Chapter 55

How come it's you guys again, this bunch that's incapable of success but excess in failure!

Looking at Guangchengzi's chrysanthemum-like smiling face, you're so angry you just want to punch him hard until he kneels, forcing him to... Pah! Force him out of the Human Race!

Merit farming, you guys come the fastest.

Having karma, you guys also profit the fastest!

You pile in when there's profit, you profit when there's trouble—what good are you guys?

Then you put on a stern face: Who are you?

The Chan Sect's choice is truly surprising: not the senior disciple Guangchengzi, but the most incompetent, unqualified True Person Huanglong!

You smile and ask: 'Junior Brother, are you a dragon?'

Instead of trying all sorts of ways to farm merit among the Human Race, it's better to sincerely follow the Human Race folks going down to the countryside everywhere, join them in the Eastern Wasteland's various Demon Race villages to do some honest work!

Senior... Brother?

The rest of the immortals departed with varied expressions, leaving only the smiling Daoist Duobao and the awkwardly laughing True Person Huanglong...

The awkwardly laughing True Person Huanglong got straight to the point, directly establishing a blood relation with you—what's his intention? Goes without saying.

And Huanglong... forgive my frankness, does the Four Seas have a yellow true dragon?

You gave a slight smile, rarely refuting...

You're slightly confused about this—could it be that the Chan Sect's interior is actually so courteous and friendly?

Daoist Duobao: 'Feel free to raise any objections!' (smiles)

But this speculation soon vanished without a trace in the awkward laughter of True Person Huanglong.

Guangchengzi: ……

I understand the reasoning, the rites are fine, but...

But their descendants might not think so—although most people still revere you, asking them to leave the comfortable First Yang Mountain territory and make a special trip to unfamiliar Demon Race villages to help strangers is just too much for them.

Good grief! Junior Brother, you don't know: red flowers, white lotus, green leaves—the Three Teachings were originally one family... we're friendly fellow disciples!

After a rather convoluted exchange of greetings, no matter what, the atmosphere finally opened up.

Junior Brothers and Sisters: 'I have no objections...'

Another group is different: although they received egalitarian education from childhood, they never took it seriously, considering themselves the heaven-ordained protagonists—why should they be equal with the poor and lowly Demon Race?

Not letting you cause destruction is already good enough, and yet you want me to help them?

Daoist Duobao: ……

But you're also curious: the Chan Sect's Jade Pure Sage is famously prejudiced against the Demon Race—how could they accept a disciple of Dragon Race descent as a personal heir?

After all sorts of soft and hard persuasion, I really couldn't push back against this bunch obsessed with farming merit, so I reluctantly agreed to let the Jie and Chan Sects each send one person to help me govern the Human Race, and each cycle the two sects will switch persons, letting all disciples take turns farming merit.

Everyone glanced at your radiant True Immortal cultivation, wanting to speak but hesitating...

Guangchengzi laughed heartily, and with Daoist Duobao equally beaming, they stepped forward and put their arms around your shoulders, trying to grow closer.

After another internal struggle, the two sects each selected their merit-farming representatives for this cycle: the Jie Sect's senior disciple Daoist Duobao, without hesitation, stepped forward despite the white eyes of his junior brothers and sisters!

You seemed to shiver; you realize that between the two sides there's already a sad, thick barrier...

Huanglong: ……

Everyone: ……

Pah! What's sad? It's clearly awesome!

You've realized: this True Person Huanglong's name is overstepping bounds!

Seeing you not object, Guangchengzi felt assured, laughing as he advised you not to do this—thankless work won't earn everyone's approval.

Only now do you understand the Chan Sect's intention in selecting True Person Huanglong: they wanted to forge a familial connection to boost the sect's favorability...

Because what they say is true: your education of the original Human Race back then was naturally a complete success; they're basically all your most loyal soldiers—you say jump, they jump; no matter how difficult, they overcome it perfectly without complaint.

