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

Chapter 334 I Killed Jade Cauldron Immortal
The newcomer is quite skilled... Yu Ding thought to himself upon hearing this.

Now that he had reverted to his original form as Yu Ding, he created the illusion that 'Tai Xu' was still in Chen Tang Pass. Naturally, he could no longer flaunt his Tai Xu persona in public.

Wait, Skull Mountain...

Yu Ding raised an eyebrow. Wasn't that the place where Lady Shiji of the Jie Sect practiced her magic?

Speaking of Shi Ji, she is a typical case of "misfortune falling from the sky while one is at home" during the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods. Even Yu Ding felt that she was quite pitiful.

She was originally a middle-aged homebody who usually stayed at home growing herbs and refining pills, and did not actively get involved in the Investiture of the Gods calamity to cause trouble.

As a result, they encountered the fiercely protective Old Taiyi... cough cough, I digress.

Could it be that I just happened to be in such a coincidence...?

"Wow!"

Before Yu Ding could make any other move, a bird's cry that could pierce gold and split rocks rose from the mountain. A Taoist nun riding a blue phoenix came quickly from the mountaintop and arrived in front of Yu Ding in the blink of an eye.

The nun was beautiful, exuded the aura of a Golden Immortal, and had a voluptuous figure.

He's just a bit too fierce... Yu Ding: 乛乛

Yu Ding quickly composed himself and bowed: "This humble Daoist, Tianxu, greets fellow Daoist. I have mistakenly entered this precious land today and have caused you much disturbance. I will take my leave now."

After the incident where he was injured and went to Biyou Palace, resulting in Jin Guangxian and the others being suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain,
His reputation within the Jie Sect is probably already infamous.

Although Shi Ji was unlucky, he didn't intend to have any further interaction with her.
At most, after Nezha is born, Zhao Gongming or the Three Immortals, who have a good relationship with him, will step in and call Shiji to avoid him.

"Wait!"

Shi Ji stared at Yu Ding, who was turning to leave, frowning as she pondered something. Suddenly, she shouted, "You are not Tian Xu, you are Yu Ding Zhenren of the Chan Sect, aren't you?"

Yu Ding: (￢_￢)
The new account was exposed as soon as it was revealed...

"Fellow Daoist, you have mistaken me for someone else. Farewell." Yu Ding cupped his hands and was about to leave.

"Yu Ding, don't run! Take this!"

Shi Ji shouted, "I would recognize you even if you were reduced to ashes!"

With a long cry, the Azure Phoenix spread its wings and suddenly stood in front of the Jade Cauldron.

"Fellow Daoist, what are you doing?"

Yu Ding clapped his hands together and spread his hands with a helpless expression.

"Yu Ding, it is laughable that you, as the leader of the Twelve Immortals of Jade Void, dare not even acknowledge your own name today."

Shi Ji, sword in hand, sneered and persisted: "Let me let you know that the one blocking your way today is Shi Ji from the Biyou Sect."

As her breathing changed, her chest heaved.

"Fine, fine, even if I am Yu Ding, so what?"

Yu Ding said speechlessly, "I have no grudges with you in the past, nor any enmity with you recently. Do you want to cause trouble for me just because I'm passing by?"

Shi Ji said, "Yu Ding, don't pretend you don't know. Tell me, wasn't it you who caused Qiu Shou and his fellow disciples to be suppressed by our master for so many years?"

I knew it… Yu Ding said helplessly, “So what if it is?”

Shi Ji said, "What else? Let me ask you, you agreed to spar with my senior brothers, but when you couldn't accept defeat, you ran to my master and accused him of being the villain first."

"No, you've been fooled by them. You have no idea what happened."

Yu Ding said calmly, "That wasn't a friendly sparring match at all; it was a battle. They outnumbered the enemy and possessed the innate spiritual treasure, the Hunyuan Hammer. Their victory was dishonorable, and moreover..."

He deliberately feigned a troubled expression.

"And what? Tell me!" Shi Ji sneered.

Yu Ding said, "I promised my uncle that I would never mention this matter again after accepting his gifts."

"Yu Ding, stop pretending. On one side are my senior brothers and sisters, and on the other side are our enemies."

Shi Ji sneered, "Tell me, if it were you, whose words would you believe?"

Yu Ding glanced at her and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't blindly believe one person's opinion. I would also ask my martial uncle and other people to verify it."

Shi Ji said, "Enough nonsense, make your move. Since we've met today, I'm determined to experience your Immortal-Slaying Sword..."

I'm really... Yu Ding is speechless, but there's nothing he can do.

The Chan Sect and the Jie Sect are currently in a state of irreconcilable conflict in the prehistoric world, and the original form of Huanglong, who served the Seven Immortals, was in a similar situation.

