Chapter 1008: A Quasi-Saint Defects

In the current Primordial World, besides well-known Quasi-Saints like Zhenyuanzi, the Queen Mother of the West, and Changxi, there are over a dozen other Quasi-Saints, though only seven are present today.

As for those Quasi-Saints who did not come, the world only knows their names, but has no idea where they are hiding to cultivate.

Let alone establishing a Daoist tradition, one does not even know if they are still alive.

Huanggu Laozu, a Quasi-Saint Mid-Stage, is considered a leader among these Quasi-Saints and is the master of a major sect; that he would proactively defect despite knowing that the prospects for Di Qi and the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty are worrying is truly baffling.

Take Tongtian Jiaozhu, for example.

If you really wanted to defect and use this to survive the Great Calamity, you could have completely defected to me.

As for Haotian, he is even more envious, jealous, and hateful.

This Huanggu Laozu, he had personally visited him several times,

Yin Qi was slightly startled, then smiled happily: "If you, fellow Daoist, are willing to come to my Great Shang, I naturally welcome it immensely. In that case, from now on, you shall be the Hall Master of the Offering Hall of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty, with all treatment equivalent to the Cabinet Chief Assistant."

"Additionally, you only have two Innate Spiritual Treasures, right?"

"This Five-Fire Seven-Feather Fan shall serve as your tool for severing your obsession-corpse in the future, and I will also teach you the method for severing the obsession-corpse shortly."

Saying this, he gave the Five-Fire Seven-Feather Fan to Huanggu Laozu.

Once the Five-Fire Seven-Feather Fan appeared, the entire venue fell silent.

This is a Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure!

It previously belonged to Qingxu Daode Zhenjun; no one knows how it fell into the hands of Di Qi.

"Thank you, Great King!"

Huanggu Laozu was excited and respectfully received the Five-Fire Seven-Feather Fan with both hands.

This is a Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure.

The Innate Spiritual Treasures he used to sever his evil-corpse were all inferior Innate Spiritual Treasures.

One was a companion spiritual treasure, and the other was obtained after much painstaking planning; he had not expected that just after expressing his defection to Great Shang, Di Qi would bestow a Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure—he is truly generous.

Yin Qi is naturally not being generous out of poverty, but rather buying horse bones with a thousand gold pieces.

In any case, he is not lacking in Innate Spiritual Treasures.

If there were other Quasi-Saints present willing to defect to Great Shang, he would not be stingy with Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Thinking of this, Yin Qi looked at the other six Quasi-Saints.

As for Zhenyuanzi and the others, that is out of the question.

Although those six Quasi-Saints were moved, it was only a fleeting impulse.

The defection of Huanggu Laozu brought the celebration to a climax, and the ministers cheered one after another.

This banquet lasted for a full three days.

Afterward, Tongtian Jiaozhu, Haotian, Zhenyuanzi, and others left one after another.

The representatives of the Ten Thousand Races also left in a hurry, because they had received a promise from the Yin Shang Imperial Court allowing them to independently form an army of under one million, subject to the deployment of the Great Shang army.

Of course, their clansmen could also join the army on their own, with treatment equivalent to the Human Race.

Such treatment was equivalent to giving them a reassurance, at least ensuring they would not be enslaved by the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin and Witch-Demon races as they once were, and even if they went to the battlefield, they would not just be cannon fodder.

With this, the Ten Thousand Races were basically won over.

Side hall.

Yin Qi smiled gently: "Fellow Daoist, no need to be nervous; I kept you here because there are some things I wish to ask."

"Great King, please ask; this poor Daoist will certainly tell all he knows."

Huanggu Laozu said hurriedly.

In front of Yin Qi, he could not help but be nervous.

Yin Qi smiled slightly: "It is like this, why did you suddenly choose to join my Great Shang, fellow Daoist?"

Huanggu Laozu straightened his expression and said hurriedly: "To not hide it from the Great King, originally this poor Daoist had not thought of joining any faction, but I was awakened by a word from the Tongtian Saint."

"The coming Great Calamity will be unprecedentedly vast, and even all the Saints will be completely drawn into it."

"None of us can remain aloof."

"Either flee into the Chaos, or choose a side."

Speaking of this, he paused, bowed to Yin Qi and said: "This poor Daoist knows the Great King's doubts; logically speaking, the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty may face the whole world as its enemy next, and you have offended Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun to death."

