Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 838: Good or Evil
"Why did he do this?"

Jin Feng was somewhat confused as he looked at the disappearance of Lord Lieque.

Princess Longji also could not understand Jinfeng's thoughts, and she pointed out a very critical problem.

"How did you survive until now?"

"What do you mean?"

Jin Feng was stunned, vaguely grasping something, but Yu Lu was filled with resentment, protecting her brother behind her and said, "So my brother and I should die?"

"That's not what I meant. What I wanted to express is why you think you can survive the pursuit of Lord Lieque by yourself until now."

Upon hearing this, Yu Lu said disdainfully: "I don't think he's that good. I've knocked him off the cloud layer several times."

"This is the strange thing. He is not one of those immortals who rose to the top through connections, practice, and good deeds. He is a representative figure who fought his way to the top during the construction of the new god system."

Yu Lu still disagreed with Princess Longji's answer.

"Master...Although Lord Lieque is not the top cultivator in the entire Heavenly Palace, he is at the first level among the new gods. Otherwise, he would not have become one of the six great Lords."

Jin Feng pulled his sister's sleeve, explained, and then started talking to himself.

"In fact, I used to doubt whether I could survive because he was too soft-hearted. But when I think back to the time when he killed my mother..."

Princess Longji sighed, and she looked at the two offspring of the Weaver Girl and said softly, "I can't give you an answer to this question, but Father and Mother must know that you have inherited the divine power of the Weaver Girl. You can go to heaven with me to ask Father and Mother."

After saying that, Princess Longji looked at Yang Jian, Yang Chan and Yun Hua and asked for their opinions.

Yang Jian was obviously not happy about it. Yang Chan looked at Taiyi Zhenren with some concern, while Yunhua expressed her willingness to go to heaven before Taiyi spoke.

"Mother!"

Yang Jian couldn't help but speak, wanting to stop Yun Hua, but she stopped him: "I am the goddess of the Desire Realm, brother... His Majesty has not revoked my identity, I should go up and settle the cause and effect, otherwise it will be more difficult to deal with in the future."

"Then I will go up with you."

After Yang Jian finished speaking, he said to Yang Chan, "Third sister, don't go up. Go back to Kunlun and tell Master about the situation here."

Afterwards, Yang Jian bowed to express his gratitude to Taiyi Zhenren and expressed his concern about his mother's health.

Taiyi Zhenren immediately understood what Yang Jian meant, took out a small gourd from his sleeve, poured out a golden pill and gave it to Yunhua to take.

Spiritual light flowed around his body, and Yun Hua's complexion instantly looked much better, and even the consumption of his spiritual essence showed signs of recovery.

When Taiyi Zhenren saw everyone's astonished looks, he couldn't help feeling proud.

"I am not as good as my senior brother in alchemy, but I have also made some research. The gourd contains the results of my research. I call it Taiyi Xiaohuandan."

"The raw material is the lotus root from the lotus pond in Jinguang Cave. It has a mild medicinal property. After taking it, it is like a clear stream pouring down from the Baihui acupoint, washing away the turbidity and silt. It has the wonderful effects of curing all diseases, treating chronic illnesses, and maintaining the spirit."

"According to your mother's current condition, she will probably be able to recover to normal after taking four or five more pills. Well, there are six pills left in this gourd, I'll give them all to you."

After shaking the gourd and confirming the quantity inside, Taiyi Zhenren handed it directly to Yang Jian.

"This is too expensive."

Yunhua was well aware of how precious the elixir was and tried to stop him, but Yang Jian knelt down before Taiyi Zhenren and kowtowed three times before taking the gourd with both hands, saying that if he could come back intact this time, he would definitely help Taiyi if he had any problems in the future.

"Oh! You are my nephew, so who else can I help if I don't help you? Besides, I don't think your uncle is a bad guy. Don't go against him after you go up there. It's still possible to settle your mother's matter. After all, you are also saving the people this time, right?"

After saying this, he looked at the nine points of spiritual light in Princess Longji's arms, and the Tenth Prince, whose mind had been severely damaged by the departure of his nine brothers and who had turned into his original form. He shook his sleeves, took out a nine-colored lotus, and said almost flatteringly.

"Your Highness Princess Longji, I have a nine-colored lotus here, which is most suitable for nurturing the soul. I think the nine golden crow spirits in your arms need this. Can you please say a few good words after you go up, so as not to let His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven blame Yang Jian and his mother?"

Princess Longji looked at Taiyi, not knowing how to respond. She had never heard of asking someone for help so blatantly.

But she also saw the preciousness of the nine-colored lotus, especially the endless aura of creation in it, which was extremely rare even in the Heavenly Palace.

Therefore, Princess Longji nodded in agreement, and Taiyi happily handed the item to her and set off back to Chentang Pass.

"Your uncle is quite interesting. Not only does he have many treasures, but his personality is also quite..."

Long Ji looked at Yang Jian in silence for a long time, and was unable to give a suitable title.

