txolops Chapter 52 Don't let the Imperial Tutor get away!
Chapter 52 Don't let the Imperial Tutor get away!
Yun Zhongzi's mind stirred, but his expression remained calm.
Others might not understand, but he knew it was a subtle jab at him.
The prince's disciples looked at each other in bewilderment. Shen Gongbao, standing at the end of the line, nodded incessantly like a chicken pecking at rice, his eyes gleaming.
On the high platform, the Primordial Celestial Venerable continued, "This great calamity is fraught with uncertainties; you must all be cautious."
As he drew to a close, his gaze fell upon the leader of the Twelve Golden Immortals.
Guang Chengzi, whose brows were already furrowed as if he had a lot on his mind, felt a pang of anxiety when his master looked at him like that, and immediately bowed and said:
"What instructions does the teacher have?"
The Primordial Celestial Venerable fell silent for a rare moment, a complex expression appearing on his majestic face.
He sighed deeply and said only, "The War of the Gods is about to begin. Your disciple should be near the Emperor of Chaoge, and then quickly go and teach him."
Guang Chengzi was stunned upon hearing this. He instinctively wanted to ask more questions, but Yuanshi Tianzun had already closed his eyes.
He had no choice but to suppress his doubts and solemnly express his gratitude.
The sermon ended.
The disciples filed out, and Yun Zhongzi was about to get up when he found that his legs were nailed to the prayer mat and he could not move at all.
Taiyi Zhenren leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "Junior brother, why aren't you leaving yet?"
Yun Zhongzi remained outwardly calm, feigning an expression of profound understanding:
"Senior brother, you go first. Junior brother has some insights that haven't been fully digested yet, I'll come back later."
Taiyi Zhenren looked up at Yuanshi Tianzun, who was now sitting on the high platform and had long since departed. The doubt on his round face immediately turned into secret joy. His teacher was going to give his junior brother some private guidance.
He patted Yun Zhongzi on the shoulder and whispered:
"Then Nezha and I will go to Qianyuan Mountain to cultivate in seclusion and await the Investiture of the Gods. Junior brother, you must come! I have plenty of fine wine there."
"Definitely, definitely."
The palace doors slammed shut behind them.
In the vast Jade Void Palace, only the sage sitting on the high platform and the golden immortals kneeling below remained.
Yuanshi Tianzun slowly opened his eyes, his gaze falling on Yun Zhongzi, without uttering a word.
That gaze was calm and indifferent, yet Yun Zhongzi felt extremely uncomfortable under it, and could only bite the bullet and ask, "Uh, does the teacher have any instructions?"
"Your chosen disciple has now joined the Jie Sect."
Yun Zhongzi sighed inwardly, "Just as I thought."
He lowered his head and said:
"During that period, my cultivation could not be improved for a long time. I happened to have some feelings, and at the same time, the Investiture of the Gods was changing. I was afraid that I would not have time to teach him, so I sent Lei Zhenzi to Senior Sister Yunxiao for temporary care."
As he spoke, he glanced up at Yuanshi Tianzun and, seeing that he was unharmed, he was relieved.
The Primordial Celestial Venerable neither agreed nor disagreed.
With a flick of his right hand, a dark-colored treasure box appeared out of thin air in his palm.
The treasure box was entirely black, neither gold nor iron, with a faint blood-red glow flowing across its surface. In the center was a blood-red jade, a truly shocking sight.
He offered it with both hands, and the treasure box floated to Yun Zhongzi's front.
"This was formed when the blood of the great god Pangu spilled onto the black iron, merging with it to create a supreme innate treasure called the Blood Transformation Treasure Box. You bestow this treasure upon Lei Zhenzi."
He paused for a moment, then said, "Take him back to Jade Void Palace."
Yun Zhongzi accepted it with both hands, suppressing the shock in his heart.
The Blood-Transforming Box appeared only once in the Investiture of the Gods. It captured Bixiao and her mount, the Flower-Feathered Bird, and they turned into blood in no time.
This treasure is extremely sinister and vicious; even an ordinary Golden Immortal would perish upon entering it.
In their struggle over whether Lei Zhenzi should join the Chan Sect or the Jie Sect, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu were willing to offer up such a primordial spiritual treasure to transfer karma.
He has cultivated for tens of thousands of years, yet he still does not possess a single innate spiritual treasure, while his disciple has obtained one first.
"On behalf of my unworthy disciple, I bow in gratitude to my teacher."
Yun Zhongzi bowed once, but did not stand up. He stretched out his hands and a somewhat embarrassed expression appeared on his face. "However... this disciple has something else to ask."
"how?"
"I have cultivated for tens of thousands of years, but I still do not possess a single innate spiritual treasure."
He knelt on the ground, his hands outstretched, "May I ask if the teacher could bestow upon me a gift?"
