Chapter 219: Past Events of the Jie Sect, Tying the Bell Requires the Person Who Tied It

In the back hall of the Lingxiao Palace, the atmosphere was oppressive and silent.

The Jade Emperor's residual anger had not yet dissipated, and the attendant immortal officials and immortal maidens all lowered their heads, not even daring to make the slight sound of clothes rubbing.

Taibai Jinxing stepped into the hall, his footsteps involuntarily lightening.

He was calm on the surface, knowing this trip was not easy, stepped forward quickly, and bowed: "Minister, pays respects to Your Majesty."

The Jade Emperor didn't even lift his eyelids, only letting out a snort from his nasal cavity, "Isn't the beloved official sent to Lingshan to share worries for me? Why are you back so soon? Could it be that you were dismissed by Rulai Buddha in a few words?"

Taibai Jinxing broke out in a thin layer of sweat on his back, knowing that the Jade Emperor was venting his anger on him.

He didn't dare to argue, only silently took out the contract branded with Rulai Buddha's aura and presented it.

"Your Majesty, I have not failed my mission. Lingshan has agreed to add three thousand divine positions for my Heavenly Court in Xiuniu Hezhou. From now on, the righteous gods of the Heavenly Court can freely spread faith in Xiuniu Hezhou, and the Buddhist sect must not interfere."

The Jade Emperor then cast his gaze toward the contract, seeing the content of the contract and the brand of Rulai's aura in the contract.

The anger on his face finally dissipated a little.

Three thousand divine positions, this is not a small handwriting, no different from nailing three thousand nails of the Heavenly Court into the heart of the Buddhist sect.

Over time, the Heavenly Court can at least take away one-tenth of the luck of Xiuniu Hezhou.

This contribution is truly not small.

"Beloved official has worked hard." The Jade Emperor's tone softened a lot, but the irritability between his brows did not dissipate, "It's just a pity... this contract is afraid it will become a waste paper."

He briefly explained the matter of Doumu Yuanjun coming to the Lingxiao Palace and forcibly changing the investigation chief to Wen Zhong.

Taibai Jinxing, although he had heard from Wuqu Xingjun, listened as if he didn't know, his expression changing with the Jade Emperor's narration.

"Wen Zhong is upright and unyielding, not allowing a grain of sand in his eyes. If he is allowed to investigate, what is the use of this contract of yours? When the truth comes out, my secret dealings with the Buddhist sect are exposed, where will the face of the Heavenly Court be? Will the Buddhist sect acknowledge it?"

The Jade Emperor's voice was filled with suppressed fire again.

He scrutinized Taibai Jinxing and asked: "Beloved official, according to your opinion, what exactly does Doumu Yuanjun want to do? Since the Investiture of the Gods, she has been peaceful for so many years, why did she jump out to oppose me at this time? Could it be that she also wants to covet the power of the Three Realms?"

The emperor's nature is suspicious, and the first thing the Jade Emperor thought of was the struggle for power.

"Doumu Yuanjun..." He whispered the name, countless thoughts churning in his mind.

Then Taibai Jinxing shook his head slowly, walked closer, lowered his voice, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has some clumsy opinions, you should listen to them. Doumu Yuanjun, since the Investiture of the Gods, has been cultivating wholeheartedly, in charge of the stars of the entire sky, and has never had the heart to compete for power and profit. The minister feels that her move this time is not for power, not for profit, but for one word."

"What word?" The Jade Emperor's brows were twisted into a ball.

"Hatred!" Taibai Jinxing said.

"Hatred?" The Jade Emperor didn't understand.

"Your Majesty should know that Doumu Yuanjun's true body is the Jin Ling Sheng Mu, the head of the female immortals among the ten thousand immortals of the ancient Jie Sect." Taibai Jinxing recalled the ancient past, when he was still a small person in the Heavenly Court, "In the past, the Investiture of the Gods catastrophe, the Jie Sect was destroyed, the Ten Thousand Immortal Array was broken, and the disciples were dead or injured. The Western Sect took advantage of the fire to rob and gained the most from it."

"The Western Sect... is the Buddhist sect today."