Yang Jian ignored her and continued to persuade Yunhua to swallow two Taiyi Xiaohuan Dan pills. After her body recovered to 40% to 50%, he followed her silently and went to heaven with Princess Longji.

After discussing, the siblings Jinfeng and Yulu decided to follow Longji to get to the bottom of the matter.

In the Heavenly Palace, the Emperor of Heaven and the Queen Mother, who had also dealt with the matter of the revival of the ancient gods, had already sat on the high platform, waiting for their arrival.

After the greetings, Longji informed the Emperor of Heaven and Queen Mother of the situation of the Nine Golden Crows.

The Queen Mother held the Tenth Prince of the Golden Crow in her arms and summoned the Nine-Colored Lotus to her front. Looking at the nine points of spiritual light, tears immediately fell. She half collapsed and whispered, "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive."

Yu Lu had been in the human world for a long time, so she saw the key information at a glance and couldn't help but step forward to ask questions.

"You seem to have known that something bad would happen to the Nine Golden Crows, so why did you let them go? Also, you know the whole story of Lord Lieque? So, you watched my mother get killed and my brother get bullied!"

When she said the last sentence, Yu Lu's face looked a little fierce, and the heavenly soldiers and generals who were protecting her beside her showed anger.

The Emperor of Heaven waved his hand, asking the generals who had stepped forward to retreat. He looked at Yu Lu and said, "Your guess is correct. We have long seen the fate of the Nine Golden Crows. After Lie Que took action, we also knew that your brother was innocent."

"You indulge your offspring in wreaking havoc on the world, and allow your subordinates to murder living beings. What kind of Heavenly Emperor are you?"

Yu Lu showed an angry expression. Jin Feng, who was a little frightened, hurried forward to grab his sister, wanting her to apologize to the Emperor of Heaven, but she couldn't open her mouth.

The Emperor waved his hand again, asking the guardian celestial generals to retreat. He looked at Yu Lu and said, "I am not doing a very good job as the Emperor. I can neither protect your mother nor my own children and sister."

After hearing this, Jinfeng and Yulu, who were originally angry, also realized that something was wrong.

If it was just their mother, they might think that the Emperor was cold-blooded, but nine of the ten Golden Crow princes were gone, which clearly meant there was something else going on. "So why is this happening?"

Yang Jian, who was equally curious, couldn't help but ask. The Emperor looked into the void and said, "Because I am also affected by the calamity. Under the power of the calamity, everyone will gradually lose control of their reason."

"I originally placed part of my sanity in the Desire Realm, and asked Yunhua to protect it, while at the same time freeing it from the influence of lust and preventing external forces from interfering with my sanity. But I think you have also seen what Yunhua went through later."

"Similarly, I have always been clear about Lie Que's problems, but before the calamity came, his morality could suppress his selfishness, so I naturally chose to use him."

Yu Lu, who had no respect for the Emperor of Heaven, interrupted him halfway through his words: "Wait, you said that everyone would lose their minds under the influence of the calamity, so why did Lie Que seem to have regained his sanity in the end? Why is that?"

"Of course it's because of the power of a great god. He allowed people to see more possibilities, and it was under these possibilities that Lie Que embarked on a completely different path from his original one. Similarly, your usual strange ideas and Yang Jian's changes were actually influenced by this Taoist friend."

"Is there such a great god?"

Jin Feng's eyes widened. Yun Hua and Long Ji were also a little surprised. They recalled some of their past experiences and couldn't help but doubt the existence of some of them.

The Emperor of Heaven sighed, "This great god is extraordinary. Even the Queen Mother and I are able to maintain our sanity now because of his power. Otherwise, given the relationship between Yun Hua and me, when she was released from Taoshan by Yang Jian, we would have lost control. At that time, it was not the Nine Golden Crows who were influenced by the ancient god and made a big mistake, but I ordered the Ten Golden Crows to burn Yun Hua to death. The current situation can be called a good ending."

"A good ending?"

Yunhua muttered a few words in a low voice and suddenly thought of something.

"May I ask, Your Majesty, what you said before, does it mean that without the intervention of that great god, the Nine Golden Crows would not be affected by the ancient god, and his power would also be useful to the ancient god?"

The Emperor of Heaven cast a look of approval at Yunhua's sharpness.

"You are right. The power of the great god's Dao fruit does not distinguish between new gods and old gods, nor between good and evil, right and wrong. It simply gives sentient beings more choices. You can think of this choice as an opportunity, an opportunity that all sentient beings can get, but some people can grasp it, while others cannot."

Jin Feng frowned when he heard this, and stepped forward to ask, "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are talking about, and I don't want to find out. I just want to know one thing now, what kind of feelings does Lord Lieque have for me."

The Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Guilt, pride, love, and a little bit of sympathy."

"As a god who ascended from a human, his personality is more complicated than that of the ancient gods and natural gods. He is proud of his status as a war god, but also rejects his environment. This is one of the reasons why he attacked your mother, but at the beginning, he actually didn't want to kill your mother. He just wanted to use your mother's hand to gain the power of the stars."

