"Your servant Fang Jian pays homage to the great envoy, the Goddess of Wushan." Fang Jian entered the Taixuan Hall and bowed to the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens.

The Lady of the Nine Heavens nodded to the Lady of Wushan beside her, then said to Fang Jian, "Fang Jian, you have made an invaluable contribution in handling the Yulan incident so efficiently and effectively, without damaging the reputation of the Heavenly Court."

If a war is launched because of Yulan and Xiao Yumei, and countless heavenly soldiers and generals are sent out, and everyone in the three realms knows about it, it will be a failure of the Heavenly Court.

This time, the Heavenly Court only dispatched Empress Wenlin, Empress Wulin, Marshal Guan, the thirty-six heavenly generals, and the divine generals of Xiyue, and the commotion was not big, far from being as sensational as the incident of the Three Holy Mothers back then.

Among them, the most accomplished were Guan Yu, Hua Yue Erlang, and Sanlang, who were all Golden Immortals. Moreover, Guan Yu and the thirty-six heavenly generals did not take any action at all. From the moment Yulan escaped, it was Fang Jian who took action the most times.

But Fang Jian was just a mountain god with the level of a true immortal, yet he defeated the Taoist masters Zhang Sanfeng and Li Chunfeng one after another. Although he was protected by the Cave God Hall, the Cave God Hall's talisman still required the two to reflect on their mistakes behind closed doors, which was considered a concession to the Heavenly Court.

The last time the matter of Magu was handled by the Jade Emperor, Magu was fined in the end, let alone having to reflect on her mistakes.

So this time when the Queen Mother of the West said that Fang Jian had made an indispensable contribution, it was indeed a great achievement.

"This time, I will reward you handsomely!" said Lady Jiu Tian to Fang Jian.

Fang Jian was overjoyed when he heard this. A huge reward? How much merit would that be? One hundred thousand or one million? I was so excited.

But the next words from Lady Jiu Tian Xuan Nu made Fang Jian's heart chill. She said, "So I won't reward you this time."

"Ah?" Fang Jian was startled when he heard this and quickly bowed and said, "Master, why don't you reward me for my merits? I think my merits are great."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens smiled and said, "Merit is just a reward. Don't you want to be promoted? This time, I will promote you to the fifth rank of immortal official."

"But...I want merit more now." Fang Jian said.

"Huh?" Jiu Tian Xuan Nu looked at Fang Jian, puzzled, "Official fanatic doesn't want to be promoted anymore? You want merit... is it that important?"

Fang Jian was startled when he heard this, but he immediately regained his composure and said, "Your Excellency, I have only heard of the Four Heavenly Streets, so I wanted to earn some merit to go there and see the world."

"Oh." The Queen Mother of the West smiled suddenly. This is still the mentality of a young man.

The Wushan Goddess, who had been silent the entire time, finally spoke up: "Fang Jian, a real man should have a long-term vision. If you were promoted to a fifth-rank immortal official, wouldn't you have more opportunities to earn merit than a sixth-rank mountain god?"

The voice of Empress Wushan is extremely soft and smooth, and it sounds like a breeze whispering in your ear. It feels really good.

"Empress Wushan is right. I was short-sighted." Fang Jian said with a bow.

The Lady of the Nine Heavens nodded slightly, and then the other party said, "Please wait aside for a moment. I will give you the reward after I finish this last matter."

Fang Jian bowed and said, "I obey your command."

After he finished speaking, Fang Jian turned around and walked to the right side of the hall and stood next to Guan Yu.

He looked at Guan Yu, who smiled and nodded at him, then stood upright with his head held high, stroking his beard with his left hand and his eyes slightly closed.

"..." Looking at Guan Yu's signature pose, Fang Jian calmly took out the crispy jade fan, threw it away with a "whoosh" sound, and silently posed.

Just as Fang Jian and Guan Yu were putting together their poses, the Lady of the Nine Heavens said to His Royal Highness, "Have the Star Lord of Martial Virtue and the people from the Heavenly Court arrived?"

Upon hearing this, the boy bowed slightly and walked to the door of the hall to take a look, then returned and reported, "Reporting to the master, we have arrived."

"Announce." said the Queen Mother of the West.

As the boy's chanting sounded, two immortals, one tall and one short, walked into the Taixuan Hall.

Fang Jian looked and saw that the immortal on the right was tall and mighty, dressed in a crimson official robe, with a dignified demeanor. Fang Jian used the editor to check his level of cultivation and found that he was Taiyi Xuanxian, so he thought he was Wude Xingjun.

However, one thing to note here is that Wude Star Lord and Wuqu Star Lord are not the same person.

However, Fang Jian recognized the shorter immortal. When Fang Jian went to see Jiang Siyin off at the Tianxingtai, this immortal was there supervising the execution. He was none other than the Tianban Fang Jieqing Zhenren of the Tianshan Court.

If you say that Master Jieqing is short, it actually depends on who you compare him to. As long as a cultivator does not have any congenital defects, there is no short or ugly person.

Zhenren Jieqing is at least eight feet tall, but compared to Wude Xingjun, who is ten feet tall, he is indeed much shorter.

"Chentian Court is clear..."

"Your Highness, the Star Lord of Martial Virtue..."

"Greetings to the Great Envoy."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens took a sip of the spiritual tea from the jade tray held by the boy beside her, then asked Master Jie Qing, "Did the Heavenly Court send you here to take the blame again?"

Upon hearing this, Master Jieqing blushed and said, "The academy master sent me here to report to the chief envoy."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens put down the teacup, then looked at Master Jie Qing with a gleaming gaze and said, "Tell me, why are they sentencing Yuan Tiangang?"

Zhenren Jieqing paused for a moment, then said, "Reporting to the Grand Envoy, the Heavenly Court has found Yuan Tiangang not guilty."

Fang Jian narrowed his eyes and looked at Master Jie Qing who was standing there with his whole body tense. Even he could clearly see how uneasy Master Jie Qing was at the moment.

"Oh." The Lady of the Nine Heavens said calmly, "The Heavenly Court has always been like this. Tell me, how did you find Yuan Tiangang not guilty?"

Zhenren Jieqing reported, "Your Excellency, the judges of the Heavenly Court unanimously agree that Yuan Tiangang, as Xiao Yumei's master, would protect her as a natural consequence. As the saying goes, 'a teacher's kindness is as great as a mountain.' Morally speaking, Yuan Tiangang is innocent."

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