Chapter 271: Mengjie

Golden Palace in the Clouds, Lingxiao Palace.
All the civil and military officials followed the procedures and waited for the Jade Emperor to arrive.
After a moment, a burst of immortal music sounded, and two teams of immortal officials led the way, chanting countless divine chapters and scattering the true fragrance of precious flowers.
Under a nine-light canopy, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother walked in side by side.
The Queen Mother proposed the idea of ​​"combining hardness and softness, and harmony of yin and yang", and summoned female fairies such as Chang'e to attend the court meeting. The fairies were not surprised that she would come in person.
However, what the immortals did not expect was that this time the Queen Mother did not sit below the Jade Emperor as she did in the past.
Instead, under the guidance of the Jade Emperor, he walked to the dragon throne in the center of the hall.
At first, the immortals looked confused and didn't understand what was going on.
Next second.
Their eyes widened.
The Jade Emperor said to the Queen Mother: "There is no distinction between yin and yang, only harmony can bring perfection. Your Majesty, please take a seat with me today."
The Queen Mother did not refuse. She just bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then she sat on the dragon throne with the Jade Emperor.
The Lingxiao Palace suddenly became quiet.
The civil and military officials were stunned and could not recover for a long time. They were so shocked that they even forgot to bow and kowtow.
Yang Jian was also surprised.
He knew that the Jade Emperor would definitely do something to help the Queen Mother establish her prestige as quickly as possible and become an important force in Heaven.
However, no one expected that the Jade Emperor would use such a simple and direct method to express his attitude and determination, and quickly enhance the Queen Mother's weight in the hearts of the immortals.
The combination of hardness and softness, the harmony of yin and yang, are not just empty words!
The Queen Mother is the leader of the female fairies in the three realms, on par with him!
What happened next confirmed Yang Jian’s previous speculation.
The Jade Emperor first stated that the Queen Mother's decree was issued under his instructions, and then asked Taishang Laojun for his opinion on the matter.
Taishang Laojun had already prepared a long speech, which was very complicated, but in the end it came down to four words -
Your Majesty is wise!
The Jade Emperor immediately responded with words like "What the Supreme Taoist Ancestor said is very true", "What the Supreme Taoist Ancestor said makes sense", "The Supreme Taoist Ancestor has a far-sighted vision", and begged the Supreme Taoist Lord to stay and attend the court meeting and give more valuable suggestions on the affairs of the Three Realms.
Taishang Laojun was naturally "dedicated to practicing Taoism and unwilling to waste time on these trivial matters."
However, he could not resist the Jade Emperor's earnest and repeated requests.
Finally, he "reluctantly" expressed that for the welfare of all beings in the three realms, he was willing to sacrifice his time for cultivation and attend the court meeting.
With the support of Taishang Laojun, the immortals naturally had no objection to the Queen Mother and the female immortals going to court.
They also praise Taishang Laojun for his compassion and concern for the people, which sounds a bit like "If the Supreme Taoist Patriarch does not come out, what will happen to the people of the three realms?"
Yang Jian looked at the farce in front of him coldly, silently observing these civil and military officials in heaven.
He discovered that these civil and military officials were not really stupid, on the contrary they were very smart!
It can be seen that he is not the only one who is playing a double act with the Jade Emperor and Taishang Laojun!
There are many people who see that Taishang Laojun is hypocritical and greedy for power!
However, they are used to protecting themselves and catering to their superiors, so they just pretend to be stupid and applaud, acting as the audience!
This is also the norm for court meetings in heaven and for the civil and military officials.
On trivial matters, they are at loggerheads and express their own opinions.
In big matters, be cautious and prudent and protect yourself.
Yang Jian felt very sad, but he could understand them.
Take the current matter for example. Let alone these civil and military officials, even if he, the god of justice, has a different opinion, what can he do?
The Jade Emperor has the great cause of ruling the three realms, and he asks Taishang Laojun to stand up for him just to make it more legitimate and reasonable.
Even if Taishang Laojun was not there, if the Jade Emperor insisted on doing so, others would have no choice but to accept it and would not dare to complain in private.
He has the ability to protect himself, and at worst he can just go back to Guanjiangkou.
If these gods offended the Jade Emperor, at the very least they would be stripped of their immortal status and sent to the mortal world, or at worst they would have to go to the Immortal Execution Platform.
They will naturally keep their mouths shut and protect themselves.
This also applies to other things!
At that time, the Golden-winged Roc swallowed up a million people of Chechi Kingdom in one gulp. Its sins were heinous. Yang Jian was not the only one who wanted to severely punish the Golden-winged Roc, but in the end he was suppressed by the Jade Emperor!
Yang Jian even lost his position as the God of Justice because of this.
"Brother Li Anran is right. As long as the Jade Emperor is still the Emperor of Heaven, it will be meaningless for me to perfect the Heavenly Laws!"
