I start by accepting Sun Wukong as my disciple and reshape the Journey to the West

Chapter 11 Master, Don’t You Want Me?
"The Emperor's disciple seems exceptionally intelligent. Why not let him escape the calamity on his behalf?"

Emperor Donghua had just finished drinking the nectar and his face was incredibly rosy, and now it was even redder.

"Fellow Daoist, have you heard what others say?" Emperor Donghua pointed in the direction where Dongfang Shuo disappeared. "He is only at the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal. He is my closest disciple. Are you going to leave me helpless in my old age?"

"It is precisely because of his youth that he has the opportunity to absorb the power of the great calamity. I am attracted not only by his talent, but also by the cleansing of his essence and marrow after eating peaches day and night, and the intelligence nurtured by the spiritual roots of heaven and earth."

Ye Xuantian spoke with conviction, and the redness on Emperor Donghua's face began to fade. He stared at Ye Xuantian coldly, but Ye Xuantian didn't care about the threat in Emperor Donghua's eyes at all.

"Not to mention, he has the ability of the Queen Mother and understands the power of the laws of heaven and earth, which is particularly beneficial to my layout."

"But he is my disciple!"

"So I allow him to stand beside my disciple in the future. If that doesn't work out, you can ask him to become my disciple!"

Emperor Donghua was silent. Ye Xuantian appeared before him. With the Emperor's means, he could naturally sense some established facts that had already happened.

This person stole the merits of Bodhi Patriarch and took away the son of destiny of Huaguo Mountain.

Emperor Donghua was silent for a long time.

"When will he be allowed to go down to the lower realms?"

"The one on Mount Futu might not be able to be sealed solely by Emperor Ziwei's star power. Besides, we are fellow disciples with deep ties to each other. I'm worried that he will be doomed to failure. I need him to rush to Mount Futu immediately."

"This cup of nectar?" Emperor Donghua pointed to the small cup of nectar in front of Ye Xuantian. The cup was filled with spiritual energy, and it was obviously not an ordinary thing.

"Even if the Emperor allows him to enter the Tribulation, I still need to test him. I will wait for the Emperor's reply in Huaguo Mountain. I will not accept this apprenticeship gift for now."

Ye Xuantian stood up and left. This time, Emperor Donghua did not stop him, nor did he go out to see him off.

Dongfang Shuo appeared out of nowhere and respectfully escorted Ye Xuantian out of the cave.

At the entrance of the cave, Dongfang Shuo bowed to Ye Xuantian and said, "Immortal Lord, your kindness is unwavering. I will always remember it in my heart!"

Ye Xuantian carefully looked at the person in front of him. His sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes showed his indescribable elegance. There was determination hidden between his eyebrows and eyes. It was obvious that he was also a very goal-oriented person.

"After this calamity, the fate of the world will no longer be able to change. I suggested that you enter the calamity out of selfish motives. You don't need to thank me. As for whether you can join, it still depends on your master."

"I understand, but if the Immortal Lord had not come, I might have been trapped in this cave for the rest of my life. The Immortal Lord at least gave me a chance." Dongfang Shuo saluted again.

"You are smart after all. I look forward to seeing you in Huaguo Mountain!"

"Xiaoxian also wants to meet your disciple!"

Ye Xuantian stopped chatting with him. He had done everything he could. As for whether Dongfang Shuo could really join the game, it was not up to him to decide.

……

When Dongfang Shuo returned to the cave, he found a chessboard on the stone table in front of Emperor Donghua.

On the chessboard, the black and white pieces are clearly distinguished, with the white pieces having a greater advantage in number, and the black pieces scattered everywhere.

Just looking at the appearance of the chessboard, it seems that the white pieces have taken the absolute initiative and are trying to encircle the black pieces.

But for some reason, although the number of black pieces was a little less, there were many openings left, and the white pieces could not swallow them all in one go, making it difficult to determine the winner.

