The prehistoric infrastructure maniac

Chapter 155 The Case of Yao Ji

After Haotian returned and became the Jade Emperor, the first thing he did was to visit Xingyun Daoren at Xingyun Palace in the primordial starry sky.

However, the Jade Emperor brought two other people with him, neither of whom were unknown; in fact, they were quite famous in later generations. They were Yao Ji and Long Ji.

She had just returned and found herself with a younger sister and a daughter. Without a doubt, this daughter was not born to Yaochi.

Inside the Nebula Palace, after learning the Jade Emperor's purpose, Daoist Nebula couldn't help but glance at the beautiful and gentle Fairy Yunhua Yaoji, and the girl Longji standing beside her who looked like sisters:

"The Jade Emperor wants them to join my sect and give them a better background. Fine, I can take Yao Ji as my disciple and make her my ninth personal disciple. As for Long Ji, let her go to the Queen Mother of the West to cultivate."

"Queen Mother of the West? Good, thank you very much, Senior Brother," the Jade Emperor said with some surprise, and at the same time couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior Brother, you said that Yao Ji was your ninth personal disciple. I didn't expect that you would have so many disciples now."

"I only took him in later, not many. After Liu Er and Pan Wang, I only took in Yun Zhongzi. Mainly because he was quite skilled in formations and weapon crafting, which suited my temperament, so I took him under my wing," Xingyun Daoist said casually with a faint smile.

Actually, the main reason he accepted Yun Zhongzi, this virtuous immortal, was because he valued Yun Zhongzi's ability to refine artifacts.

Most of the acquired spiritual treasures and divine weapons sold in the Eight Treasures Cloud Pavilion in the primordial world today are made by Yun Zhongzi.

The cultivation and sale of various poisons, medicinal herbs, and elixirs were mainly handled behind the scenes by Ancestor Panwang, while Shi Mo entrusted the business of wine and spiritual fruits to Liu Er.

With Duobao in charge of the Eight Treasures Cloud Pavilion and Bai Ze in charge of the Nebula Cities and the Nebula Tower, the leading catering and entertainment destination in the Primordial World, Shi Mo had long since become a hands-off manager, while his lineage continued to amass enormous resources from the entire Primordial World.

However, it is precisely because Shi Mo has been drawing energy from the chaos to replenish the consumption of the prehistoric world for over a million years with the help of the earth vein array that the prehistoric world has been able to continue to prosper and develop, truly living up to the saying, "Great Luo Immortals are everywhere, and Golden Immortals are as common as dogs."

After Yao Ji temporarily stayed at Xingyun Palace to cultivate with Daoist Xingyun, the Jade Emperor personally took Long Ji on another trip to West Kunlun.
With Shi Mo's influence and the Jade Emperor's personal visit, the Queen Mother of the West naturally wouldn't refuse the olive branch extended by the Jade Emperor, and readily accepted Longji into her fold.

Next, the Jade Emperor, having returned from his tribulation, began his sweeping reforms of the Heavenly Court. In order to establish the majesty of the Great Heavenly Venerable, he promulgated some strict Heavenly Laws to strengthen the restraint on the immortals and gods, much like a new official making his first bold moves.

Xingyun Daoist, who taught Yaoji, quickly discovered that this seemingly gentle and obedient disciple, although talented and insightful, was actually quite unruly and not a well-behaved person at heart.

Xingyun Daoist didn't care much about this, and was even somewhat indulgent. After Yao Ji made some progress in her cultivation and became a Golden Immortal, he bestowed upon her a spiritual treasure for protection and sent her back to the Heavenly Court.

In fact, Xingyun Daoren thought Yao Ji's personality was quite normal. After all, with the Jade Emperor as her elder brother, she was protected too well and restrained too strictly.

If you want her to mature, you have to let her go and experience things for herself; otherwise, no matter how much you say, it won't make a difference.

