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The Seventh Princess was exhausted after working at the Weiling Temple for a while.

Nezha's unexpected arrival freed her from her predicament.

After she went back, she would need to sleep for at least a few days, and by the time she recovered, several years had passed.

After saying a few words, he left as if fleeing.

Lately, have the Seventh Princess and Brother Jie become a little too close? However, considering the Third Holy Mother, Chang'e, and others, Nezha chose to remain silent.

He's a child, so it's perfectly reasonable for him to say that he doesn't understand anything.

"Brother Jie, you seem to have a really easy time here."

Tan Wenjie flipped through the book in his hand, then rolled his eyes: "Where did you get that from? I could use three heads and six arms."

"I need to ask you something."

"Did the Queen Mother of the West send you?" Tan Wenjie asked.

"As expected of Brother Jie." Nezha plopped down on the offering table, stuffed fruit into his mouth, and said with puffed cheeks, "The Queen Mother wants to invite you to move to the Heavenly Court to command the heavenly soldiers and generals. She also said she wants to invite you to serve as the Imperial General in Heaven."

"Don't go."

“I knew you weren’t going.” Nezha slammed a scroll onto the table. “This is a good opportunity to come here and meet up with you.”

"What is this?" Tan Wenjie asked, looking at the roll of blueprints.

Nezha replied, "The South Heavenly Gate Defense Map has been making them very unhappy lately because you've been refusing to use it. If the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother ever want to cause you trouble, they'll be able to use this map. At that time, my second brother and I will definitely join you in rebelling against Heaven!"

Tan Wenjie: "..."

You traitor!

Compared to Nezha, he realized that he was a good person who didn't cause trouble or provoke anyone. No wonder the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother wanted to recruit him to heaven to become a god every few days.

It's so hard to find a calm and collected subordinate.

"You're so thoughtful." Tan Wenjie nodded. "I'll come up to heaven to have a drink with you later."

"I am waiting for you."

Nezha left after sitting for a short while. He still had to go to Yang Jian's place. After all, he often met with Tan Wenjie in the heavens every few days, and Yang Jian, who always regarded the Heavenly Court as a forbidden place, would not take the initiative to go to the heavens.

Tan Wenjie continued flipping through the notebook.

"So many demons to fight? And then there are all these mundane matters, healing the sick, seeking medicine, punishing evil..."

To become an all-powerful deity who grants all requests, relying solely on oneself would be too much of a waste of effort and time. What he truly relies on is not incense offerings, and he cannot afford to waste too much time on that.

Outsourcing some of the work becomes necessary.

Ideally, one should cultivate a group of clever little fairies and demons to help with tasks.

Tan Wenjie beckoned for Judge Wenbu to come over.

"Which mountain has the most demons? They need to be obedient, clever, and well-behaved."

"What are your plans?"

“I’m going to hold a job fair. No, I’m planning to set up a school for immortals to recruit some spirits and monsters to cultivate, and they can start working right after they graduate.”

Even gods and monsters can receive targeted training.

"Should we report this to the Heavenly Court?"

"It would be difficult to get through to the Heavenly Court."

Watching them argue, Tan Wenjie waved his hand: "No need, let's skip that step."

The Jade Emperor's mindset changed because of Yao Ji's affair, but the newly enthroned Queen Mother would never allow anything to go beyond her control. It is said that the Queen Mother has recently been secretly contacting Yang Jian, hoping to send him to heaven to become the God of Justice.

It's unlikely that Nezha will hire Tan Wenjie as a general in the royal court. He's probably just testing whether Tan Wenjie is interested in going to heaven. It's likely that Tan Wenjie doesn't want him to go to heaven. Unlike Yang Jian's stubbornness, Tan Wenjie's flexibility and intelligence are not liked by the Queen Mother.

Moreover, the recruitment is only carried out on a small scale, and as long as it is well controlled, it will not have a significant impact.

This world lacks everything, except for little monsters who can't rise to prominence and have no successors.

He acted quickly, and in just over half a month, he had already put this matter into practice.

