Chapter 253

Three Immortals Island.

Immortal energy swirled, and spiritual mist permeated.

Gu Xiu was sitting cross-legged, and wisps of immortal spiritual energy seeped into his body through his pores, traveling through his meridians, nourishing his tendons, bones, flesh, and internal organs.

Suddenly, the system rang.

"Ding!"

"Detected that Jiang Ziya is on West Kunlun, peeping at female immortals bathing, and was caught on the spot, caught red-handed. Triggering event options, please make a choice, Host."

"Option 1: Let the people from the Jade Void Palace take him away. Reward: one low-grade innate spiritual treasure!"

"Option 2: Go and stop the Jade Void Palace from taking him away. Reward: one top-grade innate spiritual treasure!"

"Option 3: Let the people from the Jade Void Palace take Jiang Ziya away, and secretly bewitch Jiang Ziya. Reward: ten Ginseng Fruits! (Smelling one can make you live for three hundred and sixty years, and eating one can make you live for forty-seven thousand years.)"

Looking at the three options in front of him, the second option was directly excluded.

Although the reward was generous, Jiang Ziya was the Investiture of the Gods presiding officer chosen by the Chan Sect. Going to stop them would make him a target for the Chan Sect to deal with; it was too reckless.

The third option had an extra step of bewitching Jiang Ziya compared to the first option.

Gu Xiu pondered slightly, and he had the answer in his heart.

"System, I choose three."

"Ding!"

"Choice successful. Task time limit is seven days. Please complete the task as soon as possible, Host. It will be invalid after the deadline!"

Gu Xiu curled his lips and smiled slightly.

Ten Ginseng Fruits were like a free gift.

"With the Great Dao Storybook, bewitching Jiang Ziya is not very difficult; there is no need to specifically run to Kunlun."

West Kunlun.

West Queen Mother Palace.

The Antarctic Immortal stepped on auspicious clouds and landed on the square.

Seeing Jiang Ziya's miserable state, he frowned tightly and walked quickly toward the stone pillar.

"Ziya."

Jiang Ziya had received one hundred lashes and was dozing off. Hearing someone call,

He opened his eyes slightly.

"Senior Martial Brother Antarctic, why are you here?"

"What do you think?" The Antarctic Immortal sighed softly: "Ziya, you are confused. Why didn't you listen to Teacher and go down the mountain to seek wealth and assist a wise ruler? Although you have not achieved the immortal path, what you learned in the Jade Void Palace is enough for you to be a marquis or prime minister in the mortal world and enjoy wealth and glory for the rest of your life. At that time, you can marry as many women as you want in the mortal world. You shouldn't have, you shouldn't have run to West Kunlun to do such a thing."

Jiang Ziya said: "Senior Martial Brother Antarctic, this was all an accident; it was unintentional."

Jiang Ziya originally wanted to quibble a bit, but the Antarctic Immortal obviously didn't give him the opportunity.

"Alright, I hope you learn a lesson from this."

After speaking, the Antarctic Immortal raised his hand, flicked his fingertips, and untied the ropes on Jiang Ziya's body.

"Thank you, Senior Martial Brother Antarctic, but this matter..." Jiang Ziya still wanted to quibble for himself, but the Antarctic Immortal interrupted again.

"Take this pill and come back with me."

The Antarctic Immortal took out a pill and waved it toward Jiang Ziya, and the pill entered Jiang Ziya's mouth.

Immediately, the skin and flesh wounds on Jiang Ziya's body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, returning to normal.

Jiang Ziya shook his head. The Antarctic Immortal obviously didn't believe him, so he was too lazy to say anything.

"Fellow Daoist, this time it was Ziya's fault. This is the apology from our Jade Void Palace. Please trouble you to hand it to the Queen Mother of the West." The Antarctic Immortal took out two Wind-Thunder Immortal Apricots, gave them to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, then summoned auspicious clouds, took Jiang Ziya away, and soon disappeared into the sky.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden took the Wind-Thunder Immortal Apricots and looked in the direction where the two had left.

She snorted coldly.

"Since they want to apologize, they didn't specifically come to pay respects, but let me pass it on. There is no sincerity at all."

Her beautiful brows were tightly furrowed, and her face was full of dissatisfaction.

