Chapter 110 Planning
That day, Yang Jian transformed into a butterfly and sneaked into Lishan to look for the trace of the Nanhua Immortal, but unexpectedly learned that Zhang Jiao was the reincarnation of Jiang Ziya, and guessed the matter of the Investiture of the Gods.
Yang Jian was shocked and hurriedly left Lishan, trying to stop Zhang Jue.
As a result, he was discovered by the Holy Mother Wu Dang who happened to return.
By the time the Conferred God Tribulation came to an end, Yang Jian's cultivation had already reached the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Ten thousand years later, although he failed to break through to the Daluo Golden Immortal, he never slacked off and made steady progress step by step, eventually reaching the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Then, Yang Jian accepted the call of the Jade Emperor and fought with the monkey in Huaguo Mountain.
This battle slightly loosened the bottleneck in his cultivation that had prevented him from making any progress for a long time.
And when Yang Jian took on the position of the God of Justice and was truly in the midst of his own calamity, his cultivation made great progress again, and he broke through to the realm of Daluo Jinxian in one breath, becoming the true number one in the three generations of Xuanmen!
However, facing Wu Dang Sheng Mu, Yun Xiao and Zhao Gongming, Yang Jian still had no chance of winning. Without saying a word, he fled on a cloud.
The Holy Mother Wu Dang had been prepared for this and directly activated Lishan's mountain protection formation, forming a light shield that turned Lishan upside down in the middle and also blocked Yang Jian.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Gongming urged the male and female whips to fight with Yang Jian.
Zhao Gongming also has the cultivation level of a Daluo Golden Immortal, and is one of the most outstanding disciples of Jiejiao. However, facing Yang Jian, who has practiced the Eight or Nine Profound Arts, his close combat ability is not even close enough.
The two sides exchanged hundreds of moves in a flash.
From the looks of it, they were evenly matched, but in reality, Yang Jian was intentionally controlling the temperature.
He was not afraid of fighting with Zhao Gongming, but he was very wary of Yunxiao's Hunyuan Golden Bowl. He was even more worried that Wu Dang Sheng Mu and Yunxiao would lower their status and join forces with Zhao Gongming to besiege him.
While Yang Jian was fighting with Zhao Gongming, he was secretly observing Lishan's formation.
Soon, Yang Jian found a way to escape from the formation, and took the opportunity to fight with Zhao Gongming to slowly move over there.
As a result, Yunxiao, who was proficient in formations, discovered the clue.
Zhang Jiao's matter was of great importance and could not afford to make any mistakes. Yun Xiao did not hesitate at all and directly summoned the Golden Dragon Shears.
The reason why Yunxiao didn't use the Hunyuan Golden Bowl was not because he was too arrogant, but because the Hunyuan Gold had been in Qiongxiao's hands all these days.
The golden scissors were raised up and down in the air, with the heads crossing like scissors and the tail twisting like legs, directly cutting Yang Jian into two pieces.
However, Yang Jian was practicing the Eight-Nine Profound Art, which gave him seventy-two lives. When one life was lost, he took the opportunity to perform the earth escape technique and tried to escape underground.
However, he was forced out by the Holy Mother Wu Dang's method of turning the ground into steel.
The golden shears rose into the air again, and combined with its head and tail, it took Yang Jian's life again.
Yang Jian used the art of transformation again, turning into a piece of rubble and falling into the mountain stream. He restrained his own breath and escaped downstream with the help of the river current.
This method is enough to deceive most of the monks in the world.
However, the three Golden Immortals, Wu Dang Sheng Mu, Yun Xiao and Zhao Gongming, all knew that Yang Jian was good at the art of transformation, so they had been on guard for a long time and soon caught Yang Jian again.
The golden shears were used again.
Seeing that Yang Jian was about to lose his life again, Taiyi Zhenren hurried over and saved Yang Jian at the cost of having his whisk cut into two pieces.
Afterwards, Taiyi Zhenren assured Wu Dang Sheng Mu Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming that Yang Jian would no longer interfere in Zhang Jiao's affairs, and the matter was barely over.
Thinking of this, Yang Jian couldn't help but close his eyes, and the depression in his chest was difficult to dissipate.
After rescuing him, Taiyi Zhenren took him back to the Jinguan Cave in Qianyuan Mountain and told him everything.
When Lei Zhenzi was wandering in the mortal world, he discovered that some city gods and land gods relied on their magical powers to commit crimes and harm the people.
Lei Zhenzi didn't think much about it at first. He just thought that there were bad guys in the team of gods, so he took action to punish these evil gods.
It turned out that these evil spirits did not do evil intentionally, but received orders from above.
The purpose of their doing these bad things was to pave the way for the Taiping Dao so that the Taiping Dao could win the hearts of the people.
Lei Zhenzi was shocked and angry. He followed this line of investigation and found that not only the Yin gods and ghosts were cooperating with the Taiping Dao, but even the four righteous gods of the Heavenly Court were secretly cooperating with the Taiping Dao.
Lei Zhenzi, Yang Jian and Nezha are different.
