Honghuang: Yu Ding forgot to accept a disciple

Chapter 416 Arrangement
Yang Jian hid in the dark, watching the stone monkey running around the mountain. He called over the four monkeys he had enlightened in the past and gave them some advice.

Soon, the stone monkey found the cave where Yang Jian left behind, occupied the cave and began to claim the throne.

Yang Jian left the Tai Chi diagram in Huaguo Mountain to protect the place, and then he traveled around, taking care of things and arranging the training of the stone monkey.

He first went to Xiniu Hezhou, and after greeting Tathagata, he looked for a mountain to build a temple.

It won’t work if you have a temple but no disciples.

Yang Jian felt a little headache for a moment. It was absolutely impossible for him to accept disciples.

After much thought, he went to Mount Xumi again and asked Tathagata to send out his former fellow disciples from the Jiejiao sect to act as his disciples.

In order to get the cooperation of many of his former fellow disciples, Yang Jian could only reluctantly take out the treasures he had saved and give them to his fellow disciples.

After that, Yang Jian rehearsed with everyone every year to avoid the situation where the master did not act like a master, and the apprentice did not act like an apprentice.

At the same time, Yang Jian took time to travel around, looking for his former fellow travelers, and discussed with them to send their disciples or mounts down to the mortal world to perform a big show together.

Similarly, it was inevitable to spend some money, but fortunately he had accumulated a lot of good things over the past thousand years, and the List of Gods was in his hands, so the merits in it could also be shared out for profit, so it became a grand event of dividing treasures.

Yang Jian mostly found his fellow disciples from Jiejiao, and after piecing together the candidates, he had gathered a preliminary list. Suddenly, Yuanshi Tianzun sent a message saying that there should be no favoritism and that the original disciples from Chenjiao should also have a sense of participation.

After all, this is a major event in protecting the Way of Heaven. Whether it is about rewarding people based on their merits in the future or Yang Jian’s generous donation now, how can he leave all the benefits to Jiejiao?

Yang Jian had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring in several Buddhist Bodhisattvas from the Chan sect.

Taoist Cihang was already the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara of Buddhism. After Duobao took over Mount Xumi, she did not cause any disturbance. Instead, she kept to herself and served as a Bodhisattva peacefully, opening up a temple. She had many faiths and was already on the path to becoming the first Bodhisattva.

On weekdays, he often walks around the heavens to maintain contact with his former fellow disciples of the Chan sect.

She accidentally let it slip once that Yang Jian had something important to entrust to her, but she didn't know what it was.

This is a hornet's nest.

The immortals in heaven said that Yang Jian was a crooked person, thinking about Buddhism but ignoring heaven. They all crowded into the temple where the god of justice was, demanding an explanation.

The person stationed here was Su Daji disguised as Yang Jian. She had never seen such a scene before, so she immediately called Yang Jian to come and deal with it.

After Yang Jian arrived, facing the accusations of the immortals, he didn't know what to say. Now the Heavenly Court is different from before. In the past, whoever had the bigger fist was powerful, and if they were not convinced, they would fight, regardless of life or death. Now there is order in the Heavenly Court, and fighting and killing are not allowed. Problems can only be solved by means.

Yang Jian could only go to the Tushita Palace to steal the golden elixir and steal the peaches from the Peach Festival, using these treasures to shut the mouths of the immortals.

Originally he was still thinking about how to convince the immortals to cooperate, and now he finally found an opportunity to invite the immortals to cooperate with him.

Nuwa also learned the news soon. After learning that Yang Jian had suffered heavy bleeding, she also told Yang Jian not to forget her demon child.

Yang Jian responded that the demons were not very obedient and difficult to communicate with, so they could only be sacrificed and he would compensate them when the time came.

Nuwa readily agreed.

Yang Jian made arrangements everywhere, and by the time he felt everything was ready, three hundred years had passed.

He realized that he couldn't delay any longer. If he did, the immortals and gods who had received benefits from him would probably default on their debts.

