If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1488 Earth Vein Reconstruction Completed
Grand Tutor Yu said, “My disciple is pitiful. If I hadn’t helped him, he would have died alone in this life, and after his death, he would have completely cut off the Xi family’s lineage.”

This is absolutely not allowed.

But I don't want to ruin someone else's good marriage for the sake of my own disciple.

The red string you gave me before will actively seek out a 'beauty' whose fortune, character, appearance, and temperament match Xi Juan's.

Since they are a perfect match, their marriage must have been ordained by fate, right?

Looking back now, I feel deeply ashamed. I was so focused on finding wives for my apprentices that I neglected their original destinies.

The Matchmaker asked curiously, "Didn't the Grand Tutor say that he would try his best to find a tragic beauty with no good match for Xi Juan?"

They originally had no good marriage prospects, but now that they've married Xi Juan, they've gained great fortune. Isn't this a perfect situation?

Grand Tutor Yu said, "I overlooked the fact that marriage is not a one-life bond."

I simply feel that they are destined to be apart in this life, so giving them a good match would be beneficial for both them and Xi Juan.

If you said this to an ordinary person, they certainly wouldn't understand.

The Old Man of the Moon immediately understood what Grand Tutor Yu meant.

"It seems that Grand Tutor Yu has truly studied the Dao of Marriage in depth." He looked at her with a complicated expression and said, "You are right, marriage is not a one-life bond."

The connections we make in this life are often the result of cultivation and practice over many past lives.

The absence of a good match in this life does not necessarily mean there is no good match at all.

It could be that they are atoning for past bad karma, or it could be accumulating merit for a good relationship in the next life.

If the Grand Tutor chooses a spouse with whom she has no good match in this life, it could very well ruin her cultivation over several lifetimes.

There's a folk saying that marrying you in this life is a blessing earned over many lifetimes.

Whether it is a blessing or a curse, a marriage in this lifetime is often connected to the karma of several lifetimes.

Grand Tutor Yu had only thought about not ruining the good marriage between the couple in this life, but he did not consider that forming a good marriage with Xi Juan in this life might ruin their preordained marriage in the next life.

Now that she has become the Goddess of Marriage, she immediately realized that if she were to help Xi Juan choose a wife, she might end up with two dead ends: Goddess Yu Fengxian was supposed to curse all the gods who twist other people's marriages, but now "Immortal Yu Fengxian" has broken the rule.

Grand Master Yu said, "Do you also have a primordial spiritual treasure called 'Mandarin Duck Scroll'?"

"Give me a copy of the supplementary register, and I'll consult it against the matchmaking records, so I won't ruin other people's marriages."

The Old Man of the Moon's expression changed slightly, and he forced a smile, saying, "The Mandarin Duck Register contains the marriage predestined for all beings in the Three Realms. This is a matter of great importance, and I dare not presume to act on my own."
Besides, the Grand Tutor is simply helping his apprentice find a wife; why make it so complicated?

He deftly pulled out two small golden locks, each the size of an egg, and handed them, along with two new red ropes, to Grand Tutor Yu, saying, "Grand Tutor's disciple is about to get married. It is also fate that I was able to meet him. Today I present him with a pair of love locks."

This small gift is merely a token of my congratulations. I sincerely wish you and your spouse a harmonious and loving marriage, a long and happy life together, many children, and a long and fulfilling life together.

Inside the Lingxu Palace, the Jade Emperor's solemn face darkened slightly, and his gaze toward the true form of the Old Man of the Moon across from him held a hint of danger.

"Can the love lock help my disciple find a wife?" Grand Tutor Yu asked.

The Old Man of the Moon smiled and said, "This is a marriage treasure made after birth. It can lock in your destiny and ensure that you will never be separated in this life."

If the other person is already in a relationship, the love lock cannot be closed.

If the Grand Tutor finds a suitable partner for his disciple, and can use a love lock to bind the hearts of the newlyweds together, it means that the other person does not have another predestined match.

While not 100% accurate, it can at least help avoid marriages that significantly influence the astrological chart.

Grand Tutor Yu weighed the golden lock in his hand and said, "Testing them one by one is a bit troublesome and not very accurate. How about a matching pair?"

