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

Chapter 573 The First of the Twelve Jade Void Lineages
Although Guang Chengzi and the others survived this ordeal, they suffered damage to their Dao fruits, which already put them in a bad mood.

They had originally planned to go home after get off work and silently process their pain, but they were stopped by Randeng just as they were about to leave. At this moment, their mood was at its lowest point.

On the reed hut, everyone sat silently on their prayer mats, glancing at the jade cauldron every now and then; their discomfort was almost palpable.

Even Huanglong, who possessed a relaxed demeanor that Yu Ding envied and loved to sleep, couldn't fall asleep now. Listlessly, he propped his head up with his hands and stared at the ground: "Sigh, I'm so stupid, really, I should have left..."

Upon seeing this, the crowd exchanged glances; some couldn't help but laugh, while others wore mocking expressions.

Thank goodness this guy didn't leave with Yu Ding, otherwise he really would have escaped this calamity...

Jiang Ziya looked at everyone, wanting to offer comfort but unsure how to begin.

"Alright, Ziya, go back and report to King Wu that the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation has been broken," Yu Ding said.

“But fellow disciples…” Jiang Ziya said worriedly.

According to my fellow disciples, having lost their Dao fruits and their primordial spirits, they are now in their weakest period, even weaker than him.

If I may be so bold as to say this... he now feels he could take down those senior brothers who were once unapproachable with a single punch.

Yu Ding shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate the Dao hearts of my fellow disciples. Besides, I'm here, so everything will be fine."

Everyone's lips twitched. Cultivation at each realm involves three aspects: magical power, primordial spirit, and Dao heart. In addition, one must use magical power to temper the immortal body.

Now that their Dao fruits have been diminished and their magical power has been destroyed, their cultivation level has plummeted, and they have no Dao heart left.

If the shattering of one's Dao heart could produce a sound, then right now, the reeds would be filled with deafening roars!
Jiang Ziya hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Yu Ding and Randeng and said, "Well... alright, I'll leave this place in your care, senior brother and teacher."

The two nodded slightly, and Jiang Ziya withdrew from the pavilion.

Yu Ding looked up and gazed at Ao Bing's direction, where the lightning was blazing, indicating that he would need some time to complete his tribulation.

Ao Bing's ability to cross vast distances to fight enemies is not without reason; it is mainly due to his robust physique.

Although Ao Bing's realm and magical power are still at the level of a Celestial Immortal, his physical body is already no less powerful than that of Qiu Shou Xian, an extraordinary being with a strong physique, and is even comparable to the immortal body of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

This was not something Yu Ding made up or talked nonsense; there was real evidence to back it up.

In the original Investiture of the Gods, Zhao Gongming, a great immortal, was once ambushed by Yang Jian's dogs during a battle, and a piece of his flesh was bitten off, leaving him in a very sorry state.

Of course, Old Zhao was careless, partly because the Howling Celestial Dog was a primordial beast, but in his opinion, the main reason was that Zhao Gongming's immortal body was too weak.

Or rather... the physical bodies of the Great Luo Golden Immortals in the primordial world are too weak. If you don't believe me, try letting the Howling Celestial Dog bite him and see if he doesn't break a tooth.

This problem is not limited to Zhao Gongming; it also applies to other Great Luo Immortals of the Three Teachings, such as Nanji, Jinling, and Yunxiao.

Well, except for that Daoist Duobao who could withstand a Heaven-Turning Seal without any problems.

In his view, the reason for this problem is that the path of immortality focuses on the cultivation of the primordial spirit and magical power, while the physical body is usually only nourished and tempered with magical power. Even the Great Luo Immortal follows this path.

Of course, ordinary people can be dealt with by a Da Luo with just a flick of his finger, but when encountering a strong person of the same realm, the problem with their physical body will be exposed and highlighted... except for those strong races whose physical bodies are strong because they are of different origin.

This green-haired lion with a wavy head is an anomaly. If Ao Bing hadn't mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, he would have been torn to shreds by the wavy-headed lion long ago, given his dragon bloodline.

The physical body... Yu Ding's mind sank. This was also the reason why he had chosen to 'abandon' his cultivation in the past and risk rewriting the incomplete Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong that he had written.

He always felt that the problem of his physical body was like a pitfall and a minefield buried in the path to immortality.

"Luckily, my junior brother was here this time..."

