Chapter 119: Taibai Jinxing

  The Buddhist school is vigorously preaching in the North, which makes the Primitive Heavenly Lord extremely depressed. He himself fought desperately with the Intercepting Sect, but it was the Buddhist school that benefited instead. How could this be? However, the Primitive Heavenly Lord had to endure it, as the Exhorting Sect still needed the Buddhist school's help at times.

  The original is now feeling the disadvantages of having fewer disciples. With only a few dozen second- and third-generation disciples, they can't compare to the sharp and numerous claws of the Intercepting Sect. At the same time, the Original Heavenly Master also sadly discovered that his own disciples couldn't compare to the many skilled experts of the Intercepting Sect. The Original thought left and right, ordering White Crane Boy to summon Burning Lamp Taoist.

  Ran Deng hurriedly bowed and paid his respects as soon as he entered the grand hall: "Ran Deng has seen the Master, may the Master live forever."

  "No need for formalities, fellow cultivator. You and I both listened to the Tao in the Purple Mist Palace, and the emotions of billions of years are still present. I know that since you joined the sect, you have been diligent and hardworking, taking on all tasks with dedication, which is truly rare."

  Ran Deng listened to Yuanshi's sudden courtesy and praise, but instead of feeling grateful, he felt a surge of suspicion. As someone who had grown old and wise, Ran Deng knew that Yuanshi had always looked down on him, so why would he suddenly change his behavior? There must be an ulterior motive behind this.

  At first glance, he knew that the lamp had not taken it to heart and knew that he could not deceive this person with just a few words. The original moved in his hand, and a treasure appeared in his hand.

  "This is the Qingyun Golden Lamp, which is one of my treasures from the Bao Xuan Rock. It and the Linggui Palace Lamp are both pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. Now I will give this treasure to you, fellow Taoist."

  Hearing that the Primordial Treasure was to be given to his beloved, especially such a rare and precious innate spiritual treasure, he naturally wanted it extremely badly, but of course it wasn't possible to obtain it for nothing.

  "Hong En, the master of the sect, has lit the lamp with courtesy, but it is not right to receive a salary without doing any work. The lamp has not achieved anything for our sect yet, so it's really not good to take such a thick reward. Please ask the master to take it back."

  "No need to be overly modest, fellow Daoist. The current situation is exactly the opportunity for me to flourish and spread my teachings. As a respected and virtuous Daoist, I hope you can represent me in presiding over the Sealing of the Gods and commanding the various factions."

  As soon as the words came out, Huo Deng understood in his heart that emotions would make him risk his life. What good outcome could there be from fighting to the death with Jue Jiao? Huo Deng quickly calculated in his mind, but could he still refuse? Huo Deng had no choice but to step forward and respectfully accept the treasure, expressing his determination to die for it. Yuanshi let Huo Deng go first, and in his heart, he was also disappointed that among his disciples, not one was a true saint, so he had to settle for Huo Deng.

  After the battle of Feng Cheng, both the Xuan and Jie teachings fell into silence, appearing unusually calm. However, everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm, followed by a fight to the death. The Golden Immortals of the Xuan teaching retreated back to Kunlun Mountain, while the major Golden Immortals traveled everywhere, making friends and pulling in all the forces they could use. The Jie teaching gathered the elite of the Ten Thousand Immortals at Biyou Palace, where Duobao and other disciples made arrangements day and night. Both teachings were preparing for war.

  Of course, there are also more leisurely ones. Yang Jian and Nezha, as younger generations, do not need to be consulted for planning and strategy. Nezha asked Jiang Ziya for leave to return to Chentangguan, on the pretext of persuading Li Jing to surrender, and left Xiqi. In fact, Nezha was afraid that the old and cunning Jiang Ziya would discover his abnormality.

  Nezha left, and Yang Jian also said he wanted to go see his mother, fearing that there would be no opportunity to fulfill his filial duties in the future. Jiang Ziya had no choice but to agree, and Yang Jian rode on a cloud of light, soon arriving at Taiyin Star.