Moreover, if we don't indulge her a little, wouldn't the prehistoric world be even more boring if the future Erlang Shen Yang Jian and the Third Holy Mother Yang Chan were gone?
No matter what happens, with the Jade Emperor and Master Xingyun as their teachers, even the biggest problems become minor.

Given Yao Ji's background and status, she has the right to be unruly and make mistakes, so letting her grow up freely is the best approach.

Once someone reaches the level and status of Daoist Xingyun, they no longer need to cultivate more powerful disciples to demonstrate their identity and influence.

However, it would be quite interesting to have a few more interesting juniors in my lineage, to let them influence and become famous throughout the Three Realms, while I watch the show from behind.

While Master Xingyun was sitting comfortably, the Jade Emperor, who wanted to use the Heavenly Laws to establish the majesty of the Heavenly Court, never expected that the first fire would burn his own sister.

The story is quite simple. To put it bluntly, a wealthy and beautiful woman secretly married someone else without her family's knowledge and had three children.
One of the Heavenly Rules established by the Jade Emperor is that immortals and gods are not allowed to marry mortals, except for those who already had families before joining the Heavenly Court.

However, this heavenly rule seems to have become the standard punishment for the Jade Emperor's own family members who violated the heavenly rule. I wonder what he thought after he used the heavenly rule to punish his sister, niece and daughter one after another.

In any case, the Jade Emperor was furious when he learned that his sister had led the way in violating the heavenly rules by having a child with another man without permission.

So he directly ordered the heavenly soldiers and generals to capture Yao Ji, Yang Tianyou and their three children, showing that he would not show any favoritism.

Regardless, this gesture must be made properly, otherwise wouldn't the heavenly rules he set become a joke? Where would his authority as the Jade Emperor be, and how would he rule the Three Realms?

But since she was his own sister, the Jade Emperor was furious, but he didn't really intend to do anything to her and the three children.

Moreover, Yao Ji was a direct disciple of Xingyun Daoren, a disciple of a sage. Even if the Jade Emperor punished her leniently, no one would say much. A slightly heavier punishment would have a greater deterrent effect!
But the Jade Emperor naturally had no good feelings towards Yang Tianyou. He actually dared to eat Yang Tianyou's cabbage, trying to bring shame upon his imperial dignity. He was courting death!
Therefore, under the Jade Emperor's orders, the heavenly soldiers and generals, who were adept at understanding their leader's intentions, carried out their task brilliantly, directly and ruthlessly dealing with Yang Tianyou.
However, at the crucial moment, just as Yang Tianyou was forced to prepare for self-destruction, Zhenwu suddenly appeared and stopped him: "Don't be in such a hurry to die! You need to go to the Heavenly Court and explain things clearly."

"Hmm?" Immediately afterward, seeing the protective relic-like Buddhist light that he had forced out of Yang Tianyou's body, Zhenwu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and say:

"I never expected that he would be a disciple of the Western Sect. Since the Western Sect is involved, we need to make things clearer."

On the other side, the Heavenly Venerable of Salvation personally intervened and persuaded Yao Ji to take Yang Jian and Yang Chan back to the Heavenly Court with him. Yao Ji had already resigned herself to her fate and agreed. However, the Jade Cauldron Immortal from the Jade Void Sect suddenly appeared and said that Yang Jian had a master-disciple relationship with him.

"Yu Ding, are you trying to interfere in the affairs of my Heavenly Court?" Haotian then appeared, looking at Yu Ding Zhenren with hostility.

He was just trying to establish his authority! This Jade Cauldron Immortal actually delivered himself to his doorstep.

Facing Haotian's sharp gaze, Yu Ding Zhenren felt suffocated and his internal magical power seemed to be stagnant, and he secretly complained.

It wasn't that he deliberately wanted to cause trouble at this time, but he simply didn't expect the Jade Emperor to send the Savior of Suffering to intervene. Seeing that Yang Jian was about to be taken to the Heavenly Court, it would be too late if he didn't step in now.

Yang Jian is no ordinary person! He is the first person of the third generation of Yu Xu, the future protector of the Xuanmen, and is responsible for the inheritance of the fortune of the Yu Xu lineage. He cannot afford to make any mistakes, otherwise Yu Ding will not be able to explain to his teacher, Yuanshi Tianzun.