"Forget it, let's present these two Wind-Thunder Immortal Apricots to the Goddess first." Having said that, she turned and walked quickly toward the Queen Mother of the West's palace.

In the palace, the Queen Mother of the West was sitting on her throne, her expression calm.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden stepped forward: "Goddess, the Antarctic Immortal has taken Jiang Ziya away. This is the apology from the Jade Void Palace, two Wind-Thunder Immortal Apricots."

The Queen Mother of the West raised her eyes slightly, looked at the Wind-Thunder Immortal Apricots in the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden's hand, and raised her brows slightly: "The dignified Jade Void Palace, a Saint's gate, is actually so stingy. Mysterious Maiden, these Wind-Thunder Immortal Apricots are for you."

Possessing the Peach Garden, with three thousand six hundred peach trees, the Wind-Thunder Immortal Apricots had no attraction to the Queen Mother at all.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden bowed slightly: "Thank you, Goddess, for the reward."

The Queen Mother of the West pondered for a moment and said: "Just now, the Great Heavenly Venerable sent word that Jiang Ziya is the person chosen by the Chan Sect to preside over the Investiture of the Gods, but instead of going to the mortal world to preside over the Investiture of the Gods properly, he appeared on West Kunlun. The progress of the three religions' Investiture of the Gods may not be very smooth. Mysterious Maiden, you should keep an eye on it more often. If there is anything unusual, come and report it so that we can notify the Great Heavenly Venerable."

"Mysterious Maiden accepts the order." The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden bowed, her expression solemn.

Outside the West Queen Mother Palace, Shen Gongbao was hiding in the dark. Seeing the Antarctic Immortal taking Jiang Ziya toward East Kunlun, a haze appeared in his eyes.

He gritted his teeth.

"Jiang Ziya, this old fellow, has already ruined his reputation, and the Chan Sect still refuses to give up. I am really unwilling."

It was Shen Gongbao who guided Jiang Ziya to the hot spring where the female immortals bathed.

He originally wanted to take this opportunity to ruin Jiang Ziya's reputation, but he didn't expect it to be of any use.

Shen Gongbao clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves.

"Jiang Ziya, you were lucky this time!"

The Antarctic Immortal brought Jiang Ziya to the foot of East Kunlun Mountain.

He spoke slowly.

"Ziya, I believe you have learned your lesson from this matter. Do you intend to go back to the Jade Void Palace with me to see Teacher, or stay here yourself? Go down the mountain to preside over the Investiture of the Gods."

Jiang Ziya raised his head, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and after pondering for a moment: "Senior Martial Brother, I have already made a big mistake and have no face to see Teacher again. I am willing to go down the mountain now to preside over the Investiture of the Gods, to make up for my mistakes and atone for my sins."

Daring not to bear the Saint's anger, Jiang Ziya refused directly.

The Antarctic Immortal nodded slightly, a hint of gratification appearing in his eyes: "Very well, since you have made up your mind, then go down the mountain. Remember, the matter of the Investiture of the Gods is of great importance; you must not make any more mistakes."

Jiang Ziya bowed solemnly and said sincerely: "Senior Martial Brother, rest assured, Ziya will definitely keep your teachings in mind and go all out to complete the great cause of the Investiture of the Gods."

The Antarctic Immortal patted Jiang Ziya on the shoulder, then stepped on auspicious clouds and flew toward the Jade Void Palace.

Looking at the Antarctic Immortal's departing figure, Jiang Ziya took a deep breath.

"I came back from West Kunlun; I wonder how Junior Martial Brother Shen Gongbao is doing alone?"

Having opened a cave dwelling together with Shen Gongbao and lived together for so many days, Jiang Ziya felt that the two of them got along very well.

But he had not achieved the immortal path, and wanting to go back to West Kunlun would take a long time, which was not worth the loss, so he had to give up.

"I believe Junior Martial Brother Shen Gongbao already knows about my matter. I hope he can come to find me as soon as possible. As for the Investiture of the Gods, do I really have to go down the mountain to preside over it?"

Just now he was just perfunctory with the Antarctic Immortal; Jiang Ziya had never thought about the Investiture of the Gods.

While thinking, he saw a book scroll glowing with golden light in front of him. Puzzled, he walked over and picked up the scroll.

"This scroll is quite similar to the previous one."

Opening the scroll and looking at the content above, Jiang Ziya frowned.