Taiyi approached, looking somewhat uneasy: "Thank you for saving us, Junior Brother. Otherwise, we would have been in grave danger. Please forgive us for what happened earlier."

Previously, when Yu Ding asked Sanxiao for the Arrow Book, he wanted to return it, but everyone else objected, and even he, who had always been on good terms with Yu Ding, rejected Yu Ding.

Now that things have turned out this way, he feels deep regret. If he had truly returned the arrow-shaped letter back then, perhaps things would have taken a different turn, and they wouldn't have...

"Senior brother, what are you saying? Our fate in this tribulation is already set, and there is nothing we can do about it. Even our master is powerless to help us."

Yu Ding shook his head with his hands behind his back and said, "Even if we had returned the arrow book and everyone hadn't encountered danger in the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation, there would still be other calamities waiting for us, which we couldn't avoid."

Taiyi pondered for a moment, then sighed, "Indeed!"

Yu Ding smiled and said, "So please don't say such things in the future, Senior Brother. You helped me when I was in trouble last time, and now it's my turn to repay that favor."

"I'd rather not have to repay this favor." Taiyi paused for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Yu Ding laughed and said, "I don't want to repay this favor either, but I have no choice."

Taiyi retorted irritably, "You dare say you haven't thought about us being like you all these years?"

Yu Ding shook his head decisively: "No!"

Taiyi glanced at him, his face full of disbelief: "Not even a little bit? Do you dare to tell the Jade Void Palace?"

It's your turn now, Senior Brother... Yu Ding: "I don't care, there's nothing there anyway!"

Taiyi looked at the jade cauldron and suddenly laughed, and the jade cauldron also laughed.

"You're sick..." Huang Long muttered, glancing at the jade cauldron with a gloomy expression. "Forget about the jade cauldron, Taiyi, how can you even laugh?"

Suddenly, Taiyi's smile vanished, and he glanced to the side: "Didn't I tell you guys to go and recover? What are you all doing sneaking around there?"

Three heads appeared at the edge of the reed-covered platform. Upon realizing they had been discovered, Jinzha, Muzha, and Nezha grinned and climbed higher, only to be seen being held up by Lei Zhenzi.

Nezha chuckled and said, "We've come to see how you are, Master."

Jinzha and Muzha bowed and ran to see their master.

Taiyi said irritably, "You won't die, but what about you?"

Nezha patted his chest and laughed triumphantly, "We're all fine, the Yellow River is nothing special."

Taiyi's face darkened.

Yu Ding almost burst out laughing, so he had to raise his hand and cough to cover up his embarrassment.

As Nezha spoke, he looked Taiyi up and down and hesitated, "Master, are you and your uncles really out of magic power?"

This kid… Yu Ding’s expression was strange. He didn’t see sadness on Nezha’s face, but instead saw a glimmer of… expectation in his eyes?
Taiyi's face darkened even more: "Get out!"

Nezha suppressed a laugh and said, "What I want to say is, Master, don't worry or be afraid. Even if you lose your magic power, we still have me at Qianyuan Mountain. I'll take care of the reputation of Qianyuan Mountain from now on..."

"roll!"

Enraged, Taiyi raised his whisk and struck, causing Nezha to scatter with his head in his hands.

"This rebellious disciple has clearly come to laugh at me..." Taiyi roared angrily, his chest heaving.

Yu Ding watched from the side with a broad smile: "Be content. Luckily, your disciple came to care about you, not to spar with you."

No wonder Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi were beaten so badly by their disciple that they fled in disgrace.

If we switch places, and Nezha uses his Fire-Tipped Spear to stab Old Taiyi, Old Taiyi would definitely run faster than a rabbit.

Taiyi glared: "He dares! He's not going to rebel against us!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Yu Ding, who was making a joke, and said, "Back then, your disciples didn't come to check on you. Oh, by the way, Yuan... Yang Jian hadn't become your disciple yet."

Yu Ding's laughter vanished. He suddenly pointed at Nezha and said, "You brat, how dare you come to see your senior brother make a fool of himself! See if your uncle doesn't teach you a lesson!"

Taiyi: (￢_￢)…

Jinzha and Muzha were more obedient. They carefully inquired about their master's condition before leaving.

"These two children are truly remarkable. Your two junior brothers have taught them very well," Guang Chengzi said with a smile.

Hearing this, Manjushri and Samantabhadra were secretly pleased, but still waved their hands humbly and said, "Senior brother, you flatter us."

