Chapter 212 Counterattack
Heaven, Lingxiao Palace.
The Jade Emperor sat upright on the throne, his brows furrowed, and he looked up towards the palace entrance from time to time.
The civil and military officials below had solemn expressions and were discussing the matter. Even the usually calm and composed Taishang Laojun was no exception.
The Mother of Mount Lishan obtained the Chaos Bell!
The Chaos Clock triggered the unusual movement of the stars in the sky and the leakage of the Emperor's Slurry!
At the morning court today, Yang Jian blurted out two bombshell pieces of news, which stunned everyone.
The Jade Emperor took a long time to come back to his senses. After confirming the news with Yang Jian again and again, he immediately sent Taibai Jinxing to the Heavenly Prison.
If Jie Religion had only obtained the Chaos Bell, although the Jade Emperor would have cared, he would have still been able to tolerate it. He would just have to deal with the impact of Jie Religion's surge in strength on the Three Realms.
But now, Yang Jian told him that the Chaos Bell could affect the movement of the stars in the sky and the Emperor's Liquid, and he couldn't sit still!
Emperor Liujiang is the most stable and largest source of natural treasures in Heaven, and is the most important component of Heaven’s salary !
The fact that Jiejiao can control the stars in the sky and Emperor Liujiang through the Chaos Bell means that Jiejiao has grasped the lifeline of Heaven and can stop Heaven from paying salaries at any time!
This is something the Jade Emperor cannot accept at all!
Those disciples of Jiejiao now like to boast that they are the orthodox descendants of the saints of Xuanmen. They only recognize their fellow disciples and do not acknowledge the rules of heaven.
The Holy Mother Wu Dang broke into the Heavenly Prison without a word and started a fight. He even noticed the commotion in the Lingxiao Palace when he was there.
What would happen if they were asked to sacrifice the Chaos Bell?
The Jade Emperor made up his mind and looked at the Supreme Lord Laozi: "Taishang Daozu, what do you think of this matter?"
During the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, the Orthodox Sect, the Human Sect, and the Western Sect joined forces to deal with the Demon Sect. Taishang Laojun was even more unwilling to see the Demon Sect prosper again than she was.
Taishang Laojun did not express his opinion directly, but said: "Your Majesty, the Zhoutian Xingdou and the Emperor Liujiang are both related to the peace of the Three Realms. The Chaos Bell is closely related to them. If it falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, it may bring a catastrophe to the Three Realms."
Old fox!
The Jade Emperor spat in his heart.
Taishang Laojun obviously doesn't want to be the first to speak out, and all he says is correct nonsense!
In the hall, many civil and military officials nodded their heads with expressions of agreement, as if they had heard some wise words.
Over the years, Taishang Laojun appears to be indifferent to fame and fortune and does not seek to compete with the world, but in fact he is very ambitious. He has used the elixirs and magic weapons he refined to win over many immortals, and his reputation and power are no less than that of Yang Jian.
He had only said the beginning, and someone immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, what the Supreme Dao Ancestor said is absolutely right. The Chaos Bell is of great importance and must not be left unattended. Your Majesty, why don't you issue an edict to inform the Lishan Old Mother of her power and ask her to hand over the Chaos Bell to the Heavenly Court for safekeeping to avoid any accidents!"
"No!" Someone retorted, "Your Majesty may be the ruler of the Three Realms, but it is not appropriate to forcibly seize magic weapons from others! It would be better to summon the Mother of Mount Li to serve as an official in heaven, so that the Chaos Bell can be left in heaven."
"Why not?! How can personal gain be placed above the safety of the three realms? How can such a treasure be placed in the hands of a private person?"
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A group of civil and military officials came and went, expressing their opinions, making the Lingxiao Palace as noisy as a busy city.
The Jade Emperor felt a headache after hearing this.
After the catastrophe of Conferred Gods, Holy Mother Wu Dang acted very low-key.