Even without revealing their identity, and even using a false one, a large number of demons still willingly offered themselves to them.

Targeted training guarantees a job upon graduation. Even if you don't become a god or a powerful demon, it's still better than fighting for food with wild beasts in the mountains.

Before it even begins, Tan Wenjie’s “miracle vocational school” needs a principal who can keep things in check and step in to solve problems when other teachers encounter difficulties in class.

And it has to be free.

The earlier situations were easy to resolve, but the later ones were a bit more difficult. Not charging fees would mean accepting favors, and what gave Tan Wenjie a headache was where to find a willing scoundrel to work for free.

……

When Master Yu Ding arrived at Tan Wenjie's invitation, he was immediately terrified by the scene of the demon mountain and the demon sea.

He lowered his voice and asked, "Ah Jie, do you want to train a private army?"

Yang Jian has 1,200 grass-root gods who dare to obey orders but not proclamations. If Tan Wenjie were to cultivate his own batch of immortal soldiers, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother would surely be furious.

Moreover, it doesn't seem like they're preparing to train a private army; they're planning to storm the Heavenly Court directly.

He had long seen that Tan Wenjie was not a peaceful cultivator, and after enduring it for many years, it seemed that he finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Uncle-Master, you're really joking." Tan Wenjie put his arm around Yu Ding Zhenren's shoulder. "I've recently discovered that I don't have enough deities under my command, and many little demons don't give me face. They're outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant and often cause trouble in my territory. Even if I arrange for deities to patrol, it's only a temporary solution."

"So, what is this...?"

"I plan to cultivate a group of monsters myself, gradually infiltrate and control them, and have both monsters and gods under my control, thus mastering both the righteous and the wicked." Tan Wenjie slowly clenched his fists. "I will be the ultimate decision-maker for both the immortals and the monsters, ensuring harmonious coexistence and reducing bloodshed."

Master Yu Ding's lips twitched: "Ah Jie, you're too good at joking."

"Haha, you saw through me, Uncle-Master." Tan Wenjie laughed. "Actually, I was really short-handed, and it wasn't convenient to ask the Jade Emperor for immortals, so I had to train my own subordinates to help with the work. I had no intention of sending them to their deaths on the battlefield."

“Ah Jie, I just have a hard time calming down to cultivate. Low cultivation level doesn’t mean I’m stupid.” Master Yu Ding said earnestly, “The Heavenly Court has just conferred titles upon the gods and has a strong army. If you rush in like this, you’ll suffer.”

He simply didn't believe Tan Wenjie's last explanation.

Making such a big fuss and you still say you're not plotting to usurp the throne? I don't believe you!
Tan Wenjie was surprised: "Uncle, why are you slandering me? I just want to be a good deity who grants all requests and not let my believers down."

"Really?"

“Absolutely true!” Tan Wenjie nodded solemnly.

Looking at Tan Wenjie's incredibly serious and handsome face, Master Yuding finally made the difficult choice to believe him.

Some things can't be said too clearly. We've already raised enough traitors. If things get out of hand, the Antarctic Immortal and the Primordial Heavenly Lord will take the fall.

Tan Wenjie: "I have already prepared the teaching materials, all of which are what you are best at."

"I'm good at this?" Master Yu Ding's lips curled into a smirk. Finally, it was his domain. "Ah Jie, I'm a genius at memorizing all the spells in the Jade Void Palace. In the Three Realms and Six Paths, no god, human, or demon can compare to me. Let's see what you plan to teach this little demon."

He grabbed the book, glanced at it, and froze.

I rubbed my eyes in disbelief, as if convinced I was seeing things, and then looked down again.

"hiss--!!"

Master Yu Ding suddenly looked up at Tan Wenjie: "Teaching the Great Five Elements Escape Technique is also for the sake of your followers?"

Tan Wenjie nodded naturally: "It's for convenience when traveling. Being proficient in teleportation techniques is essential for work efficiency."

"What about the Samadhi True Fire and the Samadhi Divine Wind?"

