Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1177 - 826 Upper Qing Saints’ Incomprehensible Divine Ability

Chapter 1177: 826 Upper Qing Saints’ Incomprehensible Divine Ability

Among the Sanqing disciples, even if there is only one disciple, they are still eligible to compete for the Ghost Dao opportunity. After all, this Ghost Dao opportunity belonged to the entirety of Sanqing, not just to Yu Qing alone.

Given this, as a direct disciple of the Upper Qing Saint, Jiang Chen naturally had the qualifications to compete for the opportunity with the Yu Qing lineage. Even the grand master of the Taiqing lineage, if he wished to compete, was also eligible.

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign was cornered by the Upper Qing Saint, and with his thick skin, he couldn’t say in front of both Upper Qing and Yu Qing that the Ghost Dao opportunity solely belonged to the Yu Qing lineage.

All disciples under Sanqing had the qualifications to vie for this Ghost Dao opportunity. One might even say that whoever acted first would claim it.

In light of this, everything Jiang Chen did was entirely unproblematic. It was his excellence that allowed him to be the first to spot the Ghost Dao opportunity hidden in the Netherworld; it was his own skill.

On the contrary, it was the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign who suddenly intervened and disrupted Jiang Chen’s opportunity. This was no longer just about suppressing his junior; it was blatant suppression of his own nephew, almost as if he wanted to tell the world directly that he was cutting off his nephew’s path to pave the way for his own disciples.

Regarding this matter, even if it were brought before Honjan Daizu, it would still be the Upper Qing Saint who was in the right, and the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign could not escape the accusation of suppressing his junior.

Such a low-level mistake should not have been made by the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign, but he made it nonetheless. It could only be said that, having stood too high for too many years, he felt that all the advantages of the world should belong to him.

In fact, over these years, it has been exactly so. With the decline of the Shangqing Doctrine and the Taiqing Doctrine remaining uninvolved with the world, the Yu Qing Doctrine thus became unrivaled in the world, and most of its benefits belonged to their lineage.

Gradually, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign became accustomed to having all the benefits fall into his lap. But now, Jiang Chen suddenly emerged and snatched the opportunity that belonged to him, breaking his habit.

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign naturally became angry, feeling that his authority was offended, and subconsciously chose to intervene. That led to the current situation, causing himself to fall into an unfavorable position.

In the current situation, it was undeniable that the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign was at fault; even if the Taiqing Saint wanted to defend him, he did not know what to say at the moment.

However, the Taiqing Saint, being who he is, quickly thought of a way to resolve the situation and said, "Both venerable brothers, cease your quarrel. Since there is only one opportunity and you cannot come to an agreement, let your respective disciples go down and compete for it."

"Let everyone rely on their own abilities to compete. Even if they lose, it will be because their own skills were lacking, and no one else can be blamed."

At first listen, the Taiqing Saint’s words seemed quite fair. There was only one opportunity while there were two families, Yu Qing and Shangqing. Since fairness could not be achieved in any case, they should go and compete on their own, relying on their abilities, and there would be no complaints even in defeat.

How fair!

Fair my ass!

Upon hearing these words, the Upper Qing Saint felt so angry he wanted to curse. This so-called fairness was nonsense; had it not been for the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign intervening, the Ghost Dao opportunity would already be in Jiang Chen’s hands.

The words of the Taiqing Saint were like taking something that belonged to Jiang Chen and using it as a reward, making him compete fairly with others. If he won, he could reclaim what was rightfully his. If he lost, he would lose what he had already obtained.

And you call this fairness?

The Upper Qing Saint, looking at the Taiqing Saint, did not speak, but his grip on the Qingping Sword tightened, and his gaze on the Taiqing Saint became scrutinizing, as if looking for a weakness to strike him with a sword.

Fairness?

There has never been fairness in this world!

If Jiang Chen didn’t have a Saint as his master, the method proposed by the Taiqing Saint would have been quite fair for him. After all, a Saint could have directly taken the Ghost Dao opportunity, but now, he was given a chance to compete with the disciples of the Saints.

Isn’t that fair enough? Jiang Chen should be grateful!

But unfortunately, things are not so simple, as Jiang Chen also has a Saint as his master.

In that case, what the Taiqing Saint said earlier was not only about fairness; it was a slap in the face of the Upper Qing Saint. Or rather, it was a direct disregard for the Upper Qing Saint.

Being a master who is also a revered Saint personally intervening, yet unable to secure fairness for his own disciple– what does that imply?

It implies his incompetence as a master, lacking any power, blatantly disregarded by others. Thus, his words are treated as nothing, with no consideration of fairness at all.

If the Upper Qing Saint truly held authority and was taken seriously by the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and the Taiqing Saint, then by now, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign would have already apologized and willingly handed over the Ghost Dao opportunity, instead of quibbling here.

"Good, very good!"

"You call this fairness?"

"You really have a deep brotherly bond, ganging up here to bully an outsider, right?"

"Fine, very well, since you all have no shame, then I no longer care either. I will go to Zixiao Palace to ask my master for justice to evaluate the great deeds you have done!"

The Upper Qing Saint, infuriated to the point of cynical laughter, coldly mocked the two before abruptly turning to leave, heading to Zixiao Palace to ask Honjan Daizu for justice.

Actually, with the fiery temperament of the Upper Qing Saint, what he truly wanted was to draw his Qingping Sword and have a real fight with the two.