Chapter 248 Concerning Heaven
It must be even more unbearable for the junior brothers in Yuxu Palace. Xuandu secretly rejoiced that his master was the Moral Celestial Venerable; if it were the Primordial Celestial Venerable, he would be in dire straits.
Feeling the faint but powerful pressure, Xuandu continued to enter. As soon as he entered, he knelt down and, without waiting for Yuanshi to ask, said, "Reporting to Second Uncle, Master wants you to go to the Eight Views Palace immediately without delay. Set off at once."
As long as his second uncle doesn't ask questions, he won't be punished.
Xuandu had clearly seen the dark, gleaming hexagram from the Eight Views Palace. He was very curious as to why his master, who usually cast divinations for his two uncles so casually, had produced such an ominous hexagram today.
Especially the second master uncle, Xuan Du had never seen such extreme blackness before. He had just had his eyes opened. If this divination was done for Xuan Du, he would probably be dead and gone by now.
Yuanshi lowered his eyes and stared at the auspicious cloud pattern on his sleeve. He had already understood something. He glanced at the disciples who were kneeling upright and as quiet as chickens, and got up without saying a word and headed towards the Eight Views Palace.
Xuandu lowered his eyes to look at the ground. Once his second senior uncle had passed by, he immediately got up and followed Yuanshi calmly and solemnly.
Seeing that the source of the pressure had left Yuxu Palace, Donghua nudged Huanglong, who was kneeling beside him, blinked, and hinted: Shall we get up?
Although the eldest brother couldn't get his master to come and rescue him, he did manage to take away the terrifying second uncle! That's enough.
Huang Long brushed away the unseen dust from his sleeve. "What are you getting up for? Did Master give any permission to get up? Believe me, if you dare to get up now, you can go back to your West Kunlun when Master returns."
Donghua was on the verge of tears. When would these people finally remember that he was actually from the Eight Trigrams Palace?! The Eight Trigrams Palace!!!
Guang Chengzi noticed the commotion behind him, turned around and glared at his two junior brothers, then gave a warning look to the restless junior brothers, trying to calm them down with his eyes.
Hmph, Master is in a bad mood because of these good-for-nothing disciples. Yuxu Palace has been shrouded in gloom for many days. How dare you relax? Guang Chengzi is already ashamed and indignant. He secretly vowed to improve himself and catch up with Senior Brother Duobao. He can no longer embarrass Master.
Guang Chengzi's strictness had deeply impressed his fellow disciples. These few glances immediately put them to rest. They decided to get through today first. Right, while Master was away and the pressure wasn't so great, they quickly reviewed their confessions and reflections in their minds several times. Who came up with this punishment method? It was too immoral.
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At the entrance of the Eight Views Palace, Xuandu stopped and watched his second senior uncle enter the hall. Although he was curious, Xuandu knew that there were some things he did not need to know.
"Brother, what do you want?" Yuanshi pretended to be confused, knowing full well that it was about the warning from Heaven.
"Hmph, you know perfectly well," Laozi said, already exasperated. "Did you go to the Heavenly Court again today? Tongtian went too? What did you two do there?"
Lao Tzu slammed his fist on the table in anger, "Why don't you confess honestly?" He pointed to the divination chart on the side, "Look, this is yours, this is Tongtian's. What exactly have you done?"
He just wasn't watching these two troublesome things for a moment, and this happened to them.
"I didn't do anything," Yuan Shi insisted, adding that he really hadn't done anything today.
"You and Tongtian are brothers. What can't be said between brothers? Why make things so ugly?" Laozi said earnestly. "What does Tongtian know? He's still a child at heart. He has no real love. It's just a child's possessiveness. Why do you care? What's yours will eventually be yours."
Poor Lao Tzu, he still thinks the divination indicates that his brothers are at odds and fighting amongst themselves.
Yuanshi pursed his lips, reluctantly saying, "This divination has nothing to do with Tongtian, but is related to Heaven."
"It concerns Heaven...?" Laozi's expression changed drastically. "What's going on? Tell me the truth!"
I'm so angry at Yuanshi! He clearly knows the reason behind this hexagram, but he's keeping quiet, trying to drive me crazy!
"It's just that someone was being petty. They saw me behaving intimately with Tongtian and Chang Hao, and they heard that I had wanted to take Chang Hao as my disciple and take him back to Kunlun to raise. It's nothing serious. Heaven has also given warnings. The matter is over."
Yuanshi recalled that he had felt someone spying on him, and then the Heavenly Dao issued a warning. He realized that it must have been his master watching them, and that's when he became angry...
Thinking of this, Yuan Shi's eyes turned deep. His master had always been an indifferent and aloof person. He never expected that his master would care so much about Chang Hao. What if his master interfered with them?
"Shut up! You guys can drive me crazy, but what about Tongtian?" Laozi was so angry with Yuanshi that his three corpses were raging. He was no match for Yuanshi.
Good heavens, who is it? Their master!!! I'm absolutely devastated, what I feared most has come to pass.
"Going off to play..." Yuanshi can also tell Laozi that Tongtian is currently in the East Sea.
Laozi silently recited the Qingjing Jing several times before calming his anger. Tongtian's matter was small, but Yuanshi's matter was big. "Yuanshi, this is not just a big matter, this is a matter of utmost importance! Master can't even tolerate you talking about it. If he really knew your wolfish ambitions, he would probably hate you so much that he would want to kill you as a sacrifice to the heavens."
"I am willing to die for Chang Hao, without any regrets." Yuan Shi was not afraid of his master's repercussions, but he was afraid that Chang Hao would reject him because of it.
Thinking of this, Yuanshi's heart sank. What if his master objected? Between his master and him, what choice would Chang Hao make? Chang Hao hadn't agreed to become his Daoist partner yet. He couldn't afford to gamble, nor did he have the confidence to win.
Chang Hao was a sentimental person. Thinking of his master's attainment of Dao, Chang Hao thought his master was gone and was so sad that he vomited blood. Yuan Shi really didn't know which was more important...
"You..." Laozi was so angry that he almost went to see Pangu. It took him a while to calm down. "When Fuxi is born, you go and take him under your wing."
My second brother is unrepentant, what can I do? I can only try to save his life and increase his leverage, so that my master won't actually attack Yuanshi in a fit of anger.
Even if we were to take action, we must at least preserve Yuanshi's position as a sage; everything else is trivial.
The gleaming black divination told Lao Tzu that his master was indeed capable of ruthless measures, and that even a sage could not escape death.
"Brother, how can this be? You are the leader of the Human Sect. If the Emperor were to become your disciple, your great sect would be complete." Yuanshi refused to let his sect be hindered from achieving its goal because of him.
"It's alright if the great sect doesn't reach perfection. Elder brother can strive to sever his ego, unite the three corpses into one, and achieve the perfect Hunyuan Dao Fruit." Did Laozi want the sect he established to reach perfection? Of course he did, but he only had two younger brothers. What could he do? His younger brothers were more important than the great sect.
Yuanshi refused no matter what, saying, "I will handle my own affairs. I will not accept Fuxi."
Laozi certainly knew that giving the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi to Yuanshi was unfair to Tongtian, but it was more important for Yuanshi to save his own life.
"You're utterly stubborn and unreasonable, second brother. Only by living can you have a future." The father's hands trembled with anger, yet he still had to patiently lecture him. He didn't know whether having these two brothers was a blessing or a curse…
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