Chapter 270 Chang'e
Yang Jian had made a decision in his mind, but he was not in a hurry to do anything.
Just as Li Anran said, although the Heavenly Dao is now in decline, the merits and fortune of the past are no longer of much use, and major forces such as Heaven, Lingshan, and Xuanmen will no longer be blessed by the Heavenly Dao.
However, their strength has not been affected in any way!
Moreover, because of the inertia of so many years and the impending catastrophe, the three of them will instead hold together tightly and together maintain the current structure of the Three Realms.
After all, the three of them are still too weak. If they want to change the world, they need to wait patiently for the opportunity.
Yang Jian took a deep breath, tried to calm his mind, and began to review the files on the desk.
You should seriously consider future matters and do your best to complete them, but you should not neglect present matters!
Time always passes quickly when you devote your whole heart to it.
Two days passed before Yang Jian stopped writing and looked up from his desk again.
And the reason he stopped was not because he had finished grading the files.
There are so many affairs in the Three Realms, and each and every one of them has to go through his hands. It is basically impossible to handle all of them.
However, the Heavenly Court holds a court meeting every five days, and as the god of justice, he must attend.
Yang Jian put several important files that he had selected to report to the Jade Emperor into his sleeves, got up and left the quiet room, only to find that Nezha was missing.
Although Nezha is a great god of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly, he does not have his own residence in heaven.
In the past, they were forced to live in Li Jing's Yunlou Palace to show the father's kindness and the son's filial piety, loyalty, righteousness and love.
But ever since Nezha’s cultivation broke through to the level of Daluo Jinxian, no one dared to force him anymore.
This time when Nezha returned to heaven, he moved directly into Yang Jian’s Temple of the God of Justice.
Usually when Yang Jian was reviewing the files, he would be meditating in the side hall, but this time he was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is the third prince?" Yang Jian asked the Grass-Headed God.
The Grass Head God said, "Two days ago, the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas received a message from General Zhang and went down to the mortal world to subdue the monster. Before he left, he left a message, telling you, Second Master, not to worry about him. He will come back after he catches the monster."
The General Zhang mentioned by the Grass-Headed God is Zhang Laoer among the Meishan brothers.
After Yang Jian was banished from heaven for disobeying the Jade Emperor over the golden-winged Roc, he asked the Meishan brothers about their ideas and ambitions at Guanjiangkou and arranged a destination for each of them.
Boss Guo was nostalgic for the old times and preferred quietness to movement, so he stayed in Guanjiangkou.
Li Laosi, Guo Laowu, and Zhi Laoliu were relatively powerful, so Yang Jian asked them to return to heaven and become heavenly generals, but they were no longer under the command of the Temple of the God of Justice.
Zhang Laoer has a free and easy temperament and doesn't like to be constrained by others. Yao Laosan is more concerned with food and drink and has no interest in power.
The two of them went traveling together.
Over the years, I would occasionally return to Guanjiangkou to meet up with them, but most of the time they were nowhere to be found.
Yang Jian would only hear about their deeds of slaying demons and punishing evil and promoting good from other people's mouths from time to time.
The last time they met was a month ago.
At the banquet, Nezha was very interested in the experiences of Zhang Laoer and Yao Laosan, and said that if they encountered any monsters again, they must call him to join them.
I didn't expect to meet you again so soon.
Yang Jian knew where Nezha had gone, so he stopped asking questions.
Ever since the Jade Emperor and Li Jing had the Bull Demon King and his son, a pair of perfect replacements for Nezha in fighting demons, the importance of Nezha, a troublemaker who often disobeyed orders and tried to take advantage of others' situation, has declined dramatically.
Nezha is now a free man. He can go to court if he wants to, and no one will care if he doesn't want to.
Yang Jian walked out of the palace and flew to the Lingxiao Palace on a auspicious cloud.
From afar, one could see immortals like him, stepping on auspicious clouds and approaching the Lingxiao Palace from all directions.
"Huh?" Yang Jian was suddenly startled, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
But I saw from the northwest, a fairy wearing a palace satin snow silk skirt, with a beautiful and dignified face, delicate and three-dimensional facial features, eyebrows like crescent moons, eyes like stars, and rosy and plump lips flying towards this side.
"Why is Fairy Chang'e here?"
Yang Jian hesitated for a moment, deliberately slowed down his speed, and on the way to Lingxiao Palace, he had an "accidental encounter" with Chang'e.
"Fairy Chang'e."
"God of Justice."
The two men greeted each other with a polite yet distant manner.
Yang Jian asked, "Fairy Chang'e, are you here to report something to the Jade Emperor?"
This was within his duties as the God of Justice and was not considered abrupt.
Yang Jian thought so in his heart.
Chang'e said, "It was the Queen Mother who summoned me here."
Yang Jian was even more puzzled: "This is the direction to Lingxiao Palace, Yaochi is to the east."
