I'm In Heaven, I Just Want To Work Overtime

Chapter 117: Amitabha

Outside the thirty-third layer of heaven, there is the Fire Cloud Cave.

Inside, there are three Human Sovereign Saints.

Among them, one has two horns on their head.

On the left, one is wearing leaves as a cloak, with a belt made of tiger and leopard skin.

On the right, one is wearing imperial clothing.

Suddenly, the Earth Emperor, Shennong, felt a slight shock in his mind.

He sensed the vibration of the human path, indicating that a great sage of the human race had done something beneficial to the prosperity of the human race, and it was somewhat related to him.

Immediately, he calculated with his fingers and understood the whole story.

"Someone has actually fulfilled my unfulfilled wish!"

Shennong was shocked.

In the past, he used the Red Whip to identify medicinal herbs throughout the world, wrote the "Shennong's Materia Medica," and pioneered the medical path of the human race, achieving immeasurable merits.

However, he also knew that the "Shennong's Materia Medica" had many limitations.

For example, when it came to a certain herb, he could at most roughly determine whether it was poisonous, and then infer its basic properties through tasting.

This method was rudimentary and had many shortcomings.

Afterwards, he became a Daoist Emperor and ascended to the Fire Cloud Cave.

During this period, he had always wanted to improve the "Shennong's Materia Medica."

But as a Human Sovereign, he was both successful and defeated.

The three emperors' positions were comparable to Saints, but they were also burdened by the cause and effect of the Heavenly Human Race, unable to take a half step out of the Fire Cloud Cave, like prisoners.

Just like the Empress of Tranquility in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

So it has always been stagnant.

Unexpectedly, later generations actually possessed great wisdom and great perseverance, and produced the "Compendium of Materia Medica."

It collected tens of thousands of medicinal substances, and each one was accompanied by relevant illustrations.

It detailed the smell, properties, main uses, place of origin, collection methods, and forms of the medicinal substances.

Its content was detailed and comprehensive, and even he, as a Human Sovereign, felt amazed.

In the history of the Primordial World, there had never been such a magnificent masterpiece, which could be called an indelible monument in the medical path of the human race.

"The human race has successors, and I, as the emperor, am deeply gratified!"

Shennong sighed emotionally, then waved his hand, and a golden light shot out.

In Fengjing City, in the Hall of Alleviating Suffering.

Jiang Bai felt a tremendous merit added to him, allowing him to have a deeper understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. His magical power was vast like the Jianghai, surging endlessly, wave after wave, without end.

Soon, he broke through from the mid-stage Celestial Immortal to the Profound Immortal realm.

And it didn't stop there, with no matter his magical power, Primordial Spirit, physical body, cultivation, or Dao, all rapidly improving, like riding a rocket.

Profound Immortal mid-stage!

Profound Immortal late-stage!

Half-step Golden Immortal!

Finally, it stopped, just one step away from Golden Immortal.

Jiang Bai felt the vast magical power in his body, couldn't help but sigh, is this the might of a half-step Golden Immortal?

The power of merit is so terrifying!

During the Conferment of Gods, Jiang Chenzi accumulated fifty to sixty million points of merit through his identity as the Grand Teacher of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Some of it was spent in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

For example, twenty-four of the Divine Pearls of the Eastern Sea that fell into the hands of Zhao Gongming.

Zhao Gongming was indeed a Great Principal Golden Immortal!

Although luck is not good, it is destined to be on the Conferred Divinity List, but it also cost him a total of 15 million merit points!

Fortunately, he snatched many Dinghai Divine Pearls, otherwise he would have suffered a big loss.

The remaining merit points were all injected into the Immortal Tree of Undying Seconds.

This High Grade Innate Spirit Root finally recovered and bloomed with infinite vitality.

The human merit he obtained now is enough to compare with the one hundred million merit points distributed by the system!

Just when he thought the anomaly of heaven and earth was about to end, a golden light pierced through the layers of clouds in the sky.

Three Gold Cores the size of dragon eyes appeared in mid-air.

