Don't let Yu Ding take on any more disciples.

Chapter 137 I'll Avenge You
Yuquan Mountain, within the landscape painting.

Yu Ding closed his eyes and sat in meditation, consolidating his celestial realm.

But soon, his brows furrowed, and he opened his eyes with some irritation.

For some reason, ever since that student left, his heart and thoughts have been somewhat... unsettled.

Not only could he not calm down, but he also had a feeling that something was about to happen.

"On a whim..." Yu Ding's heart stirred.

All immortals possess a steadfast and unwavering Daoist heart, which is difficult to shake. Even if they cannot sever the three corpses, unless they need to sever the three corpses or encounter emotional tribulations, troubles, anger, and desires will ultimately have little impact on immortals.

This sudden impulse is a manifestation of his heightened awareness of changes in his own fortune after his realm improved, foreshadowing something about to happen concerning him.

Either something bad is going to happen to me, or something bad is going to happen to someone connected to me.

"Who is it?" Yu Ding began to calculate with his fingers.

However, he soon realized with dismay that he seemed to lack depth in the area of ​​deduction, having not specifically studied or cultivated it.

His specialty is divination.

This is the ability to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

"Let's try a different algorithm."

After pondering for a moment, Yu Ding had an idea.

After all, anyone who can pique his interest must be someone he has a very good relationship with.

There's definitely no problem with Taiyi Huanglong's side; let's use the process of elimination to count them one by one... it's just his disciples.

I don't know what Yuan Hong is up to in Meishan, but he has a friend who can be contacted if something happens to him.

Yang Jian has great luck, so he can be said to be the one he trusts the most. Long Ji has his clone by his side, so after thinking it over...

"It's Xiaofei!"

Yu Ding's eyes flashed, and he felt a slight toothache.

After all, Xiaofei went down the mountain because of a family emergency.

"It won't happen again..."

Then, Yu Ding's heart skipped a beat, and after looking up at the sky for a moment, he suddenly looked melancholy.

Apprentices have their own blessings!
The world is so vast, there's plenty of room for his disciples and students to explore. It's time for him, the teacher, to let go.

These guys can go wherever they want, but to be fair, as long as they don't go to the Heavenly Court, they are all good disciples and students of Yu Ding.

Thinking of this, Yu Ding sighed. He didn't know when he had formed an inextricable bond with the Heavenly Court. Anyway, after Yuan Hong and Yang Jian visited the Heavenly Court twice, he found that his connection with the Heavenly Court was getting deeper and deeper.

Upon learning that something was about to happen to Xiaofei, his first reaction was to look up at the sky.

"It's time to go to the Heavenly Court."

Yu Ding slowly closed his eyes.

At this moment, in a burning desert, Yu Ding's avatar looked up at the sky: "The Heavenly Court..."

Finally, looking down ahead, all within a radius of ten thousand miles was covered in flames, burning with a temperature no less than that of the sun.

There are many legends about this place.

However, the most credible one is the battlefield where the ancient lich masters fought their final battle.

After a golden crow fell, the world that evolved within its body crashed here, ultimately creating this barren wasteland.

Even ordinary True Immortals wouldn't dare to venture here easily; he came here to find divine materials for forging divine weapons.

Unfortunately, the harvest was meager; only fragments of bronze vessels and other artifacts were found, but their divine essence had been lost.

laugh!
A moment later, a golden light shot into the sky, disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye, and headed straight for the Heavenly Court.

Shortly after the clone left, two figures in the flames transformed into human form.

"This person is..."

“How did Yu Ding Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, end up here?”

"But his cultivation level..."

"It's just an avatar, that's normal. It seems we can't stay here any longer. We'll leave once we've refined this world. By the way, how's the investigation into that sword immortal who's been opposing us going?"

"I have investigated and found that a sword immortal has appeared in the Three Realms in recent years. He is known as the Nameless Heavenly Sword. It is said that he often discusses swordsmanship with the Jade Cauldron True Man of the Chan Sect. He is elusive and mysterious. However, I think that if he can discuss swordsmanship with the Jade Cauldron True Man, his swordsmanship must be quite strong."

"Heavenly Sword... Nameless?"

“Exactly. Also, I was wondering if it might be Yuan Hong... Oh right, his weapon is a staff, so we should rule him out. Besides, how could a mere demon immortal like him dare to attack us?”

"When your subordinate got into trouble last time, did Master Yu Ding investigate?"

"He first went to the Heavenly Realm for the Peach Banquet, and after returning, he stayed at his Daoist temple, Jade Spring Mountain, and it seems he hasn't left the mountain since..."