He has been staying in the mortal world since the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods. He has deep roots in the human race and has a better understanding of human nature and destiny.
After discovering that the gods and the Taiping Dao had joined forces to deceive people's hearts and gather their luck, Lei Zhenzi realized that there was a big conspiracy here that might very well bring a great catastrophe to the human race.
He continued to investigate and discovered that Zhang Jiao was actually the reincarnation of Jiang Ziya, and the Nanhua Immortal was actually the transformed Shen Gongbao.
Lei Zhenzi wanted to wake Zhang Jiao up, but was discovered by Yunxiao.
At the beginning, Yunxiao did not kill Lei Zhenzi, but just asked him not to meddle in other people's business and return to Zhongnan Mountain as soon as possible to practice in seclusion.
Lei Zhenzi refused and insisted on seeing Zhang Jue.
Yunxiao then took out the Golden Dragon Shears and killed Lei Zhenzi.
Although Lei Zhenzi is the third-generation disciple of the Chan sect, his status and position are much lower than those of Nezha and Yang Jian, and he has always been playing around in the world.
Even if he disappeared for hundreds of years, no one would necessarily notice him.
As luck would have it, a group of gods in heaven wanted to use Lei Zhenzi's abuse of power and killing of the City God and the Land God to deal with Yang Jian.
This matter was discovered by Yang Jian.
The reason why the Chan Sect tacitly allowed the Jie Sect to do this was that they even threw Lei Zhenzi's life aside.
In addition to Yang Jian’s idea of "reconciling with Jiejiao" and "allowing Xuanmen to occupy more seats in heaven".
There is another more important reason, they——
These include the Heavenly Palace, Jiejiao, Xianjiao, Lingshan and even Zhen Yuanzi and other powerful people.
An attempt in progress!
That is, can karma be resolved through human means, and can catastrophe be overcome in a more gentle way?
Since Pangu created the world, the primitive continent has experienced three catastrophes: the Dragon and Phoenix, the Lich, and the Conferred Gods. Each catastrophe caused great suffering to all living beings, and even the primitive continent was divided into four continents.
And there is never a winner on either side of the catastrophe, both sides suffer losses.
Now, ten thousand years have passed, and the karma that was completely consumed by the catastrophe of the Conferred God has become intense again.
Although the catastrophe has not yet arrived, it is already brewing.
With so many lessons learned from the past, this time, neither the Jiejiao, the Chenjiao, the Heavenly Palace, nor the Lingshan Mountain, which is at its peak, are willing to fight to the point of bloodshed and brain bursting. Instead, they are determined to survive the disaster in a more peaceful way.
In the previous Ullambana Festival, on the surface, the Tathagata was preaching, but in fact, he was talking about this matter.
Great masters of the Xuanmen sect such as Taiyi Zhenren, Taishang Laojun, and Wudang Shengmu all participated, while powerful masters like Zhen Yuanzi, who were neutral, were invited to serve as witnesses.
The matter of Zhang Jue was also decided at that time.
The Heavenly Court and the Jiejiao joined forces to create cause and effect karma in the Southern Continent, artificially triggering a catastrophe within a controllable range, consuming the karma between heaven and earth, and thereby abolishing the List of Gods that everyone was dissatisfied with.
——The Patriarch Tongtian had already anticipated this matter and had made arrangements before leaving the Three Realms. He taught the Holy Mother Wu Dang a method of using the luck of the human race to destroy the List of Gods.
Therefore, Zhang Jiao's case seemed relatively simple, as if he had easily destroyed the List of Gods with the Divine Whip.
In fact, behind this is the support of the Heavenly Court, the Jiejiao, the Chanjiao, and the Lingshan Mountains , the skills created by the Sage Tongtian with great effort, the luck of the human race, and the blessing of the Nine Cauldrons.
Adding these things together, it would be more than enough to destroy the Three Realms, let alone a List of Gods!
It was not until that moment that Yang Jian realized everything hidden behind this. While he was shocked, he was also heartbroken by the cold-bloodedness of the gods and Buddhas.
In their eyes, the billions of creatures in Jambu Continent are nothing but ants and dust!
Be it compassion or majesty, they are just their appearance, just the means for them to attain enlightenment!
No!
Not only the billions of creatures in Jambu Continent, but also he, Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, and Jiang Ziya are just ants and dust in their eyes!
Family love, friendship, and master-disciple relationship are all garbage that can be thrown away at any time in the face of the great way!
Taiyi Zhenren had no idea what Yang Jian was thinking. Seeing that Yang Jian remained silent, he thought that Yang Jian still could not accept all this, so he simply summoned the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, covered the Golden Light Cave on Qianyuan Mountain, and placed Yang Jian under house arrest in the mountain.
It was not until Zhang Jue broke the List of Gods that Taiyi Zhenren released Yang Jian.
And their attempt was a great success!
The Yellow Turban Rebellion and the many disasters that preceded it caused heavy casualties among the human race in Jambu Continent, but did not affect people outside of Jambu Continent.
