Chapter 884 The Jade Emperor personally supervises

Chapter 884 The Jade Emperor personally supervises

Chapter 884 The Jade Emperor personally supervises
Inside the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor had a gloomy look on his face, and his suppressed anger was on the verge of exploding.

The former Lingxiao Palace was majestic and towering, but after the catastrophe of falling rocks from the sky, half of it collapsed. The glazed tiles were shattered into dust and mud, the Panlong pillars were broken like dragon skeletons, the scales were peeled off, and the wood was rotten.

There were cracks in the palace roof that reached the sky, strong winds blew through the hall, and the remaining curtains fluttered like white flags.

The throne is covered with dust, the gold embroidery is dim, and the jade steps are crumbling. The place that was once filled with fairy music and where gods worshipped gods is now only left with broken walls and ruins, a desolate sight.

Inside the half-collapsed Lingxiao Palace, the immortal officials stood among the ruins.

The hall was in a mess, but the gods seemed to be in heaven, surrounded by fairy mist, their demeanor was as dignified as ever, and the broken walls and ruins made it seem as if they were from another world.

This was an impromptu court meeting. According to the administrative cycle of the Heavenly Court, twelve years was counted as one day, and the interval between this court meeting and the last Ganzhi court meeting was less than half a year.

This was just like the morning court session in the mortal dynasty. Just three minutes after the court session ended, the ministers were called back, so that the number of immortals who came to attend the court meeting was much less than that of a normal court meeting, and some immortals even showed confusion and impatience.

It's like a group of beasts of burden who were called by their boss to work overtime just after get off work and before they had time to go home for a hot meal.

In the center of the hall, there is a golden treasure chest with three large characters written on it in cloud seal script: "Donation Box".

"It's been a whole month. I sent people to count the donations, and the results really opened my eyes!"

The Jade Emperor said in a muffled voice: "My fellow ministers, guess how much jade you have donated to the donation box in the past month to repair the Heavenly Protection Array?"

The immortals looked around, as if trying to guess the answer from each other's faces, and their expressions were somewhat unnatural.

After waiting for a long time, no immortal official stood up to support the Jade Emperor. Even Taibai Jinxing, the former yes-man, watched his heart from his nose and mouth, and chose to be a low-key immortal and be careful in what he said and did.

"Three hundred thousand immortal jades, that's a lot!"

At first glance, 300,000 fairy jades do not seem to be a small number. If this amount of fairy jade falls into the hands of an immortal cultivator in the mortal world, it would definitely be a huge fortune, enough to buy all the resources he has consumed in his practice from a mortal to an immortal.

The salary of an ordinary immortal in heaven is only a few hundred immortal jades a month. Three hundred thousand immortal jades is a huge windfall for an ordinary immortal, enough for him to buy a fairy hut with a river view on the bank of the Tianhe River.

"In order to raise funds to repair the Heavenly Protection Array, I was reluctant to repair my own Sky Palace and took out all the 300 million immortal jades stored in the inner treasury and handed them over to the Creation Heavenly Venerable. What about you?"

The Jade Emperor's roar echoed in the Lingxiao Palace, but due to a huge crack in the ceiling of the palace, there was no echo in the palace, and it seemed a little lacking in momentum.

"Three hundred thousand immortal jades were donated by more than ten immortal officials. On average, each person donated only 20,000 to 30,000 immortal jades. The cost of feeding your immortal pets and mounts must be more than 30,000 to 50,000 immortal jades per month, right?"

The Jade Emperor gnashed his teeth and said, "In your eyes, I am not even as good as a beggar in the mortal world. Do you think I am just a stray dog ​​begging for food?"

The immortals remained silent, and the atmosphere in the hall became increasingly depressing.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It has only been a month. You ministers thought the deadline was before the next court meeting in eleven years. You are still collecting funds and have not had time to donate."

Seeing the awkward situation, Taibai Jinxing hurriedly walked out of the immortal class, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please allow some more time to give the immortal officials more time to prepare."

The Jade Emperor raised his hand to touch his forehead, with a helpless expression of exhaustion, and said in a hoarse voice: "Do you still think that now is the same as in the past, and a small matter can be delayed for a hundred or eighty years without causing any problems? Do you know that in just this month, the Haotian Pagoda has issued six warnings, and more than 20 guards of the Lingxiao Palace have disappeared, including the guards guarding the gate outside my bedroom!" "What does this mean? That Taoist Mosquito has already sneaked into the Heavenly Palace to commit evil, and it is even possible that he has even touched the door of my bedroom!"

After he said this, the expressions of all the immortal officials changed. They immediately lost their immortal composure and turned pale like frightened birds.

"No... No way, so soon?"

"Even if there is a gap in the formation, what are the guards and soldiers at the South Heaven Gate doing? The Heavenly King Mo Liqing should be punished for his dereliction of duty!"

"Humph, that's right, he should have been punished long ago! Those useless people have been dereliction of duty for a long time. Before, there was no gap in the formation, so any petty official in the Heavenly Court could have sneaked down to the mortal world if he wanted to, right?"

"Immeasurable Daoist Master! I haven't activated my own palace's protective formation during this period of time. Now I think about it and feel really scared!"

"I never expected that the devil would come so soon. It's only been a month!"

……

The immortal officials were talking in low voices at the same time, and the hall was filled with the sound of flies buzzing around.

"enough!"

The Jade Emperor interrupted the discussion of the immortals in a loud and angry voice: "Since the defenses of the four heavenly gates have been neglected for a long time, why has no one reported it? Don't think I don't know that many of you immortals have also taken the opportunity to secretly go down to the mortal world to play around!"

"The situation is so urgent, and you are still shirking your responsibilities. You have punished the Heavenly King Zhangzhang. Do you think the South Heaven Gate can prevent the Taoist Mosquito?"

"As long as the Heavenly Protection Array is renovated and rebuilt, I will not be able to rest in peace!"

Facing the Jade Emperor's angry questioning, the immortals once again returned to the state of meditation, observing the mouth through the nose and the heart through the mouth, as if they were deaf to the external noise and looked calm and composed.

It is obvious that the bad nature of the immortals that they would rather die than let their friends die has been deeply rooted. When the thunder does not strike him on the head, it means that this cause and effect has nothing to do with him. Nothing can delay his cultivation of immortality.

Anyway, if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. In later generations, when the monkeys made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, none of the Eight Gods in the Lingxiao Hall stepped out to meddle in the affairs. They just ate fairy melons and watched the show leisurely.

At that time, if any one of the Eight Gods stood out and stretched out his hand, the monkey would be in trouble, so there was no way the monkey would be allowed to run wild.

Wen Rui sat on the throne reserved for the Heavenly Lord at the bottom, also acting as if it had nothing to do with him. However, unlike the other immortals, he was truly staying out of it and did not have to worry about any donations being levied on him.

He was an honorable creditor who came to collect debts from the immortals. He didn't even have to speak up himself, as the Jade Emperor was forced to step out and play the good guy.

The assassins who broke into the Lingxiao Palace and the disappearance of many immortal guards were all done by Taoist Mosquito at the behest of Wen Rui. The purpose was to make a show of force and alert the Jade Emperor, urging him to put fundraising on the agenda and have the top leader take charge of it personally.

Otherwise, with the efficiency of Heaven, it is not uncommon for a trivial matter to drag on for a hundred or two hundred years. Even if there is a flood outside, a group of gods can still live in peace here!

(End of this chapter)