Chapter 518: Desensitization Therapy for Loyal Minister Wen Rui

Taibai Jinxing thought about it, but couldn't think of any words to persuade Wen Rui to release the people, and he was afraid that reasoning would not work.

This old immortal considered himself to be the immortal official in heaven who knew Wen Rui better. When he first came into contact with Wen Rui, he knew that Wen Rui had deep prejudices and hostility towards Western religions.

Originally, Taibai Jinxing thought that Wen Rui hated him so much because he came from Jiejiao, which was defeated by the two leaders of the Western Sect in the Battle of Conferred Gods.

Now after hearing Rui's outrageous remarks, I realized that he was standing on the Taoist side. In order to safeguard the fundamental interests of Heaven, he was hostile to Western religions and was so anti-Western.

Recalling that many years ago, Guanyin Bodhisattva had promised him Buddhahood, but he refused, Taibai Jinxing's opinion of Wen Rui gradually changed.

This guy is definitely not a good immortal, but his loyalty to heaven is just like his father Wen Zhong.

After all, they are descendants of the Wen family, and the family tradition of loyalty and patriotism has been inherited very well.

"Emperor Wen, perhaps what you said makes sense, but we still have to put the overall situation first."

Taibai Jinxing considered his words carefully and said, "His Majesty the Jade Emperor has promised the Bodhisattva and has given me a verbal order to deliver it. It is difficult to disobey the emperor's order, so let's follow his order and release him for now."

Wen Rui frowned and suddenly asked, "I heard that there is an unwritten rule in the Heavenly Palace that as long as you get an achievement, you can get a privilege. I wonder if it is true."

"What did you say?" Taibai Jinxing asked in surprise, "What achievement? What privilege?"

"I heard that if you complete the achievement of soloing 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, you can get the privilege of 'obeying orders but not decrees'. The last person to get this privilege was Guankou Erlang."

Wen Rui tilted his head, looking like he was humbly asking for advice, and said, "I, the Emperor, believe that my abilities are not inferior to Erlang Shen. I have already achieved the feat of defeating 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals alone, and recently I have also achieved the feat of defeating 500 Arhats alone. I deserve to enjoy the treatment of 'obeying orders but not decrees'."

"Emperor, you...you are planning a rebellion!"

Taibai Jinxing's voice trembled: "Your Majesty the Jade Emperor's words are the law, and his words are the law. How can we immortals disobey his orders? The Emperor's family is known for its loyalty. How can we do such a treasonous act?"

"We, the old Wen family, are loyal to the country but not to the people. Have you forgotten where the saying 'strike the tyrant above and the corrupt officials below' came from?"

Wen Rui's face darkened, and he said, "I am loyal to the Way of Heaven, but not to the Jade Emperor. If we follow the family tradition of our Wen family, the Jade Emperor would have been in trouble long ago!"

"Since you think what I said is reasonable, why did Your Majesty surrender first when we, the generals, fought hard?"

The more Wen Rui spoke, the more confident he became: "If I obey the orders of such a tyrant, wouldn't it be the same as helping the tyrant in the past? It would be disloyal to the way of heaven and betrayal to the heaven!"

"Ah...you, you are so brave..."

Taibai Jinxing had never been treated like this before. There were thousands of gods in heaven, but none of them dared to point at the Jade Emperor and scold him for being a tyrant like Wen Rui.

"We in the Wen family are born to be extremely brave. My father faced several great saints and resolutely led his troops to fight without even a frown. He died in battle for his country. Even after his death, his enemies did not dare to disrespect him!"

Wen Rui raised his head and said proudly: "I am an unworthy descendant, inferior to my father, and I dare not be an enemy of the saints, but a mere Jade Emperor and a Guanyin Bodhisattva...would I be afraid?"

“Go back and ask for me, does the Jade Emperor recognize my privilege of following orders but not decrees?” Wen Rui continued, “If he doesn’t recognize it, then I will follow Yang Jian’s example and chop my way from the South Heaven Gate to the East Road of Penglai… ahem, the Lingxiao Palace, and fight against the 100,000 fully armed heavenly soldiers and generals again, and rush to the palace to ask him why he became a puppet emperor of the Western Church and sold out the heavens for peace!”

