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

Chapter 501 My Treasure Trove?!
Longji and Yuding, master and apprentice, exchanged a glance and sighed silently in their hearts.

As he was venting his anger, the Jade Emperor suddenly remembered that there were people beside him, especially his own daughter. While composing himself, he chuckled and explained, "I have just returned to my throne and am still a little unfamiliar with this body. My mouth, brain, and body are still a bit... out of sync. I lost my composure!"

Longji: (;￢＿￢)
Do you think I believe it or not?

Do you think the Empress Dowager would believe this explanation or not?

Yu Ding smiled and nodded, saying, "I also have some knowledge of medicine. This mortal body is not your original body after all. It has just been fused. It is normal for there to be some disharmony when the true spirit and the physical body merge. Long Ji, please control your expression!"

Master, you… Longji looked at the jade cauldron in astonishment, then at the Jade Emperor. When did these two become so close?
Suddenly she raised an eyebrow, not to mention that they were all of the "Yu" generation.

The Jade Emperor's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward excitedly, grabbing Yu Ding and saying, "Brother Yu Ding, this is not just a little knowledge of medicine, this... a divine physician! I remember that the Heavenly Court has a Department of Medicine, which is in need of a righteous god. How about you take charge, Yu Ding?"

I must say, Brother Yu Ding is so tacit; he covered up the situation perfectly. It would be great if he could stay and work in the Heavenly Court.

Seeing that Yu Ding seemed about to decline, he quickly added, "That place is really just a sinecure. Brother Yu Ding, you can just take a sinecure, or you can send a clone of yourself."

Longji said unhappily, "When Taibai Jinxing and the others recommended my master, he refused to become the Heavenly Emperor, and you're giving him such a trivial position as a royal physician?"

Compared to the eight departments of thunder, fire, plague, war, smallpox, water, wealth, and Tai Sui that were prepared for the Investiture of the Gods, the Department of Medicine was not considered an important department in the Heavenly Court.

After all, immortals are pure of body and mind, and their physical bodies are free from all diseases. At most, they may experience some spiritual problems such as emptiness, loneliness, emo, and depression.

However, apart from the gods, the majority of people in the Heavenly Court were the heavenly soldiers and goddesses who had not yet achieved immortality and were at the bottom level.

They usually do a lot of fieldwork to subdue demons and monsters, and they also have to take care of things in the Heavenly Court. It's common for them to get injured or sick.

This is where the celestial physicians come in.

The Jade Emperor waved his hand and said, "Then tell me what official position your master wants to hold."

Long Ji said, "With my master's status, he must be second only to the emperor and above ten thousand others..."

Yu Ding suddenly interrupted and laughed, "Doctor it is then, very well, this sinecure is acceptable to me, Ling Xuzi."

Well, who told him to have such a good habit of leaving his clones and incarnations wherever he goes? Now he's filled the vacancy in the Heavenly Court.

In the future, we will be able to know about any disturbances in the Heavenly Court much sooner.

Secondly, healing the sick and saving lives are all good deeds that can earn merit, whether in heaven or on earth, so why not do them?

"Ling Xuzi?"

The Jade Emperor and Longji were both taken aback. They saw Yu Ding close his eyes, make a hand seal, and radiate a clear light. A handsome middle-aged man then walked out.

The middle-aged man, holding a cane with a gourd hanging from it, smiled and bowed, saying, "I am Ling Xuzi, greetings to the Jade Emperor."

The Jade Emperor was taken aback at first, then laughed heartily, "Very well, you'll fill the vacancy of the Chief Physician. We'll meet up sometime in the future..."

He made a gesture of raising his hand to lift the fishing rod.

He still remembered that when they first met, Yu Ding was fishing for the loach that he kept in the Heavenly Pool.

Yu Ding instantly understood and smiled: "Definitely! Definitely!"

Believe it or not, the Jade Emperor's Heavenly Pool is home to many fine creatures, which are excellent for both consumption and decoration.