"Tch, I'm clearly their moral education teacher..." Yu Ding scoffed inwardly. These two were just imparting some moral teachings.

Master Puxian's expression shifted, and he smiled, "By the way, I've heard that you've been training a disciple for quite some time now. He must be extremely outstanding, much better than that kid Muzha!"

Guang Chengzi smiled and said, "That's not true."

"The two senior brothers, Guangcheng and Chijing, have kept their precious disciples hidden for too long. When will they send them down the mountain to show us?"

Grand Master Lingbao laughed and said, "And junior brother Daoxing, your disciple Wei Hu entered the sect very early. Is he a Golden Immortal now? Don't hide it anymore."

Dao Xing Tianzun shook his head and laughed, "No way, my senior brothers think too highly of him."

At this point, with the disciples mentioned, everyone finally had something to talk about and began to chat.

Of course, only two of them remained the most silent.

One is Huanglong, who has no apprentices; the other is Julusun, whose apprentices are not very good...

Suddenly, Ran Deng opened his eyes and looked at Guang Chengzi, Chi Jingzi, Ju Liusun, and the others, and said with a smile, "Now, Yu Ding and the others' disciples are displaying their supernatural abilities and shining brightly under Ziya's command, and have repeatedly made great achievements. You should also hurry up and send your disciples down the mountain to help Ziya complete the great task of conferring gods as soon as possible!"

The disciples exchanged glances, gently made a hand seal, and bowed: "Good!"

Now that their punishment has passed, their current magical power is insufficient to withstand similar group battles in the future.

However, once Zhao Gongming passed the Three Immortals' test, the road ahead became much smoother. The rest of the matter was left to Jiang Ziya and his disciples!

The group continued their conversation, but intentionally or unintentionally bypassed Yang Jian and Long Ji, who were disciples of Yu Ding.

Of course, it wasn't that they were rejecting or jealous of each other. After all, Yu Ding had just saved everyone's lives, and it was just that those two juniors were too overpowered.

To be honest, even they would feel a little nervous facing these two.

At this moment, tens of thousands of miles away, lightning illuminated the world, and electric snakes danced wildly, creating a magnificent spectacle like a vast ocean of thunder and lightning.

At this moment, Ao Bing revealed his true form and fought against the divine birds and beasts transformed from the heavenly tribulation. His body, which was originally cast in platinum, was now charred black from being cleaved. It screech in pain and became extremely ferocious, tearing apart the divine birds and beasts transformed from the heavenly tribulation. However, when those beasts scratched at his body, creating sparks, they only managed to tear off a few dragon scales.

To be frank... Ao Bing glanced at the sky with some suspicion, wondering if it was just his imagination, but the lightning tribulation that struck him didn't hurt as much as the one from Qiu Shou Xian.

As for Qiu Shou Xian, his current situation is extremely miserable. Although he is also in the same heavenly tribulation, the intensity of the tribulation he suffers is completely different.

This tribulation was meant to test Ao Bing's cultivation in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, but the powerful Qiu Shou Xian forced him to face an even more terrifying tribulation.

What made him feel even more like he was facing a narrow escape was that the Heavenly Tribulation, to his dismay, transformed into nine ancient dragons, exuding an aura of ancient times and primordial chaos, as if powerful dragon warriors who had fought against heaven and earth in ancient times had personally descended upon them...

He transformed into a thousand-foot-tall blue lion, his two enormous paws pinning down two of them. Before he could make any other move, he was whipped and rammed by the other lions and sent flying, as miserable as a ball.

"Roar……"

After being injured, the blue-maned lion went berserk and charged forward, slapping down with its paw: "Dead things still come back to haunt us? Do you really think I'm easy to mess with? I'll tear you apart."

The next instant, the lion was engulfed by a sky full of lightning, from which came the roar of a lion and the earth-shattering cry of a dragon.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, half a dragon's body and a dragon's head covered with a handkerchief emerged from the sea of ​​lightning next to it. A large axe next to it was cleaved and refined into a white-gold color in the sea of ​​lightning.

When it discovered that the more it resisted, the stronger the calamity it would attract, but after testing and finding that it could not cause fatal damage, it simply lay flat in the sea of ​​lightning, drifting with the current, letting the lightning strike it until it grimaced.

Well, it wasn't until he encountered this Golden Immortal Tribulation that he realized how much his master had taught him.