"The Jade Emperor will never put himself under the heavenly rules and abide by them. If he does so, the other gods will naturally do the same."
Yang Jian was thinking about the heinous crime in his heart, but his face remained indifferent and calm.
When the Jade Emperor asked him about the Queen Mother and the female fairies going to court, he also expressed his approval.
There is nothing wrong with the female immortals attending the court meeting, except that the Jade Emperor's motives are a bit impure!
Yang Jian naturally would not object.
With his nod, the matter was finally settled.
The court meeting returned to normal.
Yang Jian raised matters that required the Jade Emperor's approval and decision one by one.
The Jade Emperor consulted the relevant civil and military gods and finally made a decision.
The Queen Mother, Taishang Laojun and a group of female fairies just listened there quietly, and only expressed their opinions when the Jade Emperor asked them.
But Yang Jian knew that all this was just an appearance!
The Queen Mother and Taishang Laojun want to fight for power, so they will not remain silent forever.
Sure enough, when attending the third court meeting, the Queen Mother pointed out that many monsters had spawned in the Three Realms because of Kunpeng’s death, causing great damage to the order of the Three Realms.
The Heavenly Court should not passively wait for these monsters to violate the Heavenly Rules and then send troops to suppress them.
Instead, we should take precautions before they happen, suppress them as soon as possible, and restore stability to the Three Realms.
Yang Jian strongly disagreed with the theory that "monsters are born guilty". Even though he knew that the Jade Emperor would definitely approve the first memorial that the Queen Mother brought out in order to enhance her prestige, he still argued with her in court.
And in the end, he really failed to prevent the passage of this resolution!
It’s not only because of the support of the Jade Emperor, but also because in the eyes of the gods, who are mainly human beings, monsters are born guilty.
The Queen Mother made this matter her first statement at the court meeting because she knew she could gain the support of the majority.
Yang Jian's opposition was beyond her expectations.
However, because of Yang Jian's stepping stone, her first voice was even more successful, which greatly increased her prestige in the eyes of the immortals.
Taishang Laojun was more patient than the Queen Mother and waited until two months later before submitting the first memorial to the Jade Emperor.
He did not follow the example of the Queen Mother and attack the monsters, but instead used his best field of alchemy to attack, and directly targeted the salaries that the Heavenly Court gave to the immortals in the three realms.
The emperor is flowing!
Taishang Laojun stated in his memorial that it would be not only too inefficient for the immortals to directly absorb and refine the Emperor's Liquid, but it would also waste about 30% of the effectiveness of the Emperor's Liquid.
He found a way to make elixirs out of the Emperor's Liquid in large quantities.
The efficiency of taking the elixir is more than doubled compared to directly refining the Emperor's Slurry, and the amount of spiritual energy wasted does not exceed 10%.
I implore the Jade Emperor to allow the Tushita Palace to first refine the Emperor's Liquid into elixir, and then distribute the elixir to the immortals as salary.
Improving one's cultivation has always been what practitioners care about most, and immortals are no exception!
This move by Taishang Laojun can be said to be a direct favor to all the gods in heaven.
Even the Jade Emperor had no way to refuse.
This made Taishang Laojun's already extremely high prestige soar even more, and a large number of gods quickly gathered around him, and his momentum even overwhelmed Yang Jian.
Things are about to change in heaven!
All the gods are aware of this.
The days when the God of Justice holds all the power in Heaven are probably over!
They were also curious about how Yang Jian would fight back.
but……
Nothing at all!
Yang Jian still did what he had to do as before, following the rules of heaven, as if he didn't notice the undercurrents and changes in the situation.
This disappointed many gods, but it also made some gods admire Yang Jian more.
Chang'e is one of them.
Although the Queen Mother ordered all the female fairies to participate in the court meeting, this compulsory order brought about silent resistance.
Although the female fairies attended the court meeting, they never said a word and showed great reluctance.
It was fine once, but after a few times, the Jade Emperor couldn't stand it . In addition, the Queen Mother had already established a firm foothold and prestige in the court, so he exempted these female fairies from the court meetings.
In the end, only a few female fairies such as Chang'e continued to attend the court meeting.
In the eyes of powerful people like Taishang Laojun, Chang'e represents Xihe, and is the recognition and even submission of the ancient demon court to the present heavenly court.
However, Chang'e herself did not know much about the many forces in the Heavenly Palace, and Xihe had never told her these dark inside stories.
She just saw that Yang Jian's reports were always well-organized and logical, and he strictly followed the rules of heaven while remaining kind, so she admired Yang Jian very much.
This is also the biggest difference between Yang Jian and the original time and space!
In the original time and space, Yang Jian deliberately enforced the Heavenly Laws strictly, provoked the immortals' dissatisfaction with the Heavenly Laws, and then step by step led the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother of Heaven into a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness, using the will of all beings in the Three Realms to force them to accept the new Heavenly Laws.