Longji glanced at the two people with the character "Yu" in their names, and suddenly asked, "So now, are you Zhang Youren or my Father God?"

If you were to say that she was her father god, it would only be that her true spirit had returned to its place, but her physical body was still Zhang Youren's, and she had even changed her name.

The Jade Emperor glanced at her and said, "Haotian is Zhang Youren, and Zhang Youren is the Jade Emperor."

Then he refused to look at her.

Longji was about to ask Yuding another question when she shook her head at her: "That's enough!"

Longji didn't seem to understand yet, but he had already figured out Haotian's plan.

At this moment, a spirit official hurriedly came to report, his expression somewhat strange: "Your Majesty, the Barefoot Immortal and Venus, along with the Earth God, have brought your mortal home to Heaven. They would like to ask where you keep your poultry and livestock."

Time always passes faster in the heavens than on earth, so Venus returned in just a short while.

The Jade Emperor suddenly widened his eyes: "A home in the mortal realm? Domestic fowl and livestock? Aren't you only going to pick up people?"

The spirit official said, "I don't know about that. Right now, it's in complete chaos outside."

"When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven..." Yu Ding couldn't help but shake his head. Of course, only the Jade Emperor had this privilege; it wasn't something anyone could achieve by attaining enlightenment and becoming an immortal.

The Jade Emperor, exasperated, slapped his own face and waved his other hand, saying, "Let whoever brought it here deal with it themselves!"

"Yes!" The official had no choice but to bow and retreat.

After the spirit official had gone far away, the Jade Emperor looked at his right hand with some anger: "Tell me, why did you write so much and get such a high score during the test?"

Yu Ding tentatively said, "Logically speaking, the Jade Emperor's true spirit had not yet awakened and returned at that time, so with Zhang's experience, he shouldn't have been able to get so many points."

The Jade Emperor sighed, "Some things, if done for a long time, become ingrained in your very being, and sometimes you do them subconsciously..."

Yu Ding's lips twitched. Oh, so it's an occupational hazard.

He even thought it was the work of Heaven and was somewhat worried.

"I feel like there's something about you, my brother, that resonates with me," the Jade Emperor suddenly muttered to himself.

Yu Ding and his apprentice Long Ji immediately looked at each other, with Long Ji appearing somewhat guilty.

Yu Ding gave his apprentice a look that said, "Don't worry, leave everything to your master."

"induction?"

Then, Yu Ding pretended to be surprised and examined it for a long time. Finally, with a thought, a divine light flew out from his body and transformed into a dilapidated seven-story divine tower.

At this moment, the small tower emitted a faint divine light, but it was missing the fifth and eighth floors in the very center.

"Haotian Tower?"

The Jade Emperor looked at the small pagoda and exclaimed in surprise, then looked at the jade cauldron in astonishment.

"Haotian Tower?"

Yu Ding was also shocked and gave Long Ji a wink.

Longji hurriedly explained, "Master, you may not know this, but my father has three companion spirit treasures: a mirror, a tower, and a sword, all named after Haotian."

Yu Ding then realized and said, "So that's how it is. Then this tower..."

Longji nodded to him.

The Jade Emperor raised his hand to touch the small pagoda, a look of reminiscence in his eyes, and murmured, "Old friend, it's been a long time."

The once mighty Haotian Tower, which could ward off gods and demons, has lost its former glory and all its divinity, and no longer responds to him.

At this moment, the Jade Emperor seemed to have thought of something, and a divine light flew out from between his eyebrows and landed on the tower, filling the position of the fifth floor.

Instantly, the divine light of the eight-story pagoda shone brightly, and the aura flowing above it became even stronger.

So the fifth level was on you, old man… Yu Ding’s lips twitched. He had searched for so long and hadn’t found it. But then again, the treasure vault where the broken tower was located had sensed and connected with Zhang Youren back then. He had thought at the time that the magic weapon recognized its master.