Don't think it's having an easy time taking a bath inside. That thing on its head isn't a handkerchief, but an Eight Treasures Cloud Light Handkerchief. Of course, it's also using the power of the Heavenly Tribulation to temper its primordial spirit and physical body.

After a long time, the tribulation finally passed, and all the ferocious beasts and divine birds disappeared.

Two figures appeared. One sat cross-legged in the void, wearing an expensive snow-white robe. He exuded an aura that did not belong to celestial beings. His magic power and primordial spirit were also refined, and he looked radiant.

"This is... the Golden Immortal Realm?" Ao Bing stretched his body.

Originally, he had only reached the physical realm, but his primordial spirit and magical power had not. Now, he can be considered to have truly stepped into this realm.

At that moment, he felt that the sky was clear and the view was expansive, and the world he saw was very different from before.

On the other side, a pitch-black figure, cleaved by a slash, crashed down onto the ground, its body limp, surrounded by celestial light, its eyes rolled back, and it opened its mouth, spitting out wisps of black smoke.

"Tsk tsk tsk, how miserable!" Ao Bing shook his head; in truth, he wasn't much better off.

But he is the crown prince of the dragon clan. He has to pay attention to his image and demeanor no matter where he is. It's not too much to ask him to take a bath and change his clothes, is it?

The gleam in the eyes of the wiry immortal gradually returned, his pupils contracting: "You..."

He remembered that this kid's physical body was abnormal; even he, a powerful being, couldn't kill him. How could a Golden Immortal Tribulation cultivator possibly do anything to him?
"You stinking lion, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that you hurt my master like that back then."

A cold glint flashed in Ao Bing's eyes: "My master doesn't hold it against you because he is broad-minded and has a high level of understanding, but I'm sorry, this disciple of mine is very petty."

With a flick of his wrist, the Dragon Axe, forged to a platinum color, appeared to be crackling with electric arcs, now bearing golden lightning marks.

Qiu Shou Xian's expression changed drastically, and he tried to get up to fight, but the remaining power of heavenly lightning within his body shattered the magic power he had gathered. He quickly raised his hand and said, "You can't kill me, I am a disciple of a saint..."

Before the flowers had even fallen, a spinning axe rapidly expanded in his eyes, slicing across his neck before flying back and landing in Ao Bing's hand.

"you……"

Qiu Shou Xian clutched his neck, his pupils contracted, staring at Ao Bing in disbelief.

Its head rolled off, its eyes fixed on Ao Bing.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll make a mistake if I try to cut other places."

Ao Bing rolled his eyes as he spoke: "A disciple of a sage, right? My master is too, and my grand-uncle Tongtian said not to come to Xiqi, not to come to Xiqi. Coming here is just courting death. Who can you blame if you don't listen?"

"Master... Father..."

Qiu Shou Xian stared wide-eyed, his vision blurred, recalling Tongtian's admonitions to them and the messenger at the entrance of Biyou Palace.

So how did he get down the mountain?
Suddenly, he roared, "I'm not reconciled to die at the hands of a junior like you!"

After saying this, he closed his eyes and stopped breathing. His head turned into a lion's head, and a soul came towards the Conferred God Platform.

It's too humiliating, too shameful, and too unwilling for a powerful figure from the Jie Sect to die at the hands of a junior...

"You're not reconciled, my ass! Dying at my hands is a disgrace to you, isn't it?"

Ao Bing cursed, "It's only because my skills are low that I'm afraid things will change if I delay. If it were my senior brothers and sisters, they would have skinned you alive."

He searched the body of the swollen-headed immortal for a while, took out the leopard skin pouch, put the body inside, and returned to Xiqi carrying the head.

When he saw Wen Zhong waiting alone for Qiu Shou Xian outside the business camp, he threw him down, and he landed right in front of Wen Zhong.

"Uncle-Master Qiu Shou?! Ah!"

When Wen Zhong saw what was falling, he cried out, his blood rushing to his head, and he fell headfirst onto the black Qilin.

Seeing that something was wrong, Mo Qilin immediately bit the belt and swung it back onto its back, carrying Wen Zhong and quickly running back to the merchant camp.

"Hey hey hey!"

Seeing this, Ao Bing couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckle. He leaped into the air and transformed into a streak of white light, flying back to the reed hut. He bowed to Yu Ding, who was waiting at the entrance of the hut, and said, "Master, your disciple is back. Oh, Uncle Taiyi is back?"

