Chapter 29

The Jade Emperor looked at Taiyi Zhenren and Yuding Zhenren, his expression truly pained.

"Yuding Zhenren, you are Yang Jian's master, why don't you..."

Yuding Zhenren interrupted the Jade Emperor: "You are his uncle."

The implication was that since your relationship is closer than mine, why don't you look for the cause within yourself?

The Jade Emperor was stunned by Yuding Zhenren's retort, "But you are the master who taught him all his skills; as his master, you can't just ignore it."

Yuding Zhenren not only didn't listen, but instead wore an expression of holding him accountable. "Then you are also his uncle."

The Jade Emperor was almost choked to death by Yuding Zhenren's retort, and said displeased: "It seems you haven't indulged Yang Jian little in the past, which is why you've raised him to have such a personality—outwardly obedient but inwardly rebellious."

Hearing this, Yuding Zhenren was not happy.

"If you want to talk about Yang Jian's rebellious nature, then we have to talk about your sister, Yaoji. Back then..."

The Jade Emperor took a deep breath and interrupted Yuding Zhenren's words. "Let's just talk about his uncle."

But who is Yang Jian's uncle? It is the Jade Emperor, which is himself.

The Jade Emperor knew he couldn't get through to Yang Jian's master, so he turned to Taiyi Zhenren.

Who is Taiyi Zhenren? He is famous throughout the Three Realms for being overprotective of his student.

For the sake of this precious disciple, he had developed an anxiety disorder due to insufficient firepower! He was terrified that Nezha might have one less magic treasure and end up being bullied by others later.

So if the Jade Emperor brought him here today to bully Nezha, he would certainly not be willing.

"Taiyi Zhenren..."

Taiyi Zhenren stepped forward, his face flushed with anger, directly blocking the Jade Emperor's words.

"Our Nezha has shed blood for the Heavenly Court!"

"But..."

"Our Nezha has performed meritorious service in the Investiture of the Gods Great Tribulation!"

"That still doesn't mean..."

Taiyi Zhenren held up his hands to pause, not letting the Jade Emperor interrupt. "If you insist on talking, I must also ask you."

"Why did you only invite me and Yuding Zhenren? If you have the ability, why didn't you invite Sun Wukong's master?"

This sentence left the few people in the Lingxiao Palace silent.

The Jade Emperor opened his mouth several times but couldn't say anything.

Was that someone he could invite? Was that someone he could invite?

The three down there were indeed a headache and might indeed rebel. But if you provoked that person, it wouldn't be a matter of rebelling or not!

"You, you all!" The Jade Emperor wanted to say something, but he was blocked and had nothing to say.

These two were clearly extremely overprotective; looking for them was a waste of time.

With Taiyi Zhenren's stance, if he didn't go down to help Nezha cause trouble, the Jade Emperor would have to learn from the Bodhisattva and say "Amituofo."

"Fine, fine, fine, you two go back."

He was just looking for trouble and adding to his own frustration.

Not only was the effort wasted, but he had to send them away just as he had called them.

It could be said that nothing was accomplished, he had swallowed plenty of frustration, and his head ached just as much.

Seeing the two of them leave, the Jade Emperor called Taibai Jinxing over again.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant is here." Taibai Jinxing hurried to respond to the summons.

The Jade Emperor was pained and helpless, and could only find Taibai Jinxing to discuss how to handle it.

"You say this Destined One, along with Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and Nezha. They aren't going to the Western Heaven to seek scriptures; they are going to rob their way to the Western Heaven."

"My dear official, do you think they might even rob the Buddha when they reach the Western Heaven?"

Taibai Jinxing secretly wiped his sweat; others might not dare, but those three, it's really hard to say.

Especially since those three had added such an unreliable master of the Destined One; it seems there is nothing they wouldn't dare to do.

The Jade Emperor had a flash of inspiration, "My dear official, what if we find a master for that Destined One and impose stricter discipline on her?"

Taibai Jinxing smiled awkwardly but politely, "Your Majesty, isn't this strategy of yours a bit too late?"

