Chapter Seventy-One: The Reaction of Both Sides

  Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

  Haotian had been gloomy and his face looked unpleasant ever since he sent heavenly soldiers to capture Yang Tianyou's family.

  In the great hall, all the immortals did not dare to breathe loudly. They all knew that Yaoji Fairy had privately descended into the mortal world and married a mortal man to give birth to a child. At this time, the Jade Emperor was in a fit of rage, and no one dared to touch his brow.

  Suddenly, footsteps came, and a team of heavenly soldiers with terrified faces escorted the Yaoji fairy to the grand hall.

  "I report to Your Majesty, I failed to complete the mission, please punish me." A fairy knelt on the ground, cold sweat dripping down, so scared that his body began to tremble.

  Hao Tian furrowed his brow, seeing only one person, Yao Ji Xian Zi. He suddenly became enraged and roared, "You scoundrel, why is there only this lowly maid? Where are the others?"

  The fairy soldier was terrified and didn't dare to raise his head, saying, "I report to Your Majesty, that Yang Jiao was intercepted by the Teach Cloud Middle Son Dao Chang, who rescued him. He asked us to pass on a message, saying that he had a master-disciple relationship with Yang Jiao, and then took Yang Jiao away."

  Hao Tian heard this and immediately restrained his emotions, thinking to himself, "Yun Zhongzi? Why did he save that evil creature? Could it be true that they have a master-disciple relationship?"

  At this time, the voice of Wangmu Yaochi entered his ears, "Hmph, Yun Zhongzi is really bold, he wants to intervene in my heavenly court's family affairs, I absolutely cannot let that demon live in the world and make people laugh at me."

  Hao Tian raised an eyebrow and shook his head, transmitting a message, "If it were someone else, the Heavenly Court would naturally go to bring them in. However, with Yun Zhongzi, we can't easily find him to reason with."

  "What's so special about Zhongzi? Isn't it just the peak of Daluo Jinxian's cultivation? Even if he has two extraordinary treasures, what can we do? Can't the two of us join forces and defeat him?" Queen Mother said, staring at Jade Emperor with some annoyance, also transmitting her voice.

  "Hmph, why do we need to join forces? What I'm worried about isn't his strength, but his identity. Do you really think I'm afraid of him? It's just giving him face, after all he's the Taoist sect's great disciple. Offending him is no different from offending a future saint."

  He paused for a moment, and then continued, "Do you think I'm willing to let that bastard live in the world and make a mockery of my Heavenly Court? But now, my Heavenly Court has just been established, and recently, Yun Zhongzi temporarily controlled the power of the Purple Emperor's faction, so based on these two points, it's not good for me to be at odds with him. Although my Heavenly Court has expanded its power, compared to the Saints' sect, it is still slightly insufficient. Now it seems that we need to continue expanding."

  Hao Tian thought about it carefully and thoroughly, and could only temporarily endure and spare Yang Jiao.

  "What about Yang Tianyou and the other two children?" Haotian asked in a cold voice.

  Xian Bingdao, "Yang Tianyou self-destructed during the process of our capture, as for those two children..." When mentioning the two children, Xian Bingdao became tongue-tied and couldn't continue speaking.

  When Yang Tianyou heard that he had blown himself up, Yaoji Xianzi was suddenly filled with great sorrow. However, Haotian was overjoyed, but seeing the hesitation of the fairy soldier, Haotian became angry and asked, "Tell me, what about those two children?"

  The eunuch was frightened and hastily wiped away cold sweat, saying anxiously, "Your Majesty, those two children are gone."

  "What? Gone? How could they be gone? The Hall of Heavenly Soldiers has dozens of heavenly troops, and yet you can't even find two children. What's the point of having all of you?"

  Hao Tian burst into a great rage, slapping his palm on the armrest of the dragon throne, instantly turning it to dust. He stood up and rebuked the heavenly soldiers.

