Chapter 138: The 130th chapter of the Kunlun God Conferment Candidate's game development...
At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, in the Jade Void Palace.
When Nezha arrived at Kunlun Mountain to pay respects to his master, he was greeted by the tightly closed gates of the Jade Void Palace and a handsome young man in red standing before the gate.
The young man, who called himself Yang Jian, was followed by a gray-black greyhound. Upon seeing Nezha, he laughed heartily: "Is it Junior Brother Nezha who has come?"
"Nezha greets Senior Brother Yang Jian."
Yang Jian looked at the young man in front of him and felt that the rumors on the forum were untrue.
The young man had black hair and red lips, wore a red lotus dress, had a Qiankun ring around his neck, and rode on wind and fire wheels. He had an air of arrogance about him and was a handsome and spirited young man.
He was completely different from the "unconventional" shiny white hair that was rumored on the forum. Even his age didn't match the information on the forum. You really can't believe everything.
Yang Jian breathed a slight sigh of relief. He had been entrusted by his master to wait for his junior brother Nezha, who was arriving late, at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. He had been worried that Nezha was as fierce as rumored, but now that he saw Nezha's clear eyes and brows, he felt even more at ease.
"Master closed Jade Void Palace ten days ago, and all of us disciples of this generation were sent away. However, Junior Brother has not arrived for a long time. I wonder if something is hindering us?" Yang Jian said with concern.
After all, Yuanshi Tianzun had summoned many disciples a month ago, and the disciples of the Kunlun lineage were also summoned. Among so many people, only Nezha and Taiyi had not arrived for a long time. It was unknown what fierce demons or monsters had hindered them, and how they had missed the sage's summons.
Yang Jian wasn't one to gossip, and since this involved fellow disciples and Nezha, who didn't look very old, he couldn't help but show some concern.
"This, this..." Faced with Yang Jian's completely concerned gaze, Nezha stammered, feeling the awkwardness of not knowing how to speak for the first time.
Are you suggesting he said he was knocked unconscious by the smell of coriander in Shiji's White Bone Cave, and that Shiji recognized him as Taiyi's disciple?
Under the guise of teaching you on behalf of your master, Shi Ji sent you to Skull Mountain to train and cultivate new types of vegetables on the farm, where they were pickled with cilantro.
Although he got rid of what Shi Ji called "a fatal weakness" and "you should work on it properly," he gained a lot of treasures.
But when his master actually came knocking, Nezha simply couldn't stand the smell of cilantro on him anymore. He not only stopped Taiyi from fighting with Shiji, but also dragged his master to find a more comfortable way to get rid of the cilantro restriction.
As for the trivial matters such as reshaping his body in the lotus, replacing the coriander smell with the fragrance of the lotus, impatiently increasing his physical age by a few years, and changing his hairstyle according to his own wishes, there is no need to mention them again.
Unfortunately, the process of reshaping their bodies allowed no room for distraction, and even when summoned by a sage, the master and disciple still missed it.
Now, his master has gone to Kunlun Jade Void Palace to apologize. He only told him to come to this mountain gate to find Master Yu Ding's disciple, saying that he had already explained things to his master, and that Yang Jian would take him to complete the tasks under the Kunlun sect in the future.
Today's Nezha has undergone a complete transformation, and is entirely different from the Nezha of the past. Not only has his body grown many years older, but his time with Shi Ji a while ago has also tempered his temperament.
Knowing that the senior brother before him was arranged by their master, they would definitely look after each other in the future. However, the reason for missing the sage's summons—choosing to reshape his body because he couldn't stand the smell of cilantro—was something he found hard to admit.
So, should he tell or not? Nezha was unusually caught in a dilemma.
"It's nothing important. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't." Yang Jian waved his hand, intending to let the matter drop.
Nezha gritted his teeth and said, "It's nothing, I just went into seclusion and missed it by accident."
After saying that, he let out a long sigh, as if he had put down a heavy burden.
Having thought he had solved the problem, Nezha looked at Yang Jian and took back the initiative to speak: "I wonder what business you have with me here, Senior Brother?"
"I am here to wait for my junior brother on my master's orders." Yang Jian laughed heartily. "In the future, my junior brother and I will go down the mountain together to find Uncle-Master Jiang Ziya."
