Chapter 290

By the Wei River.

After Jiang Ziya was confined, seeing that he couldn't get out, he was full of sorrow all day long.

Finally, having no other choice and being bored, he fished by the Wei River.

Finding a quiet place, he sat on the ground, holding a simple fishing rod in his hand, the hook straight, without bait or lure.

The river water flowed beside him, the breeze blew, and Jiang Ziya stared quietly at the river surface, his thoughts flying.

"I didn't expect Senior Brother Guang Chengzi to forcibly bring me to Xiqi and confine me here. It's quiet here, I can only wait for the opportunity and see if there's a chance to escape."

At this time, suddenly a fish took the bait, and Jiang Ziya was puzzled.

His hook was straight, without bait, so how could a stupid fish take the bait?

He exerted a little force on his hand, controlled the fishing rod, and pulled the fish up.

As a result, he saw that what he caught was not a fish, but a golden slip flashing with golden light.

Jiang Ziya saw this and was slightly stunned.

"He took it over to look at it, and flipped through it."

The confusion in his heart grew stronger.

"Isn't this golden slip the one that appeared on Mount Kunlun? I remember I put it in my bag."

"I thought that when Senior Brother Guang Chengzi forcibly brought me here, the things I originally had were all left at the Jiang Mansion in Zhaoge."

"But this golden slip was caught in the river. What exactly is going on?"

Jiang Ziya flipped to the latest part and found that the golden slip had updated his arrival in Xiqi.

Looking at the content above, Jiang Ziya frowned slightly.

"It says that the Chan Sect will create an opportunity for Ji Chang and me to meet, and soon Ji Chang will perform divination before going out hunting."

"And the Chan Sect will tamper with the hexagram, indicating that the prey caught this time 'is not a dragon, not a chi, not a tiger, not a bear, but a minister who will achieve the cause of a hegemon', and will guide them to find me?"

Jiang Ziya looked puzzled.

"Ji Chang will sincerely invite me to assist him and appoint me as the Prime Minister of Xiqi? If I agree, the confinement can be resolved, but I will also fall into an abyss of eternal damnation..."

Looking at the golden slip in his hand, Jiang Ziya pondered for a moment.

"This golden slip can run from Zhaoge to Xiqi and be caught by me, it's clearly an extraordinary object."

"The things recorded before have all come true. I can only move around the thatched cottage now, and since I'm idle, I'll wait here and see if Ji Chang really comes looking for me."

……

On the Three Immortals Island.

After Gu Xiu finished weaving the story for Jiang Ziya, the system sounded.

"Ding!"

"Bewitching Jiang Ziya mission completed. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a bottle of Rui Ling Ascension Pill!"

Gu Xiu put away the Great Dao Storybook.

He finally got the pill to improve his spiritual beasts, he had to let the two Qilins try it.

Thinking of taking out the Water-Fire Gourd, he summoned the Water-Fire Qilin.

Relying on the Water-Fire Qilin to cultivate by itself in the gourd, he didn't know when it would break through to the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm.

If they couldn't break through, once his strength advanced further, the two Qilins would be useless, so Gu Xiu wanted to borrow some external objects to raise the cultivation of the Water-Fire Qilin now.

After the two Qilins came out, they stared intently at Gu Xiu.

Gu Xiu took out the Rui Ling Ascension Pill.

"This is the Rui Ling Ascension Pill, which can improve your cultivation. There are thirty pills in total, fifteen for each of you. Take them quickly."

Gu Xiu opened the bottle, used his divine sense to divide fifteen pills each, and sent them in front of the Water-Fire Qilin.

Seeing the flying pills emitting fragrance and feeling the energy contained in the pills, the Water-Fire Qilin's eyes were fiery, and they opened their mouths to swallow them. Instantly, majestic energy filled their bodies.

The Water-Fire Qilin roared toward the sky, and bursts of terrifying sound waves erupted from their surroundings.

Their bodies were surrounded by the energy of auspicious spirits. As time passed, the aura on the Water-Fire Qilin became more and more powerful, and immortal light from the sky sprinkled down. After the immortal light faded, the two Qilins successfully broke through to the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Seeing the Water-Fire Qilin roaring toward the sky, the sound filled with joy.

Gu Xiu was very satisfied. The Water-Fire Qilin had been stuck at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm for a long time, and the Rui Ling Ascension Pill rewarded by the system was just right to help them break through the bottleneck.

Now that he had two Da Luo Golden Immortal underlings, he could be used as three people by himself.

And Jiang Ziya had already been fooled by him into having resentment toward the Chan Sect.

Even if he were forced by the Chan Sect to assist Xiqi in attacking Shang in the future, he wouldn't be as hardworking and uncomplaining as before.

Currently, everything is developing in a good direction.

As long as he survives the Investiture of the Gods calamity, he could live a carefree life later. Thinking of this, Gu Xiu was full of fighting spirit.

The resentment toward the Chan Sect in his heart increased a bit more.

Of course, the culprit was Hongjun, but he couldn't reach that level yet.

At this time, three beautiful figures arrived gracefully.

Gu Xiu looked up, saw it was the Three Xiao coming together, stood up, and walked over.

"Master, two Junior Aunts, why have you come?"

Yun Xiao moved gracefully, her expression a bit solemn.

"Gu Xiu, news just came from Biyou Palace that Ma Yuan was killed by Taiyi Zhenren together with Dao Xing Tianzun and Qingxu Daode Zhenjun."

Gu Xiu had long known that the Chan Sect had targeted Ma Yuan, but he still pretended to be very surprised.

"Although I knew that the Chan Sect would definitely take action against my Jie Sect to fill the list of the Investiture of the Gods, I didn't expect the first to suffer the poison hand to be Uncle Ma Yuan."

Yun Xiao looked at Gu Xiu and said slowly: "My Jie Sect has many disciples. After Ma Yuan joined the Jie Sect, he had been cultivating outside, and many disciples in the sect did not know him. The Sect Leader did not have much of a reaction after knowing Ma Yuan was killed, so we came to ask for your opinion."

Bi Xiao, who was to the side, was indignant: "The Chan Sect is too hateful. Failing to kill Shi Ji's acolytes, they changed their target to other disciples of my Jie Sect."

Gu Xiu pondered slightly: "The Ancestor has many things to consider, but we as disciples don't need to consider too much. If they kill my Jie Sect disciples, we must retaliate."

Yun Xiao thought for a while: "Do you have any good ideas?"

Gu Xiu said with a calm expression: "Let's use this matter to make a fuss, promote it widely in the Three Realms, and portray ourselves as the victims. When we retaliate against the Chan Sect in the future, we can also be justified, making them lose the moral high ground first and be unable to argue."

Yun Xiao paced back and forth and nodded gently: "Before we counterattack the Chan Sect, this plan is feasible, but how exactly should we do it?"

Thinking of the incident where Yuding Zhenren and Dao Xing Tianzun were made to suffer, someone deliberately spread it in the Three Realms.

The only thing Gu Xiu could think of was the Heavenly Court.

He smiled indifferently: "Master, we just need to release the news, and there will naturally be someone to spread it for us."

Yun Xiao's beautiful eyes were puzzled: "Someone to spread it for us, where does this come from?"

Seeing Yun Xiao cast her gaze, Gu Xiu smiled slightly: "Master, you may not know that when we taught Yuding Zhenren and Dao Xing Tianzun a lesson before, someone was pushing it behind the scenes, making the matter spread throughout the Three Realms. I think it was done by the Heavenly Court. Only the Heavenly Court hopes that we both suffer, but this move by the Heavenly Court also helped us, saving us a lot of time, so we don't have to do it ourselves."