Chapter 580: Phoenix Cries at Mount Qi

"Where is this?"

Ji Chang's whole body tensed up, and he looked around nervously.

He discovered that he was uncontrollably speeding through the void, with vast mountain ranges beneath his feet, each one like a giant dragon lying prone.

As he looked up, he could see at the edge of his vision a massive mountain peak so majestic it was beyond words.

No, it could not be called a peak; it should be a plateau.

It was as if a vast mountain had once existed and been severed at the waist, but this peak was so immense that the severed platform was like a plateau, millions of miles in radius.

Giant mountain ranges spread out in all directions, with the plateau as their center.

He did not know how far away it was, but Ji Chang could still feel an incomparably vast and heavy aura; in a trance, he seemed to see the phantom of a mountain peak piercing the firmament, standing between Heaven and Earth.

"Mount Buzhou!"

Ji Chang's mind suddenly cleared, and he reacted abruptly.

He had once read in an ancient book: There is a mountain in the Honghuang, called Buzhou, which is the passage between Heaven and man; later, the Gonggong clan angrily struck Mount Buzhou. Then the pillar of Heaven snapped, the cords of the Earth broke; Heaven tilted to the northwest, and the Earth sank to the southeast. The Heavenly River poured backward, and the Saint Mother then refined the Five-Colored Stone to mend the Heaven.

But, shouldn't he be sleeping? How did he come here?

Just as Ji Chang was pondering, he uncontrollably lowered his cloud, seeing a mountain with clear waters and beautiful scenery, where immortal herbs and spirit grasses grew everywhere, and white cranes and spirit deer danced, as if in an Immortal Realm.

At the same time, a magnificent group of palaces came into his view.

"Yuxu Palace!"

Ji Chang's pupils constricted.

Isn't this the legendary dojo of the Saint Yuanshi Tianzun?

Finally, he landed in a great hall and saw a middle-aged Daoist sitting on a Cloud Bed, full of majesty, with handsome features and eyes revealing a sense of indifference and vicissitudes.

"Greetings, Heavenly Venerable!"

Ji Chang was quick-witted and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Although he did not know if he was in a dream, he dared not show any disrespect when facing a Saint.

Yuanshi Tianzun's expression was indifferent, and his voice was loud, revealing a high and mighty majesty: "The fortune of the Yin-Shang is coming to an end; this is the Heavenly Dao, yet Di Qi, with the assistance of others, attempts to defy Heaven and change his fate to restore the Yin-Shang, a crime that cannot be pardoned. To maintain the number ordained by Heaven, I intend to let you raise an army to attack the Shang, set things right, and manifest the Heavenly Dao."

"Chang is willing to accept the order!"

Ji Chang was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed, but then he said with difficulty: "Heavenly Venerable, the National Teacher Yang Daoren has a great background and has provided the Yin-Shang with a large number of Immortal Pills. Although Chang has the heart to kill the enemy and maintain the Heavenly Dao, I am still somewhat incapable."

"This is easy!"

Yuanshi Tianzun waved his hand, and a green Jade Slip box fell in front of Ji Chang: "In this box, there are various supplies I have prepared for you, and I will also send disciples down the mountain to assist you in raising an army to attack the Shang."

Ji Chang hurriedly took the Jade Slip box and kowtowed excitedly: "The Heavenly Venerable is benevolent."

"Go."

Yuanshi Tianzun waved his hand, and Ji Chang disappeared from where he was.

Xiqi.

Xibo Marquis Mansion.

Ji Chang sat up abruptly and hurriedly looked around, discovering that it had only been a dream.

He felt as if he were holding something in his hand; he picked it up and looked, and his pupils immediately constricted tightly, while at the same time, an unprecedented divine light shot out.

His soul wandering to Yuxu Palace earlier was actually not a dream!

He hurriedly probed into the Jade Slip box with his immortal sense and discovered that it was a Storage Magic Tool, possessing a vast space, with countless supplies piled inside, from cultivation Jade Slips to Pills, Dharma Treasures, Immortal Medicines, divine materials, and so on, everything one could wish for.

"Hiss..."

Ji Chang gasped.

As the lord of Xiqi, he could be considered to have some knowledge.

