Chapter 341 Reincarnation
"Don't worry, junior brothers. This is a small scripture library set up by your senior brothers, not the Kunlun Scripture Library. You two are just beginning your studies. Master's intention is for you to browse through the scriptures here and comprehend them on your own. Once you have made some progress, we will teach you more advanced techniques." Duobao tried to reassure his two junior brothers.
"Thank you, Senior Brother. I will certainly not waste such a great opportunity." Shen Gongbao breathed a sigh of relief; then everything was alright.
However, as time went by, Shen Gongbao gradually realized that something was wrong.
Over the decades, his junior brother Jiang Ziya's black hair turned white. After years of cultivation, all his efforts had come to naught. Apart from learning a few rudimentary spells and being able to perform some divination, he knew that if he continued cultivating, he would die of old age on Kunlun Mountain.
Jiang Ziya's condition alarmed Yuanshi and Tongtian.
“Jiang Ziya may lack the affinity for immortality, but he can enjoy worldly riches,” Yuanshi comforted Tongtian with a kind remark. “Third brother, why not let him go down the mountain?”
Just kidding, the fact that a human died of old age in Kunlun is a huge blow to Kunlun's reputation.
"That's all we can do," Tongtian said with a sigh. "It seems that Shen Gongbao is the chosen one." It seems that his Jie Sect has no affinity with the human race.
"Perhaps." Nothing is absolute, and even Yuan Shi dared not make a guarantee.
Tongtian sighed, and then his figure suddenly appeared in the small scripture pavilion. Upon seeing their master in person, Shen Gongbao and Jiang Ziya immediately put down the jade slips in their hands and stood up to pay their respects.
"No need for formalities." Tongtian scrutinized Jiang Ziya and had to admit with despair that Jiang Ziya was truly useless.
"Jiang Ziya, you have no destiny to become an immortal, but you have worldly riches to enjoy. I cannot bear to see you waste your life in Kunlun. You should go down the mountain." Tongtian said, his hands behind his back, unable to bear watching any longer.
"Master, I am reluctant to leave Kunlun. I am devoted to cultivation and would rather waste my life in Kunlun." Jiang Ziya really loved cultivation and devoted himself to it wholeheartedly, working harder than anyone else. However, he just couldn't see any results.
Shen Gongbao hesitated, then said, "Junior brother, you're willing, but Master clearly isn't."
If you continue cultivating, you'll just become a pile of bones.
“Junior brother, how can you bear to let your master witness your impending death and trouble your master to collect your body? Is this your way of respecting your teacher?” Shen Gongbao spoke up to help Tongtian, who was in a hurry.
Shen Gongbao, who had once mingled among mortals, knew exactly how to persuade Jiang Ziya to come down the mountain, and his words struck Jiang Ziya's weak spot.
Tongtian glanced at Shen Gongbao. He knew Shen Gongbao was quick-witted, but he didn't know he could so easily sway people's hearts. This truly impressed Tongtian.
Jiang Ziya's attitude wavered. Upon hearing this, he bowed his head and said, "This unfilial disciple would never dare to cause Master such grief. I bid you farewell. In this life, from my youth to my old age, I have spent my entire life in Kunlun. The words 'cultivation' are etched into my very bones. I beg Master to grant me one or two classic texts so that I may also diligently cultivate in the mortal world."
In the end, Jiang Ziya still refused to give up.
"Alright then, you may choose the books you like to take with you." After all, they were master and disciple, so Tongtian could grant Jiang Ziya's request.
"Thank you, Master." Jiang Ziya bowed before getting up and heading towards an area he had never been to before.
There were many books here, and Jiang Ziya knew he wouldn't find anything of value. He quickly pulled out two jade slips and placed them in his hands. He returned to Tongtian, solemnly performed the three kneelings and nine prostrations ceremony, and then got up and walked down the mountain.
"Master, let me see my junior brother off," Shen Gongbao said reluctantly.
Tongtian nodded, "Go then, so that it will be a proper ending."
