Chapter 280: The End of the Road
In the case of Li Jing, there is both witnesses and evidence, and there is nothing much to say.
After Nezha told Yang Jian about this, Yang Jian immediately went with him to the Qinzheng Hall to report to the Jade Emperor.
On the way, of course, he couldn't help nagging Nezha that he shouldn't be so impulsive and should have told him in advance.
In his heart, the Jade Emperor didn't actually care about the lives and deaths of a few thousand mortals, but this matter was exposed, and with Yang Jian and Nezha coming together to kill their own relatives for the greater good, he naturally had to behave appropriately.
The Jade Emperor flew into a rage on the spot, and ordered the Four Heavenly Masters to convey orders to all civil and military officials to come to the Lingxiao Palace immediately, and asked Taibai Jinxing to go to the Yunlou Palace in person to bring Li Jing here.
Soon, all the civil and military officials arrived at the Lingxiao Palace and listened to Yang Jian's story about Li Jing killing people to silence them and shielding King Kong. Some couldn't believe it, some were filled with righteous indignation, and some defended Li Jing. The reactions were all different.
But when they heard that it was Nezha who exposed Li Jing, their expressions became strange.
Some of the less sophisticated ones showed contempt and disgust on their faces.
Most of the gods in the three realms knew about Nezha's rampage in the East China Sea and his act of "cutting bones to return to his father and cutting flesh to return to his mother".
However, over the years, Nezha and Li Jing have maintained a superficial harmony between father and son.
They just thought that Nezha and Li Jing had reconciled, but they didn't expect that Nezha still held a grudge and was just waiting to find something to hold against Li Jing so that he could kill him.
Nezha is truly a cruel and unfilial person, he can be so vicious and cruel even to his own father!
These gods didn't say anything, but the meaning expressed in their expressions was self-evident.
Nezha didn't care about it at all. He couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He kept looking towards the entrance of Lingxiao Palace, just waiting for Taibai Jinxing to lead the heavenly soldiers and generals to bring Li Jing in.
He has been waiting for this day for more than ten thousand years!
Not long after, Taibai Jinxing walked in quickly, but there were no heavenly soldiers or generals behind him, nor was there Li Jing who was tied up .
The Jade Emperor asked, "Where is Li Jing?"
Taibai Jinxing said, "Your Majesty, Li Jing heard the news from somewhere and escaped to the mortal world from the South Heaven Gate half an hour ago. When I arrived at the Yunlou Palace, it was already empty."
The Lingxiao Palace suddenly became quiet, and then instantly became boiling.
"King Li actually did such a thing! I thought it was a misunderstanding!"
"How could it be a misunderstanding? This was exposed by his own son! How dare you say that without any evidence?"
"Li Jing's master is the ancient Buddha Dipankara. It's not surprising that he would protect the Vajra of Theravada Buddhism!"
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Li Jing's escape was tantamount to confirming his crime of abusing his power and breaking the law to kill people to silence them.
When Nezha heard that Li Jing had escaped, he was startled at first, then he opened his eyes wide and said through gritted teeth: "I know! It must be..."
As he was speaking, Nezha suddenly noticed the gaze at the side. He turned around and saw Yang Jian frowning slightly, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
Nezha's voice froze for a moment, and he forced himself to change his words: "...He fled for fear of the crime! Your Majesty, I request your permission to arrest Li Jing and bring him to justice!"
The immortals looked at each other, and only then did they truly feel Nezha's hatred for Li Jing.
It is not enough to kill one's own relatives for the sake of justice, he must also capture Li Jing personally!
"His Majesty."
Yang Jian stepped forward and said, "After all, the Great God of the Three Altars and the Sea Assembly and Li Jing are father and son. If he were to capture Li Jing, it would be bad if the news got out. It is better to let the little god go."
"Second brother!" Nezha was a little dissatisfied.
Yang Jian shook his head slightly at Nezha, turned his right hand, palm facing up, and made a supporting gesture.
Nezha understood immediately.
Li Jing's Ruyi Linglong Pagoda is his natural nemesis, and Yang Jian is afraid that he will suffer at the hands of Li Jing.
However, Nezha was still somewhat reluctant. He still wanted to go by himself. He didn't want to see Li Jing's desperate expression with his own eyes and personally send Li Jing to an irretrievable place. After all, he would not feel satisfied.
"Even if he has the Linglong Pagoda, I am not afraid of him!" Nezha muttered.
"Your Majesty, I have a different opinion from the God of Justice."
At this time, the Queen Mother spoke up and said, "The Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly sacrificed his own family for the sake of justice. He should be a role model for the three realms and should be widely publicized for all immortals to learn from and emulate. Letting him arrest Li Jing and bring him to justice can better demonstrate the Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly's selflessness. What's wrong with that?"
There is only so much power in the Three Realms. Your voice is loud in Heaven, so mine will naturally be smaller.
The Queen Mother wanted to gain more power and increase her say in the Heavenly Court, so naturally she had to snatch it from Yang Jian, the god of justice who previously held all the power. She had been in frequent confrontation with Yang Jian during this period.