"Uncle-Master?"
“That’s right. Some time ago, Uncle-Master Jiang Ziya went down the mountain to inspect the area on the orders of the Master. However, he disappeared as soon as he left Kunlun. The Master was displeased and ordered us to return to Kunlun to investigate the matter thoroughly.”
"And we juniors were assigned to go down the mountain to find our master."
Nezha was shocked: "Even the Sage himself couldn't foresee this, and you're asking us to do it?"
Yang Jian was amused by Nezha's reaction: "Master must know where Uncle is, but saints don't easily leave the mountain, and Uncle and Master have positions in the Heavenly Court and can't spare the time, so he can only send us juniors down to find Uncle."
"After all, Uncle-Master Jiang Ziya is all alone. If he encounters any demons or monsters, he will inevitably face some danger."
After hearing Yang Jian's explanation, Nezha relaxed, but still had some doubts: "Uncle-Master is the one who taught his disciples. What kind of demons or monsters could possibly stump Uncle-Master?"
In Nezha's mind, his uncles and senior brothers were all like the Twelve Golden Immortals, serving in the Heavenly Court and earning great renown. These extraordinary Golden Immortals—unless several sages intervened, who else could possibly defeat them?
Yang Jian chuckled and shook his head: "Junior brother, you may not know this, but Uncle-Master Jiang Ziya has only been a disciple for a little over ten years and has not yet embarked on the path of immortality. He is still a mortal, which is why we juniors are needed to go and find him."
"Besides," Yang Jian said, leading Xiaotian Dog toward the outer gate. As they walked, he continued to explain, "When Uncle-Master went down the mountain, he was carrying the Kunlun treasure, the Investiture of the Gods. It's inevitable that some humans and demons would be greedy and try to harm Uncle-Master."
This passage is packed with information, leaving Nezha stunned. He could understand each sentence individually, but when strung together, it created a strange and inexplicable feeling.
"A mortal who cultivated in the Kunlun Mountains for ten years under the master's tutelage?"
"A mortal carrying a Kunlun treasure down the mountain alone?"
"They disappeared as soon as they descended from the Kunlun Mountains?"
Having chased dragons in the East Sea and smashed rocks on Skull Mountain, Nezha considered himself quite knowledgeable. After all, what strange things hadn't those monsters on Skull Mountain done? Nezha had also done a lot of miscellaneous tasks with Shiji in dealing with monster disputes.
But he had never actually seen this before.
Not to mention the blessed lands of Kunlun, where simply absorbing some spiritual energy could transform one's being and lead to enlightenment in a single day. Furthermore, even after ten years of personal instruction from the Primordial Sage, he returned still a mortal—who would believe such a thing?
What's even more outrageous is that this was a mortal who was a disciple of a sage, and he just took the Investiture of the Gods down the mountain without any precautions, and then disappeared without a trace as soon as he left Kunlun.
The fact that an ordinary person with no strength could bring down a Kunlun treasure was already a scandalous matter.
As a result, this mortal disappeared right under the nose of the sage the moment he descended from Kunlun Mountain, practically a blatant slap in the face to the Primordial Sage. No matter how hard Nezha thought about it, he couldn't imagine any sage who could do such a thing.
It couldn't be that when the Dao Ancestor looked down at the primordial world from outside the Nine Heavens, he happened to see his Uncle Jiang Ziya at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, felt that his Uncle Jiang was intelligent and blessed with good fortune, and that he was destined to be with him, so he took action from afar and brought him back to Zixiao Palace to personally teach him.
Otherwise, this matter really can't be explained.
As Yang Jian walked, he listened to Nezha meticulously complain about every single point, and inwardly marveled at how insightful Nezha was.
When Nezha got tired of talking, he quietly looked around. After confirming that no one was around, he set up a hidden formation, called Nezha over, and whispered in his ear, "Junior brother, you don't know this, but this is the order from above."
As he spoke, Yang Jian pointed to the sky.
Above, is it the Heavenly Court? The Purple Cloud Palace? Or the Heavenly Dao?
Nezha was completely confused, but seeing his senior brother Yang Jian's unfathomable expression, he patiently continued to listen.
