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

Chapter 282 Junior Brother, you must find a career to dedicate your life to.

The impact of Zi Shou's words on the others was no less than what Zi Shou had heard.

"So to say……"

The group looked at Zi Shou, their expressions gradually deepening with surprise and delight.

"Yes!" Zi Shou nodded gently amidst the expectant gazes of the others. "In a few days, Father should announce this matter in front of all the ministers."

"That's great!"

The four were overjoyed, but Li Jing's eyes flashed with worry.

He originally thought this matter was not simple, and that he would put in some effort and then ask the Crown Prince to grant him a marriage.

Who knew that the prince would only go to the palace once and then come back and get things done? What about his own affairs?
Huang Feihu pondered for a moment and asked, "What did Your Highness do to make the King decide to pass the throne to you?"

Upon hearing this, the others also looked over curiously.

"Nothing was done!"

Zi Shou slowly said, "I only told my father that I wanted to fight for the throne."

"Anything else?" Huang Feihu asked thoughtfully.

Zi Shou spread his hands: "That's all. Father said the throne is mine."

"No...no more?"

Huang Feiluan, Li Jing, and Yin Guangling seemed to choke on their words: "It's that simple?"

Zi Shou nodded gently: "It's that simple!"

Upon hearing this, the three of them wanted to say something but couldn't, and felt very upset.

This isn't just about a wealthy family finding an heir; it concerns the entire Shang dynasty's empire. How can it be handled so hastily?
Besides, it wouldn't be that simple for a wealthy family to find an heir, would it?

"As expected... I had suspected it before. The reason why the position of crown prince has been delayed is not because His Majesty does not want to find an heir."

At this moment, Huang Feihu spoke up, looking at Zishou with delight: "Your Majesty must have already chosen someone in mind."

Prior to this, he had repeatedly urged Zishou to vie for the throne, but Zishou always refused to express his opinion.

He is now certain that Zishou is the king's chosen successor to the throne.

Everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they were all happy for Zi Shou.

Zi Shou glanced at Li Jing and Yin Guangling and asked, "What are your plans for the future, you two?"

The two exchanged a glance, and Yin Guangling blushed, bowing her head towards Huang Feiluan.

After being stabbed, Li Jing became somewhat shy and stammered, unable to speak for a moment.

"Since you won't tell me, then I, Your Highness, will make the arrangements for you."

Seeing this, Zi Shou smiled and said, "Li Jing, no matter what, Guangling is a daughter of my royal family. You wouldn't want her to become enemies with her own family because of you, would you?"

Li Jing glanced at Yin Guangling and nodded solemnly.

“You won’t get ahead if you stay in the Xuan Niao Division. How about I show you a clear path?” Zi Shou’s eyes flashed.

Li Jing hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "Please enlighten me, Your Highness."

"I've heard that you had a remarkable encounter, studied under a master, and are quite capable and talented. If you're willing, how about staying by my side from now on to serve me?"

Zi Shou looked at Li Jing and said softly, "I can't guarantee anything else, but I can guarantee that if you follow me, you will definitely not be mistreated, and I will definitely give you a chance to rise in the world and happily marry the person you love. What do you say?"

His acquaintance with Li Jing was somewhat accidental. When he infiltrated the Xuan Niao Division on a mission, he happened to sense a terrifying aura emanating from Li Jing.

It was at that moment that this young man successfully caught his attention.

Unfortunately, he didn't get to see Li Jing make a move that time, but this time when he returned, he got his wish and saw Li Jing fight Yin Pobai.

However, he could see that even a top-tier martial arts master like Yin Pobai, who had stepped into the threshold of the Divine Realm, was unable to force Li Jing to use his full strength...

Li Jing looked up and exchanged a glance with Zi Shou. After a moment's thought, he stepped forward, clasped his hands in gratitude, and said, "Jing, though I am but a warrior, I know the meaning of loyalty and righteousness. As the saying goes, a bird that chooses a tree will find a good one to perch on, and a minister who chooses a ruler will find a wise one to serve. Li Jing's lifelong wish is fulfilled. From now on, I will obey Your Highness's commands without any disloyalty..."

Upon hearing this, Zi Shou was startled, feeling a surge of emotion. He quickly stepped forward to help him up, laughing, "Good, good, from now on, Brother Li is one of us."