The scale and even the direction of the catastrophe are all under their control and expectations!
At the same time, it also consumed a large amount of karma accumulated between heaven and earth!
The original catastrophe was delayed by at least hundreds of years!
As for the human race's suffering, the decline of fortune, and the displacement of the Nine Cauldrons, although these things are a bit troublesome, compared to the catastrophe of heaven and earth, they are all trivial matters that can be solved with time!
Yang Jian asked: "Uncle Taiyi, how many people in the Three Realms know about the things you mentioned?"
Taiyi Zhenren said: "Now only a dozen people know about it. But now that Zhang Jiao has succeeded, more people will know about it in the future."
"The catastrophe of heaven and earth is a major event for the three realms. Any slight change may lead to a complete loss. Only when everyone works together can the catastrophe be delayed or even completely eliminated."
Yang Jian asked again: "Master, you said so, but have you already discussed what to do next?"
Taiyi Zhenren did not hide anything and said, "Four hundred years later, Jin Chanzi, who has been reincarnated as a human, will go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. At that time, the Xuanmen and the Buddhist sects will have a gambling fight on this."
As Taiyi Zhenren told the story, Yang Jian quickly understood the whole story.
After the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, before the saints left, they decided that Buddhism would flourish, but there was no certainty as to when Buddhism would flourish.
If this matter is not handled properly, it may lead to a war between the Xuanmen and the Buddhist sects, and a repeat of the old story of the Conferred Gods.
Neither the Xuanmen nor the Buddhist sect wanted to see this scene.
Therefore, at the Ullambana Festival, the two sides discussed using gambling to decide when Buddhism would spread to the East and flourish, so as to eliminate the karma and cause and effect that shrouded the Western Niu He Continent.
This is also the real reason why Tathagata’s second disciple, Jin Chanzi, was reincarnated!
At that time, Buddhism will arrange four disciples for Jin Chanzi to go to the West with him to obtain the scriptures.
Xuanmen can set up various disasters on the way to the West to prevent Jin Chanzi from obtaining the scriptures.
If Jin Chanzi successfully reaches the West and obtains the true scriptures, then Buddhism will win this round!
After that, Buddhism can spread the Dharma in Jambudvīpa, and the Xuanmen sect is not allowed to stop it.
If Jin Chanzi fails, then Xuanmen will win.
The spread of Buddhism to the East will be postponed for five hundred years, and then the two sides will have another gamble to decide whether to spread it to the East.
During this process, neither side will personally take part in the game, but will only place their moves to prevent the gambling fight from turning into a disaster that sweeps across the three realms.
Yang Jian said, "We have already arranged for Nanzhanbuzhou and Xiniuhezhou, so I think we should also have arranged for Dongsheng Shenzhou and Beijuluzhou, right?"
Taiyi Zhenren nodded slightly and said, "Although the matter of obtaining scriptures from the West is a contest between my Xuanmen and his Buddhist sect, the specific matters are mostly handled by the Buddhist sect."
"Dongsheng Shenzhou will be led by my Xuanmen. At that time, the Eight Immortals of Shangdong will descend to the world to resolve the karma accumulated in Dongsheng Shenzhou."
"There is a demon master's mansion in Northern Julu Continent , and the situation is quite complicated. By then, it should be like the Southern Jambu Continent, where all parties will join forces to solve it. The specific method of doing so has not yet been decided."
As the two were talking, a loud shout came from outside: "Master! Master! Nezha is here to see you! Let me in!"
However, it was Nezha who rode on his wind-fire wheels and hurried to Qianyuan Mountain, but was blocked outside by the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover.
Yang Jian said, "Master Taiyi, Nezha is a man of integrity and uprightness, so I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to handle these things. Master, it's better not to tell him about these things, lest he gets carried away and ruins Master's plans."
Taiyi Zhenren did not comment, but only asked: "Yang Jian, you really didn't explain the matter of Lei Zhenzi to Nezha? Did you let him misunderstand you?"
Yang Jian shook his head and said, "If Nezha knew that Lei Zhenzi died at the hands of Uncle Yunxiao, he would definitely seek justice for Lei Zhenzi. Uncle Yunxiao was ruthless, and he might suffer a great loss. Uncle, Yang Jian still has some official business to deal with, so I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, Yang Jian took his leave and left, using the art of invisibility to avoid Nezha and left from the back mountain.
Taiyi Zhenren looked in the direction of Yang Jian for a long time, frowning slightly.
He felt vaguely uneasy, as if Yang Jian was planning something.
He didn't tell Nezha about Lei Zhenzi not only because he didn't want Nezha to suffer at the hands of Yunxiao, but also because he was afraid that what he had done would implicate Nezha.
But he really couldn't think of what Yang Jian was going to do.
More importantly, Yang Jian's cultivation had already reached the level of Daluo Jinxian, and combined with his already powerful fighting skills of Eight-Nine Profound Arts, even if he knew, he might not be able to stop Yang Jian.
Taiyi Zhenren shook his head, put the matter aside for the time being, opened the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, and let Nezha in.
