Chapter 133 While treating the patient, ...
While treating the person and preventing the spread of yin energy, he said to the person:
"Once the positions of gods in the Heavenly Court are filled, you should stop hanging out with Ji. He's not a child; he doesn't need you to watch over him all the time."
Ji paused for a moment, then chuckled, "Yeah, you're right. I always forget that you're not children anymore." It's because I used to take care of you all and haven't been able to change.
Jie sighed, "I hope my elder sister won't come to Heaven again."
Yu: "Sister...she'll come again, sigh~"
The three of them looked at each other and gave each other a wry smile.
Cang Li asked everyone to accompany her to see Fu Qu because she actually had something to ask them. Of the five children, only she could ask them questions.
Halfway there, Cang Li said to Tai Qing:
"Master, please move away. I have some private matters to ask you, and it's not convenient for you to listen."
Taiqing: ...
Taiqing walked away helplessly, and even covered his ears so as not to listen to what Cangli and the others were saying.
Cang Li asked the crowd as he walked:
"You're the most honest one. Do you think Jie and Er had a fight? Why?"
The crowd blurted out, "They fought five hundred years ago, and then Jie went to Kunlun Mountain and never came to the Heavenly Court again."
After he finished speaking, everyone covered their mouths, looking annoyed. Ji Hejie had told them not to say it.
Cang Li frowned: "Why are you fighting?"
After stammering for a while, they said, "I don't know either, sister. Why don't you go ask her?"
Cang Li tapped everyone on the head: "I asked her what she would say, why would I ask you? Tell me honestly, what exactly happened? And the injury on his hand, I don't think a deity would have a scar on his hand, what happened to that injury?"
The group lowered their heads dejectedly and muttered, "I told you not to tell me..." She simply couldn't lie to her older sister.
Cang Li pinched Zhong's cheek: "Don't worry, I'll pretend I don't know anything if you tell me."
The crowd pursed their lips and said, "Sister, don't ask anymore. Anyway, I just didn't like you, so I beat you up. I didn't win and you fed me some strange medicine, which turned me into what I am now. My injuries were from blocking a move by Houtu Niangniang. I was invaded by Yin energy and it hasn't healed yet. Anyway, that's how it is."
If you can't lie, then just say what's unimportant.
Cang Li: "You don't like me? Never mind, I won't ask. Why would someone get hurt by Hou Tu because of this?"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; there was no point in hiding it, so they blurted it out:
"Sister, have you forgotten? Before, when the Underworld was short of manpower, you helped the Goddess Houtu borrow people from the Heavenly Court. Later, when things in the Underworld were sorted out, you wanted to take the opportunity to take over the Underworld. Even if you couldn't take over, you wanted to arrange for a deity from the Heavenly Court to become one of the Ten Kings of Hell. Of course, the Goddess Houtu refused."
"You wanted to bring the person back, but Houtu Niangniang didn't want to release him, saying that she would release him once the Ghost King of their Underworld learned how to handle things. You said that you thought he was your older sister, which made Houtu Niangniang angry, and the two of them started fighting. You couldn't beat Houtu Niangniang, and that's when Ren helped you block something, and he almost lost one of his hands."
"But Houtu Niangniang resides in the underworld, and all her moves are imbued with yin energy. That yin energy is also unusual; it is difficult for anyone other than Houtu Niangniang herself to remove it. My injuries have not yet healed, and I can hardly use that hand. During this time, I have been researching elixirs to restore her health and elixirs to cure her."
Cang Li hadn't expected so many things to happen while she was in seclusion. After the listener finished speaking, he sighed.
"I'll go back and see Houtu about Ji's injury and find a way to get rid of that yin energy. We can't let Ji lose an arm because of this."
Everyone nodded in agreement: "That's right, that's right, sister, I don't want to stay in heaven anymore."
Cang Li was taken aback: "Why? Weren't you guys very willing to help you before?"