Hearing Li Jing's words, Huang Feiluan, Huang Feihu, and Yin Guangling were also shocked and felt their blood boil. They wanted to repeat what Li Jing had said.

"Alright, the rain has stopped. Li Jing, you and Guangling should return to the Xuan Niao Division. The Yin family should not make things difficult for you anymore."

Zi Shou instructed, "Tomorrow I will send someone to the Xuan Niao Division to bring you to my residence and make you a member of my Prince's household."

"Yes!" The two exchanged a glance, clasped their hands in a fist salute, and withdrew.

Stepping out of the living room and into the outer courtyard, Yin Guangling looked at Li Jing with surprise and smiled, "I didn't realize that someone as honest and taciturn as you could be so eloquent at a crucial moment."

"Is there?" Li Jing coughed lightly.

Yin Guangling snorted, "Of course, didn't you see? Even my usually arrogant cousin was stunned by your words and truly considers you one of his own."

Li Jing suddenly realized what was going on. He glanced around and, seeing no one was there, leaned closer and whispered, "This is what my master told me when I came down the mountain."

"Then don't tell anyone else that your master didn't say this?" Yin Guangling said with a smile.

Li Jing subconsciously said, "You're not just anyone."

Yin Guangling paused, slightly stunned, looking at Li Jing's back, recalling what Li Jing had said when he fought with his second uncle.

Immediately, she burst out laughing, a bright smile spreading across her face.

"Why did you stop?"

"I'm coming!"

Inside the Huang family's living room, Zi Shou looked at the Huang siblings and said in a low voice, "It's getting late, I'll head back now."

At the main gate, Huang Feiluan looked at Zishou's tall and upright back, hesitated to speak, and finally let out a long sigh.

……

At this moment, at the mouth of the Guanjiang River, under the pond pavilion inside the Zhenjun Temple.

Two figures are playing chess on opposite sides of the board.

The two men were handsome and distinguished. One was dressed as a scholar in white robes, exuding elegance, and was playing black chess pieces. The other was dressed in black and held a folding fan.

"I heard that you've been getting quite close to a female immortal lately, my dear brother?"

The scholar in white placed a piece on the board, looked up and smiled at the handsome young man in black: "That female immortal comes to visit you every now and then, whether she has something to do or not."

The two were Yuan Hong and Yang Jian.

Yuan Hong had been in seclusion for many years. After emerging from seclusion, he came to visit his junior brother.

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian's face darkened, and he slammed down a chess piece: "Didn't you say you'd been in seclusion for many years and were unaware of news from the Three Realms? Ha, I think you've got pretty long ears! Eat!"

The female immortal mentioned by Yuan Hong was naturally Bixiao.

He didn't understand what was going on. Ever since Bixiao came to his place, she had been running to him all the time.

He felt uncomfortable being allowed in, but it was impolite to send him away... which caused him a lot of distress.

“I may not know about other things, but as for my worthy brother, I will naturally care about him a hundred times over.”

Yuan Hong said with an ambiguous expression, "Other news from the Three Realms can wait, but my dear brother's lifelong happiness..."

"That's not true, don't talk nonsense."

Yang Jian said calmly, "The female immortal you mentioned is Bixiao Fairy of the Three Immortal Islands in the East Sea. She is a disciple of Biyou Palace of the Jie Sect. According to seniority, we should call her 'Master Aunt'."

"Huh?" Yuan Hong was taken aback, then muttered, "Could it be that I'm really thinking the wrong thing?"

"Of course," Yang Jian snorted, turning his head away somewhat guiltily.

Actually, he didn't understand either. It was abnormal, because every time that nun came, she would drink and chat with him.

However, if we're talking about normal social interaction, that nun's words and actions were indeed quite bold. As she was drinking, she leaned against him and started touching him...

She doesn't resemble a female fairy at all; she's more like a female hooligan.

To be honest, Yang Jian had never been afraid of anything in his life, until he met this person.

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Hong skipped the topic and asked, "By the way, has Master made any moves? Have he taken on any new junior brothers or sisters?"

As he spoke, Yuan Hong's eyes lit up with excitement.

"no!"

Yang Jian shook his head: "Not long ago, when I sent my third sister back to Yuquan Mountain, Qingyun told me that our master had gone on a pilgrimage and hadn't returned for a long time."

"No?"

A clear look of disappointment crossed Yuan Hong's face: "I wonder when our grand plan will be completed!"