"Now that the Heavenly Court is undergoing a change of leadership, and the human world is in turmoil, the Heavenly Court has made stabilizing the human world the test for this change of leadership."
His birth mother was from the Heavenly Court, so he naturally knew more about its secrets than Nezha. The man had already told him the key to this, and advised him to perform well in this great calamity so that he could secure a good position in the Heavenly Court in the future.
"This time, we are following the Kunlun path in the assessment. There are other people participating in the assessment besides us, who also want to find their master to obtain the Investiture of the Gods. But there is only one master. If someone else gets there first, we brothers will be at a disadvantage."
With his mouth covered, Nezha could only nod while showing a shocked expression, so as to let Yang Jian know that he understood everything.
No wonder my uncle disappeared right under the Sage's nose; it turns out this was something the Sage tacitly approved.
Unexpectedly, after his body was reshaped, something so interesting happened, and Nezha immediately became very excited.
He breathed in the fresh air and nodded vigorously to Yang Jian: "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. Let's not delay any longer and set off to find our Martial Uncle!"
Once he finds his master Jiang Ziya and completes this test, the Heavenly Court might bestow upon him a title of First-Rank General. At that time, he will lead tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals to surround the East Sea and Skull Mountain, and show off his power.
He still remembered that Ao Bing and Shi Ji were both officials under the Heavenly Court. They had used their official positions to suppress him that day. Although he hadn't suffered any real humiliation, the thought that he would be in a higher position than them after all was sure to surprise them.
Thinking of this scene, Nezha couldn't wait any longer and rode on his Wind Fire Wheels, eager to be the first to rush out.
But Yang Jian grabbed him and said, "Junior brother, don't be anxious. We still don't know where our master is. The prehistoric world is so vast. If we don't know anything, we'll be like headless flies, bumping around aimlessly. Who knows how long it will take to find him?"
That makes sense. Nezha obediently stopped, wanting to see what good idea Yang Jian had.
Yang Jian then summoned his game interface and requested to be friends with Nezha face-to-face, saying, "The Sage has already made arrangements for this. The third-generation disciples who have gone down the mountain have loaded the game and have this page for the candidates for the Investiture of the Gods. You should also make arrangements for them."
Nezha scratched his head and awkwardly opened the game formation that Yang Jian had sent him.
The next second, a transparent screen appeared in front of him.
[Candidate for Investiture of the Gods: Nezha]
【Origin: Kunlun】
Main Quest: Not yet unlocked
Side Quest: Find Jiang Ziya
[Current Task: Help Niu Dali from the foot of Kunlun Mountain find his lost axe]
Yang Jian leaned over and said, "I didn't expect that Junior Brother has already received a mission. Shall we go and ask Emperor Niu about the situation?"
"Wait a minute?" This time it was Nezha's turn to grab Yang Jian's hand. "Senior Brother Yang Jian, don't you think something's wrong?"
Side quests are one thing, but what the heck is this current quest?
Besides, my senior brother just asked me to participate in the Heavenly Officials' Reshuffle, the Heavenly Court's Test, and other important matters concerning the stability of the human world. But now he wants me to find an axe for some unknown Niu Dali.
Is there really nothing wrong with this? Nezha felt that ever since he came out of seclusion, he had been out of touch with everything he encountered.
"That's how it is," Yang Jian replied calmly. "That's how games are. The master told us not to worry too much and just enjoy the game."
“I did a few of these while waiting for you down the mountain, and they were quite interesting. Today I’ll take my junior brother to try them out.” Yang Jian held Nezha in one hand and Xiaotianquan in the other. “This task is simple. Xiaotianquan is very good at finding things. Let’s go.”
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Author's note: That's how games are. Even if you're saving the world, you still have to pick a little flower for the villagers at the very beginning. [doge emoji with rose in hand]
Nezha initially hadn't played many games due to the anti-addiction system and his focus on cultivation, playing with his friends. Later, after running away from home and being taken care of by Shiji, he was even busier and had no time to play. So this is his first time experiencing a game. His head is full of ideas about being a great hero and saving the world, but he discovers that his initial goal was to find an axe for the villagers. [doge emoji]
Yang Jian, however, was a seasoned gamer and wasn't surprised at all; this was simply a case of experienced players mentoring newcomers. [doge emoji with rose in mouth]
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