In addition, the Chan Sect has been deliberately trying to eliminate the scandal that the Western Sect benefited from the internal strife in the Xuanmen Sect during the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods.
Some of these newly promoted gods and immortals knew nothing about the Three Religions, let alone the Chaos Bell and the Holy Mother Wu Dang. They only regarded the Holy Mother Wu Dang as an ordinary earthly immortal who had obtained a powerful magic weapon by chance.
Those with a softer attitude wanted to summon the Holy Mother Wu Dang to the Heavenly Palace to serve as an official, and indirectly take control of the Chaos Bell.
Those with a tougher attitude would directly ask Mother Wu Dang to hand over the Chaos Bell for the safety of the Three Realms.
No one cares at all what the Holy Mother Wu Dang thinks!
The Jade Emperor looked towards Taishang Laojun, only to find that Taishang Laojun's eyes were half open and half closed, as if he was asleep, and he did not react at all to the quarrel outside.
This is obviously going to be a vain watch!
The Jade Emperor had no choice but to look at Yang Jian and asked, "Yang Jian, you were the first to discover this. What do you think?"
Yang Jian was even more straightforward, and directly evaded the question, saying, "Mother Lishan is my elder, and I am bound to have selfish motives, so it is inconvenient for me to get involved in this matter."
Jade Emperor: "..." Elder? Selfish? Humph! You, the Chan Sect, probably wish the Holy Mother Wu Dang would die!
The Jade Emperor was a little annoyed.
Regarding the matter of the Chaos Bell, Yang Jian must have communicated with Taiyi Tianzun, Taishang Laojun and others in advance.
Bringing the matter of the Chaos Bell to light at the morning court in front of all the civil and military officials must have been something they had discussed beforehand!
The attitudes of Taishang Laojun and Yang Jian are all intended to force the Heavenly Court to take action!
But he didn't have a choice!
Jiejiao is different from Chanjiao, Renjiao and Western Jiao.
At that time, tens of thousands of immortals came to pay homage. Among these immortals, the vast majority were demons, with only a very small number of innate creatures and humans.
In order to make Jiejiao grow rapidly, Holy Mother Wu Dang might lead Emperor Liujiang to the mortal world to greatly increase the number and quality of the demon clan!
At this time, Taibai Jinxing came in, bowed and said, "I have received the imperial decree, and the Mother of Mount Li has arrived."
The Jade Emperor collected his thoughts and ordered the Mother of Lishan to come in.
After some greetings.
The Jade Emperor asked, "Mother of Mount Li, the God of Justice said that the previous movement of the stars in the sky was caused by the Chaos Bell you obtained. Is this true?"
The Holy Mother Wu Dang glanced at Yang Jian and said calmly, "Your Majesty, I don't know about this."
Just when everyone thought that the Holy Mother Wu Dang was going to quibble, they heard the Holy Mother Wu Dang say, "However, judging by the time, the time when the stars moved coincides with the time when my junior brothers and sisters brought the Chaos Bell into the Three Realms."
All the civil and military officials were shocked. Mother Wu Dang's words basically admitted that the Chaos Bell was in her hands, and the unusual movements of the stars in the sky were also related to the Chaos Bell.
What does she want to do?
A hint of surprise flashed across Yang Jian's eyes.
The Jade Emperor was also stunned. He also didn't expect that Mother Wu Dang would admit the matter so readily without any concealment. His questions were choked back into his stomach.
For a moment, I didn't know what to say next.
At this time, the Holy Mother Wu Dang took the initiative to speak: "I know your majesty is worried. However, the Chaos Bell was specially instructed to me by the Saint Tongtian before he left the Three Realms. It took me more than ten thousand years to find it. I really cannot hand it over to your majesty."
"However, if Your Majesty allows, I am willing to stay in the Heavenly Palace. This Chaos Bell is closely related to the stars in the sky. With it, the daily output of the Emperor's Fluid in the Heavenly Palace will surely increase by more than ten thousand times."
