The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 277 Falling short of success

【cellar】

On the sixth floor, Li Jian and the magic mirror worked together to tie up dozens of marriage gods and gathered them next to the alchemy furnace.

The raging fire in the alchemy furnace had melted ninety marriage night-light pearls into the white marriage night-light pearls. As Li Jian's marriage night-light pearls changed from white to blue, dozens of marriage gods were about to be thrown into the alchemy furnace.

"Second Brother...don't..."

"Second Brother, don't make the same mistake over and over again!"

"Second Brother, don't believe the nonsense that people from the demon world say. One wrong step will lead to all the wrong steps..."

"Stop now, there is still a chance to save everything, Second Brother, please don't act on your own!"

"Li Jian! How dare you betray the master's trust in you? How can you live up to the trust that we fellow apprentices have in you?"

"Stop talking. He even dared to steal the alchemy furnace. There is no turning back. Don't try to persuade him!"

"Are you done?" Li Jian had a cold face, listening to the words of his junior brothers without any ripples in his heart. He gathered magic in his palms and sent dozens of marriage gods to the door of the alchemy furnace, preparing to gather strength and push them in.

"I will borrow the souls of you fellow apprentices to help me restore my marriage that was taken away from me. If you want to blame someone, blame the damn destiny, blame our selfish master!"

"Li Jian, stop!" Bai Yu cast a spell to stop him, but the spell missed the target.

"Second Brother! Don't!"

Xia Yu followed Bai Yu and arrived at the [cellar] first. When she saw Li Jian was about to push her fellow brothers into the alchemy furnace, she was so scared that she shouted at Li Jian from a distance.

"Second Brother, stop!" Ye Xishi also rushed over and shouted anxiously.

Just in time!

Li Jian was secretly delighted. He turned around and saw his fellow disciples rushing over. With one hand he pushed the fellow disciples in front of him into the alchemy furnace, and with the other hand he tried to grab the fellow disciples who had just arrived at the door.

"Li Jian, why don't you stop?"

Li Jian never expected that Taishang Laojun would suddenly show up and give him a heavy palm strike without any defense, thus saving his fellow disciples at the door.

Li Jian had originally used a fake "universal marriage thread" to make a deal with Yan Lan, and instructed Yan Lan to buy him a potion for dealing with the gods from the ghost lady. This potion was a colorless and odorless gas, and he took the antidote himself, and then cast a spell to make the poisonous gas diffuse on the first to fifth floors. When the brothers arrived, they would inhale a large amount of poisonous gas, and they would gradually lose their magic power.

But that potion is useless against gods like Taishang Laojun.

The magic mirror had long sensed that the people coming were not just Yue Lao's remaining disciples, so it hid in the dark and did not dare to come forward.

He wanted to "slip away with grease on his shoes", but now the barrier here was three layers deep and three layers deep, so even he couldn't get out.

Since the alchemy furnace could not be stopped at any time after it was started, Taishang Laojun had to use all his strength to cast spells to protect the disciples inside the alchemy furnace.

"Pfft~!"

Li Jian was knocked away by the magic power of Taishang Laojun, and his body hit the wall of the cave heavily.

The remaining disciples were working together to control Li Jian, while Taishang Laojun was trying to rescue the disciples in the alchemy furnace.

"Magic mirror!"

Li Jian shouted to his allies. Seeing that Taishang Laojun was unable to split himself into two, the magic mirror ignored Li Jian's calls and glared at him, trying to launch a sneak attack on Taishang Laojun.

But Taishang Laojun had anticipated this and with a backhand palm he turned the magic mirror back to its original form (●—●) - a dressing mirror.

The twenty-six disciples joined forces to attack Li Jian. Originally, they should have the upper hand, but because they inhaled too much "colorless and odorless poisonous gas", they gradually lost their magic power and were beaten up by Li Jian one by one.

"Evil disciple! Why don't you surrender!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Lao appeared in a bright red robe and cast a spell to trap Li Jian, making him unable to move.

Yue Lao has a head of white hair, but he does not look old at all. Instead, he exudes an otherworldly aura.