  Arrived at the Queen Mother's palace, he happened to see an old man wearing a white robe, talking with Yao Ji. Yang Jian took a look and it was Tai Bai Jin Xing. After meeting his father and brother, Yang Jian had been suspicious of his family affairs. Seeing Tai Bai Jin Xing here, he deliberately made his face gloomy.

  "Mother, Tai Bai Jin Xing is the Jade Emperor's running dog. Our family has been wronged by them and suffered enough, what else does he want to do? Is he here to bully us widows and orphans?"

  "Master Yang, at his age, how could he do such a thing? It's just that thinking of Your Majesty and your family being so closely related, it wouldn't be good to just leave things like this. I've swallowed my pride and come to persuade the princess and you, Master."

  "Close relatives? Don't be ridiculous, we are sworn enemies who killed each other's fathers. We just haven't had the chance yet, otherwise I would have already cut down Hua Tian."

  Yaoji was indeed resentful of her brother, but when she heard that Yang Jian wanted to kill Huang Tian, she couldn't help but feel anxious.

  "Rebellious child, Taibai Xianweng is your elder, how can you be so rude? Don't you apologize to the old immortal?"

  "Girl, what's wrong with you? Back then, Emperor Wu wanted to kill our family of several people, and it was probably this old servant who came up with the idea. Emperor Wu was the mastermind, he was just an accomplice, how can you still be polite to him?"

  "Yang Gongzi, you have wronged me. I came this time to clarify things with you. When the princess secretly descended to the mortal world, neither I nor the emperor knew about it. But suddenly, it seemed like everyone in the world was talking about it. The emperor had just ascended to the throne and the disciples of various sects looked down on him as if he were nothing. It wasn't until the Peach Festival that the emperor was able to establish his authority by issuing a heavenly decree."

  At that time, Your Majesty was indeed in a difficult situation. Guang Chengzi and Yu Ding Zhenren, disciples of the Tianxian sect, openly opposed Your Majesty's promulgation of the Heavenly Decree. However, Your Majesty managed to hold on and initially established prestige. Who would have thought that soon there were countless rumors and slanders, saying that the princess was marrying a mortal, and the disciples of the Da Jiao sect even publicly said that Your Majesty could not govern his own family, how could he govern the world? Your Majesty was also forced to be helpless, and had no choice but to order the imprisonment of the princess and the disposal of Yang Tianyou.

  At that time, Your Majesty was also somewhat concerned about your reputation, but I also want to say that the princess's emotional ordeal is too strange. I have been thinking about it and always thought there was some conspiracy behind it, but the details are unknown. Now I still want to say, Your Majesty, the princess, and Yang Gongzi are all close relatives by blood, alas, why can't they get along?

  "Venus, you're really good at telling jokes, conspiracy? What conspiracy, and what rumors are spreading, my mother has been down to earth for so long, this week the monks have nothing to do, all going around spreading rumors, joke! Haotian is simply ruthless, wanting to kill our whole family to establish his power, great, now Haotian is impartial and selfless, where did my dad, brother, and sister go?"

  "Yang Gongzi is like that, which is why I said there's something fishy going on. I don't understand either why almost overnight, everyone was talking about the princess."

  "Venus is not here, out of respect for your age and virtue, I won't say anything unpleasant. Please leave now." Yang Jia ordered him to be expelled, Taibai Venus wanted to say something, but for a moment didn't know how to open his mouth, sighed and stood up to bid farewell.

  "Jian'er, you're being too much. Tai Bai Jinxing is still a rare good person, and he's also very considerate of your mother. It's all because of Huang Tian's affairs, why do you have to blame him? The king's orders are hard to defy. Besides, we're now a widow with an orphaned child, how can we afford to confront others? As long as I can keep you safe, I'm satisfied." As she spoke, Yu Mei's eyes welled up with tears again.