"I am going to Lingxiao Palace."
Chang'e saw Yang Jian's stunned expression and was even more surprised than he was. She asked, "Your Majesty just told me that a single yang cannot produce life, and a single yin cannot last long. Only when hardness and softness are combined, and yin and yang are harmonious, can the Three Realms be stable and peaceful. She ordered me to come to the court and participate in the affairs of the Three Realms. God of Justice, don't you know about this?"
Yang Jian was shocked. This was the first time he heard of this!
What is the Jade Emperor going to do?
Why was this decision made suddenly?
Although the Queen Mother is of noble status and is the leader of the female fairies in the Three Realms, she is only of noble status and does not have the right to make such a decision.
The Jade Emperor must be behind this!
But why did the Jade Emperor do this?
And you have to hide it from him?
No, that's not right!
What the fairy Chang'e said was "The Queen has just given me an order!"
This decree was obviously just issued!
He didn't just hide it from me, he hid it from all the gods!
Yang Jian quickly calmed down and looked towards the horizon, where he saw many fairies.
Obviously, Chang'e was not a special case, but just one of the female fairies summoned by the emperor!
There are many female fairies in the Three Realms, but only a few are qualified and willing to attend court meetings and discuss the affairs of the Three Realms!
The Queen Mother is no exception!
She now suddenly raised the banner of "combining hardness and softness, and harmony of yin and yang". Obviously, it was impossible for her to just summon these female fairies to participate in the court meeting, she herself would definitely participate!
To put it bluntly, these female fairies are the supporters she brought for herself, the leader of the three realms of female fairies!
Let her have a louder voice and more say in the court!
"Is the Jade Emperor worried that he doesn't have enough control over the Heavenly Palace , so he introduced this new force to him?"
Yang Jian seemed to be thinking about something.
Today's heaven is a place where various forces are intertwined and complicated.
The largest force among them is undoubtedly the Xuanmen, which is mainly composed of the two religions of Chan and Ren.
The second group is the trusted forces cultivated or recruited by the Jade Emperor, represented by Zhenwu Emperor, Taibai Jinxing, Wang Lingguan, etc.
Then came the Buddhist forces that were introduced into the Heavenly Palace by the Jade Emperor to balance the power of Xuanmen. Their representatives were Li Jing, the Four Heavenly Kings, etc.
The Jiejiao originally stood on the side of the Jade Emperor because of the Chaos Bell incident, which greatly increased the power of the Jade Emperor and even threatened to overwhelm the Xuanmen Sect.
However, ever since the Jiejiao learned the method of refining the Chaos Bell, they have been hiding in the Lishan Mountain and have not come out, leaving only the Bull Demon King and his sons there to hold the fort.
The Jade Emperor was suddenly beaten back to his original form.
In contrast, the power of Xuanmen and Lingshan is expanding rapidly.
The Chan sect has three great war gods in heaven: Yang Jian, Li Anran and Nezha, who are very famous.
Especially Yang Jian, as the god of justice, he has been in charge of the power of inspection over the years, and he is clear about rewards and punishments, and is deeply loved by the people.
Not only did the Human Cult just gain the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave, but the Jade Emperor, with his ability to refine elixirs and treasures, had won over countless people, and his prestige in the Heavenly Court was even higher than that of Yang Jian.
Lingshan continuously sent his disciples to serve in the Heavenly Palace, and at the same time vigorously promoted Buddhism to save the people. Many gods serving in the Heavenly Palace respected Tathagata more than the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor introduced Buddhist forces into the Heavenly Palace in order to make Buddhism compete with Taoism.
As a result, now, not only did the Xuanmen and the Buddhist sects not fight each other, but they were flirting with each other, showing signs of joining forces to sideline him.
The Jade Emperor realized that his control over Heaven was weakening.
So, he let the Queen Mother, as the leader of the three realms of female fairies, bring a group of female fairies including Chang'e into the court without their knowledge, thus forming a new force belonging to the Queen Mother and also to him, to compete with the Xuanmen and Buddhist sects!
Yang Jian's mind was full of thoughts, but he didn't show any of them on his face. He said calmly, "I see. Fairy Chang'e, I have some memorials to give to Zhang Tianshi and the others first, and they will pass them on to the Jade Emperor. I will go ahead."
"Okay." Chang'e nodded quickly, watched Yang Jian's departing back, and let out a long sigh of relief.
She was not good at getting along with others, and Yang Jian had a cold face and exuded majesty and indifference, which made her very uncomfortable. She always felt like she had accidentally done something wrong and offended Yang Jian.
"It's really unpredictable! I'm afraid Yi would never have thought that Yang Jian, who hated the Heavenly Laws and Regulations of the Jade Emperor so much, would actually go to heaven to be the Jade Emperor's minister , and even the God of Justice who is in charge of the Heavenly Laws and Regulations!"
