Chapter 160: The Kingdom of Daughters
Li Anran returned to the Jinguan Cave in Qianyuan Mountain and reported to Taiyi Tianzun in detail what happened in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Taiyi Tianzun said: "You did a great job. The white-haired bat had also reached the Daluo realm. You were able to capture it, which was better than I expected."
Li Anran said: "Disciple does not dare to take credit for it. It is all thanks to the Diamond File and Sky Mirror given by Master that we were able to win."
Taiyi Tianzun shook his head and said, "You don't need to be modest. No matter how good a magic weapon is, it is just an external object. The person who uses it is the key." He then asked, "Then how often does Sun Wukong go to the Heavenly Palace to ask for your help?"
Li Anran hurriedly explained, "When Sun Wukong was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, I was soft-hearted and planted a few fruit trees beside him. I also gave him a copy of the Heavenly Rules for him to study, hoping that he would turn over a new leaf."
"Sun Wukong was very grateful to his disciple. After escaping from the predicament, he was no longer lawless as before, and acted more in accordance with the laws of heaven."
"When he encounters a monster that violates the Heavenly Rules, he likes to go to the Heavenly Prison to find his disciples. Helping is one aspect, but also to give his disciples some credit. If the master feels that it is inappropriate, the disciple will..."
Before he could say anything, Taiyi Tianzun waved his hand and said, "It's okay. If Sun Wukong finds you, just help him. As long as you stick to your duty and don't do anything that violates the laws of heaven, there will be no problem."
"Disciple understands."
Li Anran responded respectfully, but couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "Has Taiyi Tianzun completely given up the fight? Or... is this what Taishang Laojun meant?"
Li Anran thought again of the jade slip that Taishang Laojun asked him to deliver. The content inside might be more than he imagined!
After talking about Sun Wukong, Taiyi Tianzun no longer wanted Li Anran to stay and let him return to heaven.
Not long after Li Anran left, another person came to Jinguan Cave. He was wearing black clothes and silver armor, and looked cold, arrogant and handsome. It was none other than Yang Jian, the God of Justice!
After some greetings, Yang Jian asked, "Master Taiyi, why did you summon me here? What do you want me to do?"
Taiyi Tianzun said: "The Great Dao Ancestor sent me a letter today, saying that the three religions have the same origin and are originally one family. We should value harmony and not necessarily distinguish between superior and inferior."
The three religions here do not refer to Chan and Jie, but Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism!
Yang Jian understood this and was a little surprised: "Is he going to give up the bet with Lingshan?"
Taiyi Tianzun shook his head: "It's not necessarily that he gave up, but his attitude has softened a lot, and he doesn't want to be hostile to Lingshan anymore."
Yang Jian said, "That's good. The cause of the spread of Buddhism to the East was planted ten thousand years ago, and the fruit of the prosperity of Buddhism will surely grow. If you press too hard, it will hurt yourself."
Taiyi Tianzun nodded in agreement and asked, "Do you know why the Supreme Dao Ancestor has such a change?"
Yang Jian asked, "The Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave?"
Taiyi Tianzun smiled and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
Afterwards, he told Yang Jian everything .
Taiyi Tianzun has always felt that this artificial triggering of a catastrophe in advance, thus making the scale of the catastrophe controllable, seems very wonderful, but in fact it is just a temporary solution. It may not necessarily solve the problem, but may instead lay a greater hidden danger.
However, since the vast majority of gods and Buddhas in the Three Realms had reached this consensus and wanted to give it a try, he couldn't go against the majority opinion and had to agree.
Later, when Taishang Laojun took the initiative to express his desire to be responsible for this matter, full authority was handed over to him.
Therefore, Taiyi Tianzun never intervened, and he was not even clear about the specific details of the journey to the West and the gathering of the Eight Immortals.
It was not until Li Anran brought Laozi's jade slip that he understood all of Laozi's plans.
