The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 266 Master, You Can’t Blame Your Disciple

In Li Jian's villa.

Li Jian, who should have been "recovering" in pain, was now checking his "harvest" in the living room.

There were dozens of "marriage rings" shining with gold on the table. Li Jianzheng picked them up one by one and looked at them carefully, as if he was checking whether there were any "fakes".

Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu sat on each side of the sofa, vying to tell the story of their process of collecting the "Marriage Ring", both wanting to take credit from Li Jian.

"They were so easy to fool. I just disguised myself as a master and asked them to hand over the 'Marriage Ring' to me for spell upgrade, and they gave it to me willingly one by one." After Chu Lichen finished speaking, he lay down on the sofa, crossed his legs, and laughed unconsciously when he thought of those "silly brothers".

The breeze blew into the villa, ruffling Li Jian's hair, but it couldn't blow away the "gloom" on his face. He was now a real "bad guy" and no longer bothered to hide it. If he had to lie, he could probably only lie to these brainless junior brothers and the "blindly trusting" junior sister.

Nangong Xu walked to Li Jian disapprovingly and said slowly: "I didn't even mention Master. I just said that Second Senior Brother wanted to help them inject more powerful spells, and they gave me the 'Marriage Ring'."

Li Jian didn't even raise his head, ignored the two people's "request for credit", and just casually took the "marriage ring" in front of him.

After a while, Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu also noticed that Li Jian's expression was not very good. They immediately stopped smiling, looking at each other, and did not dare to speak.

"Gu Baili hasn't been found yet?"

Suddenly, Li Jian asked in a deep voice.

Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu slowly lowered their heads, like eggplants hit by frost, completely losing their previous pride.

When they chased to the Yue Lao Temple, there was no trace of Gu Baili, and they could not even sense his breath.

“You say…” Chu Lichen pushed Nangong Xu towards Li Jian.

Nangong Xu was caught off guard and met Li Jian's gaze head-on. He almost lost his balance. He paused before saying, "The last place where the aura of his 'Marriage Ring' appeared was the [Yue Lao Temple]. Could it be... could it be that he went back to the Heavenly Palace to file a complaint..."

"will not."

Li Jian was not satisfied with Nangong Xu's answer, and replied him affirmatively, and then urged: "You two should hurry up and find out where he is hiding! Otherwise..."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu disappeared in a flash. They helped Li Jian, but they became more and more worried because they were also one of his targets.

Li Jian was relatively calm inside. Why was he so sure?
Because at that time Yue Lao and Taishang Laojun were sleeping after drinking, and Qianliyan and Shunfenger were "blind and deaf".

At the invitation of the seven princesses, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother secretly came down to the mortal world and stayed in their homes on earth for a while, to experience the happiness of having children sitting in their laps, and to experience the mountains, rivers and delicacies of the mortal world.

It is said that the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother planned to go away for "half a day", secretly descending to the earth in the afternoon of that day, and planned to return to heaven the next morning.

But "half a day" in heaven is already "half a year" on earth.

This incident was reported accidentally by Yue Lao when Li Jian returned to heaven to report his work situation.

The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother are no longer in Heaven. Isn’t this a great opportunity?

He felt sorry for Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog for being single, so he considerately matched them up with each other. Now, I wonder where they are "talking about love" in the mortal world!

As for "Yang Jian" and "Xiaotian Dog" who are guarding the South Gate of Heaven now, they are "puppets" made by Li Jian using some "borrowed" elixirs. He can change into the appearance of any god. Without the Heavenly Secret Mirror, no one in heaven or on earth can tell the real from the fake.

The puppet is Li Jian's eyes. The people and things he sees will be synchronized in Li Jian's mind. With just a thought, Li Jian can control the puppet to react.

Before and after, more than a dozen fellow disciples wanted to return to Heaven to file a complaint, but they were all stopped unexpectedly by the puppets guarding the South Gate of Heaven.

He was sure that Gu Baili had not returned to heaven. "Master..." Li Jian waved his hand and conjured up a pot of wine, and started drinking directly from the pot, saying, "You can't blame me, because you can't change your bad habit of being drunk. You just broke me up after drinking. No matter how I begged you, you refused to change and always used the saying 'God of Marriage Can't Fall in Love' to pressure me."

