Chapter 222 Familiar Feeling
Tai Laojun looked at Yang Jian in confusion, and when he confirmed that Yang Jian was not speaking in high-sounding words but was speaking from the heart, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Taishang Laojun looked Yang Jian up and down, as if he was meeting him for the first time.
Yang Jian did not dodge or evade, but looked at Taishang Laojun coldly with a hint of sarcasm on his lips.
Taishang Laojun was not angry, he just shook his head slightly and sighed: "I didn't expect that the third-generation direct disciple of the Chan Sect, the God of Justice who is feared by the three realms, would have such thoughts! It is really beyond my expectations. No, it should be said that no one in the entire three realms could have expected it!"
After sighing, Taishang Laojun's face straightened, and with a hint of warning and persuasion, he said: "Yang Jian, some things should not be said by this old Taoist, but by your master, Jade Ding Zhenren. But considering that you and I are both from the Xuanmen, today this old Taoist will step in and do the job for you."
"We cultivators cultivate our hearts, refine our qi, and prove the great Dao. Everything in the world is but a passing cloud, so why should we talk about it? If you can't even see through this, sooner or later you will fall into an irretrievable situation, and it is unknown whether you will die or disappear."
Li Anran found it a little ridiculous.
I'm not laughing at Taishang Laojun's indifference to everything in the world. There are three thousand great ways, and before one attains enlightenment and becomes a saint, there is no right or wrong!
Instead, he was laughing at Taishang Laojun's very narrow vision and tolerance!
Yang Jian not only cares about all living beings in the world, but also cares about them in his heart. He wants to change the rules of heaven for them so that the gods and Buddhas of the three realms cannot act recklessly.
No wonder the master didn't take him seriously and let him jump up and down!
Li Anran understood.
Taishang Laojun and the real Taishang Sage are completely not on the same level!
No matter how noble and indifferent he pretended to be, no matter how he used elixirs and magic weapons to establish good relationships with potential immortals, there was always a sense of calculation and pettiness in him.
Such a person will never be able to take the position of the head of Xuanmen!
Even if you put in a lot of effort, it's just making wedding dresses for others!
For example, Zhu Bajie.
Taishang Laojun first gave Zhu Bajie the Shangbaoqinjinba that he had made himself, and then when Zhu Bajie was trying to cross the Weak Water, he gave him some elixirs to strengthen his body and resist the Weak Water.
Did Zhu Bajie thank Taishang Laojun?
Thanks, but that's all!
In the past, Taishang Laojun's position in his heart was not as high as that of his master Donghua Emperor, who gave him the Nine-Turn Pill and taught him martial arts.
From now on, he will be no match for Lingshan Tathagata.
When the critical moment comes, Zhu Bajie will definitely abandon Taishang Laojun without hesitation.
This point was most directly demonstrated in the incident of Chechi Kingdom in the original time and space.
When the Buddhist sect in Chechi Kingdom used the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in the human world to make Tang Seng and his three disciples express their stance and surrender.
Zhu Bajie directly instigated the monkey to throw the clay statues of the Three Pure Ones into the toilet to show that he had severed all ties with the Xuanmen sect and was in solidarity with the Buddhist sect. He did not care at all about the Shangbao Qinjin Rake and elixir bestowed on him by the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor was so angry that he sent his own green ox down to the earth with the Vajra Cutter to torture and humiliate Tang Seng and his three companions.
It was not until Tathagata deliberately sent Arhats to offer golden sand as an apology that he was willing to give up.
The last time Taishang Laojun lost his composure like this was five hundred years ago, when a monkey made a scene in Heaven and ate up all the elixir he had refined.
"Life and death are all destiny. Don't worry about my future, Taishang Daozu." Yang Jian directly choked back with the words of Taishang Laojun.
Taishang Laojun: “…”
Taishang Laojun opened his mouth and said after a long time: "Yang Jian, the old Taoist is trying to advise you with good intentions, but you are stubborn and refuse to change. You will regret it in the future." He was a little annoyed.
Yang Jian did not bother to talk to Taishang Laojun any more, and said directly: "If Taishang Daozu is here only for this matter, then please go back. Nezha was ambushed by the demon and was injured. We are going to heal him."
Taishang Laojun looked a little unhappy, but the Taoist boy beside him seemed to have found something wrong. His eyes lit up and he sneered, "What millions of lives? Humph! It's just a cover! In the final analysis, it was the demon who injured Nezha, and you are seeking revenge!"
"What do you mean by personal vendetta?" Yang Jian looked over coldly.
The Taoist boy shuddered with fear and subconsciously looked towards Taishang Laojun. Seeing that Taishang Laojun said nothing, he understood Taishang Laojun's attitude and his courage immediately returned.
"This is called a personal vendetta!" The Taoist boy said loudly, "If that demon didn't hurt Nezha, would you still be holding on to him?"
"presumptuous!"
