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

Chapter 425 I Have a Doppelganger in Chaoge
It's not just rumors circulating outside... Ao Guang wiped the sweat from his brow, somewhat surprised and uncertain, no longer daring to meet Yu Ding's gaze.

He hadn't expected that this immortal's mere glance would create such a sense of oppression for him.

Has this immortal truly met with misfortune?

Ao Guang looked puzzled, and he asked himself the question softly in his heart.

However, he understood one thing: since this immortal wanted him to express his stance...

He wouldn't dare to say for sure that they had secured the backing of the Chan Sect, but he was now 98% certain that they had already established a connection with the Jade Cauldron Immortal of Jade Spring Mountain.

With Ao Bing's profound skills largely mastered and his study of the Heaven-Deceiving Talisman, Yu Ding's teaching duties became much easier in the days that followed.

However, since Ao Guang transferred half of the East Sea Dragon Clan's Qi to Ao Bing, he was too embarrassed to mention tuition fees again.

Now that Ao Bing has become his disciple, the half of the East Sea Dragon Clan's fortune that Ao Bing carries will be connected to his Jade Spring Mountain lineage, thus forming a mutually beneficial relationship, in which both parties will benefit.

The concept of destiny, though somewhat mystical in the past, was a very important thing in the primordial world, with endless uses.

"Putting everything else aside, the sheer luck of Yang Jian and Xiao Bing alone is enough to make your Jade Spring Mountain the number one place among our fellow disciples' temples in terms of luck." Huang Long couldn't hide his envy.

The twelve leaders of the immortals were direct disciples of the Jade Purity Saint, and their own fortunes were naturally closely related to the Chan Sect.

If we compare the fortune of Yuxu Palace to the trunk of a towering tree, then the twelve of them going down the mountain to establish a dojo and take on disciples is like the trunk growing twelve branches.

After Yu Ding took in Yang Jian, who was born with great fortune, the fortune of the Yuquan Mountain lineage far surpassed that of the other eleven lineages, not to mention people like Long Ji and Yang Chan.

Now, with Ao Bing's half of the dragon clan's fortune added to the mix, wouldn't the Jade Spring Mountain lineage be far ahead of the competition?

He sat in a pavilion, with the jade tripod right opposite him.

After not receiving a response for a while, Huanglong glanced at Yu Ding, who was holding an ancient dragon book borrowed from Ao Guang, and snorted, "Did you hear me when I spoke to you?"

Without turning his head, Yu Ding stared at the ancient book and said indifferently, "You gave me this disciple, and your fortune was transferred to me by your nephew. What, now that you see my disciple has achieved some success in his cultivation, you want to reap the benefits halfway through?"

"No, you can believe me, or I can swear it."

Huang Long quickly distanced himself, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes, and said, "However, the East Sea Dragon Clan is not entirely under Xiao Guangzi's control, so the fortune they hold can be a bit hot to handle. I must remind you to be prepared."

"It's no trouble at all."

Yu Ding said calmly, "My Immortal-Slaying Sword is also very sharp. I suggest you be prepared."

Huang Long's face froze instantly, and he hurriedly said, "I didn't say I wouldn't help. Look at you, you're so anxious, aren't you?"

Yu Ding said calmly, "If you really have nothing to do, go play by yourself and don't disturb me while I'm reading."

Huang Long: "(￢_￢) Aim"

Just then, a patrol of shrimp soldiers and crab generals walked by in the distance.

"Hey, why are those humans at war again? Don't they get tired of fighting all the time?"

"You know nothing. I heard that it's a rebellion of four hundred human lords against the human king. This is a huge deal."

"I don't care if they rebel or not, but those human bastards dumped a lot of rotting corpses into the East China Sea. What do they take my East China Sea for?"

They walked past each other in whispers.

"Are the humans at war?"

Huang Long's expression changed slightly as he looked at Yu Ding: "Yu Ding, did you hear that? It seems that four hundred feudal lords have rebelled."

Yu Ding didn't even look up, and just grunted in response.

Huang Long snatched the ancient book from Yu Ding's hand with a hint of annoyance: "I'm not saying anything, can't you give me some feedback? Is this book really that good? Huh... 'The Three Tribulations of the Rebellious Dragon'? Where did you find this thing?"

Yu Ding slowly raised his head and stood up, his hands behind his back, and calmly said, "It's not that I have no reaction, but that I already know about this."

"I already knew, how did you know?" Huang Long asked in surprise.

Yu Ding said calmly, "I have left an avatar in the mortal world to observe the myriad aspects of human life and to understand the ways of humanity."

