The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 276: Imminent: A Plan Within a Plan
Xia Yu and the rest of his fellow brothers stayed up all night for several days, running around everywhere, trying to save the marriages of those whose "marriage lines were messed up", but they found that the marriages of some of the destined people had been broken, and even the "universal marriage line" could not be tied.

Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu have always been together. In order to deal with them, Luo Fan joins the game himself and cooperates with Xia Yu in pairs, and makes appointments with them one after another.

The two knew that Xia Yu and Luo Fan were no match for them, so they relaxed their vigilance. Unexpectedly, the other brothers had been waiting in secret, and finally, relying on their large numbers, they captured the two alive and confiscated their "marriage rings".

Without Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu "interfering", their relationship of saving mortals went much more smoothly.

Xia Yu's six brothers were responsible for watching over Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu to prevent them from secretly reporting to Li Jian, while Xia Yu and the remaining brothers split up to continue saving the marriages of mortals.

Luo Fan followed Xia Yu the whole time. Sometimes Xia Yu would ask him to do some small things, such as helping Xia Yu carry her bag full of red thread, and introducing the situation to Xia Yu every time they arrived at a place.

Sometimes, when "matching the red thread", Luo Fan would also give Xia Yu some "humane" suggestions. For example, some couples' relationships broke down, the husband abused his wife for a long time, and the husband begged for "remarriage"; some couples' relationships were not harmonious, the husband treated his wife as a "free babysitter" and cheated on her, the wife came to her senses and wanted a divorce, but the husband disagreed and wanted to save this "marriage"; there were also some couples, the wife only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, did not go to work, did not take care of the children, and simply disliked the husband for not being able to earn tens of thousands of yuan a month, and would either beat or scold the husband.

In these situations, Luo Fan would tell Xia Yu the dangers of "letting them remarry" and suggested that Xia Yu stop matchmaking for them.

……

Li Jian originally wanted to lead all the remaining fellow disciples to the [cellar], so Gu Baili's seemingly "flawless" infiltration was actually let in deliberately by Li Jian.

What was confiscated from Gu Baili at the beginning was the fake "marriage ring" he had prepared. He thought that Li Jian was careless and didn't notice it, but in fact, Li Jian turned a blind eye and did not care.

He saw a group of fellow disciples who were drunk and unconscious. He tried to wake them up, but most of them were completely unconscious and their words were nonsense.

"Seventeenth Junior Brother..."

"Seventeenth Junior Brother..."

Gu Baili called out softly to Hua Changyi who was sleeping next to a wine jar.

Hua Changyi heard Gu Baili's voice, half-opened one eye, and secretly pulled Gu Baili to sit next to him.

"Shh!" Hua Changyi reminded in a low voice.

Gu Baili was overjoyed: "Seventeenth Junior Brother, you are not drunk..."

Hua Changyi was somewhat "surprised", but also seemed to be "expected". He asked helplessly, "Ninth Senior Brother, you were also arrested?"

"I was arrested on purpose just to find out what Li Jian was trying to do!" Gu Baili explained.

"We have also been doing research these days..." Hua Changyi said as he looked around, fearing that Li Jian would suddenly appear. After confirming that the environment was safe, he continued, "This cellar is divided into six floors. We are trapped on the first floor. We have tried dozens of times but cannot go upstairs. Without the 'Marriage Ring', we cannot break the barrier set by Li Jian."

"Junior Junior Brother..."

"Fourth Senior Brother?"

"Junior Junior Brother..."

"Eighth Senior Brother..."

Gu Baili looked at his fourth senior brother Long Cheng and his eighth senior brother Huo Yunjin who also sneaked over, and was extremely surprised: "You... I thought you were all drunk..."

"Ninth Senior Brother... and us."

Soon after, several fellow apprentices came over.

Sure enough, only disciples with strong concentration can stay clear-headed in such a situation.

"Ninth Junior Brother, what are your plans?"

"It's just that the 'Marriage Ring' has been taken away, so I can't carry out any plans..."

"Mine... is still there." Gu Baili secretly showed the "marriage ring" that he had hidden away, and laughed to himself: "The one they took away was a fake."

"That's great. Senior Brother Nine, please tell me your plans." Hua Changyi said hurriedly.

"If the barrier upstairs is not easy to break, I will become invisible and sneak in when Li Jian goes upstairs. After checking everything out, I will sneak out with Li Jian." Gu Baili replied.

"There is one more thing." The fourth disciple Long Cheng moved his body closer to Gu Baili and added, "It seems that Li Jian took someone upstairs a few days ago. After that person entered the cellar, a trace of demonic energy appeared in the cellar."

"Demonic energy? Is it related to the people in the demon world?" Gu Baili asked.

Seeing this, the eighth disciple Huo Yunjin continued, "We suspect that Li Jian is colluding with the people from the demon world, but we don't know what exactly they are going to do."

