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

Chapter 446 I, Meishan, will take on Li Jing's karma.
The sun hangs high in the sky, and white clouds drift by.

Suddenly, with a clear whistle, a shadow pierced through the clouds and sky, flying like an arrow across mountains and rivers, soaring high above the ground.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a peregrine falcon.

Before long, a towering, majestic mountain came into view.

With a flap of its wings, the peregrine falcon headed straight for the main peak, and soon landed in front of a cave, transforming into a falcon demon with wings on its back.

The falcon demon went straight into the cave and saw a plaque hanging in the main hall with the three large characters "Hall of Justice" written on it, and a throne below the plaque.

There are three chairs on each side of the throne, and eighteen chairs on each side of the main hall.

However, at this moment, only one of the three chairs to the lower left of the throne was occupied, with a fat man lying there dozing off while peeling fruit.

The fat man glanced at the exhausted Falcon Demon and said slowly, "Falcon, you're back? You look like this, go get some water first."

The falcon demon said urgently, "Reporting to General Zhu, I have some important information to report to the Great Sage."

"Important news? Hahaha, when have you ever said that? Big Brother sends you out to gather important information about the various factions."

The fat man peeled a piece of fruit and put it in his mouth, saying, "But what about you guys? Ugh, it's really awful. It's so bland, it's like you're eating a bird."

Where was I? Oh right, you guys always bring up trivial matters to talk about. Big Brother is busy cultivating too, you know.

The falcon demon quickly shook his head and said, "No, this time is different. A mortal has beaten the Demon-Subduing God."

"What? A mortal defeated the Demon-Subduing God?"

The fat man was startled, dropping the fruit from his hand. He suddenly sat up, his face a mixture of anger and uncertainty, and said, "You can't be called a god without reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm. If I can't even do it, how can a mortal like me possibly defeat him?"

He looked at the Falcon Demon and said, "Falcon, you must not fabricate news to deceive me, Old Zhu, just because you are eager to make a contribution. My elder brother said that anyone who goes up Meishan is his brother."

So you're also my brother. Even if you don't bring back any useful information, I won't punish you or anything. There's no need to fabricate such false information that even I find hard to believe.

The Falcon Demon said with certainty, "This matter is absolutely true. I would never dare to speak nonsense. That mortal is Li Jing, the general of Chentang Pass."

"Go down, don't bother your elder brother with this kind of thing."

The fat man waved his hand to shoo away the falcon demon, and after glancing at it out of the corner of his eye to see it gone, he immediately got up and followed a passage to a stone gate.

Although separated by a stone door, golden light still shone through the cracks, and at the same time, an extremely powerful aura that made one's heart pound was emanating from it.

"Big brother's skills have improved again..." the fat man said cautiously. "Big brother, I have some information to report to you."

"speak!"

"Oh, it's like this, they say that the general of Chentang Pass, named Li Jing, beat up the Heavenly Demon Subduing God of Heaven, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"Oh? Interesting. Come in!"

The golden light and aura that had been seeping through the crack in the door faded away, the stone door opened, and the fat man cautiously stepped inside.

The stone cave was simply furnished, with only a futon on which sat a scholar in white robes, none other than Yuan Hong.

"Congratulations, brother, your skills have improved even further." The fat man smiled and stepped forward, then suddenly paused.

He saw that the stone walls inside the cave were covered with dense sword marks. Just looking at them, he felt as if a sky full of sword energy was rushing towards him, as if it would cut him to pieces.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Hong pulled Zhu Zizhen away and quickly wiped away the sword marks in the cave with great magic, but thin blood vessels still appeared on Zhu Zizhen's face.

Zhu Zizhen said with lingering fear, "What powerful sword intent! Brother, when did you start practicing swordsmanship?"

Yuan Hong chuckled and said, "Oh, when I was learning martial arts, I accidentally entered a fairy cave and found a tattered sword manual. I practiced it casually when I had nothing else to do. Haha, just casually. By the way, you just said that the general of Chentang Pass injured the Demon-Subduing God. What exactly happened?"

"I was too hasty and didn't ask clearly..." Zhu Zizhen looked troubled.

Yuan Hong shook his head helplessly: "Then go and find someone who can explain it clearly. Zizhen, Meishan is a foundation we built together. Why do you have to fight with your brothers over this?"

"You have too many brothers now..." Zhu Zizhen chuckled dryly, "I won't in the future."

Before long, the falcon demon appeared in the cave and told them all the information he had gathered.

