Chapter Eighty-Five: King Zhou Offers Incense

  The next day was March 15th, the birthday of Nuwa. King Zhou led all his civil and military officials to Nuwa Palace to offer incense. The scene was grand and majestic, with a large crowd of people and a high level of ceremony. King Zhou did not show any signs of laziness. Suddenly, a gust of fragrant wind blew over King Zhou's carriage, and he felt a wave of fragrance entering his nostrils. Suddenly, a lustful thought arose in his mind, and there was a slight change below. King Zhou suddenly felt that something was unthinkable - why did he suddenly want a woman? It was indeed strange. However, it was not the time to make a fuss as they were on their way to Nuwa Palace to offer incense. King Zhou calmed himself down and soon returned to normal.

  King Zhou would be extremely terrified if he could see his own heart like a monk. A faint pink gas entered King Zhou's nostrils and went straight to his primordial spirit. The air flow gradually merged with the primordial spirit, continuously invading it, shrouding King Zhou's primordial spirit in a layer of pink mist.

  King Zhou did not know that someone was secretly plotting against him. The fragrance was a hint of the bewildering aura of the Xiruo tribe, and it was the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River who made a secret move against King Zhou. Why did the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River want to secretly plot against King Zhou? There is another reason for this.

  Since the Underworld River sent Asura to assist in spreading the teachings of Xuan, the Nether Sect has been tacitly approved by Xuan and has been spreading its influence throughout the vast wilderness. However, only a very small number of people with ulterior motives have been tempted by the teachings of the Underworld River. The Underworld River is also extremely patient, developing steadily step by step. However, since the Shang Dynasty, the number of people from the Interception Sect entering the imperial court has increased dramatically, and the Interception Sect has become more powerful than Xuan, with a large following and great momentum, annihilating many of the originally limited number of Nether Sect disciples.

  Within the human realm, the Daoist lineage of Minghe was almost severed, how could this not make Minghe anxious and resentful? Just as he was thinking about this, the great calamity of the gods had begun, and Minghe knew that his opportunity had come again. At this time, Yuanshi unexpectedly sent down his own Dharma disc through the White Crane Boy, ordering Minghe to assist in spreading the teachings, reviving Zhou and destroying Shang, saying that in the future, the Netherworld Teachings would have a prosperous day.

  Minghe is also very clear about the fate of the great natural power, and the changes in the rise and fall of the dynasty are right before his eyes. However, letting himself assist in explaining the teachings has resulted in too many articles, it seems that the teachings are worried about the sect's influence being too great, wanting to pull him down, Minghe is so clever, as the leader of Tongtian Sect, he is a saint and absolutely cannot be offended, Yuanshi is also the same and cannot be offended.

  Now the original allows himself to take action on the condition of tacit consent, if he doesn't agree, the consequences will be even more terrible. After thinking carefully, Minghe found a way to help Yan Jiao without offending Tongtian directly, that is, to deal with Ren Huang. Since we want to revive Zhou and destroy Shang, Ren Huang is the key point, and only when Ren Huang is confused and the world is disheartened can we justify our actions.

  Others are worried about the enormous karma of secretly calculating the Emperor, and they also have to avoid the protection of the Heavenly Vessel. However, the Underworld River is not afraid of karma, and it also has its own special methods, so it can secretly calculate the Emperor with confidence.

  The Human Emperor's body has the aura of a nation, protecting him from all harm. Even saints would find it difficult to openly attack and kill a Human Emperor. Minghe knew this, so he used a bit of confusing energy to secretly deal with Youwang. This energy doesn't harm the human body at all, but rather strengthens one's physique and abilities. That's why when Xiangfeng blew towards Youwang, he didn't isolate him.

  The bewildering air can only evoke a thread of desire in people, and the Western world also has the technique of cause and effect to gather the red dust of desire, making people fall into the desires of the mortal world and unable to extricate themselves. However, the Buddhist concept of "red dust" encompasses all sorts of attractions in the mortal world, including power, wealth, affection, and of course, desire. It uses everything good in the mortal world to erode and test a person's moral character.