But seeing the supplies in the space of the Jade Slip box, he was completely dumbfounded; there were too many.

The Immortal Pills alone were enough for him to cultivate two or three thousand experts in the Immortal Realm, and there were even more low-level Pills, piled up like mountains.

After the shock, he was ecstatic.

If it weren't the middle of the night, he would really want to laugh up at the sky.

With the support of Yuanshi Tianzun and so many cultivation supplies, as long as he developed in secret for a few years, raising an army to attack the Shang would be an easy task.

Primordial West.

Lingshan.

Zhunti Daoren's expression was bitter, and he sighed: "Senior Brother, this Human Luck has actually risen greatly again, and Nuwa has made no move; it seems we must take action to push it. Otherwise, if the Fengshen War does not start, when will our Western Sect be able to flourish?"

He had thought that by plotting against Nuwa, he could push the progress of the Fengshen War, but three years had passed, and he had waited and waited, only to see no movement from the Yin-Shang; instead, their national strength continued to increase significantly.

There were over a thousand Immortals, and the territory spanned ten million miles.

If it continued to develop according to this trend, in tens of thousands of years, the Yin-Shang would very likely become the next hegemon of the Honghuang.

Jieyin Daoren had a face full of compassion and said: "What ideas does Junior Brother have?"

Zhunti Daoren said: "Yuan Futong of the North Sea has long had a rebellious heart, but due to the military might of the Yin-Shang, he has gradually fallen into silence over these years, yet he is still preparing for war in secret. I believe we can send a few Registered Disciples of the Mysterious Immortal Realm to the East to recruit some Demon Immortals to assist Yuan Futong."

The West was originally barren of resources, so how could he bear to spend resources to cultivate Yuan Futong? It was better to send people to assist directly.

It was both fast and saved money.

Sending people to participate in the war directly certainly could not involve his own disciples, lest they be exposed.

Over these years, they, as brothers, had actively preached, and there were many believers in the West; among them, some believers were accepted as Registered Disciples, though in reality, they had only heard them preach a few times.

Strictly speaking, these people were not members of the Western Sect.

Sending these people to assist Yuan Futong, even if someone really investigated, it could not be traced back to them, because there was no telling how many people in the West had heard them preach.

Since these people were not members of the Western Sect, the Western Sect could not be held responsible for them.

Although there are fewer people, the Western Sect is not truly intending to raise an army to attack the Shang; the main goal is to cause chaos within the Yin Shang and advance the progress of the Fengshen War, at which point the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect will naturally send people to enter the fray.

Once the Fengshen War begins, they can take advantage of the situation to reap the benefits.

"Great virtue!"

Jieyin Daoren nodded.

…………

"Screech!"

A clear and melodious Phoenix cry startled Xiqi City.

Countless commoners looked up one after another and saw a Phoenix descend from Heaven, dancing gracefully on Qishan outside the city, and finally, it actually landed deep within Qishan.

Soon after, cultivators in the mountains spread the news that the Phoenix had actually built a nest on Qishan.

For a time, Xiqi was in an uproar.

"Heavens, this is a Phoenix, the legendary auspicious divine bird; it has come to build a nest on Qishan, surely moved by the benevolence and virtue of the Marquis. In the past, when Shennong was virtuous, a Phoenix brought Nine-Colored Immortal Rice."

"In the time of Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi, there was a Dragon Horse carrying a map and a divine turtle bearing a book."

"Haha, this is a sign of the great prosperity of our Xiqi."

……

The Phoenix crying on Qishan ignited public opinion in Xiqi.

Countless commoners praised the benevolence and virtue of the Marquis of the West, Ji Chang, praising him as if he were peerless in Heaven and on Earth.

Ji Chang and his retainers were also overjoyed.

In the future, when they raise an army to attack the Shang, they will have a righteous and honorable reason.

The Phoenix cries on Qishan; the Great Zhou shall prosper.

It must be said that Yuanshi Tianzun does things meticulously; not only did he prepare countless cultivation resources for Ji Chang, but he even prepared the gimmick, otherwise, with the Phoenix having withdrawn from the Primordial Continent, how could a Phoenix come to build a nest on Qishan?