"Having many skills is never a bad thing, and this is my signature skill. It's much more useful than using a waist tag to identify yourself when you're out and about."

There are countless gods, demons, and monsters in the world who know these two kinds of magic. Nezha even uses Samadhi Fire to warm his feet. Yours is nothing but a ridiculous signature skill.

“What you said makes a lot of sense, but Ah Jie…”

Tan Wenjie nodded: "Uncle-Master Yu Ding, please speak."

"Why did you use magic to turn yourself into a centipede demon?" Master Yu Ding circled Tan Wenjie several times.

They even said you weren't planning to cause trouble, but instead changed your identity, disguised yourself as a monster, and trained a group of monsters to cultivate. Even if you weren't going to overthrow the Heavenly Court's rule, it was definitely to unify the demon realm.

As expected, the most dangerous one was Ah Jie.

Fortunately, I am shrewd and resourceful, and I am not easily deceived by sweet words. Otherwise, if I had fallen for this kid's trick, I would have had no choice but to slink away and hide in the Jade Void Palace.

"Uncle-Master, it's all a coincidence."

"Wait, A-Jie, what are you hiding behind you?" Master Yu Ding, with his sharp eyes, quickly reached out and grabbed the roll of blueprints from the table.

His eyes quickly scanned the blueprints.

His voice trembled: "The deployment map of the heavenly soldiers and generals at the South Heavenly Gate?! And the changing of the guard time at the Lingxiao Palace, Ah Jie, are you really going to attack the Heavenly Court?"

"Uncle-Master, would you believe me if I said Nezha gave this to me? Moreover, the Queen Mother of the West is planning to invite me to be a guardian spirit officer and stationed in the Lingxiao Palace."

Which Queen Mother of the West invites you to be the palace guard general, and she will give you a map of troop deployment!
Master Yu Ding turned and left, saying, "I'm going to find my senior brother."

Tan Wenjie remained silent, quietly watching Master Yu Ding.

Master Yu Ding, who had only taken a few steps, stopped, turned around and said, "Aren't you going to stop me?"

Tan Wenjie: "Actually, Uncle Taiyi also wanted to come and be the principal, but considering that my relationship with you is better, Uncle Taiyi, I have been delaying and not agreeing to it."

"Him?!" Master Yuding exclaimed anxiously. "Besides Samadhi True Fire and fighting, what else can he do? I must be the headmaster!"

Tan Wenjie worried, "Won't this affect you, Uncle-Master?"

“I don’t need to go to Heaven to become a god, and I’m not afraid of the Jade Emperor! Besides, I can change my identity.” Master Yu Ding raised his right index finger and gently shook it. “Ah Jie, you don’t understand the joy of teaching students.”

"Thank you, uncle."

"Wait a minute." Master Yu Ding rubbed his fingers together. "Ah Jie, I've done you such a big favor, you're not going to do anything about it, are you?"

“Master Uncle, name your price.” “You’re really that generous?” Jade Cauldron Immortal expressed disbelief.

Tan Wenjie said, "If you ask for too high a price, I will go to Master Taiyi immediately."

Master Yuding glared angrily at Tan Wenjie before saying, "Lend me your Buddhist scriptures for a while."

"That's it?" Tan Wenjie breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought that Master Yuding was going to ask for an exorbitant price.

Now that the number one master in the Three Realms, Master Yu Ding, has joined the team, the teaching staff is at its maximum. Even if all the lesser demons are mediocre, they will definitely be able to cultivate a group of capable core members.

"Ah Jie, you're not using the Seventy-Two Transformations, are you?"

With Master Yu Ding's knowledge, he couldn't see any problem with Tan Wenjie at all; he was simply a centipede demon.

"Uncle-Master has a keen eye!" Tan Wenjie smiled. "This is a power that only I possess."

The power called skin.

……

Wankushan Thousand Fox Cave

"Looking for me?" Fox Girl couldn't believe it, pointing to the tip of her nose.

She once went out with her fifth brother to broaden her horizons, but after her fifth brother died abroad, she returned on her own.