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"And the Jade Emperor agreed?"
In the prison, Li Anran saw Yang Jian nodding his head and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This Holy Mother Wu Dang is really not simple, she is flexible! She came up with a solution in such a short time!"
"With this level of interest relationship, the Heavenly Court will definitely not sit idly by and watch Jiejiao do nothing, so Jiejiao will not have to worry about becoming the target of public criticism!"
Whether it was him, Yang Jian, Taiyi Tianzun or Lingshan, they all thought that Jiejiao would eventually choose between Buddhism and Taoism.
They never expected that Jiejiao would actually turn around and join the Heavenly Palace, which they had previously despised and tried every means to get rid of.
In the three realms today, Buddhism, Taoism and Heaven are in a three-way balance of power. And because the Jade Emperor is the supreme ruler of the three realms appointed by Hongjun Daozu, it is basically a conflict between Buddhism and Taoism, with Heaven mediating between them.
In this way, the status of heaven is naturally slightly higher than that of Buddhism.
After Jiejiao defected to the Heavenly Court, the strength of the Heavenly Court increased significantly and was no weaker than either Buddhism or Taoism.
In addition, it has the righteous cause of ruling the three realms and has the inexhaustible Emperor Liujiang to win people's hearts. It can be said that it surpasses Xuanmen and Lingshan in all aspects!
With such huge benefits at stake, the Heavenly Court will certainly attach great importance to, win over and protect Jie Religion, and the Jie Religion’s crisis will be resolved instantly!
On the contrary, the status of Buddhism and Taoism is somewhat precarious!
This move of the Holy Mother Wu Dang was truly brilliant and powerful!
Yang Jian also saw this , but he was not worried but happy.
If the Heavenly Court could really completely suppress Buddhism and Taoism, then the Heavenly Laws and Regulations would become the real rules governing the three realms, instead of being able to restrain small fish and shrimps like now, and Lingshan Xuanmen would not take it seriously!
In addition, this is also a good thing for Li Anran!
The Holy Mother Wu Dang easily resolved the crisis of Jiejiao and kept the Chaos Bell in her hands with full legitimacy.
Taiyi Tianzun also felt a sense of crisis and passed the Four Swords of Zhuxian to Li Anran in advance, allowing Li Anran to practice the Zhuxian Formation in preparation for fighting against the Chaos Bell.
After talking about the Holy Mother Wu Dang, Yang Jian started talking about the Dragon King of Jinghe River.
Yang Jian investigated the unusual movement of the stars in the sky and made up for his crime.
The Jade Emperor then restored him to his original position in accordance with his previous decree, and he went from being a temporary god of justice to a true god of justice.
The first thing Yang Jian did was to redress the injustice done to the Dragon King of Jinghe River.
This was originally a big deal, but with the presence of the Holy Mother Wu Dang and the Chaos Bell, it seemed insignificant.
In addition, Yang Jian had just been reinstated, and the Jade Emperor did not protect the God of Martial Deity and the God of Water Deity for the sake of Heaven's face, which rejected Yang Jian's face.
He didn't even summon Little White Dragon, but directly ordered people to throw the God of War Virtue and the God of Water Virtue into the Heavenly Prison and execute them soon.
All the civil and military officials were amazed at the Jade Emperor's respect and trust in Yang Jian.
Yang Jian, however, was not happy at all, instead he felt a little depressed.
What he wanted was to use evidence to redress the grievances of Jinghe Dragon King Pingfan, and to punish Wude Star Lord and his son and Shuide Star Lord according to the laws of heaven, rather than relying on privileges!
Even if he exercises this privilege, he is no exception!
However, he also knew that these things could not be changed with just a few words, so he didn't say much.
At the same time, he sent someone down to earth to tell Xiaobailong the whole story.
He took the opportunity of escorting Wude Star Lord and his son and Shuide Star Lord to tell Li Anran what happened in Lingxiao Palace.