Zhong lowered his head and played with his hair, saying, "But I'm so tired. I want to go to Kunlun Mountain with Jie, or Taishan Mountain would be fine too. Let's go to Taishan Mountain. Jie will go crazy if she gets tired of refining pills. I'd rather not go with her."
Cang Li patted Zhong's head. She always remembered that when this child was little, he would fight with Yu and cry out for his older sister to come quickly when he couldn't win. Now he's grown up so much.
"Okay, whatever you like is fine, you don't need to tell me, but do you want to talk to Er?"
The crowd waved their hands: "He doesn't care. He'll come to us when he needs something, and we'll do anything for him when he doesn't."
Cang Li looked at the crowd with amusement. The two walked over to Fu Qu. As the Weaver Girl, Fu Qu deserves some credit for making the Heavenly Court so ethereal and fairy-like now.
"Lotus?"
Cang Li entered the distant gate and saw the female fairy weaving with her back to him.
Fuqu paused for a moment, then turned around, looking at the doorway with delight, dropped the shuttle in her hand, and ran over:
"Cang Li!"
She has rarely left the courtyard in recent years, spending her time weaving cloth, and Mo often comes to visit her.
I never expected to see Cang Li today. I had told her before that Cang Li was in seclusion.
Cang Li pulled Fu Qu along and said, "I thought you had gone back to the East Sea."
The smile on Fuqu's face gradually faded, and she sighed, saying:
“I didn’t go back. Mo said the East Sea wasn’t safe. He said he’d come pick me up after he finished dealing with it, and then we’d go into seclusion together and never have to worry about any of this again.”
Cang Li pinched Fu Qu's cheek: "He said so, so just wait patiently. If the East Sea isn't safe, you can stay here for a while longer. Don't rush."
Fuqu smiled and nodded, then said:
"I've been a goddess for so long, and when it's time for me to leave, I should find a new goddess to be the Weaver Girl. I can't just abandon her and leave her behind."
"You're right. I'm relieved to see you doing well. Otherwise, I'd always wonder if I made a mistake by sending you to the Heavenly Court in the first place," Cang Li said with emotion.
Fuqu shook her head: "I'm fine, Cangli. You should worry less, otherwise I always feel like you have endless worries."
Cang Li seemed to be deep in thought, and after a long while he nodded: "You're right. After this is over, I will go into seclusion with the Taoist priest and not let anyone disturb us."
Fuqu laughed and said, "That's more like it!"
After leaving Fuqu, Cangli noticed that Taiqing had been following her at a distance. When she came out, Taiqing came up and asked, "Are you going back?"
Cang Li nodded: "Go back."
"Everyone, the Taoist priest and I will be leaving first. Please tell the others."
The group readily agreed: "Don't worry, sister, I'll go and talk to them in a bit. Sister, remember to visit me after I settle down in Mount Tai."
Cang Li patted everyone's heads: "Don't worry, you don't need to see us off, you go ahead."
The crowd waved happily at Cang Li, who watched them leave with a smile, then turned and returned to the Eight Views Palace with Tai Qing.
"Finally, I can have some peace and quiet for a while. Would you like some tea, Daoist Master?"
After returning to the Eight Views Palace, Cang Li sat down at the jade table, took out a teapot, and waved it at Tai Qing.
Taiqing sat down and said, "Drink."
Cang Li brought two cups of tea, and the two drank the tea while enjoying the night breeze.
After a while, Cang Li suddenly looked at the moon, straightened up, and said, "Why is the moon so dim?"
Looking over, Taiqing saw that the moonlight was dim and even seemed to be drooping.
Cang Li stopped drinking her tea and stared intently at the moon, wondering if it was too low off the ground.
Taiqing walked up to Cangli and said, "Something's not right. Let's go take a look."
The two flew to the moon and found that the lunar palace was incomplete. The moon, which had been without a master for more than 1,500 years, could no longer hold on.
Cang Li said worriedly, "Didn't Heng Wo, the mortal who took the elixir of immortality, say that he was going to fly to the moon palace?"