Taiyi Tianzun has always regarded Yang Jian as the next leader of Xuanmen to be trained, which is why he specially summoned Yang Jian and told him these things.
"The Great Taoist Ancestor thinks highly of the Eight Immortals of Shangdong Cave. Not only does he want to gather all eight types of people, including men, women, old and young, rich and poor, he is also very picky about their qualifications. Except for the cowherd boy under his tutelage, the other seven are all reincarnations of Golden Immortals. They are born extraordinary and their future achievements will surely be limitless."
When Taiyi Tianzun said this, he paid special attention to Yang Jian's expression.
As a result, he only saw stone-like calmness and indifference, without the vigilance and caution that he wanted to see!
With Yang Jian's intelligence, he could definitely guess the purpose of Taishang Laojun's doing this, but he acted as if he didn't care.
Taiyi Tianzun didn't know whether Yang Jian was too cunning or he really had no intention of becoming the head of Xuanmen.
"Yang Jian, if the Supreme Daoist needs your help, you should do your best to help him. If that Sun Wukong finds you, just help him. The catastrophe is coming, and more merits will always be useful."
"Yes, disciple understands."
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On the other side, Li Anran returned to the Heavenly Prison. With nothing to do, he opened the Book of Punishment and turned to the page about the fake Tongtian.
The fake Tongtian's [status] has changed from "in custody" to "escaping from prison".
His life story can still be viewed, but it ends at the moment of his prison break.
However, Li Anran can use the tracking function to check his current location and surrounding conditions at any time.
"The last time I used this function was three hundred years ago, when I tracked down that three-tailed fox! Time flies!"
Li Anran couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion.
In the past, he did not understand the gods’ concept of time and thought that a year was already very long.
But, after he started practicing, ten or even a hundred years passed by in a flash!
Li Anran did not indulge in this emotion for too long. He quickly collected his mind and closed his eyes. Suddenly, pictures related to the fake Tongtian emerged in his mind, and he also locked onto the location of the fake Tongtian.
After leaving heaven, the fake Tongtian returned to Dongsheng Shenzhou.
However, he was probably worried that he would be captured by the Heavenly Court, so he did not return to his old nest, but hid on a deserted island overseas.
Suddenly, Li Anran was stunned, and saw a familiar figure next to Jia Tongtian!
The man was wearing a Taoist robe with fluttering sleeves, a green scarf on his head, hemp shoes on his feet, and a sword on his back. He turned out to be Shen Gongbao, the god of water division in the East China Sea!
"How did the two of them get mixed up?"
Unlike other gods on the Investiture of the Gods, Shen Gongbao's body was not destroyed. Instead, it was taken by Yuanshi Tianzun to fill the North Sea Spring.
After helping the disciples of Jiejiao find Zhang Jiao, the reincarnation of Jiang Ziya, and destroying the List of Gods.
The Holy Mother Wu Dang went to the North Sea Spring in person, took out Shen Gongbao's body, and nourished it with a magic elixir, allowing Shen Gongbao's body to regain vitality.
Therefore, after fusing his soul with his body, Shen Gongbao's cultivation level did not decrease but increased, and he directly broke through from the celestial immortal realm to the mysterious immortal realm.
Like most of the disciples of Jiejiao, Shen Gongbao resigned from his position as a god and traveled around after regaining his freedom.
Unexpectedly, he appeared next to the fake Tongtian at this time !
"Shen Gongbao has seen the real saint, so he must know that this Master Tongtian is a fake! Is he trying to get some benefits from the fake Master Tongtian? Does Taishang Laojun know about this?"
Li Anran felt somewhat gloating.
This Shen Gongbao is very evil. In the past, his words "Daoyou, please stay" deceived countless disciples of Jiejiao!
Now that he and the fake Tongtian are together, God knows what kind of changes will arise!
Li Anran's mind was full of thoughts of eating melons, while on the other side, Tang Seng and his three disciples finally arrived at the Kingdom of Women.
——With three big bellies!