"No wonder! You've got some skills, kid."

Huang Long asked with some surprise, "What's your opinion on the situation of the human race?"

He suddenly realized that there was a reason why his master liked this guy so much.

Yu Ding glanced at him and asked, "So what do you think?"

Huanglong pondered and said, "First, the Shang Dynasty is destined to perish; second, the Zhou Dynasty is destined to rise; third, the immortals are facing a great calamity; and fourth, the gods are demanding titles... These destinies have already been set. The chaos among the human race is also a matter of destiny. Don't you agree?"

"It's fate!" Yu Ding murmured.

In fact, he learned of the rebellion of these two warlords almost immediately.

After the Nuwa Palace incident, the nine-tailed fox, just like in the original story, possessed Daji's body and entered the palace, ready to begin her actions to wreak havoc on the Shang Dynasty.

However, after that demon entered the palace, it was like a pebble thrown into the ocean, without causing even the slightest ripple.

The nine-tailed fox is still the same thousand-year-old fox, but Di Xin is no longer the King Zhou from the original story.

The Human King is protected by the fortune of his clan, making him impervious to gods, ghosts, demons, and evil spirits. Even the goddess Nuwa would have to yield before this thing.

This is why the nine-tailed fox didn't transform into Daji's appearance but instead occupied Daji's body to hide beside Emperor Xin.

As the saying goes: A beautiful woman of sixteen or seventeen, her body like soft butter, a sword at her waist to slay ordinary men. Though no heads fall, she secretly drains your marrow from your bones!

Even Di Xin, who possessed superhuman strength and could pull nine oxen backwards, was eventually weakened by wine and women in the original story. He was so infatuated with the nine-tailed fox that he squandered his good fortune.

This is why he secretly taught Emperor Xin the method of dual cultivation that time.

Since the Nine-Tailed Fox did not cause any trouble in the palace, there was no longer any evidence of her plotting to kill Queen Jiang, bewitching Emperor Xin to trick the four vassal lords into coming to the capital to kill the Eastern Marquis Jiang Huanchu and the Southern Marquis E Shun, imprisoning the Western Marquis, or creating cruel tortures such as the burning pillar to kill ministers...

In short, everything has changed.

Emperor Xin did not take action against the feudal lords, and he was wise and diligent in governing the country, eliminating the malpractices that had accumulated over the years.

The feudal lords watched as the lion, which was supposed to die of old age, gradually regained its youth...

Finally, they couldn't sit still any longer. First, Marquis E Shun of the South led two hundred feudal lords from the south in rebellion.

Then, the Marquis of Dongbo also raised the banner of rebellion.

This marked the beginning of chaos in the world.

Yu Ding remained silent.

He can testify that this time Di Xin really tried his best to save the collapsing empire, and even used the strategy of forming alliances that he learned from him.

The ruthless one uses the strong to attack the weak!
The Shang dynasty's strategy towards the various vassal states perfectly reflected the power dynamics between the Shang and the vassal states.

Marquis Chonghouhu of the North has always been a fickle character, helping whoever is stronger. As long as the Shang Dynasty doesn't fall, Chonghouhu will never cause trouble.

Therefore, Emperor Xin employed the strategy of alliances, forming an alliance with his father-in-law Jiang Huanchu in the east and with Ji Chang in the west to stabilize the Zhou state.

Next, the Shang dynasty was about to take action against Marquis E Shun of the South.

This was originally not a problem!

If E Shun raised the flag of rebellion, there's nothing wrong with that. There's no rule saying I can't resist if you want to kill me!

But then, for some reason, the Marquis of Dongbo also rebelled.

This news shocked the entire world!

No one could understand why the Marquis of Dongbo would do such a thing.

You should know that he was the father-in-law of Emperor Xin, his daughter was the Queen of the Shang Dynasty, and his grandson was the future king of the Shang Dynasty.

What is he trying to achieve by rebelling?

Where does this leave his daughter?

In the end, everyone thought that this Marquis of Dongbo must be senile, otherwise he wouldn't have done such a foolish thing.

As expected, after this incident, Queen Jiang was deposed by Emperor Xin and imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison to await her fate.

But Yu Ding knew something that others didn't.

That is, on the eve of the rebellion, E Shun was still hesitant because he knew that he would have no chance against the Yin Shang army.

Until someone came to him in the darkness of night and helped him make a decision.

As for who it was... Yu Ding remained silent for a moment.

He knew that he couldn't stop the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods.

Not only him, but no one could stop him, just like when Yun Zhongzi offered the sword.