"You mean... when the Demon-Subduing God was subduing demons, he accidentally injured many mortals, which is why the General of Chentang Pass was so angry that he shot the gods and demons with arrows?" Yuan Hong's eyes lit up.

The falcon demon nodded: "According to the birds over there, the general of Chentang Pass is more ferocious than the Demon-Subduing God and the demon when he gets angry. He also has a pagoda with boundless magical power, which is extremely powerful."

After wounding both the celestial being and the demon, he released the celestial being and subdued the demon with the pagoda. For this heroic act of 'releasing the celestial being with righteousness and suppressing the demon with the pagoda,' the million people of Chentang Pass gave him a nickname… oh right, 'Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King'!

"The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King?"

Zhu Zizhen was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Wow, that's amazing. I'm afraid he let the Demon-Subduing God go on purpose, otherwise he could have definitely captured him as well."

Yuan Hong shook his head with a smile and said, "He's impressive, but he's also facing imminent disaster."

Zhu Zizhen asked in surprise, "What do you mean by that, elder brother?"

Yuan Hong looked up and sneered, "He's just a mortal. It's fine if he doesn't make a move, but it's also fine if he does, as long as he doesn't shoot the Demon-Subduing God with arrows."

But he still made his move and even shot at the Demon-Subduing God. Not only did he shoot, but he didn't kill him and let him go. Tell me, if you were the Demon-Subduing God, would you have swallowed this insult?

"No!" Zhu Zizhen said, puzzled. "We've already spared his life, what more does he want?"

"You don't understand the gods, let alone the Heavenly Court. The actions of the Demon-Subduing God are all legal and compliant, and he has not violated any heavenly rules. How do you think he can swallow this insult?"

Yuan Hong sneered, "Anyway, the mouth is on the body of the Demon-Subduing God, so it's up to him to say what he wants. To put it mildly, this is a mortal defying the might of Heaven; to put it more seriously, it's the human race challenging the majesty of the Heavenly Court."

King Wu Yi of the Shang Dynasty shot an arrow at the heavens, causing the sacred and inviolable majesty of the heavens to begin to waver, and he was eventually struck on the head by a bolt of lightning and died.

Even a human king protected by the fortune of humankind suffered such a calamity; this time, although the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King did not directly provoke the heavens, how much better will his fate be?

"This..." Zhu Zizhen was speechless.

Yuan Hong laughed and said, "So tell me, isn't this a great disaster about to befall us?"

Zhu Zizhen sighed, "It would be a real pity if such a hero were harmed by the Heavenly Court and lost to a villain."

“That’s right, but isn’t that what I have, brother?”

"What my brother means is..."

"I opened the Hall of Justice so that I could make friends with heroes from all over the world who are righteous and dare to resist authority, and to seek justice for the common people."

Yuan Hong smiled slightly: "How can we miss such a hero? Brother, wait a moment, I will go to Chentang Pass to meet this Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King."

If we share the same aspirations, I will take this brother up the mountain, let him sit on a chair, and we, Meishan, will take care of his karma on his behalf.”

Zhu Zizhen said happily, "That's how it should be. Anyway, Meishan has long been a thorn in the side of the Heavenly Court, who can't wait to get rid of it. They're not bothered by having too many lice or too many debts."

"We need to hurry, a day in heaven is a year on earth."

Yuan Hong looked up at the sky and said, "Going to the Heavenly Court to handle matters is complicated and takes time, but this kind of troublesome matter can be settled in a little over an hour. If you calculate the time, half a month has already passed, and time is running out."

After speaking, Yuan Hong transformed into a golden light and flew out of the Hall of Justice, out of Meishan, and towards Chentang Pass.

At the mouth of the Guanjiang River, in the Zhenjun Temple.

This guy… Yang Jian looked up at the figure waving at him in the passing golden light and shook his head speechlessly.

Yuan Hong, under the banner of making friends with heroes and righteous men, opened the Hall of Justice. Relying on his reputation, he attracted people from all directions to come and join him.

They called themselves the "Gathering of Heroes at Meishan".

Besides the more than thirty True Immortal Demon Kings, there were also several Celestial Immortals among them, causing quite a commotion.

His rebellious intentions are fully exposed!

He couldn't cover up such a big commotion, and the Heavenly Court found out and repeatedly questioned him.

His answer was direct and straightforward: if the Heavenly Court was not satisfied, they would replace him. The Heavenly Court, in turn, was firm and immediately sent troops to suppress him.