"'The God of Marriage cannot fall in love'? What kind of bullshit rule is that? Are you sure that none of your disciples have secretly fallen in love? Let me tell you, your favorite little disciple, your favorite Xia Yu, is secretly in love! I'm really curious, Master, what will you do with her after you find out?"

Li Jian's mental state is now close to "crazy". He hates Yue Lao for separating him and his beloved, and is happy that he is about to find his beloved again.

However, thinking of his master's teachings and love for him for more than 70,000 years, the respect of his fellow apprentices, and the trust of his junior sister, he felt a little sad in his heart, because he was now standing on the opposite side of them.

The more he talked, the angrier he got. Li Jian smashed the wine pot in his hand and roared, "This bunch of broken rules in the Heavenly Palace are contradictory! The God of Marriage cannot fall in love? Didn't you have one back then, Master? What about your relationship with Meng Po? If the God of Marriage cannot fall in love, why did you write my name in the marriage book back then?"

"Heh... you just selfishly hid our marriage, hoping that we could focus on work! But I didn't expect that one night when you were drunk, I saw our names in the marriage book! It was you who cast a spell to seal our marriage, but I didn't expect that mine was missed, and I accidentally discovered it. It was you..."

"My dear Master, you are not only selfish, but also partial! Junior Sister is inferior to us brothers in every aspect, but you love her in every way. You even turned a blind eye to her secretly dating. Tell me, if Junior Sister has no marriage destiny, how could she be tempted?"

Originally, he just wanted to take away the marriages of 99 destined couples, but he felt that 99 couples were not enough.

He has already collected the "Marriage Rings" from half of his fellow apprentices. As long as he collects the "Marriage Rings" from the remaining half, he can start collecting the "Marriages" in heaven and on earth. By then, no one can stop him. There will be no love in the world, and the so-called "happiness" will be in his hands.

Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu usually admired Li Jian, so they were always close to Li Jian in private, but pretended to be unfamiliar with him on the surface. In fact, Li Jian just wanted to get rid of himself, so that if he failed, there would always be two "scapegoats".

If things succeed, Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu will not be able to escape, and their worries are not unnecessary, because Li Jian wants to collect all 99 marriage magic tools.

Early summer...

wait for me……

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【H country】Qingcheng City
The busiest square in the city center, where thousands of people gathered, like a surging ocean. People stood shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, looking forward to the next show. The laughter of children, the whispers between lovers, the lively conversation between friends, accompanied by a beautiful girl's "Guzheng" performance, intertwined into the most touching symphony in this square.

Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu listened to a "melodily" song in the crowd and clapped along with the crowd. Not finding Gu Baili in the crowd, they came to Gu Baili's residence abroad, which was also empty.

After searching for a while without finding him, the two went to all the places where Gu Baili might have gone, and even called out the God of Land to interrogate him, but there was still no news.

"Do you think...will he go to find our junior sister?" Chu Lichen suddenly asked.

Nangong Xu nodded, then shook his head after a while and replied: "The little sister is with the second brother all the time. If he went to look for the little sister, the second brother should have known it a long time ago."

"To be honest, Senior Brother Seven, are you afraid?... Senior Brother Two has collected the 'Marriage Rings' from other brothers, and now it's our turn..." Nangong Xu said worriedly.

Chu Lichen smiled upon hearing this. He was relieved and comforted Nangong Xu, saying, "No, Second Senior Brother said that he accepted the 'Marriage Rings' from his fellow disciples just to prevent them from interfering with his business. We didn't interfere with him. We were helping him!"

Nangong Xu was half-believing and half-doubting, and asked again: "Can Second Senior Brother really exchange the marriage fate of the world for his own marriage fate?"

"Of course I can." Chu Lichen replied.

"Then... isn't it our destiny..."

"We are not supposed to have a marriage as the God of Marriage. When Second Senior Brother succeeds, if he replaces Master and convinces the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, won't we be able to choose our marriage?"

Nangong Xu was successfully persuaded by Chu Lichen, and his worries were finally put to rest. The two of them conscientiously tracked down Gu Baili's whereabouts, and they simply ignored the "matchmaking" work.

They thought that since all the lovers' marriages would be taken away soon, it would be a waste of time to continue to "matchmake" them. They might as well do more things for their second senior brother Li Jian if they had more time. Maybe they could get some benefits after the success.

(End of this chapter)