints, acting as a spokesperson for instruction…… what more could be needed?

(End of chapter)