Shen Gongbao turned around and caught up with Jiang Ziya, "Junior brother, junior brother, please wait."
"Senior brother, what brings you to my attention?" Jiang Ziya turned around, waiting for Shen Gongbao to speak.
"Where do you intend to go after you descend the mountain, Senior Brother?" Shen Gongbao asked.
“Junior brother plans to return to his hometown first, and then he will probably head to Chaoge,” Jiang Ziya said truthfully.
He had cultivated Taoism for many years and read many miscellaneous books. Since there was no hope for him to cultivate Taoism, and his master said that he could enjoy worldly wealth and honor, he decided to go to Chaoge to give it a try.
"Senior brother wishes junior brother good fortune after you descend the mountain. If senior brother goes down the mountain for training, he will definitely come to see junior brother." Shen Gongbao patted Jiang Ziya on the shoulder. "Junior brother, senior brother will see you off."
Jiang Ziya's eyes reddened slightly. "Thank you, Senior Brother."
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Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun was extremely picky and couldn't find a suitable candidate for a long time. The dynasties in the human world had changed, and it was already the time of Emperor Yi of the Shang Dynasty.
Heaven dares not utter a sound. Hongjun, you can choose now. It would be best if you still haven't made a choice by the end of this great calamity.
"Alright, you're the one." Hongjun had to humble himself, and there was no better candidate. If he continued to choose, Yuanshi would escape this calamity.
Yin Shang, Zi Xian (Emperor Yi)...
"Chang Hao, come quickly, the time is ripe." Hongjun excitedly planned to take Chang Hao's primordial spirit with him to the mortal realm.
"Where to?" Chang Hao asked curiously, wondering which person Hongjun had chosen to prepare for his divine descent.
"Chaoge." Hongjun took out the Kunlun Mirror, intending to use it as a medium to perform a divine descent, lest the mortal be unable to withstand it and his body collapse directly.
“Go and descend, I will see who it is outside the Kunlun Mirror and then come to you. I don’t want to use someone else’s body.” Chang Hao frowned, trying to shake off the unpleasant memories.
"I, a god, have descended; you shall be reincarnated." Hongjun's words were like a thunderbolt from the blue.
Chang Hao thought about what he and Hongjun had said about going to the human world, and his expression changed drastically. "No, I don't want to, that's too painful."
When he said he was going on a trip, he meant traveling around the human world, not that he wanted to be reborn as a human and go through all sorts of hardships.
He had already experienced this kind of hardship before; he didn't need to go through it again.
Hongjun quickly comforted him, "No, I'm by your side, you won't suffer."
"You've been in Zixiao Palace for years, how could you know the suffering of the human world? The human world is nothing short of hell, I don't want it." Chang Hao turned around and went back to his palace, slamming Hongjun out the door. It's not like he's never been a human before, why should he reincarnate?
"If you want to become a saint, you can't do it without actually going through it. Besides, with me here, don't you trust me?" Hongjun didn't really understand what kind of suffering there was in the human world, but he firmly believed that with him watching over him, no suffering could overcome him.
"Will you really stay by my side?" Chang Hao opened the palace door a crack and asked anxiously. "We've already taken ninety-nine steps. If we don't take the last step, won't all our efforts be in vain?"
"Really, I'll be your father and protect you all the way. You can rest assured now, right?" Hongjun couldn't hide his delight.
Chang Hao glanced at Hongjun, "You're not planning anything bad, are you?"
Chang Hao could not be trusted by Hongjun's integrity.
Hongjun remained silent.
“You really are trying to do something bad,” Chang Hao immediately seized on Hongjun’s weakness, “Whom did you choose?”
Hongjun remained silent. With Chang Hao's keen perception, he could definitely guess exactly what Hongjun was thinking.
However, just because Hongjun didn't say anything didn't mean Chang Hao couldn't think of it. "Could it be Di Yi?" If Hongjun were Di Yi, wouldn't he be...
Hongjun twitched his lips. If he had known, he wouldn't have said anything and would have just taken Chang Hao's primordial spirit with him.
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