Finally, he would sacrifice himself to end all karmic grudges and allow the new heavenly law to be implemented smoothly.
The incident of the Three Holy Mothers can only be regarded as a sudden accident.
Yang Jian also put himself in a passive position because he couldn't bear to attack the Three Holy Mothers.
In later generations, people often think from a mortal's perspective that Yang Jian was very cruel as he suppressed San Sheng Mun under Mount Hua for eighteen years, separating San Sheng Mun from her husband and her son.
But in fact, for the gods, eighteen years is not even enough time to go into seclusion once!
There is no need to say much about Yang Jian's nephew Chenxiang, who can only be described as doting.
At first, he didn't want Chenxiang to be involved in the disputes among the three realms and just wanted him to live a life of wealth and honor. Later, he went against his own principles and learned from the monkey to modify the Book of Life and Death, violating the Heavenly Rules and adding some life to Chenxiang.
When Chenxiang insisted on going to see San Sheng Mu to save her, Yang Jian tried his best to pave the way for Chenxiang. He forced Chenxiang, a man with no perseverance, patience and carelessness, to develop great magical powers and made Chenxiang the savior of the Three Realms.
But now, Chang'er Dingguangxian is dead, the Six Soul Banner falls into Li Anran's hands, the evil fate between San Shengmu and Liu Yanchang has been severed, and Chenxiang should not appear.
Under the influence of Li Anran, Yang Jian also made up his mind to change the world. Naturally, there was no need to deliberately and strictly enforce the laws of heaven and bring hatred upon himself.
Instead, within the scope permitted by the Heavenly Laws and Regulations, they tried their best to reduce some punishments that should not have been imposed, or even eliminate them altogether.
This made many gods feel that Yang Jian was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. In addition to being in awe of Yang Jian, they also felt a bit more grateful to him.
Li Anran also heard about these things in the Heavenly Prison, but he didn't take it to heart.
They have already made up their minds to overturn the table, so naturally they won't care about the trivial things on it!
Now, he is just waiting for news from Wutan, and then he will start to operate behind the scenes and make the fake become true!
In the sequel to Journey to the West, the fake Three Realms overturning the world and changing masters becomes the real Three Realms overturning the world and changing masters!
As for what happens if you fail...
Li Anran was not worried.
With him, Yang Jian and Nezha working together, no one can kill them even if they are defeated!
The worst that could happen is they would just change their appearance and hide away!
With their transformation skills, few people can see through them except Taiyi Tianzun, Tathagata and a few others!
On this day, Li Anran was listening to Zixiao Palace's sermon in the quiet room as usual, when Nezha suddenly came to him and said, "Li Anran, I need your help with something urgent."
"What's the matter?" Li Anran was a little surprised.
Nezha has always been a strong-willed person and likes to handle things on his own. Unexpectedly, he would take the initiative to ask her for help today.
Nezha said: "I want you to accompany me to the Mengjie."
"Mengjie?" Li Anran was stunned.
He had heard of the name Mengjie in the sequel to Journey to the West. It was said that it was built by Tathagata as a place for the souls of those who had been wronged to go to.
In the Mengjie, there is a Thousand Buddha Pagoda for these wronged souls to hide during the day. It is also the place where three of the seventeen relics in the sequel to Journey to the West are located.
In the sequel to Journey to the West, the monkey changed into the appearance of a white elephant and tricked the man in black robe into taking him into the Mongolian world to look for the sarira. However, after he succeeded, he turned against him.
Because magic power could not be used in the Meng Realm, the man in black robe ate all the wronged people he killed.
Nezha thought that Li Anran didn't know about Mengjie, so he explained: "Mengjie is a small world built by Tathagata using the Qiankuntu, which is somewhat similar to the City of the Dead..."
Nezha’s introduction to the origin of the Mongolian world is similar to that in the sequel to Journey to the West.
However, the reason why Tathagata established the Meng Realm is completely different!
The sequel to Journey to the West tells the story of Tathagata, out of compassion, who opened up the world of Meng to receive the souls of those who have been wronged.
But in Nezha's mouth it is:
"Many of the souls who died unjustly in the Meng Realm are related to Lingshan and Buddhism. In order to maintain the so-called good reputation of Buddhism, Tathagata did not allow them to report to the underworld, and took them all into the Meng Realm. When their resentment has almost dissipated and they are ready to be reincarnated, they will be sent directly to reincarnation."
He also talked about the reason why he wanted to go to Mengjie:
"When I followed Third Brother Yao to subdue demons in the Three Realms, I accidentally learned something. Seventeen years ago, when Li Jing went to the mortal world to subdue demons, he discovered that the monster he wanted to capture was actually a Vajra transformed from Lingshan."
"In order to cover up the crime committed by King Kong, Li Jing killed thousands of mortals who knew about it. The souls of those mortals who died unjustly are now in the Meng Realm. I will find them and expose Li Jing's true face in public."
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