Chapter 448: Not a Good Person
Now, facing Di Jun, the Jade Emperor clearly hadn't expected him to possess such power. He thought to himself that this must all be thanks to Ye Tian's guidance—without it, there was no way Di Jun could've raised his strength so drastically in such a short time.
"Ye Tian, this is all your fault!"
"Yes, it's me. So what? Jade Emperor, don't tell me you can't even handle someone I personally trained?"
At that moment, Ye Tian looked at him as if he were watching a clown.
He had even resorted to bringing the King of Hell (King Yama) to deal with him—absolutely shameless. And this was the kind of person fit to rule the Heavenly Court?
Now, Ye Tian looked at the Jade Emperor and said, "How about this? You give us compensation, and we'll leave. A thousand peaches of immortality. Sound fair?"
"What? Are you trying to rob me?"
The Jade Emperor felt completely powerless against Ye Tian. Though the Heavenly Court was vast and well-staffed, none of that seemed to matter when facing Ye Tian.
"Seize them for me!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Since he couldn't handle Ye Tian and Di Jun on his own, he figured he'd rely on the advantage of numbers—surely, with enough people attacking together, they could take them down.
"Oh? So you realize you can't take us one-on-one, and now you're planning a group ambush?"
Ye Tian turned to Di Jun. "So, what's your plan?"
"I'll follow your lead."
"Good."
Ye Tian nodded. He knew that if Di Jun kept fighting, the toll on his body would be enormous. So right then, Ye Tian said, "As the saying goes, 'Keep the green hills, and you'll never lack firewood.' Di Jun, let's pull back for now."
"Retreat?"
"Yes, Di Jun. We'll have plenty more chances in the future."
With that, Ye Tian took Di Jun and left. The Jade Emperor, seeing them walk away, was stunned. Why were they leaving?
What the Jade Emperor didn't know was that Di Jun's body had already been pushed to the brink. If he continued to fight, there was a real risk he'd lose control of his power and fall into madness.
And if that happened, the damage would be far more severe.
As Ye Tian and Di Jun left, the Jade Emperor slammed his hand down on the dragon throne and said, "You see that? That Ye Tian is getting more arrogant by the day! Immortals, what do you propose we do about him?"
Taibai Jinxing stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Ye Tian's strength is truly formidable. I fear no one here is a match for him."
Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, added, "That's right. Ye Tian is really powerful. Defeating him isn't something one person can achieve. With numbers, though, maybe we'd stand a chance."
"Useless! All of you! What's the point of the Heavenly Court raising you if all you can do is talk like this?"
All the Jade Emperor could do was complain—he had no other options. He didn't know how to deal with Ye Tian either.
After returning to the cave, Di Jun asked Ye Tian, "Why didn't we just finish him off while we had the chance?"
"You didn't notice? Your body had already hit its limit. If we hadn't pulled back when we did, you could've spiraled out of control and suffered a serious backlash."
"Really? I honestly hadn't noticed."
"No worries. I know you want to change your fate, but destiny doesn't shift so easily. It takes absolute skill and effort. So even though we didn't defeat the Jade Emperor this time, I can tell you with full confidence—our chance will come. As long as the green hills stand, we'll have firewood to burn. Just because we didn't win today doesn't mean we won't in the future."
In truth, Ye Tian had never intended to defeat the Jade Emperor. If he'd wanted to, he could have crushed him with ease.
The only reason he said all this was to boost Di Jun's morale. Di Jun's dream was to defeat the Jade Emperor, and Ye Tian's encouragement was exactly what he needed.
Ye Tian then left Di Jun to train and went off to find Sun Wukong. Who knew how far along in the Journey to the West he'd gotten?
If it was possible, Ye Tian thought he'd try to persuade Sun Wukong not to continue the journey. Wouldn't it be better to become his disciple instead?
He'd already asked Sun Wukong several times to become his disciple, but Wukong had always refused.
"This time," Ye Tian thought, "I can't afford to fail again. If I do, I'll really lose face."
A little while later, Ye Tian located Wukong and the others. They were currently traveling along a mountain trail. At that moment, Zhu Bajie complained, "Ugh, I'm burning up! This heat is killing me!"
"Yeah, how about we take a break?" Tang Sanzang also felt the heat was unbearable.
"Alright, let's stop and rest. I'm going to feed the white dragon horse."
They all sat down together to rest. Just then, Ye Tian appeared before them. Seeing him, Tang Sanzang was surprised. "Ye Tian? What brings you here?"
"I'm here for Sun Wukong. I want him to become my disciple. What do you say, Wukong?"
When Sun Wukong heard this, he immediately replied, "Ye Tian, no way I'd be your disciple! My master is a remarkable man. You're not qualified!"
"Pfft!"
Ye Tian couldn't help but feel exasperated. What was going through Wukong's head?
"Wukong, I know you want to improve your strength. If you got stronger, it would make joining the Golden List Livestream easier, right?"
"But you want me to be your disciple? No can do. I, Sun Wukong, am a proud being. Not just anyone can be my master!"
If it were anyone else, Ye Tian might've been furious by now. Wukong claimed to be too proud to call anyone master—and yet, hadn't he become Tang Sanzang's disciple?
"You do realize that when you agreed to follow Tang Sanzang, it was only because Guanyin forced you, right? And you even had to wear that tight headband!"
"Why do you keep rubbing salt in my wounds? You're so rude!"
Sun Wukong glared at Ye Tian. This guy is definitely not a good person!
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