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

Chapter 167 Holding Back Laughter

The White Crane Boy nodded repeatedly, his face full of agreement.

"It's just that I'm sorry to trouble Junior Brother Kongxu on my behalf..."

The Old Man of the South Pole sighed softly, and when he looked back at the Jade Void Palace, his expression relaxed, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

As expected, Master still can't live without me...

The service of the servant!

It seems I was overthinking things; Master has no intention of entrusting the affairs of Jade Void Palace to that person.

"Hi~ cough, Antarctic senior brother."

Just as the Antarctic Immortal was feeling sentimental, a voice suddenly came from behind them.

"Uncle-Master Yu Ding!"

The White Crane Boy's eyes lit up, and he quickly walked towards the square in front of the Jade Void Palace.

The Old Man of the South Pole turned around and saw a handsome Taoist standing in the square, with a smile on his face.

Who else could it be but Yu Ding?

Antarctica smiled and stepped into the center of the arena.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Antarctic!"

Yu Ding quickly bowed to the Antarctic Immortal...

While his true body went to the Heavenly Court to take up a post, he couldn't just sit idle. He sent an avatar to immerse himself in the library of the Jade Void Palace, letting him display his "academic genius" attributes!

After all, the competition within the realm of immortals is also very fierce.

These fellow disciples lived long, had long hair, and had extensive knowledge, while his own knowledge and understanding were too shallow. He had to make the most of his time.

He had never met the Antarctic Immortal before, but he knew that although this senior brother was not among the Twelve Golden Immortals, he held a very high position in the Chan Sect.

It can be said that this person is the third most important figure in the Chan Sect, after the Sect Leader and the Deputy Sect Leader, and is in charge of all matters, big and small, of the Jade Void Palace.

Simply put... he's the Grand Steward of Jade Void Palace!

"Junior Brother Yu Ding!"

After exchanging greetings, Antarctica smiled meaningfully and said, "Congratulations, Junior Brother Yuding."

"Ahem, Senior Brother is joking. A great calamity is approaching, what is there for me to be happy about?" Yu Ding shook his head, feeling somewhat guilty.

It was because Yuan Hong caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace that the Heavenly Emperor demanded that they submit to him.

But in the end, this person was sent to heaven to take the blame...

"Junior brother, there's no need for such modesty. Yang Jian is your outstanding disciple. He is young yet possesses great supernatural powers and has achieved the Dao fruit of a celestial being."

The Antarctic Immortal smiled and said, "He has made such a name for himself. I think this child's future achievements are limitless. At the very least, he can become the face of the third generation of disciples of Jade Void..."

"Ahem, Senior Brother is joking. That kid was incredibly audacious and ended up causing a huge disturbance in the Heavenly Court... It really bothers me!" Yu Ding sighed.

Yang Jian wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, wasn't that awesome?

Cow breaking!

It's really upsetting that a master can't openly praise such an amazing disciple.

“Junior brother, don’t worry. If you are troubled, how about we let Yang Jian become my disciple?” the Antarctic Immortal said with a smile.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother... Actually, I quite like that kid Yang Jian."

Yu Ding chuckled dryly and decisively refused: "Changing the division commander... is that really unnecessary?"

Are you kidding me? Don't you know what I'm doing here in Versailles?
"That's it!"

The Old Man of the South Pole chuckled and patted Yu Ding on the shoulder, saying earnestly, "It's not scary to teach a disciple who has the ability to cause trouble; what's scary is teaching a disciple who has no ability to cause trouble..."

Besides, trouble needs to be considered in terms of its cause and reason. If our disciples are in the wrong, then the master will naturally lose face, and it won't look good if word gets out.

At this point, the Old Man of the South Pole paused.
Looking at Yu Ding, he said, "But if it's like Yang Jian, he didn't do anything wrong in saving his mother. In fact, from the result, he perfected the Heavenly Laws. This is a good thing for the Heavenly Court, the Three Realms, the gods, and all living beings."

Since it's a good thing, what else is bothering you, junior brother?

After saying that, he looked at Yu Ding with a smile.

If only my senior brother were this open-minded after he knew Yuan Hong was my disciple...

Yu Ding sighed inwardly, then bowed to the Antarctic Immortal with a look of sudden realization: "Thank you for your explanation, Senior Brother. I understand now."

The Old Man of the South Pole smiled and nodded gently: "It's good that you understand, Junior Brother. When you teach your disciples, you must guard against two things: pride and impatience. You must also have three qualities: patience, tolerance, and care."