At this time, seeing that Nezha was determined to come down to earth to capture Li Jing and showed dissatisfaction with Yang Jian, the Queen Mother naturally had to intervene, sow discord between Yang Jian and Nezha, and do Nezha a favor.
However, as soon as she opened her mouth, Nezha, who had just looked unhappy and unwilling, immediately changed his tone and said, "I think what the Second...God of Justice said makes sense! I reported Li Jing to maintain the fairness and strictness of the Heavenly Laws and Regulations, and now I should avoid suspicion! Besides, Li Jing has the Linglong Pagoda in his hand, and I may not be his opponent. If he escapes, I won't be able to explain myself even if I can!"
Queen Mother: “???” That’s not what you just said!
Nezha glanced at the Queen Mother sideways, with the corners of his mouth slightly downturned, "Hmph, how could I help you deal with your second brother!"
The Queen Mother's eyes twitched, and she almost couldn't catch her breath. She wanted to say something else, but the Jade Emperor had already spoken: "What Nezha said makes some sense. Let's follow the words of the God of Justice."
Afterwards, the Jade Emperor issued an edict.
"Li Jing, the Great Demon-Subduing Marshal and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, should have been exorcising demons and upholding justice, maintaining the order of the Three Realms and the majesty of the Heavenly Court. However, he was partial to his own interests and perverted the law, killing innocent people indiscriminately. He should be stripped of his immortal status, sent into the reincarnation cycle, and never employed again. Order the Heavenly God of Justice Yang Jian to lead his troops to the mortal world immediately and bring him to justice."
Yang Jian accepted the order and left.
The Jade Emperor also ended the court meeting.
The civil and military immortals left the Lingxiao Palace in groups of three or five. They looked at Nezha as if he were a flood or a ferocious beast and stayed away from him.
Nezha didn't care about all this and hurriedly chased after Yang Jian.
On the other side, Li Jing looked panicked and flew hurriedly to Yuanjue Cave on Lingjiu Mountain.
Half an hour ago, he heard from Zhijian that Nezha knew that he had sheltered King Kong and killed people to silence them, and that he had also found solid witnesses and evidence. He was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.
After he recovered, Li Jing took the Golden Linglong Pagoda without saying a word, temporarily put his wife and daughter inside it, went out of the South Heaven Gate, and went to Yuanjue Cave to ask his master, the ancient Buddha Randang, for help.
Li Jing was extremely grateful that he had deliberately made friends with Zhi Jian and others during this period because he was worried that Nezha would come to attack him. He cried and said many things like there is no overnight hatred between father and son and how much he regretted his decision.
His idea was that if Nezha wanted to kill him one day, Zhijian and the others would be able to speak well of him.
Unexpectedly, before Zhijian and others could plead for him, they heard such news from Zhijian!
"That idiot Zhijian said that Yang Jian values brotherhood the most and asked me to go to the Temple of Justice to ask Nezha to forgive me and ask Yang Jian to let me go. He is totally out of his mind!"
Li Jing couldn't help but sneer when he thought of what Zhi Jian said to him in Yunlou Palace.
The fairness and severity with which Yang Jian enforces the laws and regulations of heaven.
He knows it best.
Even the Green Ox Boy of the Supreme Taoist Patriarch and the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of the Western Heaven were not spared, so how could he be an exception?
Not to mention, Nezha wanted to eat him alive and there was no way he could forgive him!
Li Jing knew very well how powerful Nezha and Yang Jian were, and he was sure that he would escape to Yuanjue Cave. He rushed all the way and did not dare to stop for a moment.
Soon, he arrived above Vulture Peak and descended from the clouds.
Outside the entrance of Yuanjue Cave, there was already a novice monk standing there. Upon seeing Li Jing coming, he quickly walked over to greet him.
Li Jing urged, "Junior brother, I have something urgent to discuss with Master. Please go and tell him for me."
The novice monk said, "Brother, Master already knows why you are here and asked me to wait for you here."
Li Jing was overjoyed and said, "Great! What did Master say?"
The monk had a complicated expression, and was somewhat afraid to look at Li Jing. He lowered his head and whispered, "Master said that you, as the Great Marshal of the Heavenly Court, broke the law knowingly and violated the Heavenly Law. As an outsider, he is not good and has no way to protect you, so he asked you to return to the Heavenly Court immediately to plead guilty to the Jade Emperor and seek leniency."
Li Jing's expression froze, full of disbelief.
After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly came to his senses and shook his head desperately: "Impossible! This is impossible! Master can't say that! You must have heard it wrong!"
The monk looked reluctant and said, "Brother, please don't be like this. I won't hear you wrongly. You should return to heaven early. The Jade Emperor will definitely forgive you for all the contributions you have made over the years."
"forgive?!"
Li Jing listened to the serious and sincere expression on the monk's face and realized that anything he said to him would be like talking to a cow.
This little monk has been following Randang ever since he gained intelligence and has never left. He has no idea about what’s happening in the outside world!
