binnovel Chapter 145: One hand deals with Zhen Yuanzi, the other with the Heavenly Cult Master
Chapter 145: One hand deals with Zhen Yuanzi, the other with the Heavenly Cult Master
Before Ksitigarbha, the enormous dragon was several times larger than the one Maitreya had attacked earlier.
Its abdomen was covered with wriggling tentacles and had feet, resembling both a dragon and a lizard. However, its dragon head was extremely bizarre, with dark green eyes on top and a gaping maw of abyss below.
Yang Jiao gripped her staff tightly and shouted towards the humans inside the cave:
"Run! Run as far away as you can!"
Although they knew the past hadn't changed, seeing the fear and despair on these humans' faces transform into disbelief and joy, they knelt and cried out:
"Have the gods come to save us? They must have been sent by the saints! Our human race is saved."
At this moment, Yang Jiao's reverence for the sage suddenly began to waver.
During the Lich War, none of the saints intervened to stop it...
It was only when the witch and demon races were almost wiped out that the human race rose up to suppress them. The one who saved them was not a saint or immortal, but the human race itself.
As Yang Jiao, along with Yun Zhongzi and Yu Ding Zhenren who had joined them, went up to find Ksitigarbha, her heart had already begun to change.
The world is vast and boundless; how can a sage view humanity as nothing more than an ant?
Humanity's prosperity has always come from self-reliance.
When the group arrived at the location of the Soul-Devouring Sea Dragon, what they saw was even more shocking.
With a powerful inhale, the dragon devoured the souls of the surrounding humans, leaving only mangled remains.
Its green eyes, covering its head, darted around. Yang Jiao was running forward when a hand grabbed her halfway and yanked her into the bushes. Immediately, Dizang's voice rang in her ears:
Shh! Keep your voice down.
“This Soul-Devouring Sea Dragon has extremely sensitive senses; it will be detected as soon as it makes the slightest movement.”
The others who arrived later hid together, the small team crouching in the bushes and whispering amongst themselves.
Yun Zhongzi raised his hand to speak first:
"Fellow Daoist, please don't make a move!"
Seeing the four men's angry faces, he quickly said:
"This Soul-Devouring Sea Dragon has a weakness. It was because Grand Master Xuandu sealed its large eye with the Breath Soil that it was killed."
Maitreya's expression changed, and he rolled over, pinning Yun Zhongzi down and shaking him while grabbing his Taoist robe.
"Where would a lowly cultivator find the Breath of Earth to break through his cultivation barrier?!"
Only Yang Jiao was speechless upon hearing this.
They're after me!
So, after entering the "Map of Mountains and Rivers" (山河社稷图), I have to pay with the "Breath Soil" (息壤) instead?!
She only earned a few tokens and a breakthrough, but if she had exchanged them for Breath Soil, she would have lost out!
Yang Jiao remained silent, letting Maitreya shake Yun Zhongzi until he was dizzy.
She herself wanted to go up and rock for a while longer!
Feeling utterly humiliated, Yang Jiao took the Boshan Furnace out of her sleeve, immediately attracting the attention of the others. Yun Zhongzi, in a daze, glanced at the magical artifact and exclaimed in surprise:
"The gilded Boshan furnace of the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi?!"
He pushed Maitreya aside, looked the Boshan incense burner over from side to side, and asked suspiciously:
"Young friend, do you also have a hobby of counterfeiting?"
Yang Jiao put away the Boshan incense burner and angrily said:
"The real deal!"
Although Zhen Yuanzi had the same relationship with all parties, Maitreya and Ksitigarbha greatly admired him. During the great war between the Lich King and the Demon King, many gods stayed behind and did nothing, but Zhen Yuanzi was one of the few immortals who stepped in to save the human race.
Yang Jiao turned her back, opened the Boshan Furnace, searched for the few remaining pieces of Breath Soil, reached inside to explore, and was so surprised that her eyes widened.
When I dug it out from under the innate gourd vine, there was only a handful left, but now it has multiplied several times. Could it be that the Breath Soil can grow on its own?
Yang Jiao was especially happy after discovering this fact.
In this way, the soil will continuously produce new soil, and the gourd vines can grow!
She stingily took out only a handful, handed it over with a pained expression, and said:
"Use it sparingly, and if there's any left, remember to give it back to me."
The rest of the people remained still.
