Chapter 492: Taiqing’s Second Visit to Yuxu Palace

Saint Taiqing knew that if he really continued to fight with Ao Bing, he would definitely find countless reasons to refute him.

Therefore, he simply did not give Ao Bing a chance to refute, and directly assigned him a task related to the future of Xuanmen, using the righteousness to pressure him so that he would have no energy to take care of other things.

“May I ask, Master, what is this matter that you are making it sound so serious?”

Seeing that Saint Taiqing was speaking so seriously, Ao Bing couldn’t help but take it seriously. This matter must be extremely difficult, otherwise Saint Taiqing wouldn’t have come to him.

“It’s about Red Cloud!”

“You also saw what happened outside Zixiao Palace earlier. It was inevitable that the two saints from the West would rebel against Xuanmen and set up their own sect.”

“To prevent them from threatening Xuanmen, I need to find a way to control them. And the only one who can threaten them is Hongyun.”

“It involves the cause and effect of becoming a saint. Unless the two saints from the West return a sainthood to Hongyun, there is no way to resolve this cause and effect.”

“Therefore, as long as we find Hong Yun’s reincarnation and take him back into Xuanmen, we can use him to control the two saints in the West and reduce their threat.”

Saint Taiqing explained that this was related to the promise he had made to Zhen Yuanzi before.

At that time, outside the Zixiao Palace, in order to prevent Zhen Yuanzi from turning to the Two Western Saints, and also to prevent the Two Western Saints from taking the opportunity to settle the cause and effect between them and Hong Yun.

Saint Taiqing made a promise to Zhen Yuanzi, who had not yet become a saint at that time, saying that he would find Hongyun and personally accept him as his disciple.

This matter is indeed extremely important to Xuanmen, especially when the two saints from the West are about to set up their own sect, it is of utmost importance.

Hong Yun alone has a killing power against the two saints of the West that is even greater than that of a saint. It can be said that he is simply a sharp weapon against the two saints of the West, and it works every time.

Therefore, Xuanmen must control him. However, this matter is obviously the business of the Saint Taiqing himself, what does it have to do with Ao Bing?
The person who made the promise to Zhen Yuanzi was the Saint Taiqing, not Ao Bing.

Therefore, the matter of finding the red cloud should be done by Saint Taiqing himself, but why did you leave it to Ao Bing? What does this mean?
“Master, this matter…”

Ao Bing opened his mouth and was about to refuse. But before he could finish his refusal, he saw the Saint Taiqing took out a purple gold gourd and handed it to him, saying:
“This object is called the Purple Gold Gourd, and it is of the same origin as Hong Yun’s Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd. And Hong Yun’s true spirit is now in the Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd, and no one knows where it is hiding.”

“Therefore, if we want to find out his whereabouts, we have to start with the Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd.”

“Back then on Mount Buzhou, the Xiantian Gourd Vine produced seven Xiantian Gourds, which were obtained by me, your second uncle, your master, Dijun Taiyi, Hongyun, and Nuwa.”

“Because they are of the same origin, there is a connection between these seven gourds. The more gourds you collect, the clearer the connection becomes.”

“Now, I will give you the purple gold gourd. Together with the water and fire gourd given to you by your master and the immortal beheading gourd you snatched from Lu Ya, you will have obtained three of the seven innate gourds.”

“I think that with the three Xiantian gourds in hand, relying on the connection between them, it should be enough for you to sense the trace of the Nine-Nine Soul-scattering Gourd.”

Saint Taiqing gave the purple gold gourd to Ao Bing, saying that he wanted him to use the connection between the innate gourds to find the red cloud that had disappeared for many years. In fact, it was a gift to him to shut him up and stop him from interfering in the killing calamity of immortals and gods.

He had heard about Ao Bing’s desire to collect the seven innate gourds a long time ago, but he had never taken it seriously before.

But now, in order to prevent Ao Bing from participating in the killing calamity of the Conferred God, Saint Taiqing had to spend money to avoid disaster and took the initiative to deliver the innate gourd he needed to his door.

“After you find Hongyun, you will bring his true spirit to me. As a reward, the Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd will also be yours.”

Worried that Ao Bing’s appetite was too big and that one innate gourd could not satisfy Ao Bing’s needs, Saint Taiqing continued.

In this way, there are two innate gourds.

As long as you don’t get involved in the killing calamities of immortals and gods in the future, you can get two top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

Saint Taiqing felt that this price was enough, and if Ao Bing was still not satisfied, he would be ungrateful.

There is a saying that courtesy comes before force. In terms of courtesy, the Saint Taiqing thought he had done it well and the benefits he gave were sufficient. If Ao Bing still doesn’t agree, don’t blame him for being rude.