If there was a belief in offsetting merits and demerits in heaven, there wouldn't be so many gods being stripped of their immortal status or sent down to the mortal world!
Didn't Marshal Zhu Ganglie have great achievements? Didn't he have a great position?
But what in the end?
Wasn't it just that he was sent down to the mortal world and became a pig?
If he didn't have a good master, Emperor Donghua, who gave him a chance to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and convert to Buddhism, he would still be a pig demon now!
Li Jing has been in heaven for a long time and can see everything very clearly!
It doesn’t matter whether you violate the laws of heaven or not, it doesn’t matter whether you do evil or good, the key is who is standing behind you!
His junior fellow apprentice brother Yuyixian ate millions of people from the entire Lion Country in one breath, and in the end, nothing happened to him!
But people like the White Bone Demon and the King of Nanshan, who had no background or backing, would rob and eat a few passers-by and would be beaten to death!
He was able to become the Great Demon-Subduing Marshal smoothly, and no matter how many times he was defeated, his immortal rank would rise instead of fall!
That’s because Lingshan stands behind him, and he represents Buddhism in heaven!
But, if Buddhism didn't stand behind him...
Li Jing shuddered, not caring about anything else, and rushed in: "Junior brother, please let me in, I want to see Master in person!"
The novice monk was so frightened that he shook his head and said, "Brother, Master told you to go back, please don't make things difficult for me!"
This novice monk had not practiced for as long as Li Jing. He was a disciple enlightened by Randeng after he converted to Buddhism.
However, since he was enlightened, he has been practicing with Ran Deng.
Although Li Jing lived a long life, during the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, especially after he became the Great Marshal of Subduing Demons, he spent most of his time fighting for power, making friends and entertaining people. He had not meditated and practiced for a long time.
He rushed forward several times, but was stopped by the novice monk each time, becoming more and more anxious.
At this moment, Li Jing suddenly heard a whistling sound in the distance. Looking up, he saw a auspicious cloud floating in the sky, and standing on the cloud were Yang Jian and Nezha.
Li Jing was completely panicked and shouted at the top of his voice: "Master! Master! You can't do this to me! I killed those mortals to protect the reputation of our Buddhist sect. You can't just ignore me! You can't..."
Swish!
A ray of Buddha's light flew out from Lingjiu Cave and landed on Li Jing.
Li Jing's voice suddenly stopped, and his mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.
The sound of lighting a lamp was then heard, but the content of the words made Li Jing's heart sink to the bottom.
"You, evil creature, have violated the heavenly law, but instead of repenting, you are putting the blame on the Buddhist sect. When did this old monk teach you to kill innocent people?"
"The Tathagata Buddha has issued a decree before, saying that although our Buddhist disciples are outsiders, they are in the Three Realms and must abide by the laws of heaven. Those who violate the laws will be severely punished."
"Li Jing, you do not respect the law and have damaged the reputation of our Buddhist sect. From today on, you, this old monk, and our Buddhist sect will no longer have any relationship."
After saying that, another golden light flashed, directly throwing Li Jing out of the Yuanjue Cave in Lingjiu Mountain and also releasing the restrictions on Li Jing.
Li Jing looked ashen and extremely desperate. He looked towards the direction of Lingjiu Mountain and wanted to say something, but he finally held back.
As a disciple of Ran Deng, he understood Ran Deng's ruthless methods best. If he said anything else at this moment, Ran Deng would clean up the mess himself without Yang Jian and Nezha taking any action.
Li Jing could only turn around and look at Yang Jian and Nezha who were getting closer and closer. He gritted his teeth and was about to take out the Linglong Pagoda from his arms and try his best, but in the end he came up empty-handed.
"Where is my Linglong Tower?"
Li Jing's face suddenly changed, and he turned around and looked in the direction of Yuanjue Cave, but he soon thought of something, made some hand gestures, and used the earth escape technique to escape.
However, after chanting the spell for a long time, there was no movement at all.
When he looked down, he found a layer of faint metallic white light on the ground. It was the method of turning the ground into steel with his fingers!
During this delay, Yang Jian and Nezha had already arrived in front of him!
"Li Jing, no one can save you this time, right?" Nezha's face was full of joy.
When he first became a lotus, the first thing he did was to go to Chentang Pass to seek revenge on Li Jing. He chased Li Jing all the way and defeated Jinzha and Muzha one after another.
Just when he was about to succeed, Ran Deng intervened and gave Li Jing the Linglong Pagoda to take him in, and then tortured him with the Samadhi True Fire, forcing him to surrender.
This time, Randeng directly abandoned Li Jing!
Li Jing gnashed his teeth and said, "Little bastard, the thing I, Li Jing, regret most in my life is that I didn't kill you, the evildoer who brought bad luck to your parents, on the day you were born!"
Nezha sneered: "When I was born, you already slashed me with your sword, but you didn't kill me!"
Father and son.
Standing opposite each other.
One held a sword, the other a gun.
There was murderous intent in his eyes, wishing to tear the other person into pieces.