"No trouble at all, not at all." The Matchmaker quickly explained, "The match that the Grand Tutor chose for Xi Juan is definitely a girl who is one in a hundred."

Such 'perfect matches' are rare to begin with, so it's necessary to investigate their identities and backgrounds in detail.

When the Grand Tutor was calculating their background, he could have just tested the love lock on the side.

With the Grand Tutor's current unparalleled demonic skills, combined with the Love Lock, there's virtually no chance of making a mistake.

Grand Tutor Yu put away the love lock and said, "As you know, I have now become the 'divinely appointed' Marriage Demon Ancestor, and I need to study the Great Dao of Marriage in depth to broaden my own Marriage Demon Path."

"Lend me a few immortal techniques specializing in the path of marriage, or lend me your innate marriage treasure to play with for a few days, and I'll teach you how to resolve the demonic tribulations of marriage, how about it?"

The Old Man of the Moon looked conflicted.

Both instinct and reason told him that he must not allow Old Demon Yu to further enhance the Path of Marriage, otherwise their God of Marriage would be doomed.

But his sense of crisis was also warning him: "Lending" the immortal techniques of the Great Dao of Marriage was tantamount to making a statement and paying "protection money." If he refused firmly, he would surely anger her and might become the next Immortal Fu Yuan.

The Old Man of the Moon said tactfully, "Grand Tutor, you see, this humble Taoist is not in his true form at this moment."

He was a divine projection that rolled down from the shrine, formed from a mass of faith and divine power.

"It is not that I am being disrespectful, but that I am unwilling to appear before the Grand Tutor in my true form. The Jade Emperor has summoned us, the deities of the Marriage Department, to the Lingxu Palace for a meeting regarding the matter of the Marriage Tribulation, and I simply cannot leave."

The meeting's content was also related to the tribulations of marriage.

We're discussing breaking your marriage curse.

"You want me to secretly reveal the secret techniques and even give away divine artifacts? Aren't you asking me to cut myself off from the Heavenly Court?"

Grand Tutor Yu asked curiously, "How's your discussion going? I've only used my Marriage Tribulation once, and I haven't figured out its many effects and weaknesses yet."

If we use the gods of marriage as practice subjects, the results should be quite good.

The Old Man of the Moon was nearly scared out of his wits. "Grand Tutor, we haven't offended you!"

"What does this have to do with whether you've offended me or not? I am the judge chosen by Heaven, and my duty is to bring you, these wicked people who have distorted the marriages of others and still refuse to repent, to justice!" said Grand Tutor Yu.

The Old Man of the Moon cried out excitedly, "We are wronged! Even if there were adjustments to preordained marriages in the past, it was not our doing."

Instead, it is like today, helping the Grand Tutor and other immortals to find good matches and resolve karmic entanglements.

Moreover, we are not refusing to correct our mistakes. Didn't I say before that the Marriage Bureau is preparing for reforms?

Grand Tutor Yu said, "You helped Grand Tutor Yu's disciple find a wife, so Grand Tutor Yu is naturally grateful to you."

It is the duty of the Marriage Demon Ancestor to judge those who disrupt marriage.

"What does your request for a favor from Grand Tutor Yu have to do with the Demon Ancestor of Marriage?"

The Old Man of the Moon was dumbfounded.

Grand Tutor Yu continued, "Moreover, you talk about reform, yet you refuse even the 'Prevention Manual for Preventing Marriage Calamities' that I offered you. Is that the attitude of truly solving the problem?"

Just as the Old Man of the Moon was about to explain, his expression suddenly changed drastically. "No, I'm innocent! Your Majesty, I didn't... Ah, Grand Tutor Yu, I can't take it anymore! The Jade Emperor is going to throw me into the Heavenly Prison! I'm innocent!"

He cried out in panic, and his divine body began to twist and deform, flickering like a candle flame in the wind, before finally going out with a "whoosh".

Grand Tutor Yu was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "Old Daoist Yuehe, how dare you perform in front of me!"

There was no response, and the statue of the Old Man Under the Moon lost its luster.