"What is it?"

"His senior brother Guang Chengzi began to travel in the world. Not only Guang Chengzi, but many of the Twelve Golden Immortals also traveled in the world."

"Hehe, they've just encountered a great calamity for the immortals and are now facing a deadly tribulation. How could they not panic? Pass down the order that from now on, everyone should avoid these twelve people."

"Why?" Bi Fang was taken aback.

The figure in the golden robe turned to look at him: "These twelve guys are absolutely not to be messed with during this great calamity."

Simply put, to eliminate calamity, one must eliminate all calamity!

Normally, they can be virtuous immortals who constantly praise the heavens for their benevolence, but when faced with a calamity, they would be more than happy to be provoked.

Anyone who messes with us will be dealt with to death!

……

Boo!
A white phoenix soared through the sea of ​​clouds, finally landing above a small human kingdom.

Qiongxiao turned around and smiled, "We've arrived."

"arrive?"

Longji glanced down, his brows furrowing involuntarily: "Where is this place? What, cough cough cough..."

Before he could finish speaking, he started coughing.

"The mortal realm!" Yu Ding said calmly.

In the beginning of chaos, the clear and the turbid separated. The clear qi rose to become the sky, and the turbid qi descended to become the earth.

Comparing the two...

It's like someone living in a beautiful, pristine place suddenly moving to a heavily polluted city with smog everywhere—they just feel very uncomfortable.

This little princess of the Heavenly Court was born in Yaochi and later went to live in the Heavenly Court, a place far away from the filth of the mortal world.

It's normal to have some negative reactions when you first arrive in this area...

"This is... the human world? Cough..."

Longji looked at it with curiosity, took a breath, and said, "This..."

“You were indeed a little uncomfortable at first, but holding your breath was fine and it would pass after a while…” Yu Ding said.

The Eastern Continent has many underground spiritual veins, and its level of turbidity is relatively average. The Southern Continent, on the other hand, is the truly turbid world.

"Will it get better in a while?" Longji's eyes lit up.

Compared to the desolate Heavenly Realm, the Earthly Realm was quite prosperous and bustling, something she had heard about many times from her aunt Yunhua.

I never imagined that my first visit would end like this...

Yu Ding glanced at her and shook his head, saying, "No, you'll get used to it after a while."

Longji: "..."

Qiongxiao smiled and glanced at the two of them, then flipped her hand and produced a glowing pill, handing it out to them:
"This is a dust-avoiding pill that I specially refined. It can ward off the turbidity of the mortal world. Take one pill and you will feel better."

Longji glanced at her, but did not take it. Instead, he took out a handful of pearls from his purse.

"Fire-repelling pearl, water-repelling pearl... found them."

Longji searched through the pearls one by one, finally taking out a pearl and putting it in his mouth. He let out a long breath: "I feel much better. Thank you for your kindness, Lady Qiongxiao. But I have a dust-repelling pearl here."

After saying that, she gave Qiongxiao a sweet smile.

So many precious pearls… Qiongxiao looked at Longji, her eyes narrowing even more like crescent moons.

Furthermore, she sensed a strange... hostility emanating from this little girl?
"This little sister is quite something, carrying so many treasures. We'd better be careful."

Qiongxiao smiled and said, "However, I don't like you calling me 'Your Majesty,' it's better if you call me 'Sister'..."

"My master taught me manners. How could I be impolite in front of Your Majesty?" Longji smiled and looked at Qiongxiao with a humble demeanor.

Yu Ding pondered for a moment and said, "Since you've said so, then go ahead and call it!"

Isn't this a perfect opportunity to build a good relationship with the Three Immortals?
“Master…” Longji broke down instantly, secretly grinding his teeth and helplessly saying to Qiongxiao, “Sister!”

Qiongxiao smiled and nodded: "Good girl!"

Shortly afterward, three streaks of light landed at the gate of a city.

"Is your friend here?"

Yu Ding surveyed the human city and saw that a barrier was shimmering with spiritual light above it.

Qi cultivators… Yu Ding’s gaze flickered. This was not just a simple country of mortals; there were also Qi cultivators living there.

With a slight sense, Yu Ding detected three undisguised auras of Earth Immortals emanating from the center of the city.

“Exactly, please!” Qiongxiao nodded gently.

The three landed outside the city, where the city gate guards were all Qi Refining Realm cultivators.

Qiongxiao stepped forward and took out a jade token, which quickly granted her the right to enter the city.