"Great Heavenly Venerable!" Jade Cauldron Immortal bowed respectfully to the Jade Emperor and said, "This Yang Jian is indeed destined to be with my Jade Void lineage. I have come on my teacher's orders, and I hope the Great Heavenly Venerable will grant my request."

"What? Are you trying to intimidate me with Senior Brother Yuanshi?" Before Yu Ding Zhenren could finish speaking, the Jade Emperor said in a slightly cold tone, "Even if he has a connection with the Yuxu lineage, if you want to take him as a disciple, you must wait until my Heavenly Court has made a decision on how to deal with the mother and son."

“Great Celestial Venerable, although Fairy Yao Ji has violated the Heavenly Laws, what wrong has the child done?” Jade Cauldron Immortal couldn’t help but ask.

"Yao Ji is at fault and should be punished. Her child should be cared for by me, her uncle. Even if your Yu Xu lineage wants to take on disciples, you must ask for my permission. Do you intend to forcibly take the child away?" The Jade Emperor's words left Yu Ding Zhenren speechless.

"We'll talk about taking on disciples later!" the Jade Emperor said, then, seeing that Zhenwu had also arrived with Yang Tianyou and his son Yang Jiao, continued, "Return to Heaven!"

"Yu Ding, if you want to know how I'm going to deal with you, then come with me to the Heavenly Court!" After glancing at the hesitant Yu Ding Zhenren, the Jade Emperor finished speaking and took Yao Ji and her family back to the Heavenly Court.

In the Heavenly Court, at the Lingxiao Palace, almost all the high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Court and the main immortals and gods serving in the Heavenly Court were gathered.

Even Xingyun Daoist and Huanglong, who usually don't get involved, came over, since Yaoji is Xingyun Daoist's disciple.

Seeing that even Daoist Xingyun had arrived, the atmosphere inside the Lingxiao Palace made True Man Yuding feel inexplicably oppressed.

After a long time, a heavenly general came to report: "Your Majesty, we have informed the Western Sect about Yang Tianyou's matter. The Western Daoist Zhunti said that although Yang Tianyou is a disciple of the Western Sect, since he has violated the Heavenly Laws, we ask Your Majesty to handle the matter accordingly."

"Very well! Since Brother Zhunti has said so," the Jade Emperor said, glancing at Yang Tianyou, whose expression remained calm and composed. A hint of anger flashed in his eyes as he coldly ordered, "Guards, take Yang Tianyou to the Underworld and cast him into the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

"Brother! No...no!" Yao Ji shook her head agitatedly upon hearing this, saying repeatedly, "It's my fault, it's all my fault. It has nothing to do with Tianyou. He didn't even know my identity, teacher."

Seeing the Jade Emperor's cold and unmoved expression, Yao Ji looked at Xingyun Daoist pleadingly as she spoke.

Xingyun Daoist then looked at Yang Tianyou and said, "Yang Tianyou, do you really not know Yao Ji's identity? Don't you have anything to say?"

Upon hearing this, a look of pain and complexity flashed in Yang Tianyou's eyes. Unable to meet Yao Ji's gaze, he knelt before the Jade Emperor and said, "I am willing to enter the cycle of reincarnation, only begging the Jade Emperor to spare Yao Ji and my child."

"No, Tianyou, if you're going to die, I'll die with you!" Yaoji shook her head and cried out.

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor became even more enraged: "Guards, imprison Yao Ji beneath Peach Mountain! When will she repent?"

"I did nothing wrong! What do I have to regret?" Before the Jade Emperor could finish speaking, Yao Ji looked at him stubbornly and said.

The Jade Emperor grew even more furious upon seeing this, and Daoist Xingyun also frowned slightly as he glanced at Yang Tianyou before saying:
"In that case, I have nothing more to say. Let the Jade Emperor deal with it as he sees fit!"

(End of this chapter)