Chapter 288

On the other side.

After leaving the White Bone Cave.

Gu Xiu, the Three Xiao, and the others brought the two acolytes Biyun and Caiyun back to Jin'ao Island.

It was Biyun and Caiyun's first time coming to Jin'ao Island. Seeing the auspicious signs filling the sky, the immortal mist curling, and the spiritual birds dancing, it was a scene of peace, and the two were stunned.

After Daoist Duobao arranged their accommodation, Gu Xiu returned to the Three Immortals Island with the Three Xiao.

On the way back, Yun Xiao's expression was solemn, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Gu Xiu asked: "Master, are you thinking about the Investiture of the Gods?"

Yun Xiao nodded gently, her eyes filled with worry: "The Chan Sect really wants to take action against the Jie Sect disciples who are outside. If it is really as you said, that the Chan Sect wants to use the lives of my Jie Sect disciples to eliminate the killing calamity on them, I am afraid they will take action against my Jie Sect."

As she spoke, Yun Xiao frowned slightly and sighed.

"My second sister, third sister, and I have always been cultivating on the Three Immortals Island, not fighting with others, and have always lived without restraint. But I never thought that the Chan Sect would want my Jie Sect to remedy the things they committed themselves. I absolutely cannot tolerate what the Chan Sect has done."

Gu Xiu said in a deep voice: "Master, do not worry. Our Jie Sect's overall strength is stronger than the Chan Sect's. Now that we know the Chan Sect's intentions, if we make some preparations, we can definitely deal a heavy blow to the Chan Sect."

Yun Xiao nodded. Gu Xiu had informed her of this before, and she didn't know what to do, so she could only follow Gu Xiu's lead.

"I hope so."

After the group returned to the Three Immortals Island.

At this time, in Biyou Palace.

Daoist Duobao was reporting this incident to Tong Tian.

Tong Tian frowned slightly.

Hongjun formulated the Investiture of the Gods list, and when he returned, he had his disciples go into seclusion. In order not to destroy the relationship of the Three Pure Ones, he had made such concessions, but he never expected the Chan Sect to want to scheme against Jie Sect disciples.

He pondered in his heart.

The Chan Sect should have been planning to scheme against Shi Ji.

But Shi Ji went to the Heavenly Court to take up a post, which disrupted the Chan Sect's plan.

Tong Tian thought of Gu Xiu and began to ponder in his heart.

"Could it be that Gu Xiu had anticipated all of this in advance?"

"Do Eldest Brother and Second Brother really not care about the relationship of the Three Pure Ones?"

Tong Tian frowned tightly.

"Let's observe first. If they really want to scheme against my Jie Sect disciples, I must be prepared."

……

At this time.

Zhaoge.

What gives the Chan Sect the biggest headache now is Jiang Ziya.

He is still an official in the Yin-Shang, and he won't even marry the sixty-eight-year-old maiden surnamed Ma that Song Yiren introduced to him.

This has caused many of the Chan Sect's plans to be blocked.

Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi were ordered to solve this matter.

The two had been observing in Zhaoge for these past few days.

The reason Jiang Ziya was unwilling to leave Zhaoge was that there was a problem with the link of King Zhou.

The two hid their figures on the clouds, and Chi Jingzi spoke.

"Senior Brother Guang Chengzi, Jiang Ziya has been slow to move, quiet. If this continues, it won't work..."

In the original plan, it was to have Jiang Ziya clash with the three demons of Xuanyuan Tomb.

As a result, the three demons didn't listen.

They had no choice but to point out that Su Daji was a demon and have Jiang Ziya go to subdue the demon, but Jiang Ziya didn't make a move at all.

Guang Chengzi thought for a moment.

"Junior Brother Yun Zhongzi and Senior Brother Antarctic have not achieved very good results in Zhaoge. If we solve this matter, the Master will definitely reward us."

Chi Jingzi nodded: "Good, Senior Brother's words make sense. Regarding the Investiture of the Gods, ever since the list was signed, we have been planning for a thousand years in advance. The two princes of Yin-Shang were originally going to be taken by us to be the people who respond to the calamity, cutting off the opportunity for Yin-Shang to rise. Who knew the Jie Sect would be prepared, leading to our plan being blocked."

Guang Chengzi sneered, his eyes full of disdain.

"A mere Jie Sect, a group of fur-clad, horn-bearing people. So what if they are prepared? How could they possibly fight us? We will go down and explain this matter to Ziya, telling him that his heavenly destiny is not in Shang, and the wise lord is in Xiqi. If he listens, good; if he doesn't, we will have to use force."

"I will listen to everything you say, Senior Brother."

……

Jiang Mansion.