"One more floor! One more floor!"

The Jade Emperor's gaze burned brightly: "Back then, four stories of the tower were 'borrowed' by Taiyi and the others to suppress the Demon-Sealing Cave of the Four Seas. The Dao Ancestor promised me that he would return the tower to me when I became the Heavenly Emperor. However, the Demon-Sealing Cave of the Four Seas is a bit troublesome and difficult to deal with. Now that we have seven stories, it seems that the one for the Three Seas has already been retrieved by my brother. I wonder where the remaining story is in the Four Seas?"

Yu Ding: "..."

Wait a minute, let him sort it out!

His master used this treasure to lure Haotian to work for him, but he gave away the pie his master had promised.

Under the Jade Emperor's gaze, Yu Ding's mind raced and he suddenly asked, "Does the Jade Emperor have a way to reverse the innate nature of this treasure?"

This could be considered a bit of a rip-off for Ah Jiao and Xiao Fei, who were essentially teaching their apprentices a lesson.

The Jade Emperor was suddenly stunned, the light in his eyes went out, and he was somewhat disheartened: "Yes, even if we gather nine layers, what good is it? The innate divinity has been lost, and even if it is repaired, it will only be an acquired thing."

Yu Ding pondered for a moment and said, "Is this treasure very important to the Jade Emperor?"

Longji coughed and said, "Master, these are the three treasures of my father god that proved his enlightenment."

The treasure for proving the Dao... Yu Ding seemed to be deep in thought. Haotian was a primordial deity, but now he was also walking the path of immortality, just like his three teachers.

Once you reach the Great Luo Realm on the path to immortality, you must sever the three corpses and merge with the Dao through the Dao Fruit. Only when everything is perfected can you become a Quasi-Saint.

Quasi-Saints are powerful individuals who are only missing the opportunity of becoming a Saint—the Primordial Purple Qi—to achieve the Dao Fruit of the Heavenly Dao Saint.

To sever the three corpses, one must entrust good, evil, and obsession to a magical artifact. However, ordinary magical artifacts are insufficient to bear the thoughts of a Great Luo Golden Immortal; at the very least, one must possess an innate spiritual artifact.

He had thought Haotian was a quasi-saint, but upon seeing Haotian's return, he discovered that Haotian had only reached the level of severing two corpses. Now it seemed that Haotian's cultivation level had perhaps fallen due to a calamity.

“If the Jade Emperor trusts me… then this treasure can be temporarily entrusted to me,” Yu Ding suddenly said.

The Jade Emperor and Longji looked at each other.

The Jade Emperor asked in surprise, "Brother, what makes you say that?"

Yu Ding pondered and said, "I have some information about the whereabouts of the legendary treasure Qiankun Cauldron. If I can find it, I might be able to repair it and reverse my innate constitution."

He had indeed had some interest in the Haotian Pagoda before, but after unexpectedly finding the Chaos Bell and borrowing the Xuanhuang Pagoda from Li Jing, this treasure no longer held much appeal for him.

In addition, there's his relationship with Haotian, and his connection with his disciple Longji, right?

He went to great lengths to find this treasure, so borrowing it for a while to use in the Investiture of the Gods... isn't that too much to ask?
He even felt he had lost out!
"The Qiankun Cauldron?"

The Jade Emperor exclaimed in shock, "This treasure is said to have vanished without a trace, just like the Chaos Bell, after it appeared when Nuwa mended the sky. It is extremely difficult to find in the world, even among sages. My brother, you..."

Qian Yuding coughed lightly: "I only found some clues by flipping through some ancient books of the three religions and the dragon clan. As for whether we can find them, it depends on luck."

Sorry, the Qiankun Cauldron was found by my past self before Nuwa patched up the sky.

And I have found the Chaos Bell... Both of these lost treasures are on me.

