A cat that lingers beside a saint

Inside the main hall, a group of immortals and gods chatted amongst themselves.

Inside the main hall, Zhao Gongming had returned from the void at some point.

However, when he looked at Wen Zhong, the leader of the Thunder Department, his eyes were extremely unfriendly.

As the Thunder God, he is naturally extremely sensitive to malice, but being in the Heavenly Court, how could anyone possibly harbor malice towards him?

Wen Zhong frowned, his eyes constantly searching for the direction from which the malice was coming.

Ultimately, he set his sights on Zhao Gongming.

Although he was somewhat puzzled, he clearly saw that Zhao Gongming's eyes were wide open like Laozi's blue ox egg, and his expression was as if he wanted to devour him alive.

Wen Zhong was slightly puzzled. Upon reflection, he realized that he had not offended this God of Wealth in the past few days.

Moreover, since they all came from the same Jie Sect, they were quite familiar with each other in the Heavenly Court.

What's wrong with this God of Wealth?

Just then, Zhao Gongming suddenly stepped out from the crowd.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the loss of this Thunder Department's magical treasure is due to the Thunder Ancestor's lax supervision."

The Jade Emperor raised his eyebrows slightly. Zhao Gongming had suddenly disappeared in a corner of the Heavenly Court today, but soon reappeared looking disheveled.

It's obvious that he must have gone to the Shanhe Sheji Tu (a map depicting mountains and rivers).

Now that these words are all directed at Wen Zhong of the Thunder Department, the Jade Emperor is actually quite pleased with them.

As for the loss of Lei's magical treasures, he was not worried at all.

It's just a cat, after all.

What bad intentions could a cat possibly have?

Once they got tired of playing with it, they returned it.

At most, we can just find someone to ask for it back, and that will solve the problem.

The Jade Emperor, resting his chin on one hand and his elbow on the chair, looked at Zhao Gongming and said, "Oh? Does the God of Wealth have something to say?"

"Your Majesty, the Thunder Department's magical treasures are used to deter demons and evil spirits in the Three Realms. Now that the Thunder Department has stopped striking thunder for a day, countless innocent beings in the Three Realms will be persecuted by demons and evil spirits. Some demons and evil spirits may even think that the Heavenly Court is without people and start to do evil."

"But all of this is because this Thunder Ancestor Heavenly Venerable was not properly supervised. I think this Thunder Ancestor Heavenly Venerable should be sent to the Execution Platform. It would be best to put him into Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace for eighty-one days before going to the Execution Platform!"

Everyone was stunned by these words.

This God of Wealth is always smiling, and even ordinary people say that smiling often brings wealth.

But today, instead of smiling, the old man showed a hint of anger on his face.

What's wrong with this God of Wealth?

Who upset him?

You should know that the monkey was only refined in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace for forty-nine days at most. If Wen Zhong were put in there and refined for eighty-one days, what would happen?

Wen Zhong was clearly also stunned.

But soon, he remembered the kitten from before.

Although he still had some doubts, seeing Zhao Gongming's expression, he understood completely.

For a moment, Wen Zhong didn't even utter a rebuttal.

They even felt that what Zhao Gongming said seemed to make some sense.

The sword that the kitten revealed was indeed the Qingping Sword. He could not be mistaken about the blue light that pierced the sky and the pure aura flowing from the kitten.

All these signs indicate that the cat is definitely the master's disciple, or even his direct disciple!

Wen Zhong took a deep breath.

Hearing Zhao Gongming's words, he couldn't help but look at the other disciples of the Jie Sect in the main hall.

Although no one said anything, he could see in their eyes not confusion and bewilderment, but accusation and anger.

To be honest, he himself has been feeling anxious these past few days.

But hearing Zhao Gongming say this now actually made him feel relieved.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wen Zhong took a deep breath, then turned to Laozi and said, "The God of Wealth is right!"

"I'm willing to go through the Eight Trigrams Furnace!"

Upon hearing this, the hall fell into a deathly silence once again.

"That won't do. My furnace can't withstand the abuse from you lot."

"No! I deserve to be punished! I... I betrayed my master and my ancestors, I deserve to die!"

……

Mount Hua.

Su Bai arrived at the entrance of the cave and looked at the gleaming statue outside, and couldn't help but nod.

Perhaps sensing the arrival of outsiders, a sharp voice suddenly echoed from inside the cave: "Who dares to linger outside this cave? Don't they know this is the Cat Celestial Venerable's Daoist temple?"

"Don't blame me for not warning you. See that statue outside the cave? That's our ancestor. If you know what's good for you, leave immediately!"

Hearing the sounds coming from inside the cave, Su Bai couldn't help but look at Yang Chan and say, "Are these brats always this arrogant?"

Yang Chan chuckled and said, "You don't know this, but a few days ago, the local mountain god and earth god, unaware that this cave was related to my temple, reported to the Heavenly Court that a nest of cat demons had been discovered here."

"Later, the Heavenly Court did indeed send people."

Su Bai's eyes widened: "Didn't they see the statue outside this cave?"

Yang Chan shook her head helplessly and said, "I happened to be away from the mountain that day. When those heavenly soldiers and generals first saw this statue, they hesitated a little. I heard from these little cats that some of the heavenly soldiers went to the Heavenly Court, probably to inquire whose cave it was."

"But they came back very quickly. Luckily, I returned in time, which saved the cave from danger."

Upon hearing this, Su Bai couldn't help but jump down, then leap onto the head of the statue, raising his claw to stab it.

"What use are you? You can't even protect your own disciples, let alone your grand-disciples and grand-disciples."

At this moment, the three people behind him looked at each other in disbelief. In this world, perhaps only the Little Cat Daoist was so bold.

If anyone else dared to point at the statue of Lingbao Tianzun and curse like that, they might very well die.

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Shangqing Realm.

Lingbao looked utterly helpless.

Outside his main hall, Wen Zhong was kneeling outside the gate.

Judging from this posture, it seems that he has no intention of getting up until he receives Lingbao Tianzun's forgiveness.

Although he is Lingbao Tianzun, an incarnation of a saint, he is not Su Bai.

If Su Bai doesn't forgive him, what's the point of him saying it's all right?

"Sigh, let's go back."

Wen Zhong knelt outside the hall, and his body trembled as he listened to Lingbao Tianzun's sigh.

"No! If the patriarch does not forgive me, I will never go back!"

Stubborn.

What a stubborn fool!

Although he is the incarnation of a saint, his thoughts and ideas are very different from those of a saint.

Especially after spending a long time in these three realms, one's perspective on problems naturally changes from what it used to be.

He suddenly understood how the Jie Sect had been destroyed back then.

It would be truly strange if I didn't wipe out this group of stubborn people I've taken in.