It turns out that among the thirty-odd heavenly generals they had 'disciplined' back then, several had actually broken through to the level of Heavenly Immortals. No wonder the Heavenly Court had the confidence to take action.

Unfortunately, they were no match for Yuan Hong, who had achieved the Golden Immortal realm, and all of them suffered defeats.

The Heavenly Court softened its stance and gently persuaded him to launch a campaign. He then had a friendly match with Yuan Hong and agreed to let the demon kings return first before settling the matter.

Afterwards, the rewards from Heaven, including elixirs and imperial wine, were split 50/50, but Yuan Hong discovered that there was a great business opportunity in them.

So Yuan Hong caused trouble several more times, and he suppressed him several times, resulting in a huge uproar with earth-shattering battles and ghostly wails.

However, it seemed that the Heavenly Court had been squeezed dry, and the rewards became less and less. When they realized that they could no longer get any benefits out of the Heavenly Court, they gave up.

What have they been up to now...? Yang Jian's magic power transformed into a palm and reached out to grab the golden light. A dragon's roar came from the palm, but it was shattered by the golden light and disappeared in an instant.

"Good palm skills!"

From afar, Yuan Hong's voice of praise could be heard.

"This guy... his cultivation is getting deeper and deeper." Yang Jian looked down at his palm and pondered.

Over the years, he has not been idle. He has cultivated the Three Flowers on the Top and the Five Qi in the Chest. He is only missing the perfect integration of Qi. If his Dao body is not destroyed, he will be a Golden Immortal and can be called a great power!
However… a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. Yuan Hong's Three Flowers and Five Qi cultivation was not yet complete. In the Golden Immortal realm, he was ahead of Yuan Hong.

But he had a gut feeling that even if he went all out, he wouldn't be able to defeat Yuan Hong.

The best outcome would be a draw.

After all, apart from the different weapons, the techniques and skills they practiced were generally the same.

When their skill levels are roughly equal, they really can't break each other's moves.

……

Qianyuan Mountain, in front of Jinguang Cave.

Taiyi pondered for a long time before asking, "Nezha, what do you think?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nezha's phantom soul flew out from his sleeve, which he had found the moment he arrived in the Demon Sealing World.

Nezha glanced at his own corpse and asked reluctantly, "Can I still live?"

"Be confident, go ahead and remove it!"

Yu Ding laughed and said, "With me, your master, and your senior brother here, even if you're only as big as a fingernail, we'll bring you back to life."

"Then I still want this body," Nezha said happily.

Taiyi chuckled upon hearing this: "So be it. Junior brother is willing to defy fate and change destiny for his disciple, so what am I worried about?"

“Hey, senior brother, you can’t say things like that. I’ve always been a dutiful cultivator, following the will of Heaven and never doing anything against it.”

Yu Ding shook his head decisively: "I only gave my disciple a heavenly book. Whether he can master it or not depends entirely on his own destiny. In the end, he was able to master it. What does this mean? It means that this is the will of Heaven!"

"Okay, okay, so you say that..." Taiyi was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, how can we cultivators do such a thing as going against the will of Heaven?"

I then gave my disciple a Xuan Tian Golden Pill; the rest is up to his own destiny!

With a flick of his whisk, the golden pill placed on the lotus leaf transformed into a beam of golden light and entered the mouth of Nezha's corpse.

Yu Ding said, "Then I will give Nezha three drops of Nine Spirit Jade Marrow, and the rest is up to his fate."

"Hey, I still have one Nine-Turn Profound Heaven Pill here!"

"I have a peach here too!"

As these substances entered the body, they immediately transformed into seven-colored light, dispersing throughout the limbs and bones, nourishing the body, and bringing the dead back to life.

The damaged body was repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In almost an instant, Nezha's body, which was riddled with injuries, was repaired.

The once pale and cold corpse regained its color, its heart began to beat, and its blood began to circulate.

Nezha's soul happily lay back down in his body, then sat up in a panic, but he couldn't return to his physical form no matter what he did.

"Master, Uncle-Master, what's going on? Why can't my soul return to my body?" Nezha asked in a panic.

Yu Ding coughed lightly, rummaged in his sleeve, and his eyes lit up. He said, "Kid, you're in luck. Your uncle here has a Rejuvenation Pill. The rest is up to your fate."

After saying this, he took out a Resurrection Pill, pointed his finger, and it turned into a stream of light that entered Nezha's mouth. Instantly, a blazing red light erupted from Nezha's body.