With a flick of his sleeve, the Primordial Celestial Venerable suddenly revealed a large banner and a Ruyi scepter in front of him.
The banner was dark yellow, with a surging chaotic aura; the Ruyi scepter was pure white, with the spiritual light of the Three Treasures flowing around it.
It was the Pangu Banner and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
The two innate treasures hung in mid-air, causing the spiritual energy of the entire Jade Void Palace to tremble.
"What do you think of these two treasures?"
Yun Zhongzi raised his head, glanced at the two supreme treasures that shook the primordial world, and looked at Yuanshi Tianzun with an embarrassed expression.
He gave a dry laugh: "This disciple dares not accept such a precious treasure, but I have heard that Master possesses another Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner..."
"roll."
The sage's tone was calm and composed.
"Respect the teacher's instructions."
Yun Zhongzi nimbly stood up, put the Blood Transformation Box into his sleeve, bowed, and left the main hall.
Outside the Jade Void Palace, the sky was high and the clouds were light.
As soon as Yun Zhongzi stepped out of the palace gate, he saw a figure standing below the steps, seemingly having been waiting for a long time.
When Shen Gongbao saw him come out, he quickly stepped forward and bowed, his shrewd face beaming with smiles:
"Senior brother, may I ask if the teacher has... has any instructions?"
Yun Zhongzi looked at the person in front of him.
Born into the demon race, a leopard spirit in human form, his cultivation level was only that of an Earth Immortal, and his talent was ordinary.
Among the Chan Sect, which is full of innate spiritual creatures and highly accomplished cultivators, his origins are even more so those of the demon race.
If it weren't for the inevitable course of Heaven, the Primordial Celestial Venerable would never have accepted him as a disciple.
But this person was also the most ambitious, diligently studying every day and flattering everyone.
Yun Zhongzi could naturally see what Shen Gongbao was hoping for: he hoped the sage would give him a second glance, and he hoped that one day his master would also give him a task to prove that he was not a good-for-nothing.
He paused for a moment, then reached out and patted Shen Gongbao on the shoulder:
"Junior brother, focus on your cultivation and don't let your mind wander."
Shen Gongbao's smile froze for a moment.
He lowered his head and clenched his fists.
Only after Yun Zhongzi summoned the Flood Dragon Demon King and sat down to leave did he slowly raise his head.
He glanced at the departing figure, then at the tightly closed gates of the Jade Void Palace, narrowed his eyes, and turned to leave.
Chaoge City.
Guang Chengzi descended from the clouds and landed outside the Meridian Gate.
A golden lotus bloomed, and a Taoist priest with a pained expression emerged from the lotus petals, looking in the direction of Guang Chengzi with his brows furrowed.
"The Chan Sect is too lazy to even send out disciples now, and is directly sending out the Twelve Golden Immortals in their true forms?"
He muttered to himself, his face even more bitter than usual.
After a long silence, she sighed, closed the golden lotus, and disappeared from the spot.
Coincidentally, Yun Zhongzi was used to being in control of everything and feared that the Obsessive Corpse would act on its own and cause trouble, so he placed it at the entrance of the palace to conceal its aura.
Just then, they encountered this disciple of the Western Sect.
A person long forgotten, who had not been born for nearly ten thousand years, flooded into my mind—
The chief disciple of the Guide, Amitabha.
Upon hearing this, this person had already entered the Quasi-Saint realm. Such a figure personally oversees Chaoge. If it weren't for a series of coincidences, one might not even know who the opponent is this time.
However, with so many layers of disguise, the other party could at most sense that there was another force lurking in Chaoge City, but might not be able to pinpoint it as Yun Zhongzi.
Otherwise, the person responsible would have already been held accountable!
It seems I need to be more careful in my actions from now on.
He was ordered by his master from Kunlun Mountain to come directly to Chaoge to find the "disciple of destiny," but his heart was full of doubts.
He has always been a man of integrity and rarely ventures into the mortal world. Like Taiyi, he has very little calamity energy. How could his disciple be in a place like Chaoge, a place of right and wrong?
Or is the Human Emperor near?
The Mandate of Heaven is with Zhou. Could it be that the person close to the Emperor is related to the Western Zhou Dynasty?
He concealed himself all the way to the palace.
As soon as he appeared at the city gate, he concealed his immortal aura and bowed to the gatekeepers, saying:
"I am Guang Chengzi, a Qi Refiner from Taoyuan Cave on Mount Jiuxian. I have come to pay my respects to the Human Emperor. I hope you will inform me of my presence."
The soldier stared at him blankly, his lips trembling slightly, then suddenly knelt down with a thud:
"The Emperor... the Imperial Tutor! It's the Imperial Tutor! Imperial Tutor, please wait a moment, I'll go report right away!"
He scrambled a few steps, then turned back and shouted to the other equally shocked soldiers:
"You all, keep a close eye on the Imperial Tutor, don't let him get away!"