A majestic, dignified, and heavy voice sounded from the sky: "Jiang Bai of the human race, writing medical books, blessing the people, immeasurable merit. As the Earth Emperor, I specially bestow three sixth-grade Gold Cores as a reward!"

"Thank you for the Earth Emperor's reward!"

Jiang Bai quickly bowed.

The sixth-grade Gold Core is a good thing, refined in the Eight Trigrams Furnace of Laojun.

It can allow an immortal to achieve the position of Golden Immortal.

As for the legendary ninth-grade Gold Core, it contains the Great Principle laws and is extremely precious. There are only a few in the Three Realms.

In the Three Realms, only the Jade Emperor, the Fire Cloud Cave, the Three Pure Ones, and Nüwa have received some Gold Cores bestowed by Laozi.

On the other side, Li Qi stood dumbfounded.

The human realm shook and bestowed merit.

This is a major event that hasn't happened in tens of thousands of years.

The last time was when Cangjie observed the footprints of birds and insects and began to create characters to replace the use of knots. It rained grains, and ghosts cried at night. The human realm bestowed boundless merit.

The time before that was when Saint Emperor Fuxi, using the River Diagram and Luo Book, evolved the Innate Eight Trigrams and achieved the position of Heavenly Sovereign.

And the current Venerable of Transmigration actually requested the judgment of the human realm, and the most crucial thing is that he succeeded!

Although the merit cannot be compared with the previous two sages, it is also not insignificant. He has actually become a half-step Golden Immortal in one fell swoop!

Jiang Bai took out the "Compendium of Materia Medica" in his hand, gently waved it, and several green lights appeared, evolving into the shapes of various herbs, dispersing all the innate plague in the air.

After being tempered by the merit of the human realm, this bamboo slip possesses various incredible Divine Abilities. Among them, its purification ability even surpasses that of the Sixth Grade Pure World White Lotus.

In terms of value, it far exceeds ordinary Innate Spirit Treasures.

Li Qi was momentarily at a loss.

The person in front of him has received the blessings of the human realm and the rewards of the Earth Emperor.

How can he capture him?

Moreover, he has the Taiji Talisman to protect himself, and under the baptism of merit, he has advanced to a half-step Golden Immortal. He himself cannot do anything about it.

So he uttered a harsh word and returned to the Heavenly Court.

The Plague Department.

After hearing Li Qi's report, Lü Yue's face looked unpleasant.

The Plague Department and the Azure Profound Left Mansion of the Heavenly Venerable of Taiyi Salvation are originally two opposing departments.

One spreads plagues and diseases, the other saves the suffering and helps the needy, and they are like water and fire.

The existence of the Heavenly Venerable of Taiyi Salvation is also to restrain the Plague Department and the Smallpox Department.

Under normal circumstances, it would be easy to capture him and accuse him of obstructing the enforcement of the Plague Department, and let the Jade Emperor punish him.

After all, Jiang Bai is a deity of the Orthodox Teaching, and at that time, the fellow daoists of the Interception Teaching can jointly petition and force the Jade Emperor to comply.

But now Jiang Bai has received the blessings of the human realm and the rewards of the Earth Emperor. If he is forcibly framed, he will definitely anger the Earth Emperor of the Fire Cloud Cave. At that time, his position as the Great Emperor of the Plague Department may not be guaranteed.

"We have comprehended the Innate Plague Dao and know more than just millions of plague techniques. Are we afraid of him?" The Plague Taoist Li Ping coldly snorted.

"Now that the human realm is prospering and the Zhou Dynasty is just beginning, causing an epidemic that kills millions of people is already the limit. If a large-scale plague is spread, not only will the Jade Emperor blame us, but it may also alarm the Supreme Saint of the Human Teaching." Lü Yue frowned.

Although the Plague Department has the privilege to cause the death of mortals on a large scale without being punished by the human realm, there are limits to this as well.

In normal times, there are generally seasonal epidemics, such as the four epidemics of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as well as the five epidemics of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

If there is frequent warfare and countless civilians and soldiers die in battle, with corpses strewn across the land, then severe plagues and diseases such as soldier plague and corpse plague can occur.

