Jade Cauldron True Person's Doubt, Jade Cauldron True Person Finds Yang Erlang!

Kunlun Mountain, Jade Void Palace's main hall.

After Yuanshi Tianzun expelled Shen Gongbao from the Jade Void Palace, Yuanshi Tianzun looked at Antarctic Immortal and said, "Antarctic Immortal, convey my decree!"

"Shen Gongbao has been expelled from the Jade Void Palace by me!"

"From this day forth, none of the Twelve Golden Immortals, whoever they may be, may assist Shen Gongbao again."

"And should you encounter Shen Gongbao disrupting Ziya's grand plan of Investiture, you may kill him on sight!"

Antarctic Immortal respectfully replied, "Yes, Master. This disciple shall immediately convey Master's decree!"

Yuanshi Tianzun nodded.

Antarctic Immortal respectfully bowed to Yuanshi Tianzun. "This disciple takes his leave!"

With that, Antarctic Immortal left the Jade Void Palace's main hall.

At the same time, at the foot of an unnamed mountain, Shen Gongbao withdrew his hateful gaze.

Shen Gongbao said, "If this place won't keep me, another place surely will."

With that, Shen Gongbao glanced in a direction, leaped into the air, and vanished into the void, speeding eastward.

Jade Spring Mountain, Golden Glow Cave.

An elderly man with white hair and beard, carrying the immortal bearing of one who had transcended the mortal world, sat cross-legged atop an enormous cloud platform.

This man was Jade Cauldron True Person, one of the Elucidation Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals.

Just then, Jade Cauldron True Person, whose eyes had been tightly shut, abruptly opened them.

Jade Cauldron True Person said, "That shouldn't be."

"According to the Heavenly Dao's guidance, the disciple who is meant to take me as his master should already have arrived at Jade Spring Mountain by now."

"What exactly is going on? Could it be that my disciple, whom I have never met, has yet to receive the Heavenly Dao's guidance?"

For a moment, Jade Cauldron True Person pondered what could have happened.

Jade Cauldron True Person said, "I can wait no longer. I must make the trip myself!"

At once, Jade Cauldron True Person rose and left Golden Glow Cave on Jade Spring Mountain.

In the void, guided by the faint promptings within his mind, Jade Cauldron True Person glanced in a direction.

Then Jade Cauldron True Person sped through the void toward Yong Province, one of Great Shang's Nine Provinces.

Following the Heavenly Dao's guidance in his mind, Jade Cauldron True Person determined that the disciple he was to take in was in Yong Province Commandery of Great Shang.

After the time it took an incense stick to burn, Jade Cauldron True Person arrived in Yong Province and stood suspended in the void.

Jade Cauldron True Person raised a hand and began calculating. A moment later, he opened his eyes.

Smiling, Jade Cauldron True Person nodded. "I found you!"

With that, Jade Cauldron True Person's figure flickered, and he vanished from the void.

At this time, Yang Family Village, Yong Province Commandery.

A burly young man was carrying a bow and crossbow as he searched the mountains for prey.

Just then, the young man spotted a spirit deer.

The young man's eyes lit up, and he softly said, "You'll do."

With that, the young man swiftly nocked his bow and casually drew a feathered arrow from behind his back.

Seizing the moment, he held the bow in his left hand, and the arrow in his right shot forth like a streak of light toward the spirit deer.

Whoosh!

Then, with a thud, the spirit deer let out a miserable cry.

Immediately afterward, the spirit deer fell to the ground.

The young man swiftly put away his bow and crossbow and hurried over to where the spirit deer had fallen.

The spirit deer on the ground weighed at least six or seven hundred jin.

The young man was overjoyed.

The young man said, "Excellent! This will let Father and the others properly nourish their bodies."

He then grabbed the spirit deer by its two forelegs with both hands. With a burst of strength, he hoisted the enormous deer onto his back.

Carrying the spirit deer, the young man headed toward home.

Just then, a figure sped into the void above the area where the young man stood.