So he went to Huaguo Mountain to see what the monkey was doing.

It would have been fine if he hadn't seen it, but once he did, he became furious.

The stone monkey was extremely comfortable in the Water Curtain Cave. Not only was he the king of the mountain, he also had a group of female monkeys to work for him day and night. All he did was eat, drink and have fun all day, and now he had become as fat as a ball.

Fortunately, he had previously told the four monkeys of Bengba Maliu that if the stone monkey wanted to become an immortal, he should guide him to go out to sea to visit the immortals. At this time, the stone monkey looked so happy that he didn't want to go back to his hometown. How could he have the idea of ​​seeking immortality?
This cannot continue.

Yang Jian remembered that the monkey took the initiative to ask for immortality, but for some reason he no longer had that thought.

He called the four monkeys and questioned them: "You have neglected my instructions. Three hundred years have passed, why doesn't this stone monkey want to seek the immortal way?"

"Master, calm down. You said before that you would wait for the monkeys to die of old age, and then sigh in the stone monkey's ear that time flies. But in the past three hundred years, not a single monkey has died of old age. It's not that we are intentionally neglecting them, but that these monkeys won't die!"

Bengbala among the Tongbei monkeys stood up and said.

"That's it."

Yang Jian realized the root cause.

This blessed land of Flower-Fruit Mountain is the center of the melting pot of heaven and earth. It is rich in spiritual energy and the lifespans of the creatures there are very long. Even insects can live for nearly a thousand years and are monsters from birth.

Yang Jian had an idea and jumped into the underworld.

As soon as he appeared, the strong Taoist aura around him was like the sun, attracting the attention of many ghost kings in the underworld, and they all came to greet him.

King Yama stepped forward cautiously at the signal of the ghost kings and said, "I wonder why the immortal has come to the underworld?"

"Bring me the Book of Life and Death."

Yang Jian said.

"This~"

King Yama was startled when he heard this. Thinking that the figure in front of him was the famous Yang Jian, he did not dare to refuse and immediately said, "Please move into the hall and sit down. We will bring the Book of Life and Death."

Yang Jian had no choice but to cross the Naihe Bridge and come to the Yama Palace. He sat on the throne, put his legs on the table and waited.

"I have limited time, please get it as soon as possible. If I delay for too long, the position of the Ten Kings of the Underworld will probably have to be taken by a ghost."

The Ten Kings did not dare to delay and immediately ordered the judge under their seats to fetch the Book of Life and Death and present it to them one after another.

Yang Jian took the Book of Life and Death and quickly flipped through it with his mind, and found the monkeys in the Flower-Fruit Mountain.

"Bring me a pen."

King Yama hurriedly presented the judge's pen.

As soon as he picked up the pen, Yang Jian felt a slight coolness to its touch, with a strong flavor of reincarnation. He played with it curiously for a while before looking at the Book of Life and Death in front of him. He changed the lifespan of most monkeys in the Flower-Fruit Mountain to almost old age, and some were directly changed to zero.

He also shortened the stone monkey's lifespan.

The stone monkey was not included in the list of gods and was not among the immortals, so he could only be controlled through the Book of Life and Death.

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The stone monkey was drinking and having fun in the Water Curtain Cave when he suddenly saw a large number of monkeys falling to the ground. Some of them seemed to be old and frail, lying on the ground, breathing out more than breathing in, and it was obvious that they were dying.

Even his originally golden hair began to look a little gray, and he felt like he had lost three points of strength.

"Hey, this, this~what's going on?"

The stone monkey was surprised.

Bengbala, who was standing nearby, saw this and realized that the time had come, so he said, "Your Majesty, they died of old age! We are all mortals, and our life span is three to five hundred years at most. Our life span is limited, and one day we will grow old and weak, and go to the underworld to reincarnate. Mortals like me will be trapped in reincarnation for the rest of our lives, and it will be difficult for us to escape."

(End of this chapter)