Chapter 18 He still has to thank me

The galaxy is vast and the universe is boundless.

Clusters of nebulae intertwine and merge into a river of bright stars, quietly stretching across the night sky, decorating the entire night sky like a dream.

Above this galaxy, an exquisite pleasure boat that looked like it was carved entirely from jade was speeding towards the northeast.

This pleasure boat is called the Hanyu Xiangui Boat. It is made from the branches of the innate laurel tree on the Taiyin star and mixed with the innate cold jade in the Yaochi.

It was originally the mount of Taiyin Star God, and later it was given to Yunhua.

After boarding the painted boat, Yin Shiniang and Li Jing were like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, exclaiming in amazement at the exquisite painted boat.

In comparison, Yang Ling was much calmer.

After all, he has now guessed Yunhua's true identity, so his psychological threshold will naturally be raised very high.

Isn't it normal for a princess of heaven to have her own car?
The deck of the pleasure boat was made of polished laurel wood, flat and warm, with several small coffee tables and futons in the middle.

Yang Ling sat down at the main seat without any courtesy, then asked Li Jing, Yin Shiniang and the others to sit down and have a rest. He then showed his smooth side as a businessman and took the initiative to strike up a conversation with the two of them.

Because they had the same adventurous experience and their lives were saved by Yun Hua, under Yang Ling's deliberate guidance, the inexperienced Li Jing and Yin Shiniang poured out all their secrets without reservation.

From them, Yang Ling learned that Li Jing was the son of the general of Chentang Pass. When he was young, he met the Taoist master Du'e and was taken to West Kunlun to practice Taoism. Later, due to his poor aptitude and the dim prospects of becoming an immortal, he was sent back to Chentang Pass.

It means that he has given up the idea of ​​becoming an immortal and is ready to enjoy the wealth and luxury of the human world.

He came to Guanjiangkou this time because the Li and Yin families were old friends and had an agreement to arrange a marriage...

Simply put, he came to propose marriage.

This trip to Meishan to collect herbs was also a test from Yin Shiniang.

"So he passed the test?"

Yang Ling asked curiously.

Li Jing also looked at Yin Shiniang with anticipation.

The latter, as expected of a military daughter, nodded decisively, "Although his Taoism and swordsmanship are mediocre, at least he was not afraid of fighting against those monsters... He is still okay, so-so."

Hearing the comment "so-so", Li Jing felt a little embarrassed, but mostly happy.

"Congratulations, Brother Li! Your trip to Meishan was not in vain!"

While Yang Ling congratulated Li Jing, he thought to himself: It looks like little Nezha will be born in a few years.

Seeing Yang Ling, Li Jing and Yin Shiniang talking happily together, Yun Hua, who was sitting quietly beside them, felt a little relieved.

During her trip to Meishan today, she took out several treasures one after another, all of which had never been shown before.

This also made her feel quite uneasy, fearing that Yang Ling would be dissatisfied with it.

In her opinion, the most important thing between husband and wife is to be honest with each other and never deceive each other.

In the past few years, she has been looking for an opportunity to confess her identity and background, but she doesn't know how to start.

However, she found that Yang Ling not only did not show any dissatisfaction, but often showed a very proud expression when chatting with Li Jing and Yin Shiniang.

What made him proud was not anything else but his fairy wife with great magical powers.

Yunhua was moved, and her beautiful eyes stared at Yang Ling quietly. The love in her eyes was so strong that it seemed to be able to be drawn.

But how could she know that the mortal husband in her eyes actually had more secrets than her!
The pleasure boat drifted quietly in the starry sky and slowly sailed out of Meishan.

Yunhua, who had been on guard the whole time, also breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down the speed of the pleasure boat.

At this moment, a auspicious cloud floated over and sailed side by side with the pleasure boat at a distance.

The one riding the cloud was a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a plain Taoist robe with cloud patterns. He had a handsome and elegant face and looked like an immortal, otherworldly and otherworldly.

This Taoist is none other than Jade Ding Zhenren.

He came here on the orders of his master, traveling day and night without daring to be negligent. However, the journey from Dongsheng Shenzhou to Nanshanbuzhou is long, and even it took him nearly a month to get here.

Then he encountered his first problem—he didn’t know the way!

The last time he traveled to the wild world was during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, and a long time had passed since then. The human world had already changed a lot.

