Chapter 522: The thieves just like to take advantage of each other

Chapter 522: The thieves just like to take advantage of each other

Chapter 522: The thieves just like to take advantage of each other

While the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were still at a loss, Princess Longji brought Taibai Jinxing back to the imperial study.

The time was exactly less than an hour after Guanyin Bodhisattva left.

Taibai Jinxing's whole state was not right, and he looked a little dazed, which was different from his previous behavior after being bullied by Wen Rui. This time, he did not complain to the Jade Emperor or boast about his achievements.

"Longji, what's wrong with you?" The Queen Mother couldn't hold back her anger and said angrily, "I asked you to rescue people, but why did you join in the fight? Also, why didn't you bring Yueying and Jiangyun back?"

Long Ji said calmly, "My Queen Mother, Wen Rui has a very bad temper. If you disobey him, he will fly into a rage and become even more aggressive. I can only pretend to be a snake and join in the fight to save him. Can you tell me whether you brought him back?"

It was Wen Rui who taught her to say these words. The actual situation was that after Long Ji went there, Wen Rui instigated her to say that beating those monks and Taibai Jinxing was very stress-relieving. In the past, Li Jing had acted as a human sandbag in heaven and on earth, which was a very popular entertainment activity among fairies.

The two fairies Yueying and Jiangyun also spoke out, saying that after these days of fighting, they felt a lot more relaxed and felt that their Tao hearts were more open, which was of great benefit to their mental cultivation.

So Longji, who was already very rebellious, naturally took the initiative and happily did some aerobic exercise.

After this prepared speech was made, the Queen Mother could no longer vent her anger on Long Ji.

"Li Qing's family, you have suffered."

The Jade Emperor tried to comfort Taibai Jinxing, his favorite minister who had suffered a lot in recent years. Basically, as long as the Jade Emperor gave an order, Taibai Jinxing would always be in trouble.

"Your Majesty, I...I would like to retire and return home..."

Taibai Jinxing said in a trembling voice: "Forgive me for my incompetence. I really can't do this job anymore. It's not something a human can do. Even gods can't do it."

"Lord Li, stop talking nonsense." The Jade Emperor waved his hand and rejected his resignation: "You are only a few years old, and you are in your prime. In the future, I will arrange fewer tasks for you to deal with Wen Rui."

"Here is a top-grade nourishing elixir made by Taishang Laojun. You can take it to relieve your injuries."

As he spoke, the Jade Emperor telekinetically delivered a pill to Taibai Jinxing. The old immortal official took the pill, thanked the emperor for his grace, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy. My body is not actually injured, but my soul is about to be broken apart. Now I need to rest and calm my mind."

Taibai Jinxing cried out in tears, "That Wen Rui is extremely vicious. I don't know where he learned a way to whip the soul. The white silk he asked the fairies to use has no harm to the body, but it shakes the soul and makes the pain unbearable. I only took a few hours, and my soul is already in disarray. If they continue to beat me, I'm afraid my soul will be torn apart."

Long Ji glanced at him and muttered, "Didn't they say they were going to cure you? They said it was some kind of desensitization therapy. After this stimulation, do you still have any traces of fear of the witch in your heart?"

“This…” Taibai Jinxing hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and said, “When I was beaten just now, I was only concerned about the pain and didn’t think about anything else. Now that I have carefully comprehended it, my heart of Taoism has become more stable. I have endured the most cruel punishment in the world. The tricks of the witch are really nothing to be afraid of.”

"That's it. Emperor Wen was kind enough to cure your mental illness. The process was a bit painful, but good medicine tastes bitter but helps cure the disease. It would be fine if you are not grateful, but you are still complaining here."

Long Ji said bluntly: "You are such a villain, you only care about food and not beatings. Emperor Wen may not have dealt with you lightly. The next time you fall into his hands, I will see if I am willing to save you."

"I was wrong. It was all my fault!"

