Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 299: Yuxu Palace Lantern
"Your disciple?"

Ao Bing was confused by what Master Ran Deng said, and he couldn't help but ask back in surprise.

Ao Bing didn't remember that he had attacked the disciples of the Burning Lamp Taoist. But then again, did the Burning Lamp Taoist have any disciples?

"That's right. The Chentang Pass General Li Jing that you captured is my disciple."

Seeing that Ao Bing was puzzled, Taoist Master Ran Deng explained.

"Isn't Li Jing a disciple of Master Du'e from West Kunlun? When did he become your disciple? How come I didn't know about it?"

Ao Bing was even more surprised and continued to ask. According to the normal timeline, Li Jing would indeed become the disciple of the Taoist Master Ran Deng.

The magical weapon, the Golden Ruyi Pagoda, which made him famous in later generations, was the apprenticeship gift given to him by Randeng, and was specifically used to deal with Nezha.

But the problem is that with Ao Bing's intervention, Li Jing was captured by Ao Bing before he had the chance to meet Master Ran Deng.

The two of them have absolutely no connection at all, so it is a bit absurd for Ran Deng to say that Li Jing is his disciple.

"That's true, but that was in the past. Now I feel that Li Jing and I have a master-disciple relationship, so when I heard that he was in your hands, I wanted to ask you for a favor and get him back."

Ran Deng said with certainty that he had no interest in taking in disciples. He himself had not yet achieved enlightenment, so how could he have the extra energy to train disciples?

Unfortunately, the trip to Wuyi Mountain not only did not bring him any benefit, but also dragged him into a dangerous calamity surrounded by immortals and gods.

At this point, recruiting a disciple to take his place in the disaster became the top priority for Ran Deng. At first, he was planning to take Cao Bao as his disciple and let him take his place in the disaster.

But what he didn't expect was that after losing the lost treasure money, Cao Bao's luck plummeted and was no longer strong enough to take his place in the calamity.

With no other options, Ran Deng had to look for another candidate. After much searching, he finally found that the most suitable person to take his place was Li Jing, who had been captured by Ao Bing.

Li Jing is really not a simple person. He has three sons. The eldest son Jinzha becomes a disciple of Manjusri, the second son Muzha becomes a disciple of Samantabhadra, and the youngest son Nezha becomes a disciple of Taiyi.

All three of his sons became disciples of the Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect. No one would believe that Li Jing was not special.

In addition, as long as he accepts Li Jing as his disciple, it means that he will be related to three Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect at the same time. No, now it’s two.

Hold Li Jing hostage to control Er Zha!
After realizing Li Jing's peculiarity, although he didn't want to deal with Ao Bing, Ran Deng hesitated for a long time and decided to give it a try to see if he could get Li Jing from him.

He personally felt that Ao Bing should have a nonchalant attitude towards Li Jing. After all, Li Jing had been in his hands for so long and still hadn't died. It was clear that Ao Bing didn't necessarily want to kill Li Jing.

"I never thought that Li Jing and the Taoist priest actually had a relationship as a master and disciple. It's a pity that the Taoist priest discovered it too late."

"Li Jing is a man of ruthless heart and repays kindness with enmity. I hate him deeply. Now that he has fallen into my hands, there is absolutely no reason to let him go."

Ao Bing refused without a second thought. Li Jing knew that Taiyi Zhenren was planning to surround and kill him, so it would have been fine if he had not informed him, but he actually cooperated with him actively.

If he wasn't useful, Ao Bing would have killed him long ago.

Of course it would be useful to keep Li Jing. Now the List of Gods is incomplete. As long as Li Jing is kept and used as bait, his two sons can be included in the list at any time.

In addition, Li Jing himself is also a famous figure in the List of Gods, which makes three places.

Ao Bing has these three places, which can fully protect the three Jiejiao disciples to be on the list. The Chanjiao Golden Immortal can perform the method of substitution, and Jiejiao disciples can naturally do the same.

The difference is that the Golden Immortal of the orthodox sect uses his own disciples to take the blame for the disaster, while the disciples of the evil sect use people from the orthodox sect to take the blame for the disaster.

"Renlong, let's not beat around the bush. Just state your conditions directly. What price do we have to pay before you are willing to hand over Li Jing?"

Before Randang could speak, Samantabhadra beside him spoke first.

Li Jing's second son, Mu Zha, is his disciple. If Mu Zha knew that he did not speak up about this matter, he would inevitably become alienated from him.

"Li Jing is just a mortal, a human-dragon. There is no need for you to hold on to him. If you have any conditions, just speak up." After Samantabhadra, Manjusri followed suit.

His idea was the same as Puxian's, because Li Jing's eldest son, Jinzha, was his disciple.

"Well, there is one condition. I heard that there is a lighting device in the Yuxu Palace of Kunlun Mountain, called the Yuxu Palace Lantern. In addition, I heard that Taoist Master Randeng also has a Lingjiu Palace Lantern."