Guangchengzi stared, then tactfully said: 'The Human Race is a noble heaven-ordained protagonist; running off to do poverty relief is wrong, and the Human Race probably isn't entirely willing to go either...'

Distinction between legitimate and illegitimate—don't you understand the iron fist of the Legitimate and Illegitimate Divine Sect?

Guangchengzi thought it over and felt you were right—doing this would indeed be easy to expose, so... they chose to come in batches.

Thus, the number of people complaining about you grew...

"Senior Brother..."

After calling for a million Human Race members, you've received countless letters of grievance and applications to return to First Yang Mountain...

The implication is that you're mocking them for forcing these innately noble beings, going against their own will—such heaven-defying behavior will surely provoke collective opposition...

However, you let out a cold laugh: "It turns out you are the disciples of two martial uncles, so your form of address is wrong. My master is the head of the Three Pure Ones, and I am also the foremost disciple of the sect—by sentiment, by reason, by law... What junior martial brother? You all should call me senior martial brother!"

The human race can actually go help the Demon Race eliminate illiteracy?! Or is it that I opened it the wrong way?

Seeing this bunch of guys who were all kinds of incredibly awesome in their previous two lives, now they are respectfully saluting you and calling you senior martial brother, you can't help but feel secretly pleased...

Then you asked Huanglong Zhenren: "May I ask, which lineage of true dragon does Junior Martial Brother Huanglong come from? The orthodox lineage of the East Sea isn't the Azure Dragon? The South Sea is the Vermilion Dragon, the West Sea the White Dragon, the North Sea the Black Dragon..."

"Senior martial brother, I am also of dragon descent! If we really talk about it, we are actually close cousins!"

Guang Chengzi and Duobao Daoist stated their purpose to you, and as expected, they came for merit.

However, your attitude is clear: the difficulty is indeed difficult, but we must still overcome it!

Huanglong became increasingly embarrassed: "Um, actually, Junior Martial Brother, I am not a true dragon of the orthodox Four Seas..."

Thus, with both sides stepping back a bit, you barely managed to achieve a win-win situation...

You felt disdain in your heart, but you still told them that the current human race no longer needs their help; on the contrary, you are out helping other families.

Only Guang Chengzi's face showed a look of grievance and displeasure, his lips moved as if he wanted to shout something else, but... his attitude finally became respectful, and he clearly called out:

You blinked, indicating your confusion, because the Four Seas Dragon Clan has a strict hierarchy: aside from the azure, vermilion, white, and black true dragons of the Four Seas, all other dragon clans cannot be called 'dragon'; for example, your Golden Flood Dragon clan can only be called 'flood dragon'.

Anyway, you are a disciple of the Supreme Purity, and you belong to the same Kunlun Mountain under the Three Pure Ones; fellow martial brothers helping each other—what's strange about that? The Heavenly Emperor surely can't use this as evidence to target the human race, right!

For that great ideal, many of them truly wanted to go, but many also did not want to go; some were afraid of hardship, after all ordinary demon races could not possibly be truly good, places where the Heavenly Court's edicts cannot reach are everywhere, and going there not only means poor conditions but also threatens personal safety, so not wanting to go is quite normal.

【But the temptation of merit is endless, furthermore the seating of the Three Pure Ones is indeed distinct, ritual law needs to be upheld, so when you raised the banner of ritual law emphasizing the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate, everyone, though extremely awkward, still came forward one after another and hoarsely called you senior brother.】

【Your pressure is great, but you dare not relax, because this undertaking concerns the life-and-death fate of humanity's future, but you also carefully read everyone's letters one by one and made some adjustments.】

【Not a true dragon of the Four Seas' orthodox lineage? Then why is it named Dragon?】

【You didn't say much, just told them not to gather at First Yang Mountain, after all the Heavenly Court isn't blind; you're deliberately exposing humanity!】

【"I think I am……"】

【……】

【(End of chapter)】