Taibai Jinxing trembled and said in horror: "Princess, please don't tell Emperor Wen about this. My old bones can't stand it anymore." Seeing Taibai Jinxing's cowardly look like a frightened bird, the Jade Emperor sighed in his heart that another useful person was wasted. He couldn't help but wonder if Wen Rui was secretly cutting off his left and right arms.

Originally, he had Taibai Jinxing for literature and Tianwang Li Jing for martial arts. Although his left and right arms were a little thin and weak, they could still be used.

Now Li Jing has no prestige in the army, and even his own son Nezha has begun to distance himself from him. I heard that it is because he is addicted to games.

Taibai Jinxing has been traumatized by Wen Rui and is afraid of him like a tiger. If he wants to take action against Wen Rui again in the future, he won't even be able to find a spokesperson. He can't do it himself, right?

"Wen Rui secretly imprisoned the five hundred Arhats in Thunder City and tortured them every day. What was his real intention?"

Putting aside his worries, the Jade Emperor went straight to the point and asked the questions that were in his mind.

"Your Majesty, I believe that although Emperor Wen did all this in a heretical and seemingly absurd way, it was actually to restore the prestige of the Heavenly Court and to promote the Taoist tradition."

Taibai Jinxing secretly glanced at Princess Longji who was staring at him coldly. After pondering for a long time, he said, "He believes that the Arhats he captured are prisoners of war. As the defeated party, the Western Church must make corresponding compensation if it wants us to release the prisoners of war."

"He also said that what you can't get on the battlefield can't be obtained at the negotiation table. Times have changed. It's no longer the time for the West to teach a Bodhisattva to come to the Heaven Palace and get whatever the Heaven Palace wants just by speaking eloquently."

Taibai Jinxing carefully relayed what Wen Rui had said to him in Leiyu, namely, "pacify the country before fighting the enemy abroad" and "major and minor contradictions." He also explained in detail Wen Rui's demands for ceding territory and paying compensation to the Western religion.

The Jade Emperor was stunned and pondered, "How can you be so tough on Lingshan? As leaders of the East and West, if the relationship continues to deteriorate, how can we unite to fight the enemy if the demons of the earth invade in the future?"

"Your Majesty, I heard the Emperor's outrageous remarks. They may be a little extreme, but they are not without some truth. We are worshipping Buddha too much. If there are many Buddhist temples in Jambudvīpa and everyone believes in Buddhism, who will worship gods anymore?"

Taibai Jinxing said, "Let's take a step back. We did receive help from the Western Religion during the Conferred Gods Tribulation. We have respected and honored the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Western Heaven over the years and given them enough preferential treatment. We should have repaid the debt of gratitude. We can't always tolerate the Western Religion, right?"

"Since Emperor Wen wants to raise the banner of the hard-line faction in Heaven, he has both the ability and the background to back him up, so why not take advantage of the situation?"

The Jade Emperor frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

"That's not right... Western religions are not as merciful and harmless as they claim to be, that when someone hits you on the left cheek, you can just turn the right cheek to them."

The Jade Emperor said, "If we allow Wen Rui to stir up conflict between the gods and the Western religion, the other side will be unable to bear it and fight back forcefully, and the situation will get out of control, causing unrest in the three realms and unrest among all living beings. What should we do?"

"It won't cause an all-out war in the Heavenly Palace and Lingshan, right?"

Taibai Jinxing said: "At most there will be some minor frictions between the two sides. If it gets to the point where it's out of control, Your Majesty can come forward to mediate and turn the tide. No matter what the outcome is, you will be invincible."

Princess Longji, who was watching coldly from the side, heard this loud conspiracy and thought that with Wen Rui's daring character, he might really be aiming to start a world war.

After all, the princess was the biological daughter of the Jade Emperor, and her extramarital affair with Wen Rui had not been exposed. Several people in the imperial study did not treat her as an outsider and did not avoid her.

(End of this chapter)