Junior Uncle is too cunning.

Chonghou Baigui looked at Chonghou Hu with some confusion, "Tell me honestly, what exactly happened?"

Seeing that he could no longer deceive them, Chong Houhu had no choice but to tell the truth, "Ancestor, it's all my fault for being bewitched and blindly believing that monk's words, which has led to the current situation of the Northern Marquisate..."

"Who? A monk?"

Upon hearing this, Chonghou Baigui sensed something was amiss and hurriedly asked.

Chong Houhu then recounted the recent events to Chong Hou Baigui in detail. It turned out that not long after he became the Marquis of the North, he heard that a powerful Golden Immortal had come to the Marquis of the North. At first, he did not believe it, after all, the North was poor, and not to mention a powerful Golden Immortal, even a Celestial Immortal or True Immortal would not want to come here.

However, this monk seemed to have set his sights on the north. He didn't practice cultivation on weekdays; instead, he either treated the sick and saved people or preached outside the city. In just a few years, he gained a large number of disciples.

At this moment, Chong Houhu could no longer sit still. Although their Beibo Marquisate was poor, it was still under the rule of the Great Shang Dynasty and believed in the Three Pure Ones Taoism. Although this Golden Immortal monk had not yet established a sect, he had already made the Taoists in the country very wary, and they directly filed a complaint against him.

Chong Houhu usually treated these few remaining Taoist masters with great respect. Not to mention that their cultivation was quite good, at least many of their disciples held important positions in the Northern Marquis Kingdom. Now that they had come to his door, he had no choice but to invite this monk named Beiku Jinxian.

He had originally planned to have him pass on more teachings, since whether it was Taoism or Buddhism, they were all people from his Northern Marquisate. As long as he ultimately served the Northern Marquisate, he really didn't care which sect he studied.

At first, he didn't really value the Golden Immortal Monk that much. But after years of getting along, the Golden Immortal Monk finally gained Chong Houhu's trust. When the decree to reduce the power of the vassal states was issued some time ago, Chong Houhu was a little panicked. After all, once the decree to reduce the power of the vassal states was issued, the greatest harm would be to these vassal lords, especially the four vassal lords in the east, west, south and north.

The reason why the four major vassal states were able to become the leaders of all the vassal states in the world was twofold: first, their clans had a long history and a large number of members; second, they occupied the four corners of the Shang Dynasty's imperial court, far from the capital.

If the decree to reduce the power of the princes is successful, the once united Chonghou clan will likely fall apart within a few years.

By then, let alone revenge, even he, the Marquis of the North, would probably become a commoner. He knows too well about interests. Once the decree to reduce the power of the vassal states is successful, the Shang Dynasty will truly be invincible.

At this very moment, the usually quiet and unassuming Golden Immortal Monk came up with an idea: to unite the feudal lords against the powerful Shang Dynasty. If the Northern Marquisate were to step forward as the leader, it would surely be supported by all the feudal lords. Once the Northern Marquisate defeated the Shang Dynasty, it would become the second Shang Dynasty.

Others may not know how the Great Shang Dynasty was founded, but Marquis Chonghou Hu of the North has heard about it since he was a child. At that time, the Yin Shang clan was just a relatively strong feudal lord. They were the first to rise up and gained the support of the feudal lords. Then they became unstoppable. They not only defeated the Great Xia Dynasty, but also established their own dynasty and occupied the human royal family for hundreds of thousands of years.

Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Beibo's eyes practically lit up. However, he remained rational and discussed the matter with the elders of the Chonghou clan. They all agreed to a cautious approach and decided to wait and see. After all, Wen Zhong was currently touring the world. If they provoked this tiger, even the Chonghou clan and the Marquis of Beibo would have to be careful. If they were not careful, the Shang Dynasty would make an example of them!

However, the necessary preparations still needed to be made, so after setting the grand plan, the Northern Marquisate began to mobilize its troops.

Just then, the trusted monk Jin Xian suddenly defected, and the army he led wiped out the Shang Dynasty's garrison on the border. At the same time, foreign barbarians also came to plunder, causing many soldiers and civilians to die in the Northern Marquis State, and directly offending the Shang Dynasty.

