The Heavens.
Heavenly Palace.
The aged immortal stumbled into the hall, and a palace guard tried to help him, but he was kicked by him with one foot.
After a cup of tea, many palace guards, maids, and fairy youths emerged from the hall in slight panic. Two golden-armored heavenly generals, each three zhang in height, closed the entrance of the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall tightly. After that, they stood guard at the door like door gods.
An hour later, the celestial general on duty rang the heavenly bell, summoning the civil and military officials to the hall for a meeting.
Phoenix is now officially appointed as the Heavenly Yuedu Sub-Maritime Commander, True Lord, and also holds the position of Zhen Wu General. Therefore, he is also included in the invitation.
She was confused, today is not the day for the morning meeting. Why did she summon so hastily, what happened?
"Hurry up, where is my robe? What? Under the bed?"
In a hurry, she put on her official robe and stepped on the Cloud-Climbing Boots. With the help of Long Ji, she found the official writing tablet. After a bit of fussing, she finally arrived at the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall.
Yuan's Yue refers to consultation and planning. Her position as a sub-marshal is basically equivalent to a senior military advisor of a large military area. In the current heavenly system where nine out of ten clerical positions are vacant, she is undeniably one of the highest-ranking officials.
With the civil officials led by the Jade Star of the Western Circuit standing on the left, and with Phoenix, the True Lord of Tianyou Deputy Marshal, leading the martial officers on the right.
There are also Long Ji, Jade Giant, Old Zhu, and Old Sha on her side.
She gave Jade Star a wink and asked what was up.
Jade Star was also puzzled, shook his head slowly, indicating that he was unaware of the situation.
Phoenix turned to look at the first fierce general of the heavenly court, Jueling Shen. Jueling Shen also shook his head vigorously, not knowing what had happened.
She looked at the celestial general on duty in the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall today. After a moment of hesitation, he gave her a wink.
Following the gaze, she saw an emaciated old man standing beside a column on the side of the hall.
Who is this old man? After carefully looking twice, she was extremely surprised, the Old Sage?
The original Old Sage was a fat old man with a high forehead protruding, white eyebrows and white mustaches growing together, which was obvious that he had an extremely long life of virtue true immortal.
The Old Sage today can only be described as a "diet version," having lost a significant amount of weight. His skin was loose, his high forehead had become sunken, and he had become extremely thin, almost unrecognizable.
What kind of suffering have you endured? How did you become so disfigured like this?
She privately pondered that the Huaxian Sect had some bad luck recently. She also wondered if Guangchengzi, who traveled 30 li a day, had arrived at Kunlun Mountain.
The immortals were exchanging glances among themselves, some had seen the Old Sage, while others hadn't noticed this old fellow standing in the shadows.
The Ling Xiao Treasure Hall is too spacious, and there are not enough immortals here, so if someone opens their mouth to speak, it would be very obvious. At this time, everyone was thinking and the hall was quite quiet.
Fifteen minutes later, Hou Tian, who was always on time and punctual, arrived late.
After two hours, Hou Tian still had not appeared.
The immortals were already starting to panic.
Long Ji looked serious, not knowing what had happened to his parents.
Phoenix was also uneasy, not sure if it was true. "No, no, Hou Tian is dead? Is that why the Emperor of Jade should now ascend to the throne? Please, not like this! I'm not ready yet!"
It seemed that they heard her strong request, and Hou Tian finally appeared.
He wore a seemingly ordinary Taoist robe, without any ceremonial hats, capes, or other adornments. Apart from his countenance that exuded authority and dignity, he appeared to be a righteous Taoist practitioner. His companion was the Fairy Queen of the Jade Pool, also clad in simple Taoist garb.
Phoenix cast a surprised glance, as this was the attire they usually wore when visiting thePurple Cloud Palace. What was happening today?