Despite learning the Heaven-Splitting Palm from Master Yu Ding, she no longer had any intention of venturing out into the world.

Because he possessed magical powers, ordinary monsters dared not cause him trouble, and he lived a very leisurely life.

She just never expected to meet Tan Wenjie again.

"I'll find you a job. What's the point of being a monster every day?" Tan Wenjie sat down as if he were in his own home and nodded to the fox spirit next to him.

The other party smiled apologetically, their posture reserved.

"What kind of job?" Fox Girl asked.

“Special lecturer, I’ve recruited a group of little monsters and want to teach them some chores. If you come to me, I can offer you the position of a sword-bearing fairy. It’s not a high position, but it’s still a minor deity.”

The rank of deities is important, but sometimes not so important. For example, the attendants of Laozi and the dragon maidens beside Guanyin Bodhisattva have a greater reputation and prestige than the stars in the sky.

Fox Girl lowered her head in thought, clearly struggling with something.

"You can come find me anytime once you've made up your mind. I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

Before leaving, he made a point of turning his head to take another look at Granny Fox.

After watching him ride away on the water-avoiding beast, the Thousand Fox Cave remained quiet for a long time.

"mother……"

“You should go,” said Granny Fox. “You’ve been learning magic from Jade Cauldron Immortal, so you should be considered the junior sister of Mighty Spirit Heavenly Venerable. He certainly wouldn’t harm you. Besides, you have such skills, what’s the point of staying in Thousand Fox Cave?”

It wasn't that she was intimidated by Tan Wenjie's gaze, but rather that she didn't want Fox Sister's abilities to be overlooked.

Fox Girl nodded slightly, but was still hesitant.

"Moreover, the Heavenly Venerable Weiling is a celestial general and a disciple of the Antarctic Immortal," the Fox Granny continued to persuade. "He couldn't possibly rebel against Heaven, could he?"

If one does not rebel against Heaven, one is a high-ranking deity. Within the Three Realms and Six Paths, as long as one does not walk in the dark at night or is ambushed, one will not encounter many dangers.

In short, the future is bright.

……

Two days later, when Fox Girl arrived at the "Immortal Vocational Technical School" and saw the demon mountains and seas below, her first thought was... It's over.

It seems that Tam Man-kit is really planning to rebel.

"Brother Jie?" Fox Girl looked at Tan Wenjie who flew over to greet her.

I rubbed my eyes and realized something was wrong.

"Brother Jie, is it really you?"

Deities rarely distinguish each other by appearance, but rather by their aura and magical power.

Life is a fleeting cycle of a few decades, and it is perfectly normal for people to look exactly alike to appear in this world. Even the most powerful magic, the Seventy-Two Transformations, relies on concealing one's aura and altering one's appearance.

How did a deity who achieved physical immortality transform into a centipede demon exuding a monstrous aura?

“It’s me.” Tan Wenjie nodded. “You’ve come at the right time. I’ll take you to meet the students.”

"But Brother Jie," the fox girl shrank back, "so many monsters?"

"A few tens of thousands is considered a lot?"

His enrollment size would be laughable in the 21st century; it's barely enough to support one school.

Even in the mortal realm, many cultivation sects have thousands of members, so this number is still not enough.

One difference is that most of those cultivation sects make it difficult to become an immortal, and they take becoming an immortal as their ultimate goal, but Tan Wenjie's Immortal Vocational Technical School requires students to at least become a minor demon immortal to graduate.

His starting point is someone else's finish line.

Fox Girl's eyes widened: "Tens of thousands! Brother Jie, are you really going to defy the heavens?"

"Nonsense!" Tan Wenjie didn't expect everyone to have such a deep misunderstanding of him. "I just want to train a group of people to help me handle some trivial matters."

To ensure a thriving incense offering service, one must grant every request.

It would take twelve two-hour days a day, plus 365 days a year without rest, to expand.

He did not deny that if a conflict were to occur one day, he would not be alone with these demon immortals by his side and could be more at ease, but he absolutely had no intention of rebelling against the Heavenly Court.