Beside them, the White Crane Boy peeked out with his little head, watching this scene.

"Senior brother, I've got it."

Yu Ding gazed intently at Antarctica, then pulled one of his glowing hands back into his sleeve.

"Junior brother, what are you holding?" asked the Antarctic Immortal in surprise.

"Ahem, it's nothing, just a sound-recording jade."

Yu Ding generously took out a piece of blue jade, about the size of a pigeon's egg.

"The Jade that Records Sounds?" Antarctica was slightly taken aback.

"Senior brother, you may not know this, but ordinary Qi cultivators who mine rare and precious materials have accidentally discovered a kind of jade in this world that can record and preserve sounds."

Yu Ding said sincerely, "What you just said was so, so, so... insightful. I want to keep it and savor it many times in the future."

He remembered it, and he did this in case one day his senior brother forgot what he said!

He said he was injecting magic power...

“It’s not scary to teach a disciple who is capable of causing trouble; what’s scary is teaching a disciple who is incapable of causing trouble.”

"It's good that you understand, junior brother. When you teachers are instructing your disciples..."

The voice of the Antarctic Immortal came from the precious jade.

"Hehe, still savoring it..."

After hearing the jade tripod explain its purpose, the Antarctic Immortal smiled.

"By the way, why did you return to Jade Void Palace with a clone today, Junior Brother? Is there something you need?" asked the Antarctic Immortal.

Yu Ding shook his head and said, "It's not that a great calamity is approaching, but rather that I'm feeling somewhat uneasy. In recent years, I've discovered that only reading can calm my mind, so..."

"That's a good habit, then Junior Brother, it'll be much easier!" Antarctica said with a smile.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two parted ways, and Yu Ding entered the library of Yu Xu Palace.

Although the library of Yuxu Palace is made of glazed tiles and decorated with beautiful jade, it looks rather ordinary.

The Jade Void disciples guarding the building didn't dare to stop them when they saw the jade cauldron and opened the door on their own initiative.

The building has three floors, which is meant to represent "the birth of all things from the three." Upon entering the main hall, one can see its grandeur, which is even greater than the library of Biyou Palace.

The first level of Taoist techniques is mostly simple, intended only for study and research within the Qi Refining field, and has many followers.

The second level is open to True Immortals and Celestial Immortals, with a significantly reduced number of people compared to the first level. Among them are many powerful Taoist techniques and supernatural abilities.

The third level is for those at the Golden Immortal level and above, and there are very few people there.

Even with the foundation of the Chan Sect, there aren't many Golden Immortals... Yu Ding's eyes flickered; after all, Golden Immortals aren't as common as cabbages on the roadside.

A certain level is a watershed moment, and the waters within it are quite deep.

True Immortals and Celestial Immortals are alright, but the competition among Golden Immortals is quite severe. Ordinary Golden Immortals are only slightly stronger than Celestial Immortals, while the Twelve Golden Immortals, ancient powerful beings, belong to the pinnacle of Golden Immortals and are capable of going toe-to-toe with Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Of course, challenging a Grand Luo Golden Immortal is something even a mortal can do, but the outcome is...

Yu Ding lingered on almost every floor, and then he discovered... that the first floor actually contained the most content.

They can be roughly divided into five categories: mountain, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination.

The so-called mountain refers to methods of cultivating qi and practicing Taoism. Taoist arts are further subdivided into smaller categories such as alchemy, weapon crafting, and talisman making.

The healer is the practitioner of medicine; the fate maker is the one who observes the heavens and earth, deduces destiny, and thus seeks good fortune and avoids misfortune.

Next comes the art of physiognomy, which is divided into physiognomy of heaven, physiognomy of earth, and physiognomy of man. That is, observing celestial phenomena above and looking at feng shui below. Finally, there is the art of divination, which is the method of divination and prediction to determine good or bad fortune.

For example, Yu Ding had always used coins for divination, which was the case.

"I see, so many kinds, it really is... profound and extensive!"

Looking at these projects, Yu Ding sighed, "Learning just a little bit, I can go down the mountain to tell fortunes and exorcise evil spirits, and make a living won't be a problem."

and many more!

Having just finished his exclamation, Yu Ding looked at his disciples, who were engrossed in studying these classic texts...

These people are all undoubtedly older, but their aptitude and foundation are average. They are basically stuck in the Qi Refining stage, and it is virtually hopeless for them to condense Yin Spirit and reach the Spirit Refining stage.

If one could advance to the Refining Spirit realm, their lifespan would be nearly six hundred years, and naturally they wouldn't need to look at these things.

