Legend Management Bureau Chapter 102

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“Good heavens… I’m a little confused…” Du Yu looked at the people beside him. Yang Jian, Nezha, Zhang Jian, the Queen Mother of the West, and Chang’e were all there.

But he did not have them added as friends on his Moments. How did these people get here?

Du Yu pondered for a moment and could only bow to the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West first. “You two leaders… I hope you’ve been well…”

The two of them froze simultaneously, then looked at each other and asked, “You know each other too?”

Zhang Jian smiled first and cupped his hands toward the Queen Mother of the West. “Reporting to the Queen Mother, before ascending to godhood, I had a relationship with this man. Without him, I would never have been able to be deified. He is my benefactor, and also my sir.”

The Queen Mother of the West also bowed slightly to the Jade Emperor. At this moment, she was elegant and poised, completely transformed into a human form, no longer a ‘big cat’.

“So that is how it is. I also had a brief encounter with this person in ancient times, but to think he is actually an operator for the Legend Management Bureau.”

Seeing this, the Four Heavenly Kings hurriedly knelt down to bow and said, “Your subordinates are guilty. We did not know this person was an immortal and almost arrested him.”

“No matter,” the Queen Mother of the West said coldly. “This is your duty, so I do not blame you. Quickly take Mo Lihai to heal his injuries. You may step down for now.”

“Ah! Sir!” The Jade Emperor took a step forward and said, “Didn’t you have Nezha and Yang Jian tell me that it would take another day or two for you to arrive? How did you get here so suddenly?”

“Uh…” Du Yu suddenly remembered that he had told those two it would take him ‘a day or two to sort things out’.

“Indeed, Operator.” Yang Jian cupped his hands at Du Yu. “We thought you would arrive tomorrow at the earliest, so no one paid any attention today. If we had not heard Mo Lihai’s demonic sound just now and come to take a look, we would not have noticed you at all.”

“Haha, yes.” Zhang Jian also chimed in, “Fortunately, the Queen Mother and I went to welcome a group of fairies to the banquet, so we managed to catch you right on time.”

“This…” Du Yu smiled awkwardly. “I thought you guys came because you saw my Moments post…”

“Moments?” Zhang Jian chuckled. “The Queen Mother and I are getting old. We don’t know how to play around with those things you young people use.”

Chang’e smiled and said, “Brother Pang Meng, I saw it!”

“Huh?”

Chang’e took out her phone and said, “But you are quite mischievous, writing, ‘Someone is giving out freebies at the entrance of the South Heaven Gate, come quickly to claim them.’ Anyway, I wouldn’t have come even after reading that…”

“Haha! Is that so?” Du Yu laughed. “So it was my mistake!”

As soon as his voice fell, a plump white rabbit popped out from Chang’e’s shoulder. It looked at Du Yu, then directly stretched out a paw pointing at him, jumping up and dancing with joy.

“Ah! Big Brother Dayi!” Du Yu exclaimed, going up to hug the white rabbit.

This truly was like running into an old friend in a foreign land.

“Big Brother Dayi?” Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment. “Why does that sound so familiar? Is there something strange about that white rabbit?”

“Ah!” Chang’e let out a cry. “Reporting to the Jade Emperor… this is just my personal spirit pet. It is nothing special…”

Du Yu naturally knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. He had promised Chang’e to help keep her secret. Just as he was wondering what to do, the Queen Mother of the West spoke up.

“He did not say ‘Big Brother Dayi’, but rather ‘what a big white rabbit’.”

Du Yu was startled, not knowing why the Queen Mother of the West had suddenly helped him out of his predicament. He hurriedly smiled apologetically and said, “Bi… The Queen Mother is right! It really is a big white rabbit.”

“Hmph, insolent.” The Queen Mother of the West let out a delicate snort. “I was not speaking to you; I am speaking to the Jade Emperor.”

Du Yu thought to himself, ‘This Queen Mother’s tsundere habits haven’t changed even after thousands of years.’

“Sir!” Zhang Jian no longer dwelled on the matter and turned to Du Yu. “Since you are here, we must have a good get-together! This Emperor has a