Grand Tutor Yu activated the marriage curse again, intending to frighten him, but was surprised to find the statue of the Old Man Under the Moon empty. The Old Man Under the Moon's faith had been severed.

"He's really been captured by the Jade Emperor? But this old man's crime doesn't warrant this! Could it be that he's being used as a scapegoat?"

Grand Tutor Yu was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Although the Old Man of the Moon (Yue Lao) may not be the most skilled in the arts, he is certainly a senior figure with extensive connections.

Why are the innate spiritual treasures—the red rope for marriage, the red embroidered ball, and the mandarin duck register—all in his hands?

Originally, the red rope and the red embroidered ball were both magical treasures of the goddess Nuwa!

If we really had to choose someone to take the blame, it wouldn't be him.

"Could it be that the Old Man of the Moon offended the Jade Emperor elsewhere, and the Jade Emperor took the opportunity to lash out?"

After pondering for a moment without any results, Grand Tutor Yu could only leave the Temple of the Old Man Under the Moon in disappointment and continue to reconstruct the earth veins in the North.

In mid-December, Grand Tutor Yu emerged from the land of Beidi County, flew to a great height, closed his eyes, and calmed his mind to feel the land of China.

After two whole years, she finally completed a reconstruction of the land veins, water veins, and mountain ranges within the territory of the Great Qin.

It's not just about clearing the blockages, but also about rebuilding them so that they form a cohesive whole.

According to her previous plan, when she used the Qi of the Great Qin Ancestral Dragon to bring all the land veins of the Divine Land under the control of the Qinling Ancestral Dragon, the land power in her hands would undergo a sublimation and a kind of miraculous qualitative change.

Now that he had finally finished surveying the entire land of China, Grand Tutor Yu was both disappointed and delighted.

The land rights were not elevated, and there were no signs of transformation. She was not even able to control the land rights of all the lands in China.

This undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Grand Tutor Yu.

"Is it because it's too late?"

Grand Master Yu tried his best to let his spiritual will spread through the earth's veins, carefully sensing their pulsation.

She completed the reconstruction of the earth's veins far too late. If it had been a few years earlier, before the Central Plains descended into chaos, Xiaoyu believed the situation would be different today.

Now, the Central Plains are in turmoil, with rebellions and war raging everywhere.

The rebel kings also deliberately retaliated against her actions of reconstructing the earth's veins and seizing land rights. Each rebel king was striving to establish a kingdom and rule as soon as possible, then appoint their own national advisor or grand tutor, choose an auspicious day to worship heaven and earth, and request divine approval from the heavenly court.

Many other Taoist masters also received responses from the Jade Emperor.

Given the precedent of Li Fu's failed attempt to draw a tiger that ended up resembling a dog, ultimately damaging his fortune, those imperial advisors dared not recklessly alter the earth's vein structure.

The land under the rule of the rebel king still maintains the original geological structure planned by Grand Tutor Yu. However, by performing rituals to worship heaven and earth, they have deprived her of her land rights within "their country."

This resulted in Grand Tutor Yu completing the reconstruction of the land veins of the Divine Land, but his control over the land was incomplete.

But the benefits of reconstructing the earth's veins go beyond just land rights.

From Yu Taishi's perspective, there is no blue sky and white clouds, nor the snow-covered plains of the north. The land of China is composed of mountains as its skeleton, earth veins as its meridians, and water veins as its blood vessels, forming an incomparably huge coiled dragon.

It was almost identical to the "True Ancestral Dragon of the Pangu Mountains" that she had sensed in the Kunlun Mountains back then.

After the collapse of the Ancestral Dragon of Shenzhou, the land of Shenzhou has been continuously releasing the essence of the Earthly Fiends in all directions.

At this moment, the "Kunlun Coiling Dragon Formation" took shape, and the entire land of China seemed to be resurrected from death, like a real divine dragon. Not only did the rate at which the earth's evil essence was lost gradually slow down, but new earth energy was also generated from the land of China.

It's not about seizing the essence of the earth from the lands of the four barbarian tribes, but rather about "internal generation of essence." It's like a martial artist cultivating internal energy, developing their own potential, and completing the transformation from human to immortal.