"Under these circumstances, choosing Great Shang is truly unwise."

"Because the true bodies of the Saints cannot be confined in the Chaos Beyond the Heavens forever."

"However, this poor Daoist chooses to believe in the Great King. The Great King is someone who can create miracles, and you are meticulous in your calculations; I do not believe the Great King would offend the Saints without any regard for the consequences if you had no trump cards."

Yin Qi was noncommittal, smiled, and said: "You are quite the gambler. Since that is the case, why not flee into the Chaos? I think your character is not that of a gambler."

If he were a gambler, perhaps Huanggu Laozu would have long since passed away.

Huanggu Laozu nodded and said: "This poor Daoist is indeed not a gambler; perhaps I have been cautious for too long, to the point where I have become weary of it myself. Of course, more importantly, the Great King has brought too many variables to the Primordial World."

"Mobile phones, the Heavenly Dao Network, warships, and so on."

"If not for the Great King, no matter how magnificent the situation in the Primordial World was, it would actually be a pool of Dead Water."

"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Dao is forty-nine."

"This poor Daoist wants to grasp that 'one' that escaped; I do not seek to become a Saint, but if I could reach the Peak Quasi-Saint, that would be enough."

Yin Qi nodded, then turned to ask: "What arrangements do you have for the Great Wilderness Sect?"

Huanggu Laozu breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.

He knew that his previous explanation had gained the approval of Di Qi.

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He bowed again and said, "This poor Daoist has already joined Great Shang, so the Huanggu Laozu naturally belongs to Great Shang as well."

The implication was for the Great King to decide how to handle it.

Yin Qi smiled slightly and said, "My Great Shang does not forbid the preaching of the Dao, and since you, fellow Daoist, are only an Offering of the Offering Hall and not an official, there will not be too many restrictions or requirements placed upon you.

Regarding the Huanggu Laozu, I have two suggestions for your consideration.

First: I will not interfere with the Huanggu Laozu, and you may freely preach the Dao.

Second: You and the entire Huanggu Laozu join Great Shang, with the Huanggu Laozu serving as an extra-systematic lineage of the Martial Hall, enjoying the same treatment as Martial Hall disciples."

Huanggu Laozu did not hesitate: "This poor Daoist chooses the second."

Only a fool would choose the first.

Choosing the second could both demonstrate his sincere intent to join Great Shang and secure benefits for the Huanggu Laozu.

One must know that nowadays, wanting to become a Martial Hall disciple requires passing through layers of assessments.

This "Martial Hall disciple" and registering a Martial Hall account are two different concepts.

"Good!"

Yin Qi nodded, waved his hand, and sent an Inheritance Jade Slip and a token before Huanggu Laozu, saying, "The Inheritance Jade Slip contains my insights on severing the Obsession Corpse and merging the Three Corpses.

As for the token, once activated, you may enter the Time Mijing.

In the Time Mijing, the flow of time is ten thousand times that of the Primordial World, so you may seclude yourself in peace.

If there is anything, I will notify you on your Mobile Phone.

As for your salary, you will need to go to the Ministry of Revenue to collect it yourself."

"Many thanks, Great King!"

Huanggu Laozu hurriedly took the Inheritance Jade Slip and the token.

He was secretly shocked in his heart.

Although the world had long speculated that Di Qi possessed a small world capable of shielding the Heavenly Dao, and that it possessed an extremely high time flow rate, he had not expected it to be as high as ten thousand times.

One hundred years in the Primordial World would be equivalent to one million years of cultivation.

That would be enough for him to break through to the late stage of Quasi-Saint.

Of course, if everything went smoothly.

Huanggu Laozu left the Imperial Palace with a light step.

Yin Qi instructed the immortal spirit to closely monitor the movements of the other six Quasi-Saints to see how they would choose.

Would they flee into Chaos, or choose a side?

Chaos is extremely dangerous; even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would not dare to stray too far from the Primordial World, lest they lose their way or encounter calamities such as Chaos storms or vortices.

But a Quasi-Saint can travel freely through Chaos.

To completely distance oneself from the troubled land of the Primordial World, fleeing far into Chaos is the only safe option.

Otherwise, no matter how well one hides, they will eventually be found.

Afterwards.

Yin Qi found the Nuwa Good Corpse, as he had some doubts he wished to ask Nuwa. (End of this chapter)