Without waiting for Yang Jian to speak, Li Anran shouted loudly, stretched out his hand and a stream of magic power gushed out, ready to capture the Taoist boy.
The Taoist boy was different from the Weiyu Priest, in that he was a disciple of Laojun. That was why he did not sit idly by.
"Prison God, Chi Yan'er just expressed his doubts. If the Prison God is willing to explain to him, then explain. If he is not willing to explain to him, then just pretend that you didn't hear it. Why bother to argue with him?"
Taishang Laojun gently flicked the whisk in his hand, and a green light flew out, turning into a translucent barrier, blocking Li Anran's magic power.
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want! Supreme Daoist Ancestor, if you can't manage your followers well, I'll do it for you!"
Li Anran took a step forward and his body suddenly disappeared. The speed was so fast that it seemed as if he had traveled through time and space.
The next moment, he appeared in front of the green light barrier.
boom!
Li Anran threw a punch, which seemed ordinary, but the terrifying power directly shattered the void.
Wherever the fist passed, spatial cracks like black lightning continued to appear and disappear.
Snap!
The blue barrier only lasted for a moment before it shattered like ice crystals, turning into countless specks of light and disappearing.
The Taoist boy's pupils suddenly shrank, and he stood there in shock.
In his eyes, Li Anran's fist was infinitely enlarged, instantly covering the entire sky and earth, pressing towards him.
He was like an ant, with nowhere to hide and no escape, and could only wait there to die.
Taishang Laojun was also startled, and hurriedly raised his whisk to his left hand. Suddenly, a small dark red flag, one foot and seven inches long, appeared in front of him.
It is the Lifenhuo Flag among the Five Flags of the Innate!
Buzz!
The flaming flag lifted off the ground and made a rustling sound without any wind. Rays of dark red flames swept out from the flag and turned into a sea of fire.
In the sea of fire, countless red lotuses blossomed, swaying gently, emitting seven-colored rays of light, surrounding the air with mist.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
One red lotus after another was shattered, like fireworks exploding in the void, and then merged into the surrounding red lotuses, making those fire lotuses more dazzling and bright, and the flames more violent.
Li Anran's fist is more powerful than one red lotus, ten red lotuses, a hundred red lotuses, or even a thousand red lotuses.
However, there are more than tens of thousands of red lotuses in this void!
Li Anran's full-strength punch was quickly and completely eliminated by the endless red lotus.
Let's do it! Let's deal with it!
Li Anran realized that the Four Zhu Xian Swords in his body were stirring. Although they could not speak, the emotions conveyed to Li Anran's mind were joy, excitement, and a desire for battle. They just wished they could jump out.
Li Anran: ...You actually wrote down the Wu Ji Xing Huang Flag on the Xiantian Wufang Flag!
There was no problem for Li Anran to use the Zhuxian Formation, as he had used it before in front of the Holy Mother Wudang and Qiongxiao Bixiao at Cuiyun Mountain, but the Four Zhuxian Swords were not allowed to be seen by anyone now!
Especially, people must not know that they are already on Li Anran!
There's only one of them now, why would you need to help me? I'm enough!
Li Anran hurriedly calmed down the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.
“That’s enough!”
Just then, Yang Jian spoke.
Li Anran stopped and retreated back to Yang Jian.
Yang Jian said, "Although the Supreme Daoist Ancestor is an outsider, he knows as much about the affairs of the Three Realms as anyone else. If you can tell me any incident in which I, Yang Jian, put personal interests above public ones and violated the laws of heaven, I will immediately hand that demon over to you, resign from my position as the God of Justice, and never go to heaven again."
The incident with the Three Holy Mothers had not yet happened, and Yang Jian's words were spoken openly and no one could refute them.
Taishang Laojun is no exception.
However, he used to think that Yang Jian was being cautious and careful so as not to leave any evidence to anyone.
Now it seems that it is really for the fairness and strictness of the laws and regulations of heaven.
The fairness and strictness of the laws and regulations of heaven?
A hint of sarcasm flashed in the eyes of Taishang Laojun, and he said lightly: "The justice gods are fair in their dealings, and everyone in the three realms knows it. Only a child like me rarely leaves the Tushita Palace, so I had doubts just now."
"Since the God of Justice is unwilling to hand over the demon to me, I can only go to Miaoyan Palace to discuss this matter with the Eastern Qinghua Emperor. The gathering of the Eight Immortals is my business as well as the Xuanmen's. I hope the God of Justice and the God of Prison will consider it again."
Yang Jian said firmly : "No matter who comes, that demon will never be allowed back into the human world!"
Taishang Laojun didn't say anything more. He said goodbye and left with the Taoist boy beside him, heading straight for Miaoyan Palace.
After he walked away, Yang Jian asked, "How is it?"
Although there were only two words and no cause or consequence, Li Anran understood what Yang Jian wanted to ask.
Just like Yang Jian knew that he took action not on impulse, but to test the strength of Taishang Laojun.