Chang'e couldn't help but recall the moment she first met Yang Jian, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
But soon, she had no time to think about these things. She looked at the gods and immortals who had gathered from all directions, frowned, and began to worry about the upcoming court meeting.
She had no interest in the court meetings and the things in the three realms that had nothing to do with her!
However, she couldn't refuse the Queen Mother's order. Sister Xihe also said that her cultivation had reached a bottleneck and it would be impossible to break through by working behind closed doors. She insisted that she go out for a walk and get in touch with more different things.
She was really not good at rejecting other people's kindness, so she had no choice but to fly over.
When Chang'e thought of this, she couldn't help but sigh: "Why do we have to break through! Isn't it good like this now?"
She didn't care whether she made a breakthrough in her cultivation or not, she just wanted to stay quietly in Guanghan Palace.
As for the catastrophe of heaven and earth that Sister Xihe mentioned.
Come if you want!
She didn't even think about resisting or struggling!
She is not bored with her current life but she doesn't like it either. It's good to end it like this!
And Chang'e was not the only one who bravely attended the court meeting.
Almost all the female fairies summoned by the Queen Mother's decree are like this!
They had no interest in the court meeting or the affairs of the three realms, but they did not dare to refuse the Queen Mother's order, so they could only come here reluctantly.
At this moment, standing in the Chongde Hall waiting for the court meeting to begin, they felt uncomfortable all over and couldn't help but feel some resentment towards the Queen Mother.
The other civil and military immortals have also noticed the female immortals who suddenly appeared in Chongzheng Hall.
Soon, they learned the Queen Mother's will from them.
"Why did Her Majesty suddenly issue such an order? Have you heard any rumors before?"
"No! This is the first time I've heard of it!"
"This is not a female... ahem, this is not appropriate!"
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For a moment, all the civil and military officials looked at each other, talked a lot, and from time to time looked at Yang Jian who was standing at the front of the team, wanting to see what the reaction of Yang Jian, the god of justice, was.
But Yang Jian just stood there quietly, without moving, as if he was asleep.
At this moment, Yang Jian suddenly turned around.
The civil and military officials were startled and quickly looked away. Then they found that Yang Jian was not looking at them, but looking outside the palace.
All the civil and military officials followed Yang Jian's gaze.
Then, a auspicious cloud was seen floating in the sky, and on the top of the cloud stood an old man with white hair and a youthful face and wearing a Taoist robe. It was none other than Taishang Laojun!
"Greetings to the Supreme Taoist Ancestor." The immortals hurried forward to greet him and pay their respects.
Yang Jian is no exception.
One of the gods couldn't help but ask, "Taishang Daozu, what big event happened in the Three Realms? Why did you come to attend the court meeting today?"
Taishang Laojun said: "I was refining elixirs in the Tushita Palace. The Great Celestial Lord ordered me to come to the Lingxiao Palace, saying that he had something to ask. I didn't dare to delay, so I hurried over."
The fairies looked at each other and hurriedly told the Queen Mother about the order for the female fairies to participate in the court meeting: "Your Majesty asked the Supreme Taoist Ancestor to come here for this matter."
"Ah?!" Taishang Laojun showed a look of surprise and astonishment on his face, as if he had never expected it.
It seems this old fox has known it for a long time!
Did the Jade Emperor invite him over to endorse him?
What a good candidate!
Yang Jian was not sure at first whether Taishang Laojun knew about this, but when he saw his obvious surprise, he immediately understood.
Although there is no statement in the heavenly rules that prohibits female fairies from participating in court meetings, this incident itself set a precedent!
Someone has to stand up and support us!
The Taishang Laojun, who has an extraordinary status and high reputation, is undoubtedly the best candidate!
"Can he not help himself and wants to take action himself?" Yang Jian thought secretly.
In the past, Taishang Laojun always maintained an aloof and amiable attitude, and rarely took the initiative to participate in the affairs of the Three Realms.
This earned Taishang Laojun great reputation.
However, if he continues like this, he will never be able to become the head of Xuanmen and hold great power!
Yang Jian speculated that Taishang Laojun wanted to take this opportunity to officially enter the court!
Of course, there must be a high-sounding and legitimate reason for this matter!
If nothing unexpected happens, this is also the condition that Taishang Laojun agreed to support the Jade Emperor!
"Taishang Daozu, what do you think about this matter?" another immortal asked.
The other gods also looked over with questioning looks on their faces.
"Old Taoist..."
Taishang Laojun stroked his beard gently, and just as he was about to speak, he heard the sound of bells and drums for the start of the court meeting. He smiled helplessly: "Fellow Taoists, let's go in first! It would be inappropriate to miss the time and keep the Great Celestial Venerable waiting for a long time!"
"Good." The immortals didn't say anything more and filed into the Lingxiao Palace one after another according to the order.