He has done everything he could and should do; all that's left is to watch as all parties enter the fray and let this ordeal unfold.

At this moment, inside the Shouxian Palace of the Chaoge Royal Palace.

Di Xin sat upright, his face as still as water, tapping his fingers on the table as if waiting for something.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xibo will arrive tomorrow."

An attendant hurried in and presented a memorial.

"Ji Chang? Well done!"

Di Xin finished reading the memorial in his hand and crushed it to pieces, his eyes burning with rage: "Xiao Wu, you're quite the runner, but while you're out there... can you take care of the family?"

It goes without saying that the rebellion of those two warlords was undoubtedly orchestrated by his junior brother.

His strategy of forming alliances is to use strength to overcome weakness, while the opponent's strategy of forming alliances is to unite the weak to overcome strength.

To be honest, E Shun's rebellion was within his expectations, but the fact that the kid could persuade his father-in-law to rebel was beyond his expectations.

Since that kid used his schemes and plots against his father-in-law's family...
Then he had no more scruples and, with a single move, brought his father to Chaoge.

"Your Majesty!"

Just then, a woman with almond-shaped eyes and peach-blossom cheeks, dressed in gorgeous clothes, rushed in with a panicked expression and said, "It's terrible! The two princes have gone to break us out of prison!"

"Breakout? Those two idiots!"

Di Xin's face darkened. He gave the young, beautiful woman a deep look before striding away.

"Pass down the order: capture them alive, but do not harm them."

Although his marriage to Queen Jiang was a political alliance with little emotional foundation, they had shared a bed for many years. The queen was virtuous and never made a mistake, and she managed the harem in an orderly manner.

In addition, she bore him two sons, and this time he immediately saw what was being manipulated behind the scenes.

However, due to the constraints of the law, she can only be temporarily imprisoned in the imperial prison for now, and we'll deal with her later.

But he never expected his two sons to be so impulsive and foolish as to attempt a prison break.

Not long after, Di Xin arrived at the Heavenly Prison.

Blood stained the ground in front of the gate, and many guards were dead or wounded, lying on the ground, but the two sons were nowhere to be seen.

The prison leader cautiously stepped forward.

"Where are they? Where did they go?" Di Xin asked in a deep voice.

The leader said in a panic, "Your Majesty, the two princes disguised themselves and came to break into the prison, but we saw through their disguise. The two princes then attacked in anger, but just now two strange winds came from nowhere and swept the two princes away."

"Strange wind?"

Di Xin looked up at the sky, clenched his fist, hesitated for a moment, then relaxed it and turned to leave.

"Keep a close watch on the prison. Don't let the king... don't let the guilty find out about this."

"promise!"

Shouxian Palace.

"Your Majesty, how are the two princes?" the beautiful woman asked.

Di Xin stared at her sharply: "You probably think that telling me this is giving me good news, don't you?!"

Daji's expression changed abruptly, and she hurriedly knelt down, saying, "Your Majesty, I dare not."

When Di Xin ascended to his high position, he placed his right hand on her head and asked, "My beloved consort, how did you know about the prince's prison break while you were in the deep palace?"

Daji said tremblingly, "I...I...it was a palace maid in my palace who accidentally stumbled upon the whereabouts of the two princes, and that's how I found out."

For some reason, the kingly aura that this mortal exuded at that moment made her, who had cultivated for a thousand years, tremble in her heart.

Di Xin glanced at Daji on the ground: "It would be better if that were the case. I will stay here with you tonight."

Then he strode past Daji.

A blush flashed across Daji's face, but she suddenly shook her head and thought to herself, "Pah, pah, pah! I'm here to ruin the fate of the Shang Dynasty. I've cultivated for a thousand years, seeking only enlightenment. How could I be so obsessed with the pleasures of men and women?"

But... but this man is really amazing!
At this moment, in an unnamed courtyard within the city of Chaoge.

A Taoist priest looked up and watched as two auspicious clouds carrying good fortune drifted by in the distance.

As his gaze fell, he saw two Taoist priests dressed in purple robes with the Eight Trigrams on the cloud, leading two panicked boys covered in blood.

Guangchengzi and Chijingzi's disciples have also arrived... The old Taoist priest withdrew his gaze speechlessly.

He had initially set everything in a bad direction.

Then, to his surprise, he brought it back again.

Everything has returned to its original course...

The only difference is that it was a few years later than before.

He looked up and sighed softly, erasing the slight sense of defeat from his heart.

Since that's the case... the curtain has been raised, so let's begin!

(End of this chapter)