Usually, at this time, it is already the end of the dynasty and a change of dynasty is imminent.

At this time, even if the plague causes the death of tens of millions of people, there will be no divine punishment.

Perhaps it will even gain merit for assisting in the operation of humanitarianism.

"Great Emperor, isn't Heavenly Venerable Taiyi known for helping the suffering and saving people? In the depths of the underworld, there are suppressed demons and many epidemic ghosts. Why not release them? Even if it causes endless killings, it has nothing to do with the plague. What divine ability does Jiang Bai have to capture the epidemic ghosts? When things become irreparable, we can take action to suppress the demons. It will also be a merit." suggested Yang Wenhui, the plague envoy from the north.

Lü Yue's eyes lit up and he said, "That's a good idea!"

The ancestral land, deep in the Yin Mountains of the underworld, is the birthplace of the innate plague gas after Pangu opened the heavens and the earth.

Lü Yue was born from it and became the ancestor of the plague, so the Heavenly Court conferred him the title of Great Emperor of Plague Huang.

In addition to Lü Yue, many epidemic ghosts and monsters evolved from the innate plague gas, such as demons.

In ancient times, when chaos and demons caused trouble, many races suffered greatly.

Lü Yue took the initiative to suppress these monsters in the depths of the underworld.

That's why he was valued by the Saint of the Upper Clear and became an outer disciple.

However, after countless years, Lü Yue had long forgotten his original intention and no longer had the compassion to help the world.

"Now that the plague has just brought down the epidemic, we can wait for a while before taking action. At that time, Li Qi, you will take my divine talisman and go to the depths of the underworld to release the epidemic ghosts and demons," Lü Yue said.

"Yes!" Li Qi was overjoyed.

In the southern part of the Zhanbu Continent.

Jiang Bai was not affected and continued to travel around the Great Zhou Dynasty, perfecting the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Transmigration and calamities are like order and chaos, they are mutually opposed but also mutually dependent.

Just like Taiji, they generate and overcome each other.

Xia Yi, through the calamity of being sealed as a god, comprehended the path of calamity and became a Profound Immortal.

But yin cannot exist alone, and yang cannot be born alone.

So he joined the Heavenly Venerable Taiyi's faction and became a Transmigration Venerable, comprehending the path of helping the world and relieving suffering.

There are more than billions of herbs in the primordial chaos.

But a large part of them are relatively rare and require specific environments or specific locations to grow.

For example, the Dragon Scale Grass, with golden leaves like the scales of a dragon, has a strong hemostatic effect.

But it only grows in the mountains near Fengjing City and is scarce in quantity.

Jiang Bai did not record these herbs in the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

It's like in the previous life, there were a hundred thousand Chinese characters, but only less than three thousand were commonly used, yet they were enough for daily life.

During the journey, Jiang Bai has been trying to study various prescriptions to treat plagues and diseases.

But the progress was limited.

After all, he had the body of an immortal and couldn't try them personally.

He also tried to incorporate alchemy into medicine, but failed.

Cultivators can take pills because their bodies are strong enough to withstand the powerful medicinal effects.

But ordinary people cannot. Human bodies are weak, and the medicinal effects of pills can destroy their bodies. Long-term use can even lead to pill toxicity.

Moreover, alchemy is a technical skill that requires strict control of temperature and the amount of medicinal materials. It is not something that ordinary people can do, so it cannot be widely spread.

In the next sixty years, his footsteps almost covered the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

A total of eighteen thousand common herbs were collected, and their properties, effects, and tastes were recorded in detail.

At this point, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" was completely perfected.

After that, he began to spread his teachings to the world.

Fortunately, the Da Zhou Empire was supported by the Chan Sect, so Ji Fa was quite cooperative with Jiang Bai, a disciple of the Chan Sect for three generations.

Moreover, "Compendium of Materia Medica" is a medical book that benefits the people, and it quickly spread.

At this point, the human race has reached a new level of understanding of herbs.