"I think...this plan is somewhat risky."

Yang Jian glanced at him and pondered, "Should we inform our master?"

"What? Are you scared? Have you forgotten how corrupt the Heavenly Court is now? Have you forgotten the persecution your family suffered?" Yuan Hong said in a deep voice, "If it weren't for your master, would you have been able to escape unscathed after causing such a ruckus in the Heavenly Court, and even have the Heavenly Laws changed because of you?"

Yang Jian opened his mouth, as if to say something, but in the end he silently said, "No!"

Yuan Hong glanced at him and said, "Don't think that just because you've been a god for a couple of days and enjoyed the good life for a while, you'll actually consider those gods as your own people."

"No!" Yang Jian shook his head and pondered, "I was just thinking that if we do this, there will inevitably be rivers of blood... Is that a good thing or a bad thing for the Three Realms?"

"To achieve great things, bloodshed and sacrifice are inevitable. It may seem like a bad thing now, but it will definitely be a good thing in the future."

Yuan Hong stood up and looked at the sky with a resolute gaze. He said, "After I went to the Heavenly Court, the arrogant Heavenly Court started to reason with people. After you went to the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court changed the unfair Heavenly Laws. My junior sister went to the Heavenly Court... uh, the Heavenly Court doesn't dare to mess around anymore. My good brother, you've noticed, haven't you?"

"Yes!" Yang Jian nodded: "The Heavenly Court is gradually improving."

"That's right, I understand now. This is Master's good intention!"

Yuan Hong said with emotion, "My master has always been working silently to make the Three Realms a better place."

Although something always seemed off each time he listened, the key point was that it all matched what his senior brother had said… Yang Jian nodded slightly: “Not bad!”

"It has always been my master who has been working hard silently all along."

Yuan Hong turned around, put his hand on Yang Jian's shoulder, and said with a burning gaze, "Now is the time for us to share the burden with our master."

Yang Jian dared not meet Yuan Hong's gaze and silently turned his head away.

"Yang Jian, have you ever thought about the meaning of your life in your spare time?" Yuan Hong asked in a deep voice.

"Ah..." Yang Jian was suddenly stunned, and exclaimed in shock, "The...meaning of my life?"

Has this guy's level of thinking reached such a high level?!
“Excellent!” Yuan Hong said with a burning gaze.

Yang Jian turned his head away: "No!"

Yuan Hong said, "I have! During these years of seclusion and cultivation, I have also pondered the meaning of life."

"Uh, really? It's amazing you didn't suffer a qi deviation..." Yang Jian chuckled dryly, "So what insights did you gain?"

Instead of answering, Yuan Hong asked, "What is the purpose of your cultivation?"

Yang Jian pondered for a long time, then slowly raised his head, his eyes burning with intensity, and said, "Revenge!"

Yuan Hongdao: "And now..."

Yang Jian remained silent.

"Is there anything you want to do right now?" Yuan Hong asked.

Yang Jian thought for a moment and then gently shook his head.

Yuan Hong then asked, "Has your cultivation improved over the years?"

Yang Jian was taken aback, then shook his head again.

After he let go of his obsession with revenge, his cultivation speed slowed down more and more.

"That's because you're wasting your time and haven't found the meaning of your existence."

Yuan Hong slowly said, "Even if immortals have long lifespans, so what? What good is living so long? Do they help the Three Realms in any way? No! Do they make life better for all living beings? The answer is still no."

Yang Jian fell into deep thought.

“But I am different. I have cultivated myself from a weak life to where I am now, and now I have found the meaning of my power.”

Yuan Hong suddenly unleashed a powerful aura that soared into the sky: "To give all beings in the Three Realms a place to reason, to prevent the tragedy that happened to you from happening to others, to stop those good-for-nothings from occupying the Heavenly Court and doing nothing, to make life better for all beings in the Three Realms and the heavens..."

I have to do this, and someone has to do it!

"Golden...Golden Immortal?" Yang Jian looked at Yuan Hong in shock.

He had been laughing at Yuan Hong's thoughts, until now he realized that he himself was the clown.

“When you desperately want to do something, you will put in your best effort and eventually… surpass your limits,” Yuan Hong said, looking at Yang Jian.

That makes a lot of sense... Gradually, the hesitation in Yang Jian's eyes turned into determination.

"If you don't want to do this, that's fine! I won't force you!"