With a sweep of his Primordial Spirit, Jade Cauldron True Person discovered the young man carrying a massive spirit deer on his back.

Jade Cauldron True Person smiled. "At last, I've found you."

With that, Jade Cauldron True Person descended from the void and landed directly in the young man's path.

Before long, the young man, carrying the spirit deer, saw an elderly man with white hair and beard, bearing the air of an immortal, blocking his way.

The young man set down the spirit deer and asked, "Elder Daoist, why are you blocking my path?"

Smiling, Jade Cauldron True Person said, "Young man, I came precisely to find you."

The young man's face filled with surprise and confusion.

The young man asked, "Elder Daoist, you are?"

Jade Cauldron True Person said, "Young man, what is your name? Where do you live?"

The young man replied, "Elder Daoist, I'm second among my siblings. Everyone calls me Yang Erlang!"

"My home is Yang Family Village, not far from here!"

Jade Cauldron True Person nodded. "Yang Erlang, how about I accompany you to Yang Family Village for a look?"

Yang Erlang said, "All right."

Afterward, Yang Erlang hoisted the spirit deer onto his back again and led Jade Cauldron True Person toward Yang Family Village.

Before long, Yang Erlang returned to Yang Family Village, carrying an enormous spirit deer and leading an old Daoist with white hair and beard, who bore the air of an immortal.

At once, the people of Yang Family Village were utterly shocked to see Yang Erlang carrying such a massive spirit deer.

"Yang Erlang, where did you hunt such a huge spirit deer?"

"This is the largest spirit deer I've ever seen."

"Yang Erlang, who is the elder Daoist beside you?"

"Yang Erlang, this enormous spirit deer is probably enough to feed your family of five for a month, isn't it?"

"Yang Erlang, where did you hunt it? Tell us so we can try our luck too. Maybe we'll manage to hunt one as well?"

For a time, the villagers of Yang Family Village all greeted Yang Erlang.

With a smile on his face, Yang Erlang answered the villagers of Yang Family Village one by one.

Before long, Yang Erlang carried the spirit deer and brought Jade Cauldron True Person back to his home.

While still at the gate, Yang Erlang shouted, "Father, Mother, Elder Brother, Third Sister, come and look!"

The moment Yang Erlang finished speaking, four people rushed out of his house.

They were a middle-aged couple, a young man who resembled Yang Erlang, and a young woman of seventeen or eighteen.

When the middle-aged couple, the young man, and the young woman saw the spirit deer on Yang Erlang's back and Jade Cauldron True Person beside him, their mouths fell open in shock, their faces filled with astonishment.

The middle-aged couple asked, "Erlang, where did you hunt such a huge spirit deer?"

"That's right, Second Brother. This spirit deer is far too big, isn't it?"

"Second Brother, this spirit deer should be enough for our family to eat for over a month, right?"

"And who is the elder Daoist beside you?"

At once, the middle-aged couple, the young man, and the young woman began questioning Yang Erlang.

Yang Erlang said, "Father, Mother, I hunted it deep in the mountains behind Yang Family Village."

"This spirit deer is the largest one I've ever seen. It truly is enough for our family to eat for a month."

The middle-aged couple said, "Erlang, aren't you going to introduce the elder Daoist beside you?"

The young man and young woman also looked at Yang Erlang with puzzled expressions.

Just as Yang Erlang was about to speak, Jade Cauldron True Person spoke first.

Jade Cauldron True Person said, "This poor Daoist is Jade Cauldron True Person. I am fated with Yang Erlang!"

The middle-aged couple, the young man, and the young woman carefully examined Jade Cauldron True Person.

They discovered that Jade Cauldron True Person possessed an otherworldly bearing.

Although Jade Cauldron True Person's hair and beard were both white, he showed none of the lifeless aura common to the elderly.

The middle-aged couple hurriedly asked, "Elder Daoist, are you an immortal?"

Jade Cauldron True Person shook his head.

Seeing Jade Cauldron True Person shake his head, the middle-aged couple, the young man, and the young woman all looked disappointed.