"Not all Qi cultivators are born into such a fortunate and privileged family as we are. There are many independent cultivators in the world."

Qiongxiao smiled and introduced: "This city was founded by three Earth Immortals to provide shelter for rogue cultivators. If a rogue cultivator wants to enter the city, he/she needs to pay one low-grade spirit stone, and if he/she wants to live there, he/she needs to pay one mid-grade spirit stone every month."

Spirit stones… Hearing this word in the primordial world still gave Yu Ding a strange feeling. At this time, the spiritual energy of the land was abundant, and there were many blessed lands and grotto-heavens, but they were ultimately no match for the unexplored primordial land.

Moreover, most of these blessed lands are occupied by powerful immortals from the three religions or by powerful sects.

Among them, the Jie Sect, which had all the immortals paying homage, accounted for the largest share, squeezing out the cultivation of other rogue cultivators. Those rogue cultivators without a background either had to leave the prehistoric world to cultivate in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, or they had to use things like spirit stones...

Could the calamities suffered by the three religions be related to this?
A thought suddenly popped into Yu Ding's mind: after all, even in the primordial world, resources are ultimately limited.

“But you didn’t hand over any spirit stones just now!” Longji said.

Qiongxiao smiled and said, "I have some connection with the owner of this city."

Upon entering the city, they saw that the streets were neatly arranged and orderly. They immediately found several Qi Refiners carrying the city's guard tokens.

"grown ups!"

"grown ups?"

Longji looked at Qiongxiao with some surprise.

"I forgot to mention that those three Earth Immortals are a few of my nominal disciples whom I've trained in my spare time," Qiongxiao said with a smile in a low voice.

Yu Ding: "..."

Who said these cities are just gathering places for rogue cultivators? Aren't they all backed by powerful figures?

With Qiongxiao as its backing, it's like having the Jie Sect as its support. No wonder this city only has three Earth Immortals in charge, yet it looks so prosperous and enduring.

but……

Thinking of the Xuan Tian Sword Sect under his name, Yu Ding felt a little better.

They all seem to be similar in nature, being properties owned by the same person.

Yu Ding originally thought he was the only one doing this, but now it seems that many disciples of the three religions probably do the same.

"How is it?" Qiongxiao asked.

"Lost."

The group looked somewhat embarrassed.

Qiongxiao waved her hand and said, "It's alright, you may all leave!"

Soon, Qiongxiao led Yuding and his apprentice to the foot of a building with a "Stone Gambling Shop" sign hanging downstairs.

"A stone gambling den?" Yu Ding was slightly taken aback, and inexplicably thought of the jewelry industry.

However, after entering, Yu Ding sighed inwardly.

It was a stone gambling den, but not in the jewelry industry. There were Qi cultivators and ordinary people relaxing, but they were gambling on... spirit stones.

There are places like this here too... Yu Ding has something to say that he just has to get off his chest.

"Immortals often go into seclusion for decades at a time, and they need to relax after they come out!"

Qiongxiao smiled and said, "Brother Yuding, you can come and play a couple of rounds when you have time. I'll give you a discount on the transaction fee."

Yu Ding chuckled and said, "What proper immortal would play this game?"

Where is the aura of an immortal?

Qiongxia smiled without saying anything, only telling them to make themselves at home and that she would be right back.

"Master, what are these people doing?"

Longji looked around curiously at the Qi cultivators who seemed to be on steroids.

Yu Ding glanced around: "Disciple!"

"What's wrong, Master?"

“This thing is easy to become addicted to. Oh no. Do you have any spirit stones on you? Let your master go and wreak havoc everywhere and end this evil karma,” Yu Ding said thoughtfully.

A true immortal wouldn't do this... but he's just an avatar, so it's good for him to experience it once, as it can be considered as adding another experience to his trials in the mortal world.

It radiated spiritual light, and soon, the jade cauldron transformed and changed its appearance.

"Let me look!" Longji rummaged through his purse for a moment and pulled out a shimmering bead: "Master, will this work?"

Hiss... In an instant, everyone in the hall turned around, their eyes fixed on Yu Ding and the other person.

"Are there any worse ones?"

Yu Ding's lips twitched. These pearls were extremely precious spiritual pearls, and using them here was clearly too expensive.

Longji shook his head: "This is already the lowest grade. Master, please play with it as you like. I have plenty more here."

Yu Ding: "..."

"Fellow Daoist, would you like to play a couple of rounds?"

"I've come to keep you company, fellow Daoist."

In a short while, Yu Ding and Long Ji were surrounded by people in the center of the platform.