Hou Tian and the Fairy Queen of the Jade Pool took a slight lead, like servants leading guests, they walked into the hall first. Then came the Eastern Qi and a surge of radiant light entering the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall. Countless Golden Lotus petals laid down a path, while Taiching Saint, riding on a Qing Niu (a mythical cow), slowly arrived.
This time it was not the Supreme Elder Lord, but rather the first disciple of the School of Xuanmen, the leader of the Three Pure Ones, the Taiqing Saint.
Phoenix looked at Lao Zhu with a glance. As the Water Star King, Lao Zhu, who often claims to be a direct disciple of Xuan Dong Da Fadao, also has the qualification to enter the hall. At this time, Lao Zhu's face was unchanged, but if you look closely, you can see that his legs are shaking a bit.
Hou Tian and the Fairy Queen of the Jade Pool did not ascend to the throne, which was not supported on both sides, requiring one to sit upright and which was quite uncomfortable. Instead, they stood still at the foot of the steps as if they were servants. Taiqing also did not move up, but he stayed on his Qing Niu as well.
"Bow to the Taiqing Saint, wishing the Saint eternal longevity!" As if rehearsed, all the immortals kowtowed together in deep reverence.
The Taiqing Saint indicated for them to stand up and bow, then turned to Hou Tian: "Brother, it's your turn to speak."
"Yes, Brother."
Hou Tian approached the assembly of immortals with great respect, taking several steps forward until he was a distance of ten feet away from the Taiqing Saint, at which point he regained a bit of his dignity as a Great Celestial Sovereign.
"According to the orders of the Taiqing Saint, the Mogu Sect has stolen immortality, attempting to let the Demon Ancestor return to the Primordial Chaos. The struggle between Taoism and Buddhism is imminent. Your majesty, order your officials to prepare troops. One day later, I will lead the army into the Mogu Domain and subdue the remaining remnants of the Mogu Sect!"
Hou Tian is actually going to lead the charge personally?
Phoenix couldn't think about it any longer and quickly conveyed the message to her original body. The original body, while in meditation, passed the message to Moonlight Taoist. The original body and the two other copies held an emergency discussion.
Deng Changyun said, "I still have to practice, I can't leave. Little Phoenix, keep up the good work. Yeah, I'll support you spiritually."
Moonlight Taoist also vigorously nodded in the Yulini World: "I'm too tired, I can only support you spiritually. Go for it!"
Phoenix: (Silence)
Is it too late for me to say that I like practicing now?
It's definitely too late. Hou Tian himself is going to lead the army, and as long as you're in the Heavenly Court, you can't escape.
After Hou Tian completed his orders, Taiqing Saint slowly spoke, "This struggle between Taoism and Buddhism, we can only win and not lose. The disciples of the three religions will all come to help. When that time comes, let them follow your orders, Brother."
Hou Tian hurriedly bowed: "As Brother wishes."
The civil and military officials descended from the hall and went their separate ways to prepare.
Phoenix urgently called in the mental connection: "What a mess! Taiqing Saint actually gathered disciples from the three religions. The scale of the battle will definitely not be small. Wait a minute, give me all your treasures as quickly as possible. I'm only holding the Nanming Lihuo Sword and the Phoenix Staff right now, which is too insecure!"
"Alright."
"Go on."
"Not long after, the Yue Jing Luo appeared in Phoenix's hand first. After being infused and repaired by massive amounts of moonlight over this period, the Yue Jing Luo had been restored to its original state."
Then the Cuiguan Liangyi Light and the Thousand Miles of Scenery Map from Deng Chengyun's side were also delivered. The Liangcun of Shang was allied with her, recognizing only Deng Chengyun, so there was no way.
The diagram of the Zhou Tian Star Battle formation wasn't sent either. This formation is different from the Zhaixian Sword formation; it requires the control of millions or even tens of millions of living beings to operate. With the current resources of the Heavenly Court, not only is there no time to practice the formation, but even if there was time, it's impossible to find so many people.
