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Chapter 46 Is there only one gatekeeper at the South Heavenly Gate?
Before Shen Yi could even go to the Heavenly Court to rescue his wife, Zi'er had already returned.
It turns out that in order to completely sever Zi'er's desire for the mortal world, the Queen Mother ordered the Old Man of the Moon to prepare a potion of forgetfulness. By the way, Shen Yi felt that the potion of forgetfulness probably required some kind of tragedy as a catalyst, otherwise there would be no way to explain why the Old Man of the Moon did something so immoral when preparing it, making Zhu Yingtai marry Ma Wencai and ignoring Romeo and Juliet.
However, Zi'er didn't drink the bowl of green forgetfulness potion in the end. Instead, the Third Princess Huang'er and the Fourth Princess Lü'er switched it and "offered" it to the Queen Mother. It's estimated that at this moment, the majestic Queen Mother of the Three Realms is probably leading the immortals in a square dance in the Seven Immortals Pavilion.
Several "filial" daughters, seeing that their mother could no longer even recognize herself, ran to the prison with beaming smiles, dragged Shunfeng'er to take the place of the jar, and locked him up inside in the form of Zi'er.
Shen Yi: ……
As expected of Consort Hua, she shows no mercy even when dealing with her own mother!
I didn't think much of it before, but now that I think about it carefully, this isn't saving people, it's practically courting death!
Shen Yicai then remembered that there was indeed such a scene in the original plot. According to the original storyline, when Zi'er returned, she saw Dong Yong and Chunxi getting married. She was heartbroken, vomited a mouthful of blood, and fainted on the spot.
But now Dong Yong is focused on running his kindergarten in the village, surrounded by a group of orphans calling him "Director Dong" every day. How could he have the mind to get married?
Chunxi married Yu Ri early on, and the two spent their days either researching new inventions or playing with Yu Ri's toys. Their life was both chaotic and sweet.
Now that Shen Yi only has Cheng'er by his side, Zi'er can't possibly be jealous of her second sister, so naturally she wouldn't vomit blood.
"Shen Lang!"
Zi'er threw herself into Shen Yi's arms, her tears soaking a large patch of his clothes. The couple had finally reunited, so naturally they couldn't help but be affectionate with each other. Cheng'er, watching from the side, pursed her lips, feeling a little jealous.
"Zi'er, do you believe me?"
Shen Yi held her and comforted her softly for a while before speaking seriously.
"Shen Lang, what are you saying? Of course I believe you."
Zi'er looked at Shen Yi with deep affection, her tone firm.
Shen Yi was deeply moved. Although his pursuit of Zi'er was similar to that of Yu Ri—purely wanting to find a fairy to be his wife—Zi'er's kindness and deep affection truly touched him.
"This is a magical artifact that my second sister and I created to protect me."
Shen Yi removed the Tai Chi pendant from his neck and whispered to Zi'er, "I need you to imbue it with life."
"Hmph, I only provided some assistance; I didn't help much."
Upon hearing this, Cheng'er turned her head away, her face full of arrogance.
The arrogant girl has retired from the meta!
"Really?"
Zi'er looked delighted. Over the years, she had seen many of the inventions that Shen Yi and Yu Ri had come up with. Although most of them were made by Yu Ri, the products under Shen Yi's guidance were the truly useful ones. Otherwise, Yu Ri and Shen Yi would not have become the richest people in the town.
Now that he heard that Shen Yi actually possessed power comparable to that of gods, how could he not be happy?
"Yes, with this power, I have leverage in negotiations."
Shen Yi said in a deep voice, "Although 'Happy Seven Fairies' is a light comedy with a happy ending, there are still hardships to come. Not to mention that now, because of his intrusion, the plot has changed from the beginning. The Queen Mother of the West will not let him be with Zi'er just because of a few words from Shen Yi."
"negotiation?"
Zi'er looked up in surprise.
"That's right. Neither the Queen Mother of the West drinking the potion of forgetfulness nor the story of Shunfeng'er taking the jar as a substitute are long-term solutions. As the saying goes, you can run away from the first day of the month but not the fifteenth. Rather than waiting for your mother to find out and arrest you, I'd rather take the initiative to go to the Heavenly Court and marry you openly and honorably."
When Zi'er heard him say that he was going to the Heavenly Court to face the Queen Mother, she was first startled, but seeing his determined expression, a surge of courage welled up in her heart.
She reached out as instructed and channeled her purple immortal power into the Tai Chi pendant around Shen Yi's neck. A soft purple light entered the Tai Chi diagram, and the pattern emitted purple and orange hues, with the two energies complementing each other.
"Are you done talking? If you're done, it's time to go."
Cheng'er stood to the side with her arms crossed, saying that she was getting envious the more she looked.
Shen Yi also felt a little guilty. He had just said "I want all seven fairies" in the chat group, which was just talk. After all, if he really wanted all seven, the Queen Mother would be the first to disagree. But now, it felt like Cheng'er really meant it.
Oh no, am I going to end up as a groom divided into seven parts?
After hanging the Tai Chi pendant back around his neck, Shen Yi used the flight system built into the origami battle suit to fly by converting runes. He took Zi'er's hand, nodded to Cheng'er, and flew towards the Heavenly Court with Cheng'er.
To be honest, there are many flaws in the Heavenly Court of this world. For example, right now there is only one Thousand-Mile Eye outside the South Heavenly Gate—speaking of which, is there only one gatekeeper at the South Heavenly Gate? No, we should also add one Wind-Following Ear, but having only two is still absurd!
Upon arriving at the Seven Fairy Palace, the atmosphere changed drastically.
The fairy palace where the seven fairies lived was nothing like the orthodox mythological palaces with flying eaves and carved beams. Instead, it was a huge European-style domed building, pure white as jade, with colorful glazed tiles inlaid on the dome. Under the fairy light, it was dazzling and looked like a castle in a fairy tale from afar.
However, despite its unexpected style, its magnificent and resplendent grandeur is in no way inferior to any immortal's residence—at least it is much more exquisite than those in TV dramas.
As soon as the three entered the Seven Fairy Palace, before they even saw the other fairies, they saw the Queen Mother of the West dancing gracefully with a man with messy hair.
The man was thin and bony, with messy, upright hair. He wore a drab gray robe and his smile was so obsequious it was almost dripping with oil.
Shen Yi raised an eyebrow. He recognized the man—wasn't this the villainous jinx from the original story?
I don't know when it started, but a trend of "exonerating" villains has become popular online.
Take this jinx for example. People often say that he was just a low-level employee who wanted to improve himself and become an immortal, but his boss didn't give him a chance and suppressed him at every turn, which forced him to turn evil.
It sounds reasonable and sympathetic, but if you look closely at his actions from beginning to end, you will find that before he met the Shadow King, he was a sophisticated egoist at heart.
In order to win the favor of the princesses, he used a sleep-inducing drug to knock out Shunfeng'er, and transformed into Zi'er to help the princesses dance at the Peach Banquet, thus finding an opportunity to curry favor.
In order to curry favor with the Barefoot Immortal, he promptly revealed the truth about Zi'er's unauthorized descent to the mortal realm.
Now it's even better. Seizing the opportunity when the Queen Mother is out of her mind after drinking the potion of forgetfulness, he goes up to her and dances with her, hoping to gain favor with her while she's not thinking clearly, so that the Queen Mother will bestow upon him the title of an immortal.
Of course, it's also true that the gods in Heaven don't do human things: not only is it as difficult as ascending to heaven to become a high immortal, but the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King also looked down on the Broom Star, who hadn't made any mistakes, in front of the entire court, believing that he was not worthy of attending the Peach Banquet.