When Chong Houhu learned of this, he realized that he had fallen into someone else's trap. However, even if he explained to the Shang Dynasty court, it would probably be useless unless he was willing to submit and accept the Shang Dynasty court's decree to reduce the power of the vassal states.

As the Northern Marquis among the four major vassal states, Chong Houhu could not accept the order to reduce the power of the vassal states. Therefore, he could only send troops to besiege and kill foreign barbarians on the one hand, and intensify the search for the whereabouts of the Golden Immortal Monk on the other. In the end, he piled up most of the Northern Marquis's troops in the area bordering the Shang Dynasty's imperial court to defend against the Shang Dynasty's advance.

He himself knew that the Northern Marquisate was in great trouble, and could only come to seek help from Marquis Chong, Bai Gui, the most powerful backer of the Northern Marquisate.

Upon hearing Chong Houhu's words, Chong Hou Bai Gui's eyes were filled with anger. If it weren't for the fact that Chong Houhu was the current Marquis of the North and his own direct descendant, he would have wanted to slap him to death. He was just too incompetent. Seeing Chong Houhu reminded him of himself back then, when he was naively tricked by the Great Ancestor of the Shang Dynasty, Tang.

Fortunately, he was in a good mood, and with so many years of change, he no longer felt the same deep-seated pain as before. Nevertheless, he still slapped Marquis Chong out of the cave and said, "Just focus on protecting the Northern Marquisate, and you don't need to worry about anything else!"

Chong Houhu was terrified as he watched Chong Hou Baigui's giant hand slap towards him. However, with his Xuanxian realm facing Chong Hou Baigui, a Daluo Jinxian, he had no time to react and was slapped away. Only after he landed on the ground outside, creating a large crater, and saw that his body was unharmed, did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Upon hearing his ancestor Chonghou Baigui's words, Chonghou Hu hurriedly nodded, "Grandson understands!"

Looking at the somewhat cowardly Chonghou Hu, Chonghou Baigui felt even more annoyed, but he also knew that this was only human nature. After all, anyone would be terrified in the face of mortal danger. In comparison, Chonghou Hu was actually doing quite well.

He knew that his current unstable state of mind was entirely due to the news that Chong Houhu had just brought. Not only did he have to face the powerful Shang Dynasty imperial court, but he also had to face the hidden forces of Buddhism.

Chonghou Hu may not have understood Buddhism well since he lived in Jambudvipa, but Chonghou Baigui, who had lived in the outer continents for hundreds of thousands of years, was well aware of the power of Buddhism.

Although it cannot compare to the Three Pure Ones Taoism, it is more powerful than any other sect in the prehistoric world. In particular, some of the practices of Buddhism are inconsistent with the sects of the sages. However, he had only heard about it before. After all, the prehistoric world is full of falsehoods and no one has truly experienced it.

Now that Chonghou Baigui knows, that Golden Immortal monk must be inextricably linked to Western Buddhism. He knew that in the prehistoric world today, Taoism is everywhere, with top-tier sage sects like the Human Sect, the Chan Sect, and the Jie Sect at the top, and sects like the Lingbao Sect and the Qingwei Sect at the bottom. It can be said that they are spread throughout the entire prehistoric world.

Add to that the various Taoist sects passed down by powerful figures such as Zhen Yuanzi, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of Huoyun Cave, and Kunpeng, and there are countless ones, making it quite difficult to distinguish them.

However, apart from Western Buddhism, there is really no other Buddhist monk who can cultivate to the level of Golden Immortal Arhat.

Marquis Chong, Bai Gui, was filled with worry. He hadn't expected the war between the Three Pure Ones Taoism and Western Buddhism to begin with the Northern Marquis State. Although he didn't know who would win in the end, it seemed that the Northern Marquis State, as the first to step forward, was destined to become cannon fodder.

As for who this Golden Immortal monk was working for, Chonghou Baigui could figure it out with a little thought. Those who could gain the support of Western Buddhism must be one of the three other families on par with the Northern Marquis State. Moreover, based on his secret investigations many years ago, the most suspicious party was the Western Marquis State. After all, apart from the Western Marquis State, neither the Eastern Marquis State nor the Southern Marquis State had the combat power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Western Buddhist Associations will choose them, but among Chonghou Baigui, the Xibo Marquisate is the most likely suspect.