His face was kind and gentle amidst his white hair. At this moment, his eyes were flashing with anger and pity, as if he was angry at "Li Jian's incompetence" and felt sorry for "Li Jian's insistence." "Disciple greets Master."

All the disciples said in unison.

At this time, Yue Lao had no time to say anything more and hurried to help Taishang Laojun cast a spell. They wanted to snatch people from the alchemy furnace, which was not easy.

Fortunately, the alchemy furnace belonged to Taishang Laojun. Although it consumed some mana, it finally saved all the disciples. Although the soul was severely burned by the immortal fire, with the help of Taishang Laojun's immortal pill, the soul and immortal bones were finally saved, and the life was saved.

"You evil disciple!" Yue Lao was so angry that he almost fainted.

Taishang Laojun became even angrier. His alchemy furnace had been messed up like this and would not be able to refine elixirs normally in the short term. He raised his hand and wanted to beat Li Jian back to his original form.

"Laojun..." Yue Lao couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to plead for Li Jian, but he was too embarrassed to speak.

If he pleaded for Li Jian, what would happen to his injured disciples and those destined people whose marriages were ruined...

Some disciples remained silent, while others became furious and urged Taishang Laojun to kill Li Jian immediately.

Early summer...

Just a little bit...

It was almost there, you know?
Our marriage night pearl has turned green...

Just a little bit, and our fate will bring you back to the six realms, and I can see you, and we can start over...

But everyone is trying to stop me...

Li Jian was like a madman, laughing and crying at times. When he laughed, he was about to succeed, but when he cried, he still failed.

"Laojun..."

Xia Yu couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he knelt in front of Taishang Laojun with tears in his eyes and pleaded, "Grandpa Laojun, please consider...consider that Second Senior Brother was confused for a moment, and fortunately there is still a chance to make amends. Please give him another chance to 'redeem himself'!"

"No! Junior Sister, stop speaking for him!"

"Little Junior Sister, do you know that we are also your senior brothers? If it weren't for Laojun's rescue, we would have almost died in that alchemy furnace just now?"

"Master, Laojun, you must not let him off lightly in this matter!"

"That's right! He is the one who caused all these troubles. How can I forgive him?"

Yue Lao said nothing, but silently cast a spell to retrieve the "marriage rings" hidden on Li Jian's body. After checking that they were correct, he returned them to other disciples.

"Yue Lao..." Taishang Laojun thought for a moment and stopped. He took his alchemy furnace with one hand and pointed at Yue Lao's disciples with the other hand. "Look, how did you teach these disciples? The little ones stole my 'immortal pills', and the big ones stole my 'alchemy furnace'. I can't hide these things. I have sent a message to your majesty and the queen. You can take them back to heaven and wait for your majesty and the queen to deal with them!"

Yue Lao didn't dare to answer. Taishang Laojun was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something. He returned to Xia Yu, opened his palm, and said to her seriously, "Give me back the elixir."

Upon hearing this, the disciples looked at Xia Yu in disbelief. How come they didn’t notice that Xia Yu had a “magic pill” hidden on his body?

Xia Yu held her hand nervously. She had wanted to keep this elixir hidden. She wanted to leave it to Luo Fan because Luo Fan was a mortal and would die too easily...

But last time Luo Fan "died in vain", she didn't dare to give it to Luo Fan easily. First of all, she didn't know whether Luo Fan was willing to be a "god". Secondly, if Luo Fan became a "god" and had a "fairy position", he would be very busy. She was also the future "god of marriage". When she was arranged to live in the mortal world, the two of them would be separated from each other and closely watched. Even "secretly dating" would become a luxury.

Xia Yu still hesitated and handed over the elixir hidden in her body, the golden elixir.

After taking the elixir, Taishang Laojun turned into a wisp of smoke and left.

"It's all because of this broken mirror!"

Xia Yu angrily picked up the magic mirror on the ground and threw it heavily to the ground. The magic mirror shattered and then restored its shape. After it restored its shape, Xia Yu threw it again, and this cycle repeated.

Yue Lao had no time to waste, as he saw that the poisonous gas in his disciples' bodies came from the underworld. After his spell to detoxify failed, he prepared to take his disciples back to heaven to ask Taishang Laojun for an elixir to detoxify.

(End of this chapter)