"If you can give me either of these two lamps, I will release Li Jing immediately."

Hearing the two asking him to make any conditions, Ao Bing opened his mouth directly. The Jade Void Palace Lantern and the Coffin Palace Lantern were the other two innate magic lamps among the three lanterns of heaven, earth and man, and they were all top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

Not to mention the present Li Jing, even Li Jing in later generations who has become the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, is probably not as valuable as any of these two lamps.

Ao Bing offered such an outrageous condition, which clearly showed that he didn't want to let the person go.

"Human dragon, you..."

Sure enough, after hearing the conditions offered by Ao Bing, everyone in the Chan Sect was furious and wanted to scold Ao Bing for his foolish dreams. But at this moment, Yun Zhongzi spoke first:
"Is what Daoist Renlong said true? Will you let him go as long as I give you the Jade Void Palace Lantern?"

"what?"

Even Ao Bing had not expected Yun Zhongzi to say this, and was distracted for a moment. But soon, he came to his senses and replied in a firm tone:
"Of course. I, Renlong, always keep my word. What I say is what I mean."

He just didn't believe that the Chan Sect could be so generous as to exchange the Jade Void Palace Lantern for Li Jing. Moreover, if this was really the case, he wouldn't lose out.

Exchanging Li Jing for the Yuxu Palace Lantern, no matter how you look at it, he was getting an advantage, a big one at that.

"it is good!"

"Then it's settled. I'll send a message to the teacher later and ask him to send the Yuxu Palace Lantern over."

Yun Zhongzi said this with a firm tone, as if he could really convince Yuanshi Tianzun.

At this time, not to mention that Ao Bing was unsure of his thoughts, even the disciples of the Chan sect who were close to him looked at him with hesitation, wondering what he was planning.

Indeed, to Yuanshi Tianzun, the Yuxu Palace Lantern was just a lighting device and had no great value.

But even if it is worthless, it is still a treasure of Yuxu Palace. If he is asked to take it out in exchange for someone else, will he still have the face? What will outsiders think if the news gets out? They will think that he, the Chan Sect, is afraid of the Jie Sect.

"I will release you after I get the things."

Now that things have come to this, Ao Bing certainly cannot go back on his word, and he makes an agreement with Yun Zhongzi that one will hand over the goods and the other will hand over the person.

In fact, he had no interest in the two innate spiritual treasures, the Yuxu Palace Lantern and the Lingji Palace Lantern.

But who could have made Sage Taiqing give him the Eight Scenery Palace Lantern, which is also one of the three lamps of Heaven, Earth and Man? This directly aroused Ao Bing's collecting habit and made him want to collect all three lamps of Heaven, Earth and Man.

Ao Bing didn't have any other intentions, he just simply wanted to know whether any mysterious changes would occur when the three lights of heaven, earth and man came together.

Of the three lanterns, the Human Lantern and the Eight Scenery Palace Lantern were already in his hands. It would not be difficult for him to get the Earth Lantern and the Vulture Palace Lantern if he wanted to. After all, Ran Deng was no longer his opponent. But the Sky Lantern and the Jade Void Palace Lantern were hanging in the Jade Void Palace, in front of Yuanshi Tianzun. If nothing unexpected happened, even if Ao Bing tried his best, he would never be able to get the lantern.

For this reason, after hearing Samantabhadra and Manjusri asking him to set any conditions, he asked for the Yuxu Palace Lantern.

I didn't think the other party would agree, but who would have thought that, looking at the current situation, Yun Zhongzi seemed to have suddenly lost his mind and actually agreed. It was outrageous.

"Fellow Daoist Renlong, your conditions are too much. You asked for the Jade Void Palace Lantern just to let Li Jing go. That's really too much of a challenge."

At this time, the Antarctic Immortal, who had been silent since arriving here, couldn't help but speak.

He is the eldest senior brother of the outer sect of the Chan Sect, and the person who has the closest relationship with Yun Zhongzi present.

Because of the Star God lineage, he didn't want to talk to Ao Bing, but when he saw that Yun Zhongzi agreed to such an outrageous condition of Ao Bing, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Nanji, you are an outcast, how dare you come to see me?"

Ao Bing spoke to him with a look of surprise on his face, as if he had just discovered the Immortal of the South Pole.

Just this one sentence made the Immortal of the South Pole silent. He couldn't say a single word of the thousands of words he had already organized in his mind.

Abandoned by his clan, he meant that for the benefit of the Chan sect, he betrayed his own position and severed ties with the Star God lineage.

How to describe this matter? To outsiders, it seems that after the Immortal of the South Pole climbed to a high position, he looked down on his poor relatives in the countryside.

Not only did they cut off direct contact with them, but they also joined forces with outsiders to deal with their fellow villagers.

In short, Nanji Xianweng's behavior was very shameful. So when Ao Bing called him a person of the abandoned clan, he was directly broken, and his heart was full of shame. How could he dare to argue with Ao Bing?