Sometimes it's not that the Chan Sect is causing trouble, but the Jie Sect members are just so persistent, what can the Chan Sect do...?

Wait, there's a solution!
“Junior Sister Shiji, we have no grudges against each other. Apart from being a bit fierce, you have no other faults. I will not fight with you.”

Yu Ding, with his hands behind his back, tried to walk around Shi Ji: "If you want to make a move, then make a move. I will never fight back. As for the truth... I think Brother Duobao and Senior Sister Jinling know. I suggest you go and ask them."

Shi Ji is clearly a homebody, and she seems very honest and straightforward, making her easily provoked.

Judging from her tone, it was clear that she had listened to the one-sided views of people like Jin Guangxian, and he didn't need to guess to know that the female turtle had a part in it...

Watching Yu Ding calmly walk past her, Shi Ji's expression was somewhat uncertain.

"Attack! Attack me now! I will not fight back..." Yu Ding shouted in his heart as he sensed the movement of the stone behind him.

Seeing that Shi Ji hadn't made a move, Yu Ding said without turning his head, "By the way, I would like to give you another piece of advice: it's best to stay away from the Holy Mother Gui Ling. That woman is no good person."

"Yu Ding, how dare you insult my senior sister behind her back?"

Shi Ji, who had been hesitant, became furious and raised her hand to unleash a snow-white sword light towards Yu Ding, slashing towards Yu Ding's back like a bolt of lightning.

Although she struck with anger and resentment, Yu Ding was one of the few great sword immortals in the primordial world who had cultivated to a high level.

She was certain that this sword strike would not harm Master Yu Ding in the slightest.

But her expression quickly changed.

The sword energy was already close behind Yu Ding, but Yu Ding had not reacted at all.

But Shi Ji remained calm. If she couldn't even withstand this sword, Yu Ding would be too disgraced.

Yu Ding must be up to something...

As soon as she thought of this, she saw Yu Ding turn his head as if he had just realized it, and his face showed a look of great fear.

puff!
The sword light struck Yu Ding's chest, and Yu Ding immediately threw his head back, spitting out a mouthful of blood before flying backward.

"what?!"

Shi Ji was shocked. Her calm expression changed drastically as she stared at her hand in utter astonishment.

Yu Ding really didn't fight back?

And yet he actually managed to slash the jade cauldron away with a single sword strike.

But... wait a minute, even if Yu Ding didn't fight back, he was still a Great Sword Immortal.

She hasn't been a Golden Immortal for long, so even if this sword could break through the protective divine light of a powerful being, it wouldn't cause her to vomit blood... What on earth is going on?
Shi Ji slowly recovered from her shock, and her expression became visibly panicked. She moved quickly and chased after the direction in which the jade cauldron had flown.

At this moment, Yu Ding was lying "miserably" by a pool of water, with a hideous wound on his chest that stained his Taoist robe red and kept oozing blood, which also stained the pool red. He was also coughing up blood from the corner of his mouth.

Yu Ding's gaze, however, was fixed on the direction of Shi Ji.

"Why isn't Shi Ji here yet..." Yu Ding muttered to himself, while using his magic to suppress his injuries and cough up blood.

I must say, his seventh-stage Yuan Gong body is really tough enough; it was worth all the effort he put into perfecting it.

Although Shi Ji's sword strike was imbued with anger, it wasn't delivered with full force and failed to break through his defenses, so he had to inflict the wound himself.

A figure gracefully landed; it was Shi Ji, who barely suppressed the panic on her face.

Yu Ding smiled weakly and said, "Can you vent your anger now?"

Shi Ji asked angrily and in panic, "Yu Ding, what... what happened to you? Why didn't you fight back? How badly are you hurt?"

"You're not going to die yet. Didn't I say that I have no grudge against you, Fellow Daoist Shiji?"

Yu Ding gave a "miserable" smile: "Besides, if I were to fight back... I'd need to have the ability to fight back, wouldn't I?"

"what do you mean?"

Shi Ji's expression changed, and she hurriedly squatted down to grab Yu Ding's wrist. Yu Ding raised his hand to try to dodge, but Shi Ji firmly grabbed his hand.

She was so shocked by the brief examination that she jumped up and exclaimed, "A true fairyland? You..."

"Fellow Daoist Shiji, you wouldn't want to kill me outright, would you?"

Yu Ding smiled weakly, "This humble Daoist is tired. I'll take a nap first. Could you please inform my senior brother, or better yet, please take me back to my... Daoist temple..."

After saying this, Yu Ding collapsed and fainted in Shi Ji's arms, losing consciousness.

"Yu Ding, Yu Ding, don't sleep! You're not allowed to sleep, you know?"

Shi Ji shook the jade cauldron in her arms in alarm, her face showing panic and fear.