A moment later, the light faded, and Nezha slowly opened his eyes. He immediately saw Taiyi and Yuding on his left and right, and said with a smile, "Master! Uncle!"

Yu Ding laughed and said, "Hey, it's alive! Senior Brother!"

Taiyi exclaimed with delight, "It's the will of Heaven! This is the will of Heaven, Junior Brother!"

Fate my foot! It would be a miracle if the stuff you two are using didn't survive... Huang Long watched in stunned silence.

This isn't about judging Nezha's destiny at all.

Huang Long felt a pang of heartache seeing how well these two fared; they were really willing to invest heavily.

The items we just used would be highly sought after by countless Qi cultivators outside, and some of them even had the same effect.

"Come on, get down and walk around a bit!"

Yu Ding waved and laughed, "Get used to your new body. If it doesn't work, I'll help you fix it."

Nezha got up from the stone platform and stretched, then tried his hand at punches and kicks, striking with great force.

Huang Long stroked his beard and laughed, "Taiyi's disciple is quite adorable."

Nezha suddenly exclaimed, "Master, where is my primordial spirit? I've lost my magic power! I..."

Taiyi scoffed, "What's the panic? You're panicking like this because you've lost a mere seven years of cultivation? What about your uncle when he lost all his cultivation? Wouldn't he have died?"

Nezha was taken aback and looked at the jade cauldron: "Uncle-Master?"

Taiyi then told his disciple the story of the jade tripod.

"Uncle-Master, you...you really..."

Nezha stared at the jade cauldron in disbelief. He couldn't imagine how devastating it must be for someone to lose all their cultivation.

This senior uncle has even recovered... It must take an incredibly strong Daoist heart to do that.

Yu Ding smiled and nodded.

Nezha said, "But I think my uncle is even stronger now than before. He even subdued Qiongqi, which Huanglong Uncle couldn't defeat."

Huang Long's smile froze. This brat is not cute at all.

Yu Ding smiled meaningfully: "This is called destruction before construction. How about it, want to learn? I'll teach you!"

Nezha nodded eagerly: "I want to learn, I want to learn! I also want to learn Third Brother's ability to become very big."

"Third Brother?" Yu Ding was slightly taken aback.

Nezha said, "That's right. He's the third in his family. I have an older brother who's my second brother, so I call him the third brother. Oh, the second brother is your eldest disciple. We included him when we ranked them."

No way, this actually works... Yu Ding's lips twitched as he looked at Nezha's innocent face.

He didn't quite understand the world of young people.

Nezha asked, "Uncle-Master, how long do you think it will take me to recover?"

Yu Ding gave Nezha a deep look: "Seven days!"

Nezha's original physical body was damaged, so he naturally couldn't retain his magical power.

But now, with the divine objects given to him and Taiyi, Nezha's physical abilities are basically at their peak, far surpassing what they were before.

With his guidance as the recorder of three days of spiritual refinement, plus Nezha essentially creating a new alt account...

As long as the spiritual energy supply within the Mountain and River Map remains, he estimates that he will be close to undergoing tribulation by the time he emerges in seven days.

After all, Nezha was also one of the chosen ones to be deified in the Investiture of the Gods, and time could be modified within the Mountain and River Map.

"Bring those lotus leaves and lotus roots with you, and come with me!"

Yu Ding flicked his sleeve, and the Landscape Painting flew out and unfolded with a whoosh. He walked over, and divine light shone from it before it vanished in a flash.

Jinzha and Muzha studied here.

I wonder how those two children are doing with their cultivation now...

"Master, I already have a body, what use are these things now?" Nezha turned to Taiyi and asked in confusion.

Taiyi smiled mysteriously and waved his hand, saying, "You'll know when you get there. There's good news. Anyway, go in and learn from your uncle. He's incredibly skilled."

Nezha excitedly grunted an "Mmm," turned around, picked up the lotus leaves and roots laid out in the shape of human figures, rushed to the front of the landscape painting, and leaped inside.

"Oh, right!"

As if remembering something, Taiyi Zhenren flicked his sleeve, and a circle, a red ribbon, two wheels, and a long spear flew in and disappeared into the Mountain and River Map.

Huang Long said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Taiyi, I wasn't able to help much just now."

Taiyi said, "It's alright, as long as Senior Brother's intentions are there, I hope Nezha's cultivation goes smoothly this time."

……

Yuan Hong arrived at Chentang Pass and went straight through the pass.

Before long, the General's Mansion appeared before him.

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