jdhmnovel Chapter 35 The 7th Sage
Chapter 35 The 7th Sage
A day in heaven is equivalent to a year on earth.
They only lingered up there for a short while, and two months had passed in the human world.
After Nezha was sent down to the mortal realm, the two bid farewell.
"I have to go to the East China Sea to wait for that old man again. If you're bored after you get home, you can come find me."
After saying that, Nezha darted off to the east.
As Xiao Yangjiao watched his retreating figure, she understood that Nezha's tribulations were about to begin.
For a moment, I felt an overwhelming tightness in my chest.
The day I deboned and shredded the meat was not long ago...
"No, that's not right." Yang Jiao placed her small hand on her chest, slowly releasing her worry before suddenly laughing out loud, saying joyfully:
"I am about to become a saint. At that time, not only will Nezha's fate be changed, but I will not be afraid even if the Jade Emperor himself takes action."
Thinking of this made her happy.
They walk with a bouncy gait, taking three steps and then a big leap.
When she returned to the Yang residence, she found it unusually quiet. If it weren't for the faint, intermittent sobs of her younger brother, she would have thought no one was home.
Immediately, Xiao Yangjiao ran swiftly through the long corridor bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun and gently pushed open the door to Yao Ji's bedroom.
"Jiao'er".
Yang Tianyou was holding Yang Jian, who was crying, and he couldn't get the bowl of goat milk into Yang Jian's mouth no matter what he tried.
And Yao Ji...
His face was ashen from consuming too much spiritual energy, and he didn't even have the strength to look at her.
"How could Mother have become so exhausted?!"
Xiao Yang Jiao felt sorry for Yao Ji. She hadn't let Yao Ji's body be harmed. She remembered that before Yao Ji had even finished her postpartum confinement, Yao Ji was already lively and energetic, going out to investigate the Three-Headed Flood Dragon.
"Little brat!" She went up to Yang Tianyou and took the swaddled baby from his arms.
He brazenly tugged at Yang Jian's cheek.
She wouldn't have dared to go so far before, after all, she had to give face to the True Lord.
But things are different now. You're a third-generation descendant, while I'll soon be a first-generation descendant.
Their status has risen instantly, wouldn't it be a waste not to pinch their cheeks?
"You've been gone for so long, have you found a solution?"
Yang Tianyou naturally knew that his daughter went out to find a way to replenish his wife's spiritual energy. He was initially somewhat opposed to it, but seeing Yao Ji becoming more and more haggard and thin, he could only place his hopes on his daughter.
Only after her father reminded her did she hurriedly take off the bag from her chest.
Upon opening it, you'll find three gleaming peaches inside.
"This is?"
"The Queen Mother of the West's Peaches of Immortality!"
Upon hearing this, Yang Tianyou hiccuped, rolled his eyes, and fainted.
"Hey, Dad!"
He ran over in a few quick steps, scooped up Yang Tianyou's head, and shook it:
"Father, what's wrong? Father, wake up!"
Yang Tianyou wasn't awakened by his daughter's love; he was practically shaken to the point of vomiting.
The churning in his stomach forced him to wake up, and the first thing he did upon opening his eyes was to speak up and save his life.
"Alright, alright, stop shaking him, Dad's awake."
"Waaaaah, Daddy!" Little Yang Jiao was so frightened that she punched Yang Tianyou in the chest twice, scolding him:
"You scared our daughter to death!"
"You killed your father, cough cough..."
Yang Tianyou secretly turned his head away, gently wiping away the blood that had spilled from the corner of his mouth before asking:
"How dare you steal the Queen Mother of the West's peaches!"
She squatted down on the spot, spread her hands, and raised her left hand, saying, "This is the Queen Mother of the West."
He then raised his right hand and said, "This is my mother, your wife."
Xiao Yangjiao held both hands at the same level, but suddenly raised her left hand high and slammed her right hand to the ground.
Seeing this, Yang Tianyou abandoned his saintly demeanor, abruptly lifting his daughter's right hand and forcefully shoving her left hand away, saying sternly:
"Alright, quickly give it to your mother to eat."
Hmph, I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget.
Xiao Yang Jiao stuck her tongue out at Yang Tianyou's back, making a "laughing" sound.
You're such a saint!
After thinking it over, Xiao Yangjiao thought to herself, "Oh no!" and then looked Yang Tianyou up and down several times with a suspicious expression, thinking:
No wonder my third sister is such a pure and innocent saint, it turns out she inherited it from you!
No, she couldn't let her father raise her; she had to teach Yang Chan herself.
Yang Tianyou picked up a peach and fed it to Yao Ji. As soon as Yao Ji put the peach in her mouth, her face immediately turned rosy and she was no longer haggard. She slowly opened her eyes.