The position of the Great Celestial Venerable cannot be attained simply by having the most people; at least for now, there aren't enough people.

With the arrival of Jade Cauldron Immortal and Fox Girl, this group of demons and monsters, carefully selected by Tan Wenjie, officially enrolled as the "first cohort of students at the Immortal Vocational Technical School".

……

Lingxiao Palace.

The immortals held a meeting.

Just as Yama, the King of Hell, finished his report, a monkey whose lifespan had ended wreaked havoc in the underworld, destroying the Book of Life and Death and even crossing out the entire Book of Life and Death from Flower Fruit Mountain.

Just then, the Dragon King of the East Sea also came to report that his Dragon Palace had been ransacked by a monkey, and that he had lost one of the magic needles used by Yu the Great to control the floods. He was crying and sobbing.

Nezha, standing next to him, was pressing down on the corner of his mouth.

Although he had settled his score with the Dragon King of the East Sea, he still remembered the pain of being driven to the brink of death by the other party, and he felt relieved to see the old Dragon King in distress.

As for the underworld, it goes without saying that the gods need incense offerings and gilded bodies to convert believers and subdue demons. In contrast, the underworld is full of dirty and chaotic bad habits.

Without paper money to pave the way, one will suffer endless torment along the way.

The work that should have been done by the underworld officials has turned into something like "no money, no talk"—the underworld should have suffered a lot long ago.

The other deities also kept their eyes down, pretending not to hear anything.

It was just a monkey with some cultivation; nobody took it seriously.

Just as the Jade Emperor ordered Nezha to lead troops to capture the monkey, Taibai Jinxing jumped out and suggested that it was time to issue a pacification order.

The Dragon Palace lost a useless iron rod, and so what if the Book of Life and Death in the Underworld was destroyed? They could just arrange for a few judges to work overtime to recopy it. But there aren't many demons and immortals who can wreak havoc in the Dragon Palace and the Underworld.

Going back further, the last one with a similar record was Nezha, the Third Prince.

The Heavenly Court has recently recruited a large number of talented individuals, which has certainly boosted its prestige. However, these deities are merely trapped by the Investiture of the Gods, and are not wholeheartedly dedicated to serving the Heavenly Court. They are truly outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, leaving the Jade Emperor with no recourse.

Ultimately, this matter was left to Venus to handle; whoever made the decision should resolve it.

After the morning meeting, Nezha headed straight for the South Heavenly Gate.

It was time for him to descend to the mortal realm to visit his friend again. A few hours of free time would translate to several months in the human world.

……

Shenxian Vocational Technical School.

Mountain top.

Nezha shaded his eyes with his hand as he gazed at the sea of ​​demons.

Her exquisitely beautiful face was filled with excitement: "Brother Jie, are you really planning to pull off something big?"

Although he holds a position in Heaven and his job is easy and carefree, if his brother needs his help, he will definitely help him without hesitation.

“Nonsense!” Tan Wenjie emphasized, “I’m a grassroots superpower, making their work more scaled up and efficient.”

I've been misunderstood too much. I just want to solve my own manpower shortage while providing employment opportunities for some lowly monsters and spirits.

But each time, someone misunderstands and thinks he's planning a rebellion.

It's disheartening that such a good deed, which could have achieved two goals at once, has been misunderstood in this way.

Nezha had a completely "say whatever you want, I'll admit defeat if I believe you" expression.

The two chatted about recent events. Time seemed to pass more slowly for Tan Wenjie in the mortal realm, while Nezha had only been separated from him for a day or two. Then they talked about a monkey causing havoc in the Dragon Palace and the Underworld.

"I'm very interested in that monkey."

It's already this late? Next, it'll be time for the monkey to go to heaven to serve as the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, which will only take about ten years.

Tan Wenjie nodded: "That monkey is indeed quite bold."

“He’s still a bit worse than us.” Nezha pouted. “Let’s wait until he has the guts to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace like us.”

That shouldn't keep you waiting too long, probably around 180 days. (End of Chapter)