  "Your Majesty, we are innocent. After catching up with Yang Jiao and Yang Tianyou, we did not see the other two children. We also searched around that area, but there was no sign of the two children."

  The heavenly soldiers are also human and fear death, especially for these immortals who have obtained eternal life.

  Hao Tian heard the words, slowly sat down, and exchanged a glance with Wang Mu. Both of them thought of a possibility in their hearts, but immediately shook their heads to deny it. "After all, who rescued them? It won't be Yun Zhongzi, he didn't hide when saving Yang Jiao. If he wanted to save those two children, he wouldn't have hidden either. But those two children were quietly rescued by someone. Which bastard was it?"

  Hao Tian and Wang Mu secretly cursed in their hearts, this was a shame to the Heavenly Court, neither of them wanted Yang Jiao's three siblings to survive.

  "Despicable servant, tell me, did you hide those two bastards?" Haotian angrily pointed at Yaoji Xianzi and rebuked her.

  Yao Ji Xianzi smiled wryly, "Brother, those two are your nephews even if they're illegitimate, let alone the fact that with my current Golden Immortal cultivation, can't you figure out whether I'm hiding two children or not?"

  Haotian naturally understood this point, but no matter how he calculated, he had no clue about the whereabouts of those two children. "Not even I can calculate it, could it be that they were saved by a quasi-saint? Or perhaps a saint? What's so special about these two kids? How did they manage to get rescued by such a high-level expert? Damn it, how detestable."

  Hao Tian's anger was uncontrollable, he gazed at the Yao Ji fairy maiden on the grand hall and said, "You this lowly servant girl, secretly marrying a mortal man, has lost my face completely. Guards, suppress this lowly servant girl under Peach Mountain for 10,000 years to serve as a warning."

  The heavenly soldiers happily agreed and directly escorted Yao Ji Xianzi out of the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall.

  Yaoji fairy didn't utter a word, staring straight at the sky, with joy and sorrow in her eyes. She was happy that her three children were rescued, but sad that Yang Tianyou had died, and also because of his brother's indifference and ruthlessness.

  The entire Ling Xiao Treasure Hall was oppressively terrifying, all the immortals lowered their heads and didn't dare to make a sound. A surge of anger filled the great hall, making one's whole body involuntarily tremble with fear.

  The heavenly soldiers who were kneeling on the ground were also trembling all over, their heads touching the ground, and they didn't dare to look at Huang Tian with one eye.

  "Take that incompetent heavenly soldier away and give him a hundred strokes of the rod to serve as a warning to others." Then, with a flick of his embroidered robe, he stormed out of the grand hall.

  Yaochi's face didn't look good either, she let out a cold snort and also left the grand hall.

  At this time, the hundred officials on the grand hall finally lifted their heads, exchanged a glance, and saw a thread of fear in each other's eyes. Every forehead was covered with cold sweat. Taibai Jinxing also twitched at the corner of his mouth and hastily escaped from the place. He didn't want to be found by the Jade Emperor at this time.

  Western Sacred Mountain

  Zhun Ti Dao Ren saw that Yun Zhong Zi had only taken away Yuan Hong, and hadn't affected his own plans. He let out a sigh of relief in his heart, and said in a low voice, "This Yun Zhong Zi really has his shadow everywhere, does he have the ability to predict the future?"

  At this time, the guide on the side opened his eyes, and a double golden light flashed in his eyes. The guide said, "This Yun Zhongzi has some mysterious origins. He was born out of the clouds, transformed by Hou Tu, survived the Red Cloud Disaster, protected the human tribe, and after the creation of heaven, almost every major event is related to him."

  Zhun Ti Dao Ren nodded heavily, "Hmm, this guy is not simple. Earlier when he left, he glanced in the direction where Liu Er Mi Hou was. Obviously, he knows about Liu Er Mi Hou's existence, but only took away that Tong Bi Mi Hou and didn't pay attention to Liu Er Mi Hou. It seems he has some understanding of what I have arranged."