Ao Bing was strong, but there was still a huge gap between him and him. If he really wanted to seal Ao Bing, it would only be a little troublesome, but it was not impossible.

“The two innate gourds are indeed very attractive. But Master, it’s not that I have high standards and look down on these two innate gourds, but they are indeed not what I want.”

“To me, among the remaining five innate gourds, the most valuable one is the treasure-raising gourd in the hands of Second Uncle. Even if the remaining four gourds are added together, their value is far less than it.”

“So, if you want me to stop getting involved in the killing calamity of immortals and gods, that’s easy. I don’t want anything else but the treasure-raising gourd in Second Uncle’s hand. As long as I get this, I will immediately go back into seclusion to heal my injuries until I am fully recovered.”

Shaking his head, Ao Bing rejected the conditions offered by the Saint Taiqing and instead made a new request. He only wanted to raise the treasure gourd, and apart from this thing, he didn’t care about any other treasures.

It is true that he is collecting the seven innate gourds, but this is not something that he must do, he just does it for fun. If he succeeds, he will be happy, if he fails, it will be the same, it will not have any impact.

But the treasure gourd is different. This thing is extremely important to him. It is related to whether he can become a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian in the future.

Earlier in Zixiao Palace, the Taoist had made it clear to him that he needed to comprehend the axe light of creation contained in Pangu Banner, only then could he perfect his magical powers, use his supreme magical powers to shatter all paths and achieve Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

But considering the relationship between him and Yuanshi Tianzun, it is almost impossible to borrow the Pangu Banner from him for enlightenment.

In this case, he had to settle for the next best thing. If he couldn’t get the Pangu Banner, he would find a way to get the treasure gourd that Yuanshi Tianzun used to place the Pangu Banner.

That’s right, since obtaining the Pangu Banner, Yuanshi Tianzun has been placing it in the treasure-raising gourd, using the chaotic energy inside to warm it so that it can accumulate strength and then burst out with a stronger edge.

After being with Pangu Banner for many years, the Yangbao Gourd inevitably got some of the scent of Pangu Banner. And this was exactly what Ao Bing was aiming for.

If he cannot comprehend the Pangu Banner, it is the same as comprehending its remaining aura and rhyme of Tao. At most, the effect will be slightly worse, but it will not affect his becoming stronger.

That is why it is said that the treasure-raising gourd is extremely important to Ao Bing. It is the treasure he most wants, second only to the Pangu Banner.

“Uncle Master, let’s not beat around the bush. You were also in Zixiao Palace before, so you should understand how important the treasure-raising gourd is to me. This thing can almost be said to be the key to my enlightenment.”

“You knew this clearly, but you pretended to be ignorant. You didn’t go to Second Uncle-Master to get me a treasure-raising gourd. Instead, you used these two innate gourds to fool me. Do you think I’m easy to bully?”

In order to show the seriousness of the matter, Ao Bing pretended to be angry. To be honest, what the Saint Taiqing did now was indeed a bit excessive.

When the seven innate gourds were first created, they were not ranked high or low. But as they fell into human hands, they were re-refined by their masters. In this way, they became strong and weak. It is hard to say how they are ranked, but the strongest one is undoubtedly the Yangbao Gourd.

There is no doubt about this, because it is a vessel that carries the treasure of creation. The longer it is in contact with the Pangu Banner, the more powerful it becomes. This is an advantage that the other six innate gourds cannot match, so they are naturally weaker than it.

But no matter how powerful the treasure gourd is, it has a limit, and it is impossible for one to be compared with two.

Therefore, Saint Taiqing would rather give Ao Bing the two more valuable innate gourds than give him the treasure gourd. His intentions seemed very vicious, and it was obvious that he did not want him to achieve enlightenment.

If others were asked to choose between the two innate gourds and the treasure-raising gourd, any hesitation for even a second would be disrespectful to the two innate gourds.

But for Ao Bing, it was the other way around. Because to him, the treasure-raising gourd itself was not important, but the Dao rhyme of Pangu Banner it carried.

Without this rhyme, even if the treasure-raising gourd was placed in front of him, he would not even bother to take a look at it.

“I guessed you would say that. It’s not that I don’t want to get you the treasure gourd, but your second uncle doesn’t agree.”

“Taiyi died at your hands. Because of this, your Second Uncle Master hates you deeply. How could he be willing to help you achieve enlightenment?”

The Saint Taiqing said helplessly that he had guessed that Ao Bing would bring up the treasure raising gourd. But he couldn’t refute anything because what he did was really not very authentic.

If Ao Bing was an outsider, there would be nothing wrong with him fooling around like this.

