Yang Jian Arrives

"Yes, so this is serious. If you don't want to get scolded, you'd better go back early."

"Besides, the banquet will be starting soon. You won't be able to leave once it does, and if Her Majesty finds out..." At that point, Yang Chan gave Jiang Zhe a meaningful look.

The corner of Jiang Zhe's mouth twitched as he calmly sipped his tea.

What did this have to do with him?

Forget it, forget it. If the Peach Banquet really was still over two hundred years away, he should be able to work his way into the Heavenly Court by then.

"I understand." After saying that, Weaver Girl gave Jiang Zhe a reluctant look.

"Will you really go to the Heavenly Court someday?"

"I will, but it'll take time," Jiang Zhe explained patiently.

"Then remember to come find me as soon as you get there. You should have memorized the presence of the Weaver Girl Star, right?" Weaver Girl gazed at Jiang Zhe, her eyes sparkling like stars.

"I have." Jiang Zhe nodded slightly.

"All right, all right. Why does everything you're saying sound so strange?" Yang Chan spoke as she looked seriously at Weaver Girl.

Although she wanted to pretend she hadn't seen anything, it was precisely because she had experienced it herself that she knew just how cruel love between an immortal and a mortal could be.

Looking at Weaver Girl, she inexplicably thought of how her mother had done the same thing back then, descending from the heavens, only to meet such a fate in the end!

That "mortal" didn't just mean ordinary mortals; it included cultivators in the mortal world as well.

Even if Jiang Zhe really did go on to serve in the Heavenly Court someday!

She absolutely could not let thoughts of love take root!

"Since this matter has nothing to do with you, you should go back early, or leave Mount Hua behind as soon as you can. Things haven't been peaceful on Mount Hua lately."

"Not long ago, there was a fierce battle nearby, and people from Spirit Mountain were involved too." As Yang Chan said this, her expression grew even more serious.

"Ah, then I really do need to go back early. My eldest and second sisters are always telling me to stay away from those stinking bald women." Weaver Girl swallowed, then immediately rose and went to Jiang Zhe's side. She grabbed his hand as he admired the moonlight and pulled him to his feet, then waved to Yang Chan, ready to leave.

Although his conversation with Yang Chan had been brief, Jiang Zhe had gotten a sense of her personality and what she planned to do next.

If Yang Chan really intended to report the matter to True Lord Erlang, then he could indeed set aside his worries about this place for the time being.

With True Lord Erlang here, even Joyful Boy, or Joyful Buddha in person, wouldn't dare make another move against Yang Chan.

Meanwhile, he could lie low and spend some time slaying demons to grow stronger.

Otherwise, this task had practically turned him into Yang Chan's nanny.

When the two walked out of the courtyard, they found themselves back on the street by the Third Holy Mother's temple.

By now, night had fallen, and darkness and silence surrounded them.

There was hardly anyone left on the street. Holding Jiang Zhe's hand, Weaver Girl walked slowly along the stone-paved road.

She walked very slowly, as though reluctant to let go.

For some reason, Jiang Zhe felt as if he were on a date in his previous life, taking a stroll down the street after dinner with a new girlfriend.

But Jiang Zhe truly hadn't expected his relationship with Weaver Girl to become such a mess.

What kind of relationship did they have now?

If he really did replace Cowherd because of the butterfly effect, how much trouble would the end of this relationship bring?

But... even though he knew in his heart that the ending would be troublesome, Jiang Zhe inexplicably found himself enjoying this feeling of walking together.

But this was Journey to the West! It wasn't some ordinary mortal world!

There were gods and immortals, buddhas and ghosts!

"Hey, if I go back, will you miss me?" Weaver Girl suddenly asked Jiang Zhe as they walked.

"Probably?" Jiang Zhe glanced at Weaver Girl, whose eyes were full of expectation. Although he didn't know whether he would miss her in the future, saying yes now would at least make her a little happier.

"That's good. A day in heaven is a year on earth. Please don't make me wait hundreds of years, or I'm afraid I'll have forgotten you." Weaver Girl's expression was full of seriousness and unwillingness as she spoke.

"All right. I should be able to go within a hundred years." Jiang Zhe nodded. Having transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West, how could he be content without seeing the Heavenly Court for himself?

At the very least, he had to witness the so-called Havoc in Heaven with his own eyes.

To see the number one protagonist from his memories of his previous life, at the most unruly and powerful point in his life.

"All right, then I'll go back tomorrow night." Weaver Girl nodded.

The next second, without realizing it, the two had already reached the courtyard where they were staying.

And the instant he stepped inside, the Weaver Girl Star and the stars beside it simultaneously burst forth with dazzling light.

The light was so intense that even Yang Chan, who was reporting to her second brother below, froze for a moment.

"What is it? Has that Buddha power affected you?" Noticing Yang Chan's pause, the statue of a divine general holding a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd in front of her spoke in a puzzled voice.

"No, I just noticed that the moon is a little brighter than usual tonight," Yang Chan hurriedly explained in a fluster.

She didn't want her second brother to notice anything unusual about their cousin Weaver Girl's star.

"Is that so? Could Chang'e be neglecting her duties again?" Yang Jian frowned upon hearing this.

"Oh, why do you care so much? When are you coming over?" Yang Chan cut him off.

"I'm already on my way."

"But it's not the moon that's having a problem! It's the stars! Why has the Weaver Girl Star started flashing wildly? And what's going on with this shooting star next to it? Is it a newly appeared star official?" At that moment, Yang Jian, who was flying through the air on a cloud, stopped. The heavenly eye on his forehead flashed with golden light, piercing through the Thirty-Three Heavens and falling upon the endless, chaotic sea of stars.

The stars beside the Weaver Girl Star were shining ever more brightly.

At last, they joined into a sea of stars in the shape of an ox and cast a dazzling light upon the mortal world.

"A destiny star choosing its master, and with the Weaver Girl Star's help at that? Could this have something to do with Weaver Girl?" Yang Jian hovered in midair, his expression suddenly changing.

Hearing this, Yang Chan immediately grew anxious. "Aren't you uninterested in the Jade Emperor's family? Or are you planning to go see this so-called little cousin of yours?"

"Hmph! She'd better not let me see her!" Yang Jian snorted coldly, then put the matter out of his mind.

Compared to a little cousin he had never even met, his own sister was naturally more important.

Hearing the wind howling in her ear, Yang Chan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that her second brother had let the matter pass.

Fortunately, her second brother rarely had dealings with the immortals and gods of the Heavenly Court, so he didn't know that two stars suddenly intertwining meant a romance destined by heaven.