The phenomenon of death caused by mistakenly consuming poisonous herbs has greatly reduced.

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In the Yin Mountain of the Underworld, it spans 36 billion miles in all directions, vast and boundless.

Behind the Yin Mountain, the chaotic darkness is even more extensive, with countless giant beasts, demons, and remnants of demonic spirits.

Among them, there are some ancient fallen powerhouses who reached the realm of Great Principle during their lifetime.

After death, they refuse to enter the cycle of reincarnation and sleep in the chaotic darkness.

Li Qi held the Lu Yue divine talisman and cautiously traversed through the darkness, afraid of disturbing some sleeping demonic souls.

After traveling for an unknown period of time, he arrived at an abyss, about ten thousand miles long and a hundred miles wide.

It was pitch black inside, with faint yellow-green mist rising.

Countless eerie ghost howls came from it, sharp and piercing, penetrating deep into one's soul.

This is the birthplace of innate plague, where countless plague ghosts and plague gods are bred.

In the past, Lu Yue possessed innate plague treasures such as the Plague Twin Swords, Plague Seal, Plague Clock, Solidifying Plague Banner, and Plague Umbrella. He himself was the ancestor of plagues, naturally restraining other plague ghosts and gods. That's why he was able to subdue them and use the innate-formed plague formation to suppress them, ensuring peace.

Li Qi sacrificed a piece of jade talisman, about one foot long and three fingers wide, radiating a yellow light, with swirling patterns of talisman scripts.

Then he chanted an incantation.

The divine talisman immediately rushed into the abyss.

After a while, the earth shook, and countless plague ghosts let out miserable howls as they rushed out.

Most of them were yellow, green, or brown, with strange and grotesque forms, such as humanoids, Asuras, Yakshas, scorpions, spiders, toads, snakes...

Their bodies were like ghosts, ethereal and elusive, enveloped in the aura of plague.

Among them, there were also some demonic gods, tall and hideous, even uglier than Asuras, emitting a powerful aura all over their bodies.

Li Qi involuntarily took a few steps back.

Some of these demonic gods had already reached the level of Golden Immortal Late Stage. Compared to him before becoming a god, they were incredibly powerful.

"These plague ghosts and gods have undergone countless years of cultivation, and their strength has increased greatly. I'm afraid even Master didn't expect it. Have I gone too far this time?" Li Qi couldn't help but feel uneasy as he watched the surging plague ghosts and gods.

If things really got out of control, the Plague Department might not be able to escape blame.

But now that things have come to this point, regret is useless.

He immediately concealed his figure and quietly left the underworld, returning to the heavenly court.

Some of these plague ghosts and gods roam in the underworld, while others take advantage of the days when the ghost gate is open to surge into the mortal realm.

Wherever they go, plagues spread.

Mortal casualties are heavy, and the people are in dire straits.

Jiang Bai tried to write prescriptions using herbs to save the people.

However, there are too many types of plague ghosts, causing various strange diseases.

They can only let the people in various places drink medicinal soups made from herbs such as chai hu, ma huang, huang lian, and ge gen, which can clear heat and relieve plagues.

Although it cannot cure the plague, it can provide some relief.

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In the Western Pure Land.

In the boundless Eight Virtues Pond, golden lotuses surge.

Amitabha Buddha sits on the Twelfth Grade Lotus Platform, with a pale face and a height of eighteen feet. He is currently giving teachings and discussing the Dharma with the sentient beings below. His words flow like a river, his tongue blossoms like a lotus, and golden lotuses emerge from the ground.

During the battle of the gods, Quan Ti Daoist guided those who were destined to the Western Pure Land.

Later, the Western Sect Master guided Daoist and established Buddhism, entering Buddhism from Daoism, and incarnating as Amitabha Buddha, presiding over the Western Pure Land.

With a compassionate thought, this saintly being knew about the plague caused by the plague ghosts in the mortal realm and immediately said, "Now that the plague ghosts are rampant and diseases are spreading, who among you is willing to save sentient beings from water and fire?"

(End of this chapter)