But Ao Bing was his nephew, and he knew that the Magic Gourd was the object of his enlightenment, and it was extremely important to him. It would have been fine if he didn’t help with the plan, but he actually tried every means to fool him.

It’s obvious that they don’t treat him as a family member and are on guard against him.

Therefore, it was completely understandable that Ao Bing was angry. He was even more reckless and wanted to make a big fuss about it and report it to Daozu.

Then for what Saint Taiqing did just now, he would inevitably be reprimanded by Daozu. If this is the case among family members, then to what extent should we be on guard against outsiders?

“I can understand that Second Uncle is not happy with me. But I understand, but Second Uncle can’t want to deal with me and not allow me to resist, right?”

“I just want to say one thing. Since Second Master doesn’t want me to get involved in the upcoming immortal killing calamity, then you must show enough sincerity and stop trying to fool me all the time.”

“Not only is this meaningless, it will only make me more interested in participating in the killing.”

Ao Bing said bluntly that it was impossible to say that he was not afraid of Yuanshi Tianzun.

But he could not lose the battle, even if he could not win, he could not lose in momentum. He had to show his attitude, lest Yuanshi Tianzun think he was easy to bully.

Also, as far as the relationship between the two is concerned, there is no possibility of resolving the situation even if he gives in.

In this case, there is no point for him to surrender. It is better for him to rush forward. Maybe it will have an unexpected effect and make Yuanshi Tianzun afraid.

“Oh, that’s true. I’ll go and persuade him again.”

Upon hearing this, Saint Taiqing sighed and did not make things difficult for Ao Bing. Instead, he left directly and went to Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain again.

This should be his second visit to Yuxu Palace. He still remembered that the last time he went to Yuxu Palace, he advised Yuanshi Tianzun to teach his disciples well and not let them get into trouble again.

But in the end, Yuanshi Tianzun agreed nicely but actually didn’t take it to heart at all.

If he had really listened to him, he would not have held a grudge against Ao Bing until now because of the death of Taiyi Zhenren.

Taiyi’s death was entirely his own fault. He had no ability, yet he dared to stir up trouble. Didn’t he deserve to be robbed and put on the Conferred God List?
Yuanshi Tianzun was really unfair in fussing about this matter.

“Send Master Uncle!”

Seeing that the Great Purity Saint was about to leave, Ao Bing bowed and said goodbye. As far as he was concerned, he had no dissatisfaction with the Great Purity Saint for the time being.

Even though he was sometimes unfair in dealing with the affairs of the two religions, it was understandable and excusable.

I can only say that in his position, many things are indeed very difficult, and cannot be solved simply by the word “fairness”. Sometimes it is not that he does not want fairness, but that reality does not allow it.

Just like this immortal killing disaster, he wanted to side with Jiejiao, but was it useful? It was completely useless.

Because there are too few disciples of the orthodox sect, even if all of them were on the list, they would not be able to fill the List of Gods, so they had to find people from the evil sect to fill the gap.

This is the reality. In order to end the killing of immortals and gods, what else can he do except to side with the Chan sect?
But understanding is understanding, which does not mean that he should be biased towards the Chan Sect. This is wrong, even if he had to do so under the circumstances, he should compensate the Jie Sect afterwards.

Only in this way can it be considered fair.

At the moment, Ao Bing only saw that the Saint Taiqing sided with the Chan Sect, but did not see him compensate the Jie Sect afterwards. Therefore, although he said that he had no dissatisfaction with the Saint Taiqing, he was actually somewhat dissatisfied.

But this dissatisfaction is not much. It depends on his next performance. If he really has no intention of making amends to Jiejiao, then this dissatisfaction will turn into resentment.

By then, the three religions would no longer be one family, but outright enemies. When they met, they would not discuss life and death, nor would they say nice things to each other.

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Saint Taiqing was very fast and arrived at Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain in the blink of an eye.

Compared to the last time he came, the Yuxu Palace, which was very lively, became much calmer at this moment, because the disciples in the palace had all gone down to the mortal world to experience tribulations.

“Second brother, you can’t keep the treasure gourd. I think you should give it to him.”

“This will not only fulfill your wish and stop the human dragons from interfering in the killing of immortals and gods, but will also show your magnanimity to the outside world and treat the disciples of the three religions equally.”

As soon as he entered the Yuxu Palace, without waiting for Yuanshi Tianzun to speak, Taiqing Saint spoke first.

He really didn’t want to talk to Yuanshi Tianzun. As soon as he opened his mouth, he started complaining, either about how Tongtian disrespected him, or about how the disciples taught by Tongtian had no respect for their elders.

In short, he has been saying bad things about Jiejiao.

(End of this chapter)