Chapter 124: Invited to be Kingdom Master

The Kingdom Master said: "Yesterday, the giant suddenly arrived, left a document, and declared to the kingdom, ordering us to move away. Immediately after, our ancestors gave warnings, their souls entering our dreams, saying that a great disaster was coming and prophesying the appearance of an envoy."

Niu Congcong immediately understood that "Chongyi Kingdom" was "Insect-Ant Kingdom."

The ants regarded the human race as "giants."

"A great disaster is indeed coming. I have come to have you relocate the entire kingdom. Brother Xu says that the Immortal Dao values life, so he does not wish to harm even your lives. Yesterday was the first warning, today is the second. If you do not move after the second warning, there will be no third; I will simply destroy the kingdom."

The Empress's face changed drastically, and then, *pop-pop*, she spat out several children.

"We have not provoked anyone. Since our ancestors, we have established our kingdom here. Furthermore, I am pregnant; how can I possibly move?"

After speaking, she looked at Xiaopangdun with affection: "The envoy is handsome and tall. If you could plead for this young woman, I will do whatever you want~~"

As she spoke, she squeezed out two more children, *pop-pop*.

Although Xiaopangdun was fat himself, his aesthetic sense was still normal, and he did not care for the Ant Queen. He only said: "You must know that being weak is the original sin. We are still easy to talk to, but if you met someone difficult, they would scatter some kerosene, light it with a flame, and your entire kingdom would be wiped out. Ordering you to relocate now is a loyal and kind piece of advice, and we already have a humble heart. I ask the Kingdom Master not to be ungrateful."

"Do not be angry! Envoy, I am willing to hand over the kingdom to you. These commoners are my subjects, and in the future, they will be yours. As long as we marry, the marriage of heaven and earth..."

"Stop talking!" Niu Congcong shouted loudly!

The next moment, his body shuddered, and he woke up, breaking out in a cold sweat.

A group of people surrounded him: "You're awake!"

Xu Jia said: "You just shuddered. Heavens! What did you do?"

Xiao Pang looked dazed: "I just traveled in spirit to the Chongyi Kingdom. The Kingdom Master is a fat woman. Giving birth to children is like passing gas—*pop, pop, pop*—she gave birth to many. She said she wanted to cede the kingdom to me, for me to be king and her to be queen. I angrily refused and got a fright!"

Xu Jia nodded: "It seems the spirit communication was successful. So, what did she say?"

"She said her ancestors lived here, so why should she move? And she is a pregnant woman..."

"So you agreed to the Kingdom Master? And then you shuddered?"

"Are you kidding? How could I agree? I keep myself clean and self-disciplined!" Xiaopangdun said: "Although my father Niu Dafu is proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, I am not that kind of person. I am very pure and only like one person in my life. On this point, Niu Dafu cannot compare to me. My dad wanted three wives and four concubines, hehe, but isn't he just a coward?"

Xu Jia clapped his hands: "Truly a good character, a seed of cultivation. Not corrupted by riches, not moved by poverty, not bent by force—this is what is called a great man!"

Niu Congcong nodded: "But then again, she is too fat. If she were a woman like Hu Xiaomei from the Cuichun Pavilion, I would have complied."

Hu Jinhua said: "Before Hu Xiaomei left her boudoir, she was called Hu Agui, a male fox."

"Ah?" Hui Zhuo looked at Hu Jinhua, then thought of the fleeting glimpse he had once had of Hu Xiaomei from the Cuichun Pavilion, and felt shattered.

"But doesn't she have a gambling father, a sick mother, a younger brother who studies, and a younger sister working for a wealthy family..."

"He made it up," Hu Jinhua said. "He was originally taught by me, but he went bad. He is a genius of the fox clan. He is only eight years older than Hu Butang and the others, but his Dharma Power is much deeper than mine. Now, I fear he is about the same as Huang Pipo."

"When I have achieved success in my cultivation, I must capture him and suppress him. I cannot let him continue to degenerate like this!"

Niu Congcong sighed: "If I had known, you shouldn't have told me. Now, how can I have the face to go to the Cuichun Pavilion to secretly look at Hu Xiaomei!"

Xu Jia: "Look at your ambition. If you really want an Immortal companion, just cultivate properly. In the future, if I see a good one, I will speak for you. Don't fall for just any dirty or smelly thing. If I catch you going to the Cuichun Pavilion again, I will break your legs!" "I haven't been! It was Niu Dafu who went; my mother and I went to catch him!"