He only knew that the destination of this trip was Guan County of Dashang, but there were hundreds of cities in Dashang, and he really had no idea where Guan County was.

In the past, he only needed to count with his fingers to know where his destination was.

But now the catastrophe is approaching and the destiny is in chaos. Not to mention counting with his fingers, he can't figure out anything even if he casts a hexagram.

In desperation, he could only ask someone for directions.

But after asking several mortals, they all said that they had never heard of Guan County, but only heard of Guanjiangkou.

Jade Ding Zhenren once suspected that his destination should be Guanjiangkou, not Guanxian, but this address was said by the leader himself, so it couldn't be wrong!
So he could only continue to ask people for directions.

At this moment, he glanced at the people on the pleasure boat, and his gaze lingered on Yang Ling and Yun Hua for a moment.

Because of the existence of the Wanxiang Ruyi Plate, he could not be sure of the depth of Yang Ling's Taoism, and Yun Hua also had a treasure that could conceal his aura.

Jade Ding Zhenren hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Excuse me, fellow Taoists. I would like to ask you, which way should I go to get to Dashang Guan County?"

“So you’re asking for directions.”

Yin Shiniang breathed a sigh of relief and was about to give directions, but Yang Ling at the side asked first: "I don't know where Changxian Township is, and why are we going to Guan County?"

As the saying goes, one should always be on guard against others.

Especially since they had just come out of Meishan, it was always better to be cautious.

As a Jinxian of the Chan Sect, Jade Ding Zhenren had the bearing of a master. Upon hearing this, he said openly, "I am cultivating in Yuquan Mountain. This time, I am ordered by my master to go to Guan County to accept a disciple.

It's just that the journey is long and I accidentally lost my way, so I came to ask for directions from a few fellow Taoists."

What he said was all true, but he concealed some key information - for example, he was a Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect, his master was Yuanshi Tianzun, etc.

It’s not that he was hiding it on purpose, he just didn’t want people to know that the dignified Golden Immortal of the Xianjiao was actually a person with a poor sense of direction!
However, what he didn't know was that these two simple sentences still caused a huge wave of shock in Yang Ling's heart!
Yuquan Mountain!
Accept a disciple!
These two key words made Yang Ling understand instantly that the elegant Taoist in front of him was Yang Jian’s master in the original story - Jade Ding Zhenren.

But isn't this too early?

In the original story, shouldn't he have waited several years until their family was destroyed by the heavenly soldiers and generals before appearing again and taking Yang Jian away?

It can't be that this Jade Ding Zhenren is so bad at finding directions that it takes him several years to find Yang Jian, right?

But no matter what, we must not let him take Yang Jian away!

Although joining the Chan sect is a rare and precious opportunity for most people, Yang Ling treated it as a piece of trash!
The reason why the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Orthodox Sect did not accept disciples earlier or later, but chose to accept disciples during the Great Tribulation of the Conferred Gods, was to let the disciples protect themselves from disasters!

Is there any father who is willing to let his son protect others from disaster?

Even in the original story, Yang Jian achieved perfect success and lived safely to the end, but didn't he still serve as the guardian deity of the Chan sect?

Whenever there is any problem in the Chan sect, he has to be the first to rush forward!

The so-called guardian deity is nothing more than a double-flowered red stick with a nicer name!
After all, there is no real freedom!
With this thought in mind, Yang Ling enthusiastically invited Jade Ding Zhenren to board the pleasure boat, gave him a detailed introduction to the customs and culture of Guan County, and then pointed in the direction they came from.

"Master, fly in that direction. Guan County won't be far away."

Li Jing and Yin Shiniang were both a little confused.

The direction is wrong, right?
Isn’t that direction heading towards Meishan?

However, although they were confused, they just thought that Yang Ling had other intentions and did not expose him to his face.

Yunhua was also a little puzzled, and sent a voice message: "This Taoist has great magical powers. It's not good for your husband to trick and play tricks on him like this, right?"

Yang Ling remained unmoved.

What's wrong with lying to him?
He even wanted to thank me!

Sure enough, after listening to Yang Ling’s enthusiastic introduction, Jade Ding Zhenren nodded very happily, turned around and left on the auspicious cloud.

Before leaving, the Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect looked at him politely and said, "Thank you so much, fellow Taoist!"

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(End of this chapter)