"It's also the pride of his status that makes him feel a little guilty when facing you. Even if he were to do it again, he would choose to kill your mother, but this does not affect the guilt in his heart."

"This sense of guilt makes him more dedicated when teaching you, and it also makes him feel a little proud and fond of you when you achieve good results."

"This kind of pride and love will increase his guilt. At the same time, when he finds that you are in the same situation as him and are excluded by the people around you, he will feel some sympathy."

Looking at Jin Feng's somewhat empty eyes, the Emperor sighed and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, his feelings will gradually disappear after your several rejections and resistances, and he will choose to kill you when the truth is gradually exposed."

"But as the power of that fellow Taoist began to affect the world, many opportunities appeared, many choices became apparent, and everyone had more choices. The number of people who worshipped him increased, his anger decreased, and his feelings for you rose, which led to everything you experienced before. In the end, when he met the ancient god, his pride in his identity as the God of War successfully overwhelmed everything, and he once again found his original intention of following me."

"So he has finally attained enlightenment?"

Yu Lu muttered in a low voice, and laughed out loud in anger: "So, my mother died in vain! So, this is why you and the Queen Mother just stood by and watched? Why! And why did my brother have to be ostracized in the past!"

The Emperor of Heaven did not speak, and the Queen Mother spoke quietly: "Gods and humans cannot marry each other. You and your brother are essentially no different from Yang Jian. It's just that your mother's death caused her divine power to be transferred to you, and she took all the punishment. But this does not mean that there is no problem at all between you and your brother."

Yu Lu became furious upon hearing this and was about to say something, but Jin Feng beside her hurried forward and pulled her down.

These words also made Yunhua silent for a long time. She finally sighed and just asked about the current situation of the Emperor of Heaven.

"Fortunately, the power of that fellow Taoist has provided me with more anchor points. As for the current calamity, it has not yet caused me to lose my mind."

"Then how does Your Majesty plan to deal with my matter?"

When Yunhua said this, Yang Jian tensed up, tightly gripping the diamond axe in his hand, staring at the Queen Mother who had spoken earlier.

The Queen Mother glanced at him, then looked at Yunhua and repeated the reasons she had given to Marshal Tianpeng before, and finally added one more sentence.

"Last time, there was another reason I didn't mention. This time, the example of Yang Jian is already here, so I'll tell you. Another reason for prohibiting marriages between gods and humans is to prevent too many powerful variables like Yang Jian who would be affected by the calamity from appearing."

"He has only been practicing for a few years now, but he has been able to reach his current state and power by relying on hatred and the connection with the Desire Realm. Similarly, Jin Feng, if I am not mistaken, you have a heartstring in your chest. That thing contains the divine power of the Weaver Girl, combines the seven emotions and six desires of the human world, and is tainted with a little spiritual power. If used well, it can even hurt me."

"In the final analysis, you are just worried that someone will undermine your rule!"

Yu Lu shouted loudly, and the Queen Mother did not refute her, but directly accepted her statement.

"I don't deny what you said, nor do I hide my desire to maintain stability, but look at Yang Jian. Without the guidance of that great god, with all his hatred, do you think Yunhua could survive when Your Majesty is out of control?"

"And your brother, he seems calm, but if something really happens, he will most likely use his heartstrings to fight, and who knows how big a mess he will cause by then."

"You don't know the severity of the situation, but you have great power. Can you be at ease? Aren't you afraid that you will be affected by others when walking on the road?"

"That's not why you attacked us!"

Yang Jian couldn't help but speak, and the Queen Mother sneered: "Do you think it's me and Your Majesty who want to take action the most? The ones who really care about peace and stability the most are..."

"Miss!"

The Emperor of Heaven suddenly spoke, interrupting the Queen Mother's words, and then told a few people that the following words were not something ordinary people should know, and then asked someone to take everyone away.

The Queen Mother then stood up and apologized to the Emperor of Heaven.

"There's no need to do that. There's nothing wrong with what your majesty said before. It's just that some things can't be said openly."

The Queen Mother heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then said with some concern: "But what is the situation of that fellow Taoist now? My sense of him has become much weaker recently, as if he has been blocked by several layers. If it weren't for the fact that his Taoist power is still running, I would have suspected that he had made a mistake."

"Regarding this point, how about letting Fellow Daoist Chu Tai come and answer it for the Empress in person?"

As he spoke, the Emperor raised his hand to mobilize the power of the Heavenly Palace, blocking the surroundings while saying to the void: "Fellow Daoist Chu Tai, you have been watching for so long, why don't you come out?"

After waiting for a while and seeing no response, the Emperor spoke again and waited for a while, still no response.

The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor of Heaven with some curiosity, and the Emperor of Heaven, who had failed twice, seemed to have thought of something. He raised his hand and rolled up rays of divine light, which flowed up and down, holding a title of god that he had canonized and suspended in the air. As sparks appeared out of thin air and surrounded the title of god, forming some kind of guidance, Chu Tai's voice came out from the flames.

(End of this chapter)