Taibai Jinxing swallowed his saliva and did not dare to continue to talk back, for fear that if he said something wrong, Wen Ruizhen would make a scene and rush to the Lingxiao Palace to embarrass the Jade Emperor.

This guy really has the courage and ability to do this.

"Go back and tell Guanyin to figure out the situation before we talk. It is clear that the Western Religion Arhat monks were instigated by the traitors to ambush the Heavenly Court's special envoy, and they were defeated and captured."

Wen Rui said solemnly, "If we are talking about exchanging prisoners now, then the Western Church should show some sincerity and quickly return the missing fairy and hand over the real culprit of this case to be judged by the Heavenly Court. In addition, they should pay a huge compensation and cede the Lion Camel Ridge and other territories of Xiniu Hezhou that have been harming the mortal world and devouring mortals with the connivance of the Western Church. The territories will be governed by the Heavenly Court to put an end to the demonic troubles."

Taibai Jinxing said in disbelief: "This condition is too harsh. How could Guanyin Bodhisattva agree to it?"

"Are you an official from the Heavenly Court or an official from the Western religion?"

Wen Rui said unhappily, "Whether they agree or not is a question they should consider. Why are you worrying about them? If they don't agree, there will be no Five Hundred Arhats in the Western Religion in the future. Let Guanyin Bodhisattva reorganize a group of five hundred nuns!"

Taibai Jinxing thought about it and felt that he was insignificant and his words were not taken seriously. Wen Rui had a handle on him, so he could not do anything else except passing on the message. So he bowed deeply and said, "I will pass on the emperor's words to the Jade Emperor and the Bodhisattva..."

"and many more!"

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Wen Rui stopped him and said, "I almost forgot, Lao Li, I just saw that you seemed to be a little traumatized. Is it the stress trauma after being abused and humiliated by the female demon in Lion Camel Ridge last time? It has ruined your Tao heart and will make your future cultivation less effective."

"Thank you for your concern, my Lord. I will go into seclusion to cultivate my mind and heal my heart..."

"We are old acquaintances, so let's not be so formal. For your own good, I have a way to resolve your stress trauma."

"I have asked the Taoist Taishang Laojun, but he doesn't have any suitable medicine to treat it. Only long-term meditation can gradually improve it." Taibai Jinxing said humbly, "Don't bother the emperor, I can solve it slowly by myself."

Although he didn't know why Wen Rui suddenly showed kindness and cared about him, he instinctively felt that being cared for by him would not end well, so he pushed him away whenever he could and quickened his pace, just wanting to get away as soon as possible.

"As the saying goes, you should save people to the end and send Buddha to the west. Since I saved you, I must take good care of the after-sales service and not leave any root of trouble. Otherwise, when you repay kindness with hatred in the future, you will bite back and say that I saved you but made you live in pain."

Wen Rui grinned and said, "Li Tianjun, catch him, strip him naked, and hang him on the Immortal Locking Pillar!"

"You, what are you going to do to me? I...I am the Jade Emperor's special envoy and I have to go back to report!"

Taibai Jinxing was extremely terrified and tried to struggle, but as a mere civil official, he was no match for General Lei.

The Thunder Department soldiers who had been lying in ambush all around also rushed out together, and without saying a word, they followed Li De to pin Taibai Jinxing to the ground, stripped off his immortal robe, and hung him on the Immortal Locking Pillar.

"This is called desensitization therapy. To put it bluntly, the more you fear something, the more you need to use the same environment and method to stimulate it. Mental illness needs to be treated with mental medicine. If Taishang Laojun can't cure it, I can cure it. Your illness requires strong medicine!"

Wen Rui waved his hand and said, "Yueying, Yunjiang, whip him too. He is one of our own in Heaven, so you need to take good care of him. If you whip the monk once, you should whip him twice..."

(End of this chapter)

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