Of course, the "Panlong" formation has just been completed, and at most it is a minor martial artist at the Inner Force Realm, still far from becoming a Human Immortal.

"Kunlun Panlong truly lives up to its reputation as the ancestor of all mountain ranges in the human world. It has only imitated the form yet, and has not yet mastered the spirit, but it has already achieved this effect."

"If I were to rule over China for another three to five hundred years and cultivate its divine essence, then China would truly be a 'heavenly dynasty on earth.'" Grand Tutor Yu thought with considerable pride and satisfaction.

Even if the Qin Dynasty were to perish now, she could say to everyone without any guilt: I, Yu Fengxian, have not failed the title of "Grand Tutor of the Divine Land"!

Many people sensed something when Grand Master Yu completed the reconstruction of the land veins of China.

For example, the City God Ying Qian.

When he left the City God Temple in Xianyang and came to the Qinling Mountains to investigate the dragon vein of the Ying clan, he also encountered several former kings of the Qin Dynasty who had the same feeling.

The former kings, who had embodied the authority of the human king during their lifetimes, have all come.

"Has our dragon vein become even stronger?" King Mu asked in confusion.

"Theoretically, it's impossible for it to become stronger, because the Ancestral Dragon is dead. The dead cannot grow strong, and the dead dragon veins will only slowly decay, let alone become robust."

However, I also sensed a vibrant life force beneath the Qinling Mountains,” said Mi Ba Zi.

"It must be because Grand Tutor Yu completed the reconstruction of the land veins of the Divine Land." Ying Qian carefully sensed and quickly calculated. "I wonder if the land rights in the Grand Tutor's hands have undergone a qualitative change."

In any case, the vitality of the Qinling Mountains suddenly increased more than tenfold.

Just wait and see, next spring, the vegetation in the Qinling Mountains will be even more lush.

A large number of spiritual creatures will be produced in the mountains.

The earth's energy surges forth, nourishing all things.

Ying Ji said with a regretful expression, "It's a pity that the earth's resources can nourish all things, but cannot revive a dead dragon."

King Mu said strangely, "You should examine the fortune of the Ying family."

"Oh dear, didn't we give all our clan's fortune to Grand Tutor Yu? How come there's suddenly such a huge pile of it? It's even more than before."

The former kings sensed it and immediately exclaimed in surprise.

Ying Qian was not surprised and smiled, "The Grand Tutor once said that she was using the Ying Clan Ancestral Dragon to dredge the earth veins and control the land. As long as it succeeds, the Ying Clan will be able to continuously gain Yin merit and fortune."

“Oh, it’s that ‘stepmother of the First Emperor’ theory.” Mi Ba Zi first realized, then regretted, and said, “If we had known that being a ‘good stepmother’ who treats the dragon veins of rebel kings well would bring good fortune, we should have advised Ying Zheng back then.”

Her husband, Ying Si, said, "You're talking nonsense again. Don't tell me you didn't have this kind of insight back then. That guy ignored us during the ancestral worship ceremony. When we talked to him, he pretended not to hear us. Who could persuade him?"

The Great Crimson Heaven, the outer hall of the Taiqing Palace.

The Grand Master Xuandu, who was reciting the Huangting Sutra, suddenly sat up and asked in surprise, "Master, are you going out to visit a friend?"

The Celestial Venerable of Morality muttered, "I won't go out, but the sky is too high and I can't see the earth clearly. I'll go out and take a look."

His movements were slow and deliberate, yet incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, he had left the Great Crimson Heaven and the Celestial Realm, standing directly in the mortal sky, looking down at the earth below.

"Interesting! She actually arranged the Divine Land into a 'Kunlun Formation.' Her job as 'Grand Tutor of the Divine Land' wasn't in vain." The old Taoist stroked his beard and smiled.

The Grand Master Xuandu, with his spiritual eyes illuminating the entire Three Realms, exclaimed in surprise, "The Jade Emperor is also observing the mortal world, as well as the Nuwa Palace. The palace gates are open, Your Majesty. The earth's veins have just been reconstructed, and everyone has come out to watch."

"The fate of the Central Plains dynasties has undergone tremendous changes. How can we not come out to investigate?" the old Taoist said softly.

(End of this chapter)