As soon as the words were spoken, a beautiful, aloof woman dressed in rosy robes and with her hair piled high like clouds slowly rose from the mortal realm. She flew towards the moon without hesitation, and one could faintly hear the sounds of people on the ground bowing and pleading for her to stay.
Cang Li and Tai Qing quickly concealed themselves and made way.
Hengwo flew around the moon for a long time before finally entering the Moon Palace. The divine power belonging to the Moon Lord was restored. Hengwo waved his hand to repair the Moon Palace, the Moon Lord returned to his position, and the moon's light became brighter than ever before. It no longer drooped and returned to its original position.
At this point in the human timeline, King Di Xin of the Shang Dynasty had ascended the throne.
Cang Li and Tai Qing quietly returned to the Eight Views Palace. Cang Li lay in Tai Qing's arms, looking at the moon and raising a cup:
"I never imagined I'd live to be this old."
Taiqing: ...How old is he? Is it because you think he's too old?
Cangli and Taiqing enjoyed a period of leisure, but before they had had enough, Yuanshi and Tongtian arrived.
“Brother, our disciples of the Chan Sect have committed a calamity of killing. Only today did we realize that the Investiture of the Gods should be here. Therefore, my third brother and I have come to discuss the Investiture of the Gods with you.”
Cang Li darted over from among the flowers and plants, climbed onto Taiqing's back, and looked at Yuanshi and Tongtian.
Yuanshi: ...
Tongtian: "...This has nothing to do with you, go play somewhere else."
Cang Li shook his head: "No, I want to hear it too. The Investiture of the Gods was something that I and the Taoist priest brought back together."
Yuanshi and Tongtian ignored Cangli and continued talking about the Investiture of the Gods.
Cang Li overheard that Tongtian disagreed with the Jie Sect being listed on the list because Yuanshi felt that the Chan Sect had too few members to fill the gaps, so he wanted the Jie Sect members to be listed as well, which would also be a good opportunity to clean up the Jie Sect members.
Overall, Taiqing only had one disciple, and Xuandu had nothing to do with the people listed on the Investiture of the Gods, so only Yuanshi and Tongtian were arguing fiercely.
After listening, Cang Li interrupted immediately:
"Is the Investiture of the Gods list really that bad? Why doesn't anyone want to be on it?"
Once you're listed on the Investiture of the Gods, you'll have a permanent position in the Heavenly Court. If you miss this opportunity, things won't be so easy in the future.
Yuan Shi pinched the bridge of his nose, ignoring his stubborn younger brother, and instead explained to Cang Li:
"The Investiture of the Gods was established by the Heavenly Dao to fill the 365 positions of the Heavenly Court. Those who are listed will belong to the Heavenly Court and serve the Heavenly Emperor, which can be considered as being subordinate to humans."
“Which of my disciples from the Chan Sect didn’t come from the primordial world? How could they be willing to be subordinate to others? Even the disciples of the Jie Sect are of varying quality, but most of them have also lived from the primordial world to the present day. None of them are willing to be subordinate to others, so it is difficult to determine who will be on the list.”
Tongtian said irritably, "What does it have to do with my Jie Sect that your Chan Sect disciples committed a murderous calamity? The Jie Sect disciples are used to being carefree, why would they want to be on any list? We're not going!"
Cang Li hesitated for a while, then got up from Tai Qing's back, moved to a stool, and sat down before saying:
"Then let's rely on our own abilities. I don't think the disciples of the two sects will obediently follow the arrangements. Since that's the case, let's see what fate has in store for them. No matter who makes the list in the end, no one is allowed to complain."
Upon hearing this, Tongtian looked at Cangli and said, "You're targeting me."
Doesn't he know his own apprentices? If he really didn't care, every single one of them would be scrambling to jump onto the list.
Cang Li said with a smile, "You don't have confidence in your disciples?"
Tongtian sighed, "Fine, fine, I'll listen to you."
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