The Jade Emperor thought so too, "Then... shall we put a Golden Hoop on her?"

Taibai Jinxing was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After all, he had heard of putting a Golden Hoop on a disciple, but he had never heard of putting one on a master!

"Your Majesty, even the Bodhisattva couldn't put that Golden Hoop on those three; how can we put it on that Destined One?"

"Not to mention that the Destined One doesn't have the ability to stir up the heavens and doesn't need a Golden Hoop to restrain her. Even if she did, we couldn't touch her."

The Jade Emperor frowned displeased, "What does my dear official mean?"

"Your Majesty, your humble servant believes that the bond between the four master and disciples on the journey west has already been formed."

"The Destined One seems the weakest, but in reality, she is the backbone of the scripture-seeking team."

"Your Majesty, in your humble servant's opinion, this Destined One must absolutely not be touched, must not be touched~"

Tang An took her three disciples and robbed her way to the Western Heaven; that was just a matter of offending some gods and Buddhas.

These gods in the Heavenly Court had all had their accounts settled by Sun Wukong to some extent, so it wasn't a big problem. At most, it just displeased those Bodhisattvas in the West.

But if they were to touch Tang An now, I'm afraid this Heavenly Court would be completely overturned by those three rebels.

The Jade Emperor also understood the stakes involved. He had originally thought that since the Destined One was just a woman, she wouldn't last long on the journey west and would die from the hardships.

At that time, they could just wait for a new Destined One to be born and restart the journey.

But now it seems that everything has exceeded his control. It's too late to change the Destined One now; there's no chance left.

"Since that is the case, then my dear official, go on a trip. I hope she can restrain her personality and fulfill the virtues of a master."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Taibai Jinxing had work again; the last time he was this busy was when he was recruiting Sun Wukong.

However, that monkey was easy to coax, but Tang An, who was so lacking in virtue, was not so easy to deal with.

With her personality, which of the demons along the way wasn't left empty-handed? Even when the Bodhisattva came, they had to leave something behind to return.

So...

Taibai Jinxing did come, but he was tricked by Tang An into leaving some protective magic treasures for her before being coaxed back.

Tang An's main strategy was to return courtesy for courtesy. When the Jade Emperor drew a pie for her, she would return a pie that was big and perfunctory, but she wouldn't let you find any fault with it.

After being tossed back and forth like this several times, Taibai Jinxing's savings were almost all folded into Tang An's Universe Bag. So no matter what the Jade Emperor said, Taibai Jinxing was unwilling to come again.

On the road to seek scriptures, a small path in the desolate mountains.

Nezha had a lollipop in his mouth and was stepping on his Wind Fire Wheels, which were turning at almost idle speed, equivalent to the walking speed of an ordinary person.

"These old gods are truly boring, and they love to send things over so eagerly."

Tang An leaned on Jiuyue's fox tail and said leisurely: "They aren't here to send things; they are here to recruit us."

"Drawing a pie for me is nothing more than wanting me to be blinded by benefits, using me as a Golden Hoop to tighten you all, and not letting you do anything out of line."

Nezha cupped his hands and looked at Tang An, "Us? Out of line?" He didn't feel he had done anything out of line at all.

Tang An mimicked Nezha with a blade of grass in her mouth, "You guys haven't done much out of line; the out-of-line ideas and the wicked things were all done by me."

"If I didn't keep Taibai Jinxing hanging and make him run back and forth, how could we get so many treasures from him? How could we trick the Jade Emperor again?"

She seemed to be lacking a billion more points of virtue, but lacking virtue still made her happy and made her rich again.

"Let me tell you, just thinking about the Jade Emperor's face in heaven right now makes me feel very happy."

Who told those gods and Buddhas in heaven to want them to work hard all day while also wanting to use ropes to harness them like cattle and horses.

Now it's good; they got their hands pricked by the rope instead. They're honest now, aren't they.

As the two were talking, Sun Wukong and Yang Jian in front stopped.

Tang An stretched her neck out and heard some sounds of rushing river water.

Is the Liusha River dungeon about to arrive?