The Jade Emperor immediately waved his hand, and the eight-story pagoda flew to Yu Ding's side: "Then I'll have to trouble you with everything, Brother Yu Ding. If you need anything, just tell me."

Perhaps seeing hope in the restoration of the pagoda and the return to quasi-sainthood, the Jade Emperor even changed his way of addressing the Jade Cauldron.

Yu Ding smiled and put the pagoda back, saying, "Well said, well said. Brother, the dragon loach and dragon turtle in your Imperial Water Pool are quite good. I wonder if they can survive on my Jade Spring Mountain."

"They can be raised!"

The Jade Emperor laughed decisively, “This thing has extremely strong vitality. It can survive even in places without water. It also tastes delicious and is very nutritious. I will get two for you, my brother.”

Then he pulled a fishing rod and a landing net from the flower bushes by the Imperial Pool and began baiting and casting the line in one smooth motion.

What frustrated him was that, unlike before when he was unhurried and had a steady stream of fish and shrimp taking the bait, this time he was anxious because no fish or shrimp had taken the bait for a long time. In his anxiety, the Jade Emperor began to change positions.

"Keep a calm mind! Brother, keep a calm mind!" Yu Ding reminded him.

But the Jade Emperor got impatient and threw the net into the pond. It glowed and flew up, catching five dragon loaches, three dragon catfish, and two dragon turtles before he stopped.

"Blessings and Immeasurable Heavenly Lord!"

Holding his bountiful harvest, Yu Ding bowed and said, "Now that the Jade Emperor has returned to his throne, my master and I will take our leave."

As he spoke, he secretly tossed the three-tailed dragon catfish into his sleeve to feed the Qiongqi and the others.

"Bring them all here!"

The Taotie snatched the food from the Qiongqi Taotie's mouth and said with a pained expression, "You just eat such good food like that? What a waste! What a terrible thing! May you be struck by lightning!"

Qiongqi snorted, "Didn't you used to eat like this too?"

Taotie said smugly, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. Today, I'll show you what real food is."

At this time, the Jade Emperor in the outside world was still trying to persuade the Jade Cauldron to stay.

The Jade Emperor hurriedly said, "Brother, this grand event is about to begin. Why are you leaving now?"

Yu Ding smiled and said, "I have to leave due to other matters. Farewell!"

The Jade Emperor said, "Could Longji stay? Her mother and the others will be arriving soon, and they haven't seen each other for a long time."

Yu Ding glanced at Long Ji, shook his head, and said, "Farewell!"

After saying that, he turned and left, and Longji quickly followed.

The Jade Emperor shook his head and sighed as he watched the two figures disappear. Suddenly, he remembered something and frowned. "Wait a minute," he said, "one level of the nine-story pagoda is on me, four levels are in the Four Seas, and I remember the other four levels are hidden in a secret place. How did they end up in Brother Yu Ding's hands?"

Suddenly, as if realizing something, his expression changed drastically: "My imperial treasury?!"

The Heavenly Court was quite lively at the moment, but the guilty Yu Ding and his disciple just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

So the two of them took a less crowded road.

"Master, do you understand what my Father God means?" Longji asked after a long silence.

Yu Ding glanced at her: "What did your father just say?"

Longji said, "He said he was Zhang Youren, and Zhang Youren was the Jade Emperor."

Yu Ding explained, "He is Zhang Youren, but Zhang Youren is not him. Zhang Youren is the Jade Emperor, so he is not the Jade Emperor."

Longji gasped and said awkwardly, "I still don't quite understand."

Yu Ding glanced at her and said, "Your father wants to kill Zhang Youren and turn him into an incarnation to become the Heavenly Emperor. Therefore, this time He is no longer the Jade Emperor, but the Jade Emperor."

Longji was taken aback.

Yu Ding looked towards the Imperial Garden and said softly, "This time, the one who came up to Heaven is Zhang Youren's daughter, who is the Jade Emperor's princess, but not His daughter, Haotian."

Longji froze on the spot.