Longji looked at Yu Ding with a completely bewildered expression.

Yu Ding gave her a wink, telling her not to panic, that her master was here.
"Fellow Daoist, big or small?" The man who was in charge of the game asked with a smile, holding a small cup.

This is a special ritual implement that has the wondrous function of isolating the divine consciousness.

Yu Ding and Long Ji exchanged a glance.

"My disciple, you give it a try!"

“Big!” Longji asked tentatively, his eyes burning with interest.

"241, little fellow Daoist, you have lost."

The man who was in charge of the transaction smiled and took the spirit pearl away.

"What? This isn't fun at all..." Longji said dejectedly.

Yu Ding smiled and said, "Disciple, it seems your luck is a bit bad. Watch your master."

No wonder this girl perished in the Investiture of the Gods.

"Who said that? I'm going to try again." Longji refused to admit defeat.

A moment later, Longji's face darkened as she watched someone sweep away the seven or eight spirit orbs in front of her.

A few beads don't matter; she has plenty. She just doesn't like losing.

"Ahem, my disciple, you see, you still can't handle this. I have to do it."

Yu Ding laughed and said, "I have a wonderful method to avenge you."

Of course, the main reason was that he didn't dare let Longji get addicted.

otherwise……

He was certain that the Heavenly Emperor and the Queen Mother would all come to his Jade Spring Mountain the next day to hold him accountable.

"Hiss... A powerful spiritual treasure!"

"Someone next door is betting a high-level spiritual treasure! Go check it out!"

"Who is it that's making such a big deal?"

"Not yet..."

Yu Ding and Long Ji exchanged a glance and quickly moved to a different position, but it was too late.

“Fairy, I would be impolite to refuse this magical treasure.”

A Qi Refining cultivator with a mustache, at the Returning to Void Realm, smiled and reached out to take a small bell away: "Does the fairy have any more stakes?"

Opposite him was a woman in white whose face was as dark as Longji's.

Suddenly, the woman in white looked up... and upon seeing Yu Ding, her gaze flashed, and her figure vanished into thin air.

Almost as soon as she disappeared, Qiongxiao rushed over and, upon seeing the two of them, gave a helpless smile.

A moment later, in the side hall.

"Was that your friend just now?"

Yu Ding pondered, "Even Qiongxiao, a dignified Golden Immortal, can't catch up..." He suddenly had a bold guess.

But...no way?

Qiongxiao coughed lightly and said, "I may have to ask you to go somewhere else, fellow Daoist."

Heavenly Court, Jade Pool.

"Greetings, this humble Taoist."

Yu Ding bowed to the Queen Mother of the West at Yaochi.

After much deliberation, he realized that instead of borrowing from the Heavenly Emperor, it would be more cost-effective to directly ask the Queen Mother of the West for divine ice iron as tuition for her followers.

He had only a casual acquaintance with the Heavenly Emperor, and his connection with the Queen Mother of the West was through Longji. Moreover, the Heavenly Emperor clearly did not care about Longji as much as the Queen Mother did!
"Immortal Jade Cauldron, have you come to see me today with something important?" the Queen Mother of the West asked with a smile.

Yu Ding said, "To be honest, Your Majesty, I have heard that the Heavenly Court has Divine Ice Iron, so I would like to ask if it is permissible to forgo the Peaches of Immortality and use the Divine Iron as my... cough cough."

"Hehe, if you want to speak, just say so. Why bother with borrowing words when it's just a mere divine weapon?" Yaochi Jinmu laughed heartily.

"Your Majesty is so generous..." Yu Ding's eyes lit up. He knew who Long Jihao's attributes came from.

The Queen Mother of the West changed the subject: "By the way, I wonder how Longji's cultivation is going with the True Man? Is she settling in well? What is the True Man teaching her now?"

What should I teach... Yu Ding suppressed his guilt and decided to give a high-EQ answer: "The way of cultivation emphasizes following the natural course. Haste makes waste, and the wrong method will only lead to less success."

In my humble opinion, she doesn't need to learn anything right now; on the contrary, she lacks experience. Therefore, I am currently taking Your Highness on a journey through the mortal world to temper your heart and broaden your horizons.

"If the method is wrong, will the result be less effective despite more effort?"

The Queen Mother of the West frowned and pondered for a moment. After a while, she nodded slightly and sighed in deep agreement, "The way the True Man teaches his disciples is indeed unique and distinctive."

"To receive instruction from a true master is a blessing bestowed upon Longji at the age of sixteen; I can rest assured."

Yu Ding chuckled and said, "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)