"Ninth Senior Brother, please be careful. The 'Yang Jian' and 'Roaring Sky Dog' guarding the South Heaven Gate are fakes. We brothers wanted to go to the Heavenly Palace to report the news, but we were exposed by those two fakes and were...captured and imprisoned here."

"Clairvoyance and Superb Ear were also tricked by Li Jian into using poisonous drugs. Now they are deaf and blind and have no time to help us." "We also tried to contact Master, but for some reason, we just couldn't get in touch with him."

"I guess he's drunk again and can't wake up for a whole day and night..."

"Alas, if that is the case, by the time Master wakes up, the world will have changed a lot."

"Master would definitely not be drunk at such an emergency. Maybe it was Li Jian's doing."

"Let's not talk about this anymore, Ninth Junior Brother. The most urgent thing is for us, the few awake junior brothers, to cover you and complete your plan. But once you enter the barrier upstairs, everything will depend on you."

"it is good!"

A small number of disciples, including Hua Changyi, were able to control themselves when drinking, so they remained sober and fully cooperated with Gu Baili's "undercover" plan.

After being undercover for four or five days, Gu Baili finally found the right opportunity. He followed Li Jian into the sixth-level barrier in stealth, discovered Li Jian's intentions, and uncovered his collusion with the magic mirror.

No wonder, no wonder the statue of Yue Lao in the mortal temple was smashed! No wonder the "marriages of destined people" in the mortal world are "disordered"!
Li Jian was so bold that he colluded with the people from the demon world and stole Laozi's alchemy furnace!

Finally, under the cover of other fellow disciples, Gu Baili slipped out when Li Jian left the cellar.

After Gu Baili left the cellar, Li Jian slowly emerged from the darkness, looking from afar in the direction where Gu Baili disappeared, thinking: My good junior brother, go! Go and bring all the other junior brothers here.

……

Gu Baili sent the "intelligence" back to [Niaowo Village]. More than a dozen fellow disciples gathered in the village. Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu were hidden and tied under a locust tree.

Luo Fan brought his parents and sister into the house. He was responsible for watching them and preventing them from hearing or seeing the discussions of the fellow brothers.

They served as logistical support and worked hard in the house to "cook dinner".

At this time, there were constant discussions in the courtyard, but a barrier was set up so the sound could not be heard into the house.

"Let's go! We have to go to that cellar and rescue our fellow disciples!"

"go!"

Everyone was speaking indignantly, anxious to get to the [cellar] to rescue their trapped fellow disciples and to deal with "Li Jian".

"Brothers, don't worry!" Gu Baili suddenly stopped them and said, "We have to go, but we can't go without any preparation. The people in the demon world have profound magical powers, and Li Jian's magical power is only second to that of the eldest brother. If they intend to plot against us, wouldn't it catch us off guard?"

"Senior Brother Nine is right. Let's just be patient." Xia Yu echoed.

"My fellow brothers, have you received any letter from our senior brother in the past few days?" Gu Baili asked solemnly.

At this moment, two figures suddenly flew in the air.

"I'm late, brother."

Bai Yu came in response, and along with him came to [Niaowo Village] the god Taishang Laojun who often drank with Yue Lao.

Taishang Laojun is dressed in a glittering purple and gold Bagua robe, a pair of cloud brocade shoes, and a white jade hair crown on his head.

Under his flowing silver hair and beard, there is a pair of deep and kind eyes. These eyes seem to be able to see through everything, and no lies can escape his eyes.

"Greetings to Laojun..." The disciples bowed one after another.

"Get up!" said Taishang Laojun.

"What's wrong with Laojun..." Xia Yu felt cold sweat all over her body. Seeing Taishang Laojun, she hid behind her fellow brothers guiltily, fearing that Laojun would settle the old account of "stealing the elixir".

Taishang Laojun saw through Xia Yu's nervousness, stroked his beard calmly, and said, "Xia Yu, I will settle your account with you later."

Xia Yu didn't dare to answer and kept hiding behind her fellow apprentices. She was still worried that the elixir she had hidden on her body would be taken back by Laojun...

Of course, Taishang Laojun discovered that Xia Yu had one of his "immortal pills" hidden on his body, but remembering that Yue Lao had accompanied him to drink for several days, and that there were more important things to do at the moment, he did not bother to take the "immortal pill" back.

"Laojun, you finally come to help us..." Ye Xishi said with a sense of relief.

"The Taoist priest played chess and drank with Yue Lao, and fell into a deep sleep after drinking. Taibai sent a message, and the Taoist priest woke up from drinking. He quickly collected the "puppet" outside the South Heaven Gate and quickly went down to the world. He happened to meet Bai Yu who was looking for the Taoist priest everywhere, so they came here together."

Taishang Laojun paused, as if he was somewhat at fault for saying "drunkenness caused trouble", he slowed down, changed the subject, and said angrily: "Your Majesty and the Queen are not in the Ninth Heaven, that Li Jian dared to act so recklessly and even stole my alchemy furnace, which is really an unforgivable crime. I will go to the cellar with you now."

(End of this chapter)