At this moment, Xiao Yangjiao immediately put her hands behind her back, thinking that Yao Ji would scold her for acting recklessly, and was filled with fear.
Unexpectedly, Yao Ji suddenly sat up, her expression filled with fear.
"The Primordial Purple Qi has appeared in the world!"
Ignoring the fact that her daughter was still beside her, she grabbed Yang Tianyou's sleeve and said:
"The last wisp of primordial purple energy has appeared in the world. I must go and find it for my brother immediately."
Just a second ago, Yang Jiao was secretly pleased with himself, thinking, "Hehehe, I've already obtained the Primordial Purple Qi."
The next second, she heard her mother say that she was going to find a bad uncle, and she immediately pouted in dissatisfaction.
Before she could even speak, Yang Tianyou asked, "What do you want with that Primordial Purple Qi?"
Hearing her husband's words, Yao Ji's heart grew heavy, and she only said:
"Back then, my brother was just a disciple of the Ancestor. When the Demon Emperor fell, the Three Realms were in turmoil. For the sake of all living beings, the Ancestor specially ordered my brother and Yaochi to take charge of the situation. But unfortunately, there was no one else available, and the vast Heavenly Court had only the two of them."
"Later, when I was too busy to manage everything, my brother asked me to help him. From then on, I guarded the Desire Realm. However, the Heavenly Court still belongs to the Six Sages. His title of Jade Emperor is just a name. He doesn't have any real power. My brother is in a more difficult situation than anyone else."
At this point, Yao Ji felt a pang of heartache, and she recalled that last dish.
"Even the six sages who attained enlightenment did not have an easy time."
The first one was the goddess Nuwa. After obtaining this knowledge, she traveled throughout the Three Realms and was shocked to find that the world was full of witches, monsters, and beasts, and there were no humans like them. So she made clay figures by the river, and this merit of creating humans directly made Nuwa a saint.
The second one is Laozi, one of the Three Pure Ones. He chose the most difficult path of severing the Three Corpses and became a saint.
The third is Yuanshi Tianzun, who became a saint after creating the Chan sect to educate humankind.
Tongtian Jiaozhu took a different approach. While his senior brother Yuanshi only taught elites, he was different. He accepted all comers, whether human or demon, good or bad, without discrimination. He established the Jiejiao sect and became a saint.
“The remaining Jieyin and Zhunti originally wanted to follow their example. They pointed to the sky and were about to express their intention to teach the world. However, they saw that the Western region was barren and uninhabited. But the Heavenly Way had already listened and there was no possibility of interruption. The two had no choice but to make forty-eight great vows to “save all the people” and establish the Western religion.
Heaven, moved by their compassion, bestowed boundless merit upon them. Through this merit, the two attained indestructible bodies, freed from the suffering of the mortal world, and achieved the status of Grand Luo Golden Immortals, the supreme beings of sainthood.
This is the story of the six sages attaining enlightenment.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yangjiao was dumbfounded!
So, having exhausted all the methods to attain enlightenment in the previous four attempts, the last two were left with no other options and were forced to make a vow to Heaven: "Don't think I have no one here now, but I will save as many people as there are in the future."
They came up with this idea of 'taking out a loan to enjoy the benefits first and then paying it off gradually'.
In other words, the other four saints attained sainthood by performing practical deeds and accumulating merit, while Jieyin and Zhunti were like the Heavenly Bank that first sought funding, and are still repaying their debts to this day.
Xiao Yangjiao took off running outside.
"You can't tell anyone about this, or your life will be in danger, not even your mother's!"
She looked at the sky, thinking it over and over.
"How about I take out a loan and try to become a saint?"
Immediately, Yang Jiao bowed devoutly to the heavens and said:
"By the will of Heaven, I, Yang Jiao, have obtained the Primordial Purple Qi and now make ninety-six great vows to save all people and establish the Eastern Religion."
She eagerly awaited her immediate ascension to sainthood.
After a long time, Heaven still did not react in the slightest.
I can't figure it out even though my hair is all messed up.
"Something's not right. Those two old men from the Western Sect made forty-eight great vows and became saints, but I made double the vows!"
Then, Xiao Yangjiao angrily looked up at the sky, which was completely ignoring her.
But then a dark, fluffy cloud suddenly flew up to her head.
"Ok?"
When one becomes a saint, one should be greeted by auspicious clouds of seven colors, but instead, a black cloud appears.
She was still wondering about that dark cloud:
Pshaw, pshaw, pshaw.
He vomited three large clumps of rainwater at her.
Then, with a whoosh, it flew away again.
Xiao Yangjiao wiped the water off her face and chuckled.
"So, since they haven't finished paying off their loans, my credit score has also been reduced."