  The Asura's bewilderment gas is specialized in digging up people's desires, which seems to be biased compared to Buddhism. However, for a human emperor like Zhou Wang, desire is more effective. This thing is indeed harder to control for emperors. As an emperor, there will never be a lack of women, and it's often difficult to blame the emperor for being dissolute. After all, emperors also need to have children and grandchildren, the more the better. It's not possible to have too many women, as long as it doesn't affect politics. The emperor can have as many women as he wants, there are no big restrictions.

  King Zhou had only one empress and two consorts, the number was absolutely not many. King Zhou had long wanted to expand it, but now he is focused on state affairs, so he has not taken action yet. Now a little bit of confusion entered his body, making King Zhou's originally strong self-controlled desire uncontrollable.

  After Minghe's secret calculation, he returned to the Blood Sea, but he didn't notice that someone was watching all of this from a distance. This person was none other than Yao Shi. After descending from Mount Sumeru, Yao Shi saw that the merchants and common people were living in prosperity and peace, with all industries thriving. As a former teacher of the Human Emperor, Yao Shi knew that achieving this was not easy. Given the current situation, it seemed impossible for the Yin Dynasty to perish, but the great calamity had already begun, and soon this solid foundation would be destroyed. This piqued Yao Shi's curiosity, leading him to come to the capital city of Chao Ge to observe the changes in the dynasty's aura and investigate the reasons behind it.

  The pharmacist saw many Taoist monks during the Shang Dynasty, so to avoid trouble, he hid his breath with the Mantra Crystal Umbrella. One day, hearing that King Zhou was going to offer incense, the pharmacist wanted to take a look at King Zhou. He wondered why, despite being diligent and hardworking, he became the king who lost the country.

  Just in time to discover the dark calculation of Menghe Wang, Menghe and Yaoshi can be considered old enemies. If it weren't for the introduction of Jiying, Yaoshi would have been killed by Menghe long ago. Now Yaoshi has cut off two corpses, but he also knows that he is not yet a match for Menghe, this pre-heavenly great god. Therefore, he carefully hides his aura, and Menghe is also somewhat careless, not expecting that there would still be an existence of Quan Sheng in Chao Ge City, so he was seen by Yaoshi entirely.

  The pharmacist's mind kept turning, wondering why the Underworld River had to make a move against the King of Hell. There must be countless stories behind this, but he still didn't know, so he could only continue to secretly observe.

  Not long after, King Zhou arrived at the palace of Nuwa, with a magnificent hall in front. Golden boys stood in pairs holding flags; Jade maidens stood in pairs holding scepters. The jade hook was hung obliquely, and the half-wheel new moon was suspended in mid-air; The precious canopy fluttered, and the million pairs of colorful phoenixes faced each other. On the edge of the green bed, they were all dancing cranes and flying phoenixes; The fragrant treasure seat was made into walking dragons and flying phoenixes. The floating strange colors were unusual, the golden furnace was auspicious; The rising purple mist was auspicious, and the silver candle was shining brightly. Just as the king was admiring the scenery of the palace, a sudden gust of wind pierced his heart with coldness.

  King Zhou was overjoyed at the sight of the magnificent and luxurious temple, and just as he was about to go forward to offer incense to Nüwa, a gust of clear wind suddenly blew in, lifting up the curtain of Nüwa's sacred image. The sacred image of Nüwa was carved out of white jade, exquisitely lifelike, as if Nüwa herself were standing right before him.

  King Zhou was immediately smitten with Nüwa's exceptional beauty, noble demeanor, and captivating charm. The passion in his heart surged, and the confusion that had just entered his body erupted again. King Zhou could no longer calm down, and his entire being was shrouded by lust, allowing his depraved heart to take control. He ordered his attendants to bring him writing materials, and he wrote a poem that would ultimately lead to the downfall of the 600-year-old Shang dynasty's ancestral temple.

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