  "This Yun Zhongzi is really inscrutable, with a cultivation of only Da Luo Golden Immortal, he has accumulated such great merit, even things that the Saints did not anticipate, he can also know, could it be that his way of calculation has already surpassed us?"

  The guide raised a question, but he didn't believe his own view no matter what.

  The people of the Zhunti Dao were also secretly thinking, but no matter how they thought, they would never think that Yun Zhongzi was a person from later generations. After all, even if they were saints, they couldn't go to the future or return to the past, so naturally they wouldn't think of this point.

  "Hmph, mind your own business, he's only at the Golden Immortal stage now. If he dares to ruin my plans again in the future, I'll make him pay." Zhun Ti said with a fierce tone, not wanting to think about it anymore.

  The Taoist priest immediately stopped him, "Junior brother, don't be reckless. Not to mention Yun Zhongzi's great merits, we can't do anything to him. Otherwise, this cause and effect will fall on our disciples' heads. Let alone the Tongtian Sect Master, if we provoke him, it won't end well."

  Zhunti Dao Ren was enraged, "This despicable scoundrel, how did he manage to get the support of Tongtian Sect's leader? And that Tongtian Sect's leader is indeed lucky, having obtained the unbreakable Four Saints' Sword Formation. It's truly enviable. Don't worry, senior brother, I will carefully consider this."

  When it comes to the treasure of the law, Zhunti Dao people feel suffocated. Sanqing, Nüwa, and the guide Dao people all obtained the treasure from the ancestor of the Tao, but Zhunti Dao people had poor luck and didn't get a single good treasure. Now they can only take out two things: the Demon-subduing Pestle and the Seven-treasured Wondrous Tree. However, these two treasures are at most on par with Yunzhongzi's Divine Gun that Slays Gods. And yet, Yunzhongzi still has a Twelve-grade World-destroying Black Lotus.

  Zhun Ti Dao Ren can be said to be the poorest existence among saints, his treasure, Lian Yun Zhong Zi, is not as good as Ming He.

  "It's all right." The guide saw the look on the face of the person who had just been guided, as well as his eyes, and knew what he was thinking. He shook his head helplessly, said nothing more, and closed his eyes to meditate.

  Zhun Ti gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred towards Yun Zhongzi. But as a dignified saint, he couldn't bring himself to lower his status and personally deal with Yun Zhongzi. Zhun Ti's anger caused him stomach pain, lung pain, and eventually a headache. "Yun Zhongzi, this detestable guy! How can someone like him exist in this world? It's infuriating!"

  "Alas, this guy seems to know nothing, it looks like some of my plans need to be changed. I'll change all the original plans to a different way, I don't believe he can still figure out my intentions. Yun Zhongzi, you really made me angry, I will definitely make you look good in the future."

  Zhun Ti Dao Ren's face turned uglier the more he thought about it, eventually turning purple with rage, his hair standing on end. The many plans he had made were now being reconsidered due to Yun Zhong Zi, and this made the normally calm and collected Zhun Ti Dao Ren extremely displeased.

  Especially after Yun Zhongzi ruined his plan, he still seemed to be carefree and at ease, which made the Quan Ti Dao person go crazy with anger, wanting to beat Yun Zhongzi violently and trample him mercilessly.

  "Yun Zhongzi, you'd better not mess with me, or I'll teach you a lesson. Hehe, this shouldn't provoke the Tongtian Sect Master, right? And it's not like I'm going to take his life, so naturally, there won't be any karmic consequences for my disciples. This way, everything will be perfect. Hmm, good, I'll find an opportunity to deal with this guy."

  He had just taken in two excellent disciples, and Cloud was feeling quite pleased with himself. But suddenly, his heart skipped a beat for no reason at all. His brow furrowed as he tried to calculate the cause, but couldn't come up with anything. A chill ran down his spine as he thought to himself, "I need to hurry up and advance to the Quasi-Saint stage."