My brother is so cunning

Chapter 988 Is it an old friend who has come?

As Yun Zhongzi expected, the metal puppet's behavior was very rigid. When he shouted the word "surrender," the rain of punches raining down on him stopped abruptly.

The puppet that was beating him grabbed his wrist and twisted his arm behind his back. Two more puppets stepped forward and locked his arms on the left and right.

These puppets possessed incredible power. Yun Zhongzi, at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, had a golden body whose attributes were no less than those of a martial immortal who had specially honed his physical body. However, when the metal puppets gripped him with their iron-like steel claws, he could not break free even with all his might.

Moreover, the two metal puppets that came up later were clearly no less skilled in martial arts than the one that had beaten him. They didn't just use brute force to grip the puppet; their ability to listen to and transform energy had reached the level of a martial arts grandmaster, giving him no chance to gather his strength.

Two metal golems escorted him, while dozens of other metal golems stood ready on the side, forming an escort formation. They took off in unison and soared into the southern sky.

As they flew higher and higher, Yun Zhongzi breathed a slight sigh of relief. He was very familiar with the direction of their ascent; they were heading towards the South Gate of the Heavenly Court.

This proves that these puppets do indeed belong to the Heavenly Court, and were not created by some demon king or devil king to capture immortals under the guise of the Heavenly Court.

But Yun Zhongzi was increasingly confused. He couldn't understand how the outside world had changed so drastically after only two hundred years of seclusion.

When did the Heavenly Court create such a powerful puppet?
It is no exaggeration to say that a single puppet could rout the former 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals.

How could a cat demon summon reinforcements from the Heavenly Court?

Indeed, some demons in the mortal realm have managed to establish connections with the gods of Heaven. For example, a certain rat spirit recognized Li Jing as its godfather, a secret that Yun Zhongzi had also heard about.

But cats and mice are very different. Yun Zhongzi had been in seclusion for too long and had no knowledge of the world. He couldn't help but wonder if Li Jing was not satisfied with taking in a mouse daughter all these years and had also taken in a cat daughter.

Otherwise, why would the Heavenly Court's special mobile forces obey the orders of demons in the mortal realm and capture this rather renowned immortal of the Chan Sect?
With a head full of questions, Yun Zhongzi could only keep them to himself for the time being, waiting until he arrived at the Heavenly Court and met the puppet masters before he could properly discuss them with them.

As the saying goes, it's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings. Yun Zhongzi had nothing to say to these brainless puppets, but in the Heavenly Court, he had many acquaintances and relatives. Not to mention that Li Jing, the Heavenly King and commander of the Heavenly Army, used to respectfully address him as "True Man," even the Jade Emperor had to show him respect.

Going to the Heavenly Court is just like going home. Do you really think I'd dare throw myself into the Heavenly Prison?
Escorted by the puppets, the procession soon rushed into the layers of clouds high in the sky. After breaking through the clouds and mist, the golden and white jade gate came into view.

More than two hundred years ago, when the Queen Mother of the West held the Peach Banquet and the Ullambana Festival, Yun Zhongzi was also invited to visit the Heavenly Court, and he took this very Heavenly Road.

As he was escorted to the South Heavenly Gate, Yun Zhongzi immediately recognized the heavenly general guarding the gate.

That day, dressed in a green robe and golden armor, with a majestic face and holding a precious sword, was none other than the Heavenly King of Growth, Mo Liqing.

"The King of Growth!"

Just as he arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate, he encountered an acquaintance. Yun Zhongzi quickly greeted him, "I am Yun Zhongzi of the Chan Sect. I had some misunderstandings while subduing demons in the mortal realm and was captured by these ignorant heavenly army puppets. Please report to King Li immediately and have these puppets release me."

Upon hearing this, Mo Liqing looked in the direction of the voice and met Yun Zhongzi's gaze. He immediately showed a surprised expression and even opened his mouth, but in a flash, as if he had thought of something, he forcibly closed his mouth again.

Immediately, the Heavenly King lowered his eyes like a clay puppet, pretending not to recognize Yun Zhongzi. He pretended not to recognize Yun Zhongzi, but he did recognize the group of puppets. He quickly ordered the heavenly soldiers guarding the gate to make way and let the escort team into the Heavenly Gate.

"Hey, Heavenly King of Growth, don't you recognize me? I exchanged a few pleasantries with you at the Peach Banquet last time!"

Yun Zhongzi was dragged into the Heavenly Gate by the puppet. He turned his head unwillingly and shouted at Mo Liqing, but Mo Liqing turned his head away and didn't even look at him.

Although Mo Liqing belonged to the Yin Shang camp during the Investiture of the Gods, after the war, he and his brothers were very good at switching sides, burning fire on whichever side they were on. They had long since severed ties with the Jie Sect and were still entangled with the Western Sect.

In the past, when Yun Zhongzi came to the Heavenly Court to visit old friends or see his disciples, Mo Liqing was extremely attentive. Whenever he passed by the South Heavenly Gate, he would always strike up a conversation with him, chatting about random things to get closer to him.

For some reason, Mo Liqing was avoiding him as if he had seen a ghost, even though he had only caused a little trouble in the mortal realm and been captured by the Heavenly Army puppets.

Yun Zhongzi was completely baffled.

Does that cat demon have such powerful backing?
If a mouse becomes the goddaughter of Li Tianwang, and a cat is a rank higher than a mouse, does that mean it can become the goddaughter of the Jade Emperor?
The metal puppet escorted Yun Zhongzi all the way to the Lingxiao Palace. Along the way, they happened to encounter several former immortals of the Chan Sect and old friends of the fallen generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty who had been deified. Yun Zhongzi tried to strike up a conversation with them, asking them to quickly report to King Li.

But his old friends looked like they had seen a ghost, avoiding him like the plague, not daring to speak to him at all, and even turning away and hiding as soon as they saw him from afar.

The behavior of the immortals was too strange, and Yun Zhongzi became more and more confused, wondering if he had violated the heavenly rules.

Given his status, what difference would it make if he broke the heavenly rules?

Although he was not one of the twelve Golden Immortals directly descended from Yuanshi Tianzun, Yun Zhongzi ranked quite high in the Chan Sect. Now that many Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect have joined the Western Sect, he has even entered the top ten.

To put it bluntly, even if he slapped the Jade Emperor in public, out of respect for the Primordial Heavenly Lord, the Jade Emperor could only swallow his anger and give him a symbolic, insignificant punishment, such as confining him to his own cave for a hundred years, but he couldn't really do anything to him.

The immortals all looked at him with horrified expressions, as if he had offended someone he shouldn't have, committed a terrible crime he shouldn't have, and were all afraid of being implicated by him.

Just as the Lingxiao Palace was in front of him, the puppets escorting him turned around and headed towards the intersection of Tianjie Street, leading him to the gate of another magnificent celestial palace.

Two rows of identical metal puppets stood at the entrance of this celestial palace. A white jade plaque hung on the gate tower at the entrance of the celestial palace, with the four large characters "Creation Celestial Palace" written on it.

The Celestial Palace of Creation?

Creator God!

Yun Zhongzi suddenly remembered that the cat demon had said that he would soon meet the Creation Celestial Venerable, and he never expected that she would be right.

These metal puppets, whose martial arts level was ridiculously high, were not actually part of the Heavenly Army commanded by Li Jing, but were the private soldiers of the Creation Celestial Venerable!
(End of this chapter)