The Jade Emperor's heart set off waves, and he had already understood the joints.

Taibai Jinxing continued: "Wen Zhong is the personal disciple of the Jin Ling Sheng Mu. According to the minister's opinion, Doumu Yuanjun probably knows that this matter is related to the Buddhist sect and let Wen Zhong investigate. I fear she wants to take this opportunity to obstruct the Buddhist sect's plan to spread Buddha Dharma to the East, to avenge the old hatred of the Investiture of the Gods."

"She is not aiming at Your Majesty, she is aiming at the Buddhist sect. This time the true and false Great Sage matter, if the Buddhist sect cannot stand firm and she finds a handle, I fear she will use the name of the Heavenly Court to legitimately retaliate against the Buddhist sect."

This analysis was like a sharp sword breaking through the fog.

The Jade Emperor suddenly realized, but what followed was even greater worry.

"So that's how it is... but even so, if Wen Zhong investigates, where should my face, the face of the Heavenly Court, be placed?"

Doumu Yuanjun and the Buddhist sect are fighting, and he, the master of the Three Realms, is caught in the middle, in a dilemma.

"Your Majesty," Taibai Jinxing bowed, his eyes flashing with light, "Tying the bell requires the person who tied it."

"Wen Zhong's investigation, no one can stop, nor should we stop, otherwise it will make my Heavenly Court look even more guilty. Now the only way to break the situation is to let the Buddhist sect itself appease Doumu Yuanjun's anger."

"Let the Buddhist sect go?" The Jade Emperor frowned, "How to appease?"

"What does Doumu Yuanjun hate most about the Buddhist sect?" Taibai Jinxing asked back.

The Jade Emperor pondered for a long time and tentatively said: "Hate them for taking advantage of the fire and dividing the luck of the Jie Sect?"

"This is just one of them." Taibai Jinxing shook his head, "What she hates most is traitors."

"The former eldest senior brother of the Jie Sect, Daoist Duobao, was taken away by the Taishang Sage with a wind-fire cattail mat in the Ten Thousand Immortal Array, and later transformed into a Buddha, becoming the World Honored One of the Great Thunder Sound Temple in Lingshan today—Rulai Buddha!"

This secret was told to Taibai Jinxing, who was a confidant, by the Jade Emperor, and those who knew this in the Three Realms were some old guys who had attained the Dao since the prehistoric period.

"Beloved official, you mean to let that Rulai..." Under Taibai Jinxing's reminder, the Jade Emperor already knew what Taibai Jinxing meant.

"Not bad, Rulai Buddha must go personally." Taibai Jinxing continued the Jade Emperor's words, "Others go to the Dou Palace, they can't even enter the door. Only he, the former 'eldest senior brother', can go personally to see the 'junior sister' of the year, and there is a glimmer of possibility to let her raise her hand high."

"At that time, Wen Zhong's investigation only needs to stop at the point, leaving enough face for the Heavenly Court. And the Buddhist sect, in order to let Doumu Yuanjun loosen her mouth, will inevitably pay a greater price than these three thousand divine positions!"

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Hearing Taibai Jinxing's analysis, the gloom in the Jade Emperor's eyes was swept away.

He slapped the armrest of the seat and laughed out loud, the previous gloom turning into laughter, "This plan of the beloved official can not only solve my crisis but also let the Buddhist sect and the Jie Sect remnants fight each other, and I will sit and reap the benefits! Good! Good a tying the bell requires the person who tied it!"

He looked at Taibai Jinxing, his gaze full of appreciation.

"This matter, I will trouble the beloved official again." The Jade Emperor's voice restored the majesty and calmness of an emperor, "You go to Lingshan immediately and tell Rulai Buddha my 'difficulties'."

"Tell him, I don't want to get involved in the internal grievances of their Jie Sect. Either he goes to the Dou Palace himself to settle the matter; or he waits for Wen Zhong to find out the details of their Buddhist sect and make them public to the Three Realms!"

"Minister... obey the decree."

Taibai Jinxing received the decree, but his heart was bitter.

He had just returned from Lingshan, his seat hadn't warmed up yet, and he had to go back to play the villain. ===== CHAPTER 220 =====