"At least he has the strength of a Daluo Jinxian." Li Anran paused, then added: "He should be a little weaker than my master, but not much weaker."
Quasi-sage is not a state of cultivation, but a respectful title for the Golden Immortal who has killed any of the Three Corpses.
Yang Jian nodded.
What Li Anran said was similar to his judgment.
Taishang Laojun is an independent individual formed from the thought left behind by the Supreme Saint before he left the Three Realms.
In this respect, he is somewhat similar to the fake Tongtian.
Because it was the thought left by the saint, it was not complete, and Taishang Laojun could not kill the three corpses and become a saint.
This is also the reason why Taishang Laojun was determined to strengthen the human religion and become the head of the Xuanmen.
He cannot attain sainthood, which means that the greatest pursuit of a monk has been cut short, and he can only turn to pursue fame and power!
Similarly, this is also the reason why Li Anran evaluated Taishang Laojun as having "the strength of a Daluo Jinxian" instead of "the cultivation of a Daluo Jinxian".
Taiyi Tianzun has already killed the corpses of good and evil. Taishang Laojun is slightly weaker than him. His strength should be between killing one corpse and killing two corpses.
Combined with the Vajra Cutter, the Ground-Lit Fireworks Flag, the Purple Gold Gourd, the Jade Vase, the Immortal Binding Rope and other magic weapons left to him by the Supreme Sage, Taishang Laojun's strength may not be worse than Taiyi Tianzun.
Yang Jian said: "Go and heal Nezha first, I will protect you."
In order to avoid attracting attention, Li Anran deliberately used a formation to cover up Nezha's cell. When Taishang Laojun came just now, he was unable to see Nezha's true situation with his own eyes.
Their conversation was not heard by the fake Tongtian.
Li Anran walked into the cell, sat cross-legged in front of Nezha, took out the Precious Lotus Lantern, suspended it between the two of them, and began to help Nezha integrate the Precious Lotus Lantern.
Yang Jian stood guard at the door and didn't let anyone approach.
They were not worried that Taiyi Tianzun would help Taishang Laojun to ask for the fake Tongtian.
Firstly, Taiyi Tianzun already had doubts about Tathagata's proposal that the gods and Buddhas of the three realms should join forces to resolve the disaster. Although he was willing to cooperate with Taishang Laojun, he did not take it very seriously.
And Yang Jian's reason for detaining the fake Tongtian was extremely sufficient and legitimate.
Although the powerful ones in the three realms have actually long treated the laws and regulations of heaven as toilet paper, they will not do anything that violates the laws and regulations of heaven in public.
After all, the Heavenly Laws and Regulations were approved by Daoist Ancestor Hongjun and the six saints.
Even if they really want to violate the rules, they will find a good excuse to cover it up.
The matter of the fake Tongtian and the artificially caused disaster to train the Eight Immortals are obviously not worth mentioning and cannot serve as a fig leaf.
Secondly, Taiyi Tianzun may already know Nezha’s current situation!
Taiyi Tianzun knew the strength of Li Anran and Yang Jian, and also knew the strength of the fake Tongtian.
To save Nezha, there is no need for Li Anran and Yang Jian to join forces.
Especially Yang Jian.
Although Taiyi Tianzun was the god of justice in heaven and was very busy with his duties, he still specially sent Jiuling Yuansheng to tell Yang Jian about this matter and gave Li Anran the Sanguan Divine Water.
If nothing unexpected happens, Taiyi Tianzun should know that Nezha is in bad condition and has prepared for the worst.
Let Yang Jian come, just to let Yang Jian provide the support, and the Yang Bao Lian Lantern in the hands of the Three Holy Mothers is this support!
"I don't know how Master plans to compensate my second brother. The two Precious Lotus Lanterns are really a huge sacrifice..."
Li Anran did not waste too much thought on this matter. He quickly calmed his mind and silently recited the magic formula.
Buzz!
The Precious Lotus Lantern shone brightly, flew towards Nezha little by little, and merged into Nezha's body.
The whole process went very smoothly.
The two precious lotus lanterns were originally transformed from twin lotus flowers, and they share the same roots and origins. If they had not been plucked by Nuwa and Yao Ji, they would never have been separated.
When Li Anran was urging the Precious Lotus Lantern to merge with Nezha, he could even sense a sense of joy coming from the Precious Lotus Lantern.
It would be strange if any accidents could happen!
Buzz!
The moment the Precious Lotus Lantern merged into Nezha's body, Nezha's body shone brightly, and his originally weak vitality instantly became extremely strong, and a vast and holy aura spread.
Nezha suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and looked around blankly.
His eyes swept over Li Anran and fell on Yang Jian who was guarding the door.
Suddenly, a familiar feeling arose in my heart.
It seemed to be the same when he came back to life!
Ten thousand years have passed, and that figure is still standing in front of him, without any change.