When Dongfang Shuo walked in, he had a harmless smile on his face, and the peaches in his hand were a little eye-catching.

Seeing Emperor Donghua looking over, Dongfang Shuo took another big bite, his childishness revealed, and he was nowhere near as considerate as he was to Ye Xuantian before.

"Shuo'er, what do you think of him?"

Hearing Emperor Donghua's question, Dongfang Shuo hurriedly put the peaches into his robe and wiped the juice from the corner of his mouth. "The rules of heaven and earth cannot restrain him in the slightest. As for my disciple, the Immortal Lord cannot observe."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Donghua also smiled bitterly: "You have only just inherited the Heavenly Laws from the Queen Mother, so it is quite normal that you are not aware of him. After all, he has existed since the beginning of time, and even several calamities have failed to completely find and eliminate him."

When Dongfang Shuo heard this, his eyes widened.

"Isn't he a powerful being who has gone through reincarnation?"

"No, I once asked Yama, Taiyi Tianzun, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and they said he has never been reincarnated."

Dongfang Shuo clenched his fists. If what Emperor Donghua said was true, then there was only one possibility.

That is, Ye Xuantian knows the time nodes of the start of each catastrophe very well, and can accurately predict the place where the next catastrophe will start, in order to seek a chance of survival when the catastrophe strangles him.

"You're right. He always told me it was just luck. It's precisely because he always avoided the calamity in the birthplace of the Son of Luck that he now has the Dao rhyme accumulated from several calamities."

Emperor Donghua sighed deeply, "If he hadn't revealed his presence to us, we wouldn't have noticed him during our tracing. This is why I hesitated."

Dongfang Shuo saw this and bowed quickly, saying, "Disciple, I will follow Master's arrangements in everything."

"Have you absorbed all the good fortune given to you by the Queen Mother?" asked Emperor Donghua.

"I have mastered three or four points of the rules of heaven and earth, and eight or nine points of the net of heaven and earth." Dongfang Shuo responded seriously.

"Hmm! That's good. Back then, when you were adopted by the Queen Mother and became my disciple, I always felt like something was missing. Now it seems like it was all for this day."

"Master, are you going to allow me to join?" Dongfang Shuo looked incredulous.

Entering the kalpa, he gained merits and virtues. If he did it properly, Dongfang Shuo might even go one step further.

"It's not that I agree, but that person who has escaped so many calamities must have some ulterior motive for taking action this time. Even if it's for the sake of Heaven, I have to send you down to monitor him."

Emperor Donghua glanced at the sky, his eyes filled with obscurity.

The righteousness he spoke of was not meant for Dongfang Shuo to hear, but he was using such righteousness to help his disciples avoid detection and danger.

This is what Ye Xuantian told him. It is impossible for the Heavenly Dao to detect everyone all the time, but for someone with the cultivation level of Emperor Donghua, there must be some mark.

In this way, as long as you recite the great principles, the Heavenly Dao will not be idle enough to really investigate.

This method has been tried and tested by Emperor Donghua and has always worked well.

"Yes! I will go through fire and water for the sake of Heaven, no matter what!" Dongfang Shuo shouted loudly, and even made his hands into a trumpet shape, as if he wanted to say it to someone.

Looking at Dongfang Shuo's actions, Emperor Donghua couldn't help but laugh. His disciple was really smart.

"There is a mountain in the lower realm, named Futu. In the mountain, there is a Zen master who defies the will of heaven and earth. Marshal Tianpeng has been ordered to punish the thief. You are to go down to the lower realm to help, but you will not take action until it is a fight to the death."

"Disciple understands!"

Dongfang Shuo no longer hesitated and flew out of the cave.

"If you really encounter a life-and-death crisis, ask your master for help!" Emperor Donghua warned.

"okay!"

Dongfang Shuo was stunned for a moment.

Master? Master, you don't want me anymore?

(End of this chapter)