Her sword strike just now was made because the opponent was a powerful sword immortal. It might not have caused much damage to a powerful sword immortal, but it posed a fatal risk to a true immortal.

If this time, Yu Ding Zhenren dies at her hands...

Shi Ji shivered, feeling a chill run down her spine.

Although the members of the Jie Sect acted arrogantly and domineeringly, they were not truly unscrupulous. The consequences of killing a disciple of a sage were something she could not bear.

Especially when the relationship between the Chan and Jie schools was very sensitive,
One wrong move and it could easily become the fuse that ignites a war between the Chan and Jie sects.

Shi Ji shook the jade tripod vigorously.

Seeing no reaction, his arms began to tremble.

"Yu Ding, please, wake up! I really didn't know your cultivation level had dropped, and I didn't mean to hurt you..."

She quickly took out a porcelain bottle, poured out all the pills inside, and stuffed them into the mouth of the jade cauldron. She used her magic to dissolve them, murmuring in a tearful voice.

However, her elixir entered Yu Ding's body as if it had vanished into thin air, with little effect. Fresh blood continued to flow from the wound, staining Shi Ji's Taoist robe red.

"How to do how to do?"

Seeing the jade cauldron gradually become still, Shi Ji was so frightened that she suddenly burst into tears: "I killed Jade Cauldron Immortal, waah, I killed Jade Cauldron Immortal..."

"Cough cough cough, stop flattering me!"

Yu Ding coughed and said, "Quick...quick, find someone...to save me, I can still...be saved..."

Then her head lolled to the side, and she fainted again in Shi Ji's arms.

"Yu Ding, you're not dead? That's great! I'll go get your senior brothers and sisters right away to rescue you."

She immediately flipped her hand and produced a glowing handkerchief, which she used to wrap the jade cauldron before quickly arriving at her White Bone Cave.

"Miss!"

Two children, a boy and a girl, came forward to greet them.

"Yes, you guys guard the cave entrance."

After giving her instructions, Shi Ji entered the White Bone Cave and placed the Eight Treasures Cloud Light Handkerchief along with the jade cauldron on her cloud bed. Then she hurriedly left the cave.

Severely injuring Yu Ding is a serious matter.

In addition, Yu Ding had made quite a few enemies in Biyou Palace, so she dared not take the injured person with her.

“Caiyun, Biyun, I have something to do and need to return to Biyou Palace.”

Shi Ji instructed, "You two are not allowed to leave this place. You must guard the cave and not allow anyone to enter. Do you understand?"

"remember!"

The two children answered.

"it is good!"

Shi Ji said no more, summoned Qingluan, and sped off towards Biyou Palace like lightning.

“Hmm…” After Shi Ji walked away, inside the White Bone Cave, Yu Ding lifted the veil covering his body, which resembled a cloud of mist, and smiled.

You little rascal, I'll scare you to death!

He didn't want to bully this straightforward, homebody girl, but if he didn't take action, the situation would continue to escalate, so he had no choice but to resort to this tactic.

Furthermore, he accepted the gift from that senior apprentice and promised not to mention that matter again, so the only way to find out the truth is for Shiji to go and find out herself.

"Is this the Eight Treasures Cloud Light Handkerchief?"

Looking at the jade cauldron that was the size of a quilt, he shook his head again: "No, this is an Eight Treasures Dragon Beard Handkerchief."

He remembered that the Eight Treasures Cloud Light Handkerchief was shaped like a white handkerchief with treasures of Kan, Li, Zhen, and Dui on it, encompassing all kinds of treasures, and could summon Yellow Turban warriors, but this one also had eight treasures, but it was obviously not as high-end.

Then Yu Ding examined the cave dwelling of this older, reclusive woman.

Despite its terrifying appearance, the cave was actually quite a hidden paradise. There were small bridges and flowing water, many colorful spiritual flowers, a guqin, bookshelves, and unfinished needlework... It was quite poetic and picturesque.

"Alright, it's time to go."

Yu Ding shook his head. Although he was in Qiantang Pass, he knew about the news from Chaoge because Li Jing was the general of the pass.

Not long ago, news came that a warlord named Yuan Futong from Beihai, along with seventy-two other warlords, had rebelled, and the imperial court was discussing how to quell the rebellion.

He remembers it as a very bad start.

Perhaps the immortals wouldn't care, but he knew that it was this rebellion that set the stage for the change of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of a great calamity.

The fact that Yuan Futong rebelled in Beihai... is very problematic.

However, before leaving, Yu Ding made a sword-finger gesture, channeling his magic power to write eight characters on the Eight Treasures Dragon Beard Handkerchief:
I couldn't wait any longer; I've already saved myself. Don't worry about me.

(End of this chapter)