What are you arguing about?
Debate what the Star God thinks of him?

"Don't worry, my fellow Taoists. I have my own plan for this matter. I will discuss it with you in detail after we enter the city."

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Yun Zhongzi explained while leading his men towards Chaoge City.

The other party had surrendered, and Ao Bing could not continue to take advantage of the situation, so he ordered his men to take out the jade tokens and hand them over to the members of the Chan Sect.

"This is the Black Bird Order. Wear it and you will be able to ignore the influence of the Heavenly Fate Black Bird."

Ao Bing explained that even if a saint's disciple came to Chaoge City, he would be suppressed by the Heavenly Fate Black Bird and would find it difficult to display his magical powers.

But they came here to exorcise demons. If they can't use their magical powers, what's the use of them? Therefore, Da Shang refined a batch of jade orders overnight to help them shield themselves from the influence of the Heavenly Fate Bird.

If it were someone else, the Shang Dynasty might not dare to do this, but the saint's disciples didn't care. Because no one believed that the saint's disciples would do something like assassinating the Shang emperor.

If they really do this, the first person who will not let them go will be the saint!

After receiving the jade order, Yun Zhongzi expressed his gratitude and followed the official in charge of etiquette towards the city gate.

"Strange, what exactly is Yun Zhongzi planning?"

Looking at the backs of the people from the Chan Sect as they left, Ao Bing's eyes were full of curiosity. He really couldn't understand why Yun Zhongzi agreed to his outrageous conditions.

After the people from the Chan Sect left, Ao Bing also left with a lot of doubts in his mind.

Although there were other princes from all directions coming later, they were not worthy of being greeted by Ao Bing in person. On the contrary, after they arrived in Chaoge, they had to go and pay a visit to Ao Bing.

……

"Brother, what do you mean?"

"That dragon clearly didn't want to let us go, so he deliberately asked for too high a price. Why did you agree to his terms?"

"Moreover, the Jade Void Palace Lantern is not ours, but Master's treasure. How can you give Master's treasure to outsiders without Master's permission?"

When they arrived at the mansion prepared for them by Da Shang, the people of the Chan sect gathered together and spoke to Chao Yun Zhongzi half blaming and half worriedly.

The reason for the blame was that Yun Zhongzi agreed to Ao Bing's conditions without consulting them. The reason for the worry was that the Yuxu Palace Lantern was not their treasure, but Yuanshi Tianzun's.

How can they, as disciples, take charge of their master and give away the treasure on his behalf?

"Well, although the conditions of the human dragon are excessive, since Junior Brother has already agreed, we can't change our words even if it's for the reputation of the Chan Sect."

"But the Yuxu Palace Lantern really won't work."

"Well, didn't Renlong say that in addition to Yuxu Palace, he also wanted the coffin palace lantern of Master Randeng?"

"Why don't you ask Teacher Ran Deng to give up the Coffin Palace Lantern and replace the Jade Void Palace Lantern with Li Jing in exchange? What do you think, Teacher Ran Deng?"

The Immortal of the South Pole hesitated for a while, first looked at Yun Zhongzi, then looked at the Taoist Master Ran Deng, and finally spoke in a low voice.

This is to ask Ran Deng to take the lightning for Yun Zhongzi. Regardless of what others think, after listening to Nan Ji's words, Ran Deng was almost furious. Why should he clean up the mess caused by Yun Zhongzi?
However, due to his status, even if Ran Deng was angry, he could not show it. Otherwise, if the matter got out of hand, Yuanshi Tianzun would definitely stand on the side of his disciple, regardless of right or wrong.

"No!"

"This is inappropriate!"

Randang remained silent, but the other Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect did not. They only heard Cihang, Samantabhadra, Juliusun and Manjusri speaking in unison.

It was also bad luck for the Immortal of the South Pole. Among the Twelve Golden Immortals, these four had the best relationship with Randang, so good that they finally defected to Buddhism together.

If Guangchengzi, Jade Ding Zhenren and others were here, when they heard that the Immortal of the South Pole wanted to sell the Lantern, any hesitation would be disrespectful to the friendship between brothers.

But if it were these four people, they would be doomed to not get their support.

"Brother, please stop talking. I dare to agree to Ao Bing's conditions because I am sure that Master will agree to this."

"Don't forget that Ao Bing previously dug the Immortal River and made great contributions to the Immortal Path. For this, Master gave him the Eight Scenery Palace Lantern."

"And as the supreme master of the immortal way, Master should also bestow treasures on human dragons."

"Master uncle gave people the Dragon Eight Scenery Palace Lantern, so the treasure given by Master must not be worse, but it cannot be better than the Eight Scenery Palace Lantern. Therefore, the Yuxu Palace Lantern that matches it has become the best choice."

　Ah, I was revisiting Yang Shen and I got so addicted to it that I forgot to write.

　　Today it’s four thousand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)