Besides attending the morning court, Jiang Ziya spent a lot of time practicing calligraphy in the study, and his life was quite comfortable.

On this day, while he was focused on practicing calligraphy, a voice sounded.

"Ziya."

Jiang Ziya stopped the feather pen in his hand, looked up, his eyes puzzled.

Just now he seemed to hear someone calling him, and thinking it was an auditory hallucination, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Just as he was about to continue writing, he heard someone calling him again.

This time Jiang Ziya was sure he didn't have an auditory hallucination; he heard it clearly.

He was puzzled in his heart.

Opening the door, he came to the courtyard and saw Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi.

Jiang Ziya was slightly stunned and stepped forward to bow.

"Ziya greets the two Senior Brothers."

"Ziya, you should know our intention, right?" Guang Chengzi asked.

Jiang Ziya looked puzzled, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, his eyes full of confusion.

"Senior Brother Guang Chengzi, is there something you need from me? I really don't know."

Seeing Jiang Ziya so rigid, Guang Chengzi couldn't help but frown slightly, feeling a bit displeased, and the expression on his face became a bit gloomier.

"Ziya, do you remember what the teacher said to you when you went down the mountain?"

Jiang Ziya pondered for a moment, thinking of the scene before he went down the mountain when Yuanshi Tianzun called him to the Jade Void Palace, and said slowly: "The teacher said that my fortune was shallow and I had no fate with the immortal path, so he let me go down the mountain to seek wealth. I have always followed the teacher's teachings, and now I have obtained wealth."

Guang Chengzi snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, the teacher let you go down the mountain to assist a wise lord and achieve a great cause. Now the time has come, yet you are so ignorant, staying in Zhaoge all this time. How can you be worthy of the teacher's painstaking efforts?"

This made Jiang Ziya unhappy, and his stubborn temper flared up: "Senior Brother, the King of Yin-Shang is currently the co-lord of the human race. Am I not supporting a wise lord?"

"Ziya, Yin-Shang is without the Dao, the people are living in misery, and its fortune is coming to an end. The Zhou house should flourish. The wise lord you are to assist is in Xiqi. You have already delayed some time in Zhaoge. You should set off for Xiqi in these next few days and wait for the appearance of the wise lord."

Jiang Ziya frowned slightly: "Senior Brother, you want me to preside over the Investiture of the Gods, right?"

Guang Chengzi did not deny it.

"The Investiture of the Gods is a major event for our sect, of the utmost importance, but this does not conflict with you presiding over the Investiture of the Gods."

Ever since Jiang Ziya learned that the Chan Sect wanted to use him to confer gods, and that he would have to bear the karma.

Currently, in various places in the human world, feudal lords are rebelling, and the driving force behind them is the Chan Sect, which wants to stir up the Investiture of the Gods in the human world to complete the killing calamity of the Twelve Golden Immortals. Jiang Ziya could not possibly go.

"Senior Brother, I am already a minister of Yin-Shang. Currently, demons are rising everywhere in the world, and feudal lords are rebelling. I should naturally share the worries for the King. Yet you want me to go to Xiqi to assist a wise lord. Isn't this trapping me in injustice and making me a rebel? Senior Brother, forgive me for being unable to accept this. Please find someone else."

Guang Chengzi said angrily: "Jiang Ziya, how can you be so stubborn? Going to Xiqi to assist a wise lord is your destiny. Do you want to go against heaven?"

No matter what Guang Chengzi said, Jiang Ziya just wanted to enjoy his life in Zhaoge.

"Senior Brother, I am just a mortal who has not achieved the immortal path and only knows a few spells. How can I go against heaven?"

"Anyway, I haven't achieved the immortal path, and at most I will pass away in a hundred years. If I can really go against heaven, that would be the highlight of my life, Jiang Ziya. That would not be a wasted life."

Seeing Jiang Ziya being so laid back, Guang Chengzi's heart was burning with anger.

"You! Jiang Ziya, I will give you a few days to consider. If you are still stubborn, don't blame us for using force!"

After speaking, Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi snorted coldly and left.

If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Ziya was the person chosen to preside over the Investiture of the Gods, they, as the high and mighty Twelve Golden Immortals, would never have had any contact with Jiang Ziya.

They had intended to abandon Jiang Ziya after the Investiture of the Gods ended, completing the Dao Ancestor's mission and eliminating the killing calamity, but they never expected Jiang Ziya to be so disobedient.

Seeing Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi walk away.

Jiang Ziya looked into the distance.

"It seems that if I don't go to confer gods, the Senior Brothers are anxious. It's time to send Eldest Brother on his way."

Then he rummaged through his bag, took out a bottle, and headed to Song Family Village.