"you……"

Taiyi smiled and nodded, then suddenly his pupils contracted and he exclaimed, "You've entered the Golden Immortal Realm?"

Upon hearing this, everyone inside the reed hut, who had been discussing the disciples, were shocked and turned to look at the hut entrance.

"Golden Immortal..."

Immediately afterwards, the reed hut fell silent.

Everyone fell silent, losing all interest in talking about the disciples.

What's the point of even talking about this?!

The Jade Cauldron was already suffocating these fellow disciples, and by the third generation, this guy had created three mountains of hardship for them.

One lineage, one great Luo, three Golden Immortals... This Jade Spring Mountain lineage is undisputed as the number one of the twelve Jade Void lineages.

Only Huang Long, who had been listless, became excited and ran to Ao Bing. Looking at the spirited, heroic, and imposing Ao Bing, he saw his own youthful self reflected in his eyes.

"Good boy, very good, you've brought honor to the Long family."

Huang Long grabbed Ao Bing with immense relief: "Grandpa Jiu is old and useless now. From now on, the family will depend on you. I was so wise. Entrusting you to Yu Ding was the wisest decision I ever made."

Everyone cursed inwardly. Huang Long was such a shameless bastard. He was really stupid before, but now he's suddenly being clever?
Yu Ding asked, "Where is Qiu Shou Xian?"

Ao Bing said, "I beheaded him and threw his head into the merchant camp."

He killed... This time everyone was truly shocked. No, a newly ascended Golden Immortal had killed a powerful being?
You should know that Qiu Shou Xian's cultivation is in no way inferior to these people.

Does the ability to kill Qiu Shou Xian mean...?

The group exchanged glances and agreed that they should give way to people from the Jade Spring Mountain lineage from now on.

"Good! Wen Zhongzheng is doomed!"

Ran Deng said, "Qiu Shou Xian is unparalleled. Wen Zhong has no more help and will have to retreat to reorganize his troops and supplies. Guang Chengzi, go to Peach Blossom Ridge to stop Wen Zhong and prevent him from returning to Jiameng Pass."

He then looked at Cihang and Chijingzi: "Chijingzi, you go to Yanshan to stop Wenzhong from returning to the Five Passes. Cihang, stay here and be ready to serve. The rest of you may return to your caves."

Everyone was taken aback, but they were still happy to hear that they could leave work. Only Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi looked unhappy.

Everyone laughed and got up to say goodbye, preparing to return to the mountain.

"By the way, everyone wait a moment!" Yu Ding said.

The smiles on everyone's faces froze.

Huang Long clenched his fist and said, "Yu Ding, if you keep us here any longer, we'll all beat you up."

Some people silently stepped back to let Huang Long pass, and gave him admiring looks.

When did Huanglong become so audacious? He's quite a character, daring to challenge the current Jade Cauldron.

"You...you guys...you're all so useless!"

Huang Long was furious. He was at the forefront, putting pressure on everyone to fight for their rights, and these bastards backed down so quickly.

Yu Ding sensed everyone's resentment about working overtime and smiled: "There's nothing special, it's just that I have a technique called 'Golden Light Across the Earth,' which my master specifically instructed me to pass on to you so that you can help Ziya in the future."

"What? We're already like this, and you still want to come?"

Huang Long roared in fury, "Are you kidding me?"

Yu Ding glanced at him sideways: "After this matter is settled, I still need to go to Yuxu Palace to report to the Emperor. If you have any questions, you can come with me to Yuxu Palace to ask Master in person."

"Uh...no, who said I had any doubts?"

Huang Long said seriously, "I'm just asking you if you've made a mistake. If you haven't, then we can just come here and be done with it. Why bother our master?"

"Hahaha……"

Huang Long's move made everyone laugh; this was the Huang Long they remembered!
Yu Ding smiled and began to teach everyone the Golden Light Leap Technique. After he finished, it would be time for him to leave.

After the Three Immortals and the Nine Turns of the Yellow River, another wave of ordinary warriors clashed. In terms of skill level, Ao Bing was already somewhat overpowered, and it would be even more inappropriate for him to stay in Xiqi with his level of cultivation.

Otherwise, if everyone who comes gets dealt with by him, and everyone hears about it, who would dare to come? If no one comes, how will this matter of bestowing gods be completed?
Isn't this making things too difficult for Xiao Shen?