All eyes fell on Maitreya.
His smile froze as he pointed to himself:
"Is it me again?"
Jade Cauldron Immortal took the Breath Soil from Yang Jiao's hand, stuffed it directly into Maitreya's arms, and said with a push:
"Who told you to be a Taiyi Golden Immortal?"
Those who are capable should do more work.
Yun Zhongzi and Dizang distracted the Soul-Devouring Sea Dragon from the front, while Maitreya sought an opportunity to ambush it from behind.
Master Yu Ding took a handful of melon seeds from his sleeve and placed them in Yang Jiao's hand, then whispered closer:
"Young friend, you know the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi? Could you please introduce me? My admiration for you is as high as a mountain and as deep as the sea. If I cannot meet you, I will regret it for the rest of my life..."
Yang Jiao raised her hand and directly pointed out:
"You want to steal the ginseng fruit to increase your cultivation level, don't you?!"
You still admire them? You've admired them for thousands of years, why don't you go yourself?
Master Yu Ding covered half his face with a palm-leaf fan and pleaded in a low voice:
"Aren't there enough people in the entire Three Realms who covet Zhen Yuanzi's ginseng fruit? Who dares to go?"
“Young friend, if you do me a favor, I will certainly reward you handsomely. Aren’t you looking for a master? If you are willing to help, I will definitely take you to the Jade Void Palace to see my master.”
When Yang Jiao heard about becoming an apprentice, he actually started to consider it.
But when Yu Ding Zhenren mentioned taking her to see Yuanshi Tianzun, she lost interest.
The Celestial Venerable has seen this before, but he won't accept me.
Yang Jiao immediately shook her head:
"No need, I don't have the influence to take you to see Zhen Yuanzi."
Jade Cauldron Immortal was not giving up, thinking:
"You won't even see my master, the Primordial Heavenly Lord... then..."
He immediately brought up the name again:
"Whether or not you get the ginseng fruit, as long as you take me to Wuzhuang Temple, I will take you to find my senior master, Laozi."
Lao Tzu?
Yang Jiao fell silent. Lao Jun had severed his three corpses, and all the disciples of the Human Sect were nominal disciples, with only one direct disciple, the extremely powerful Grand Master Xuandu.
The first human created by the goddess Nuwa, what talent did she possess to meet Laozi's standards for accepting disciples?
Even if he went to heaven, at best he would only be able to get the position of being tied to the Green Ox Demon, and he would still dream of climbing up to the job of a fire-tending boy.
He hurriedly shook his head and said:
"No, no, I'm not worthy."
Master Yu Ding went all out, slapping his forehead with his palm-leaf fan, and said excitedly:
"I'll take you to see my martial uncle! My martial uncle is Tongtian Jiaozhu, one of the Three Pure Ones. He has many disciples in his Jie Sect and loves to take on new ones. He definitely wants you!"
Yang Jiao thought of the Tongtian Cult Master, which was quite fitting.
The Tongtian Sect Leader received the most innate magical treasures from the Dao Ancestor. During the Investiture of the Gods, if it weren't for the four saints joining forces, they really wouldn't have been able to defeat him.
Moreover, in the end, he called on the Tongtian Sect Master to destroy the world. If the Dao Ancestor hadn't been unable to sit still and watched him overturn the table to stop him, this world would have had to be restarted.
Yang Jiao was so happy that she grabbed Yu Ding Zhenren's palm-leaf fan and nodded frantically:
"Sold, sold, sold."
“I will take you to see Zhen Yuanzi, and you will take me to see Tongtian Jiaozhu.”
The Jade Cauldron Immortal was half joyful and half sorrowful.
The joy comes from the fact that he will be able to meet the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi. If he can obtain a ginseng fruit, his cultivation will surely improve.
The worry is that, just as he was getting into the mood, he seemed to have forgotten that Yang Jiao was chosen by his master, Yuanshi Tianzun!
His jaw was chattering, and he seemed a little dazed.
Yang Jiao thought for a moment, then said uncertainly to Jade Cauldron Immortal:
"I'll just take you into Wuzhuang Temple, I don't care about anything else."
Hearing this, Master Yuding had a way out and quickly replied:
"I'll just take you to see my martial uncle. Whether he accepts you or not is none of my business."
He then thought to himself:
"We need to find a way to make Uncle Tongtian hate Yang Jiao!"