The younger disciples were undoubtedly studying cultivation methods and Taoist arts.

So that's how it is... Yu Ding roughly understood.

The reason why Yuxu Palace offers these courses may be to provide food for disciples who have pursued the path of immortality for life but have no way to achieve it after leaving the mountain.

It seems... that Xiao Jiang will have a similar experience in the future.

Yu Ding remembered that Jiang Ziya failed to learn Taoism and had to go down the mountain. He first sought refuge with his sworn brother, Song Yiren.

With the help of his brothers, Jiang Ziya successfully married and started a family. However, he ended up doing one thing after another and eventually became a fortune teller, which turned out to be very accurate.

Although these disciples had no hope of becoming immortals, after cultivating their magical power in the Qi Refining stage, they were already able to use some Taoist arts to exorcise evil spirits.

Having a skill to rely on means that one won't starve to death even after going down the mountain.

"Then let's wait for Xiao Jiang here!"

Yu Ding had made up his mind, and the disciples around him ignored him.

After all, they never expected this...

The senior brother Yu Ding, whom they often talked about, would one day appear beside them and study the same books as them.

……

Heavenly Court, Tongming Hall.

The Heavenly Emperor rested his hands on the table in front of him, staring at the ground beneath it.

Taibai kept his eyes focused on his nose, and his nose on his heart, occasionally glancing towards the center of the hall.

The eight inspectors in the main hall remained silent, their heads bowed.

In front of them, the guardian deity lay on a makeshift stretcher made of two wooden sticks and some vines, his hands supporting his waist, his facial muscles twitching, and he kept gasping for breath.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

The guardian deity was weak and pale, having lost all of his previous imposing presence.

Having been bestowed the title of Guardian Deity, he was in high spirits for a time, and he no longer found the punishment of those disciples in the Holy Land interesting.

This trip to heaven is a good opportunity to test the gods' discipline.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Court was unusually peaceful.

After a long time, he still couldn't find any fault with the gods, which made him feel increasingly bored.

Then he received the letter of accusation, and so he decided to take action against the demoted princess.

With the Heavenly Emperor present, the punishment certainly wouldn't be too severe; it would just be for show. However, it would be enough for him to demonstrate the majesty of the guardian deity and establish his image.

Even if it offends Yaochi... it's worth it.

But this idea is quite ambitious...

The princess's bottle brought him back to reality from his ideals.

His image was ruined before it could even be established, and he probably offended Yaochi as well...

At this moment, he recalled the scene of those punished disciples fearing him like a tiger under the setting sun.

That's because he passed away... Pshaw, it's because his former disciples were so terrified at the sight of him that their legs would have gone limp.

He simply couldn't understand why this Heavenly Princess was so forceful.

I heard that people used to be gentle and weak, and easy to manipulate!

"Guardian God, what happened? Who beat you up like this? Tell me, and I will stand up for you!" Haotian stared at the Guardian God.

Hold it in, don't laugh!

Longji is a pretty ruthless kid. It looks like... his back is broken, right?
The guardian deity glanced at Haotian, suppressed the accusation in his heart, and said weakly, "Your Majesty, I... I accidentally... fell!"

The fall caused several officers, who had bowed their heads, to tremble, but they quickly gritted their teeth.

Hold it in, don't laugh...

No, I can't hold back any longer, what should I do?
"You fell? You were really careless," Haotian sighed.

Seeing Longji grow up, he, as the emperor, felt very gratified.

After all, given Longji's previous personality, he would have obediently submitted to the guardian deity long ago, let alone dared to take action.

You're brave...that's great!
only……

Why does Longji have a bit of that Yaochi vibe about him?

He already had a headache over Yaochi alone, what if both mother and daughter were like that... Haotian's face showed a hint of doubt.

"Alright, since you fell, then go down and rest properly!"

Haotian sighed and said, word by word, "If it weren't for being injured on duty..."

At this point, Haotian leaned back on the imperial throne and closed his eyes.

Guardian Deity: "???"

Venus: "..."

"In the afternoon!"

Taibai said, "The Heavenly Emperor is taking his afternoon nap!"

Clearly, knowing the Heavenly Emperor's nature, he knew that the Heavenly Emperor had left court.

At this point, even if the Heavenly Emperor only said half a sentence, he refused to say a single extra word.

The inspectors glanced at the Heavenly Emperor, and then, in perfect unison, lifted their superior out of the Tongming Hall.

"I..." The guardian deity was somewhat frantic.

What's happening here?
(End of this chapter)