Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1405 - 944 are all one family

Chapter 1405: 944 are all one family

Jiang Chen highly valued Cai Zhaoji because in the Prehistoric World, connections and background were of utmost importance.

In the Prehistoric World, innate aptitudes didn’t matter much; instead, what mattered were opportunities and Fate. As long as one’s Fate was good enough, even a pig could start its own sect.

For a person, as long as you could forge connections with Great Divine Transcendents, no matter what your origins or status, it didn’t matter. Eventually, at the very least, such a person would become an Innate Dao Sovereign.

Connections and background prevailed above all else. This was the reality of the Prehistoric World; only those with connections could reach the end, standing at the pinnacle of Heaven and Earth.

Without connections, no matter how unrivaled the talent or extraordinary the aptitude, it was tough to achieve great things; becoming an immortal was even harder.

This was why, once cultivators reached a certain realm, all the powerful ones sought to accumulate Merit. What should one do if unable to connect with Great Divine Transcendents? Could they simply stop cultivating?

Not at all, accumulating Merit was also a viable path. It took the higher route, directly pleasing the Heavenly Dao, and establishing a relation with It, which was far more powerful than connecting with Great Divine Transcendents.

Cai Zhaoji, with good Fate and the help of Jiang Chen, managed to connect with the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi. This meant that in the future, at the very least, she could cultivate to the Dao Venerable Realm.

An Innate Dao Sovereign could be the foundation of a clan; even a being like Jiang Chen would regard such an individual with special esteem.

Jiang Chen took care of Cai Zhaoji not without reason; any being capable of becoming an Innate Dao Sovereign received his special care.

These were the Human Race’s future top battle forces; they deserved to be looked after. If they weren’t treated well, how could they feel compelled to fight for the Human Race in the future?

Everything was reciprocal, and the same held true for racial relations; you couldn’t just think about making your people sacrifice without reciprocally supporting them. A race that merely exploited its people was doomed to be short-lived.

"Could I also stand shoulder to shoulder with them?" Cai Zhaoji said, a bit unsure of herself.

Jiang Chen would say she was stronger than a princess, which she believed, because she sincerely didn’t think she was inferior to a princess. However, when Jiang Chen compared her to heavenly maidens, Cai Zhaoji felt unsure.

This was akin to, in modern society, suddenly telling a young person they could compare to Huo Qubing; anyone with a bit of self-awareness would not have the confidence to admit that.

"Otherwise, even if you don’t believe in yourself, you should believe in the Heavenly Emperor, right? By belittling yourself this way, aren’t you just embarrassing His Majesty?" Jiang Chen said with a smile. It was normal to feel unsure; this showed Cai Zhaoji hadn’t been dazzled by what she had gained. If she had directly claimed she could match the heavenly maidens, then Jiang Chen would have had to find a way to bring her back to her senses.

It’s like saying, three hundred years ago, someone pointed to Jiang Chen and claimed that within three hundred years, he would compare to the Heavenly Emperor.

If Jiang Chen had heard that back then, he wouldn’t have felt honored, but would have inwardly cursed the speaker as a fool.

Bragging too has its limits, not following any basic principles at all, claiming to compare to the Heavenly Emperor in three hundred years; why didn’t he claim surpassing the Taoist Ancestors in three thousand years?

As Jiang Chen was speaking with Cai Zhaoji, outside the palace, another divine light descended from the sky, transforming into a supremely beautiful woman dressed in a palace robe, serenely carrying a Lotus Lamp, she leisurely walked towards the main hall.

This lady was none other than the Third Holy Mother, Yang Chan.

To welcome her, Jiang Chen’s arrangements were very solemn, even more so than for the Immortal Chang’e. It wasn’t because Yang Chan was the niece of the Jade Emperor, nor because her brother was Yang Jian, but because of her teacher.

Few knew that the Third Holy Mother’s teacher was the Old Mother of Li Mountain. And who was the Old Mother of Li Mountain? Many said she was an Innate Saint, a top Great Divine Transcendent of the Prehistoric World. In fact, the Old Mother was Empress Nuwa’s good corpse.

From her title, one could discern this; Li Mountain was Empress Nuwa’s Taoist Field. Apart from Empress Nuwa, who in the Prehistoric World would dare use Li Mountain as their title?

Yang Chan’s true backing was never her brother Yang Jian, but her teacher, the Old Mother of Li Mountain. That’s why, although both were fugitives of Heaven Court, Yang Jian was always hunted by heavenly soldiers. Yet Yang Chan was always leisurely, even having obtained the supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Treasure Lotus Lantern.

Yang Jian was merely a third-generation disciple of the Chan Teaching; what concept is that? Look at the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Teaching, how many of them truly devoted themselves to nurturing disciples? Basically, they all used rapid methods.

They never treated these individuals as disciples, but as tool people, to replace themselves in undergoing tribulations. How much care could they give?

It’s also no strange twist of fate that Yang Jian’s life was filled with hardships, chased by heavenly soldiers—how could one know that this wasn’t the Jade Emperor saving him?

Master Yuding took Yang Jian as a disciple, intending to use him to undergo his own tribulations.

And what fate befell third-generation disciples of the Chan Teaching? Aside from Yang Jian and Nezha, all died in battle. It can be said, becoming a disciple to replace their teachers in tribulations essentially meant a certain death.

Then why did Yang Jian and Nezha survive? It was all related to their experiences.

In his early years, Yang Jian was pursued by the Jade Emperor, later achieving success in cultivation. Because of his mission to save his mother, he had several intense confrontations with the Jade Emperor, enduring countless battles and overcoming numerous tribulations.

Once he successfully rescued his mother, the force of tribulation on him had already exhausted, and he successfully escaped the Enshrinement Calamity. At that time, Yang Jian headed to the Zhou Dynasty, and having escaped the calamity, natürlich couldn’t die within the Enshrinement Calamity.