For a moment, the air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Xu Jia tutted: "This Ant Queen is bullying me for being kind. Since I have already spoken, I will give them one more night. If they haven't moved, then I will bring an old ox to plow the place a few times."

Zhang Zhenji listened for a long time and asked suspiciously: "It's just a nest of ants, why go to such great lengths?"

"Just a moment ago you said I practiced Evil Arts and held evil views, and now you ask me why I cherish the life of a nest of ants?" Xu Jia laughed: "You should think about this carefully."

It was getting late, and the sky was dim. The group returned the way they came. When they reached the Daoist temple, Jingzhu Daoren had already returned. He sighed and said: "The County Magistrate is unwilling to write the article to depose the god's position. Although the Yushan Mountain God's position is small, it is included in the local official sacrifices, which is determined by the imperial court. Unless there is a loss of virtue, it cannot be deposed."

"Every time I wanted to say that if it is not deposed, there will be an earthquake, I couldn't even open my mouth. I had to turn to talk about the evil sacrifices. This time the County Magistrate paid attention, but he does not believe that an Evil Sect sacrificing to a True God once can pull a True God off his horse. Last time, County Commandant Chen mobilized troops because of the Evil Sect, which made him unhappy..."

Xu Jia smiled awkwardly. This matter with County Commandant Chen was related to his own household. Who would have known that the Shanju Guan, which seemed to have problems, only had one evil Daoist with issues, while the Dizang An, which had not been paid attention to, had become a Mo Ku.

Later, it was because the head of the Daoist temple had some connections that he sent a flying letter to Xinzhou City, which resolved this crisis. It was not that the Evil Sect was already so powerful that it had polluted the officialdom.

In fact, the Min Province also resisted fiercely at first. Most of the officials were from the imperial examination. Although they didn't hesitate to take money, their stance was still very firm. In the end, there was no other way; their whole families had been infiltrated. Could you kill your father and mother, kill your wife and children?

The Longevity Sect mobilized their family members to erode those around them, plus bribery and finances, contributing "Longevity Medicine." These Longevity Medicines could allow old women to have their periods again and allow old men to regain their confidence. As for the raw materials, that was not so important.

It was also a process of being dragged into the water little by little. Since ancient times, no Evil Sect has ever flourished in the Jiangnan West Circuit, because the two largest sects, Confucianism and Taoism, were rooted in Jiangnan West Circuit. Confucianism has the saying that half of the world's literati are in Jiangxi, and Taoism is even more so. As long as the mountains have some fame, they are all famous Taoist mountains.

The mountains are good, the water is good, it is a land of fish and rice, and the people are wealthy. Why would they rebel with an Evil Sect?

It's not like they don't have enough to eat or can't survive...

Even if they want to believe, there are so many Immortal beliefs here; which one can't they believe in? Even Taoist disciples return to secular life and return to their hometowns, with family-transmitted methods.

It is very likely that if an Evil Sect grabs a villager here, they might be a master who has practiced since childhood, and they will backhand you with a Cinnabar Palm Heart Thunder to blast you to death.

Xu Jia heard that the article for deposition was not up to par and said: "It doesn't matter. If there are no officials in the human world, then we will invite the Heaven Official of the heavens. We will invite the Earth Official of You Ming."

Xu Jia thought for a while: "We will set up an altar later. Niu Congcong, you come. I will paint a Kui Star face mask for you. Later, you invite the Kui Star to possess you and write an article. The Kui Star loves wine; every time he writes an article, he takes a mouthful of wine. A line of text, a dipper of wine for ten articles. Does your Shanju Guan have any wine?"

"Yes!" Jingzhu Daoren was surprised to hear that Xu Jia could actually invite the Kui Star. In fact, what was there to be surprised about? In his previous life in Min Province, he could invite any god to possess him, and the Incense Fire was prosperous.

There were even "spirit medium" families, who for generations were containers for gods to descend. Every time they toured the gods, they could hold the god statue, accept Incense Fire on their behalf, and even accept people kowtowing.

Niu Congcong asked curiously: "Is the Kui Star the same Kui Star that Kicks the Dipper? Is he the one who presides over the number one Literary Luck?"

"Exactly," Xu Jia laughed. "This is your good fortune. However, the Kui Star hates fools. If a fool invites him, he will not descend. Fortunately, you have the root of wisdom and are not a fool!"

"Brother Xu, the way you say that doesn't sound like a compliment!"

Xu Jia painted the face mask for him and inserted an incense stick into his hair: "This time you are inviting a True God, you must burn incense. There were no such rules before!"

(End of chapter)