Yuan Hong looked at Yang Jian and said, "Master has found the cause he will dedicate his life to, and I have also found it. Now, I hope that you can also find a cause you will dedicate your life to."

No, I want to do it, I want to do it... Yang Jian shouted in his heart, feeling the blood in his body, which had cooled down, boil again.

But at this moment!

A streak of light flashed across the sky, breaking the atmosphere.

The streak of light flew towards the True Lord Temple, intending to enter directly from the sky, but several streaks of light rose up and transformed into grass-headed gods, blocking the light.

Yuan Hong's figure vanished in an instant.

"Who goes there?" the Grass-Headed God shouted.

In a flash of inspiration, he transformed into the appearance of a spirit official and shouted, "Erlang Zhenjun, I am a spirit official from Heaven! A great calamity has befallen Heaven! Venus, please lead your troops to its rescue at once!"

Hmm? Could it be that Master has discovered some problem with the Heavenly Court again, and thus sent a disciple to correct the Heavenly Court's mistakes...? Yuan Hong, who was hiding in the shadows, lit up and was eager to try.

So, does that mean he can go and help out at another event?

Yang Jian scoffed, "What does the Heavenly Court's affairs have to do with me?! Unless you produce the Heavenly Emperor's decree to mobilize troops, you can go back now!"

"This..." the spirit official hesitated, "True Lord, this is truly a momentous matter!"

"Get them out!" Yang Jian waved his hand dismissively.

The grass-root gods swarmed forward, shoving and pushing the messenger official away.

The messenger shouted, "True Lord, the Heavenly Emperor has descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation, and there has been no news of him. The Queen Mother is in seclusion, and now the demon race has sent a message threatening to retake the Heavenly Court! A catastrophe for the Heavenly Court is imminent, True Lord..."

"Hmm?" A strange look flashed in Yang Jian's eyes, but he still did not stop him.

After the messenger left, Yang Jian asked softly, "What do you think?"

"What do you think? Damn it, those bastards from the demon race want to steal the career I've dedicated my life to. How can I let them have their way?" Yuan Hong said angrily.

At the same time, the same thing was happening at Phoenix Mountain.

A group of children escorted a messenger official out of the Azure Phoenix Pavilion.

"Princess! Princess! A great calamity is about to befall the Heavenly Court. Please, Princess, set aside past grievances and help us..." the messenger said reluctantly.

Longji glanced at him: "When I suffered injustice in the Heavenly Court before, I didn't see you speaking up for me so righteously!"

……

Northern Continent, Imperial Capital Mountain!

Several streaks of light flew over and landed in the Sun Palace on the mountaintop, transforming into a bird-like demon king dressed in feathered robes, who strode into the palace.

"Greetings, Your Highness, and all the Demon Gods!"

Several imposing figures stood on either side of the main hall, while above the hall shone a blazing sun.

"How are things going with Zhongshan and Beiming?" another figure asked.

"The Demon Saint Zhongshan Zhulong said he didn't want to get involved, and the Demon Saint Kunpeng said he would think about it!"

"Hmph, that's true!"

Several demon gods snorted coldly upon hearing this.
But at that moment, in the blazing sun above the temple, a figure with a golden sun mark between its brows opened its eyes, and a terrifying aura swept across the sky and all directions.

Soon after, the demon army surged towards the Heavenly Court in a vast and boundless manner, like a torrent of rivers.

……

At this moment! High in the sky!

"What? The demon race is attacking the Heavenly Court? This is a major incident."

Yu Ding opened his eyes, his expression uncertain: "What should we do? Should we get involved in this?"

Then he muttered to himself, "I often tell the kids to think twice before they act and to act within their capabilities... But after assessing my capabilities, I found that I couldn't do it. I'd better go home and lay low for a while!"

He has a grudge against the demon race and is preparing to retaliate, but the active and passive relationship between him setting up trouble is different from that between the other party taking the initiative!

Especially now that none of his brothers are around!

Just as he was about to head home!

With a whoosh, a golden rainbow bridge suddenly appeared from afar, right beneath his feet.

Looking up, Yu Ding saw the Kunlun Mountains at the end of the Rainbow Bridge.

"No, Master, I really... can't do it..."

Yu Ding had a bitter face, but he still stepped onto the Rainbow Bridge. As soon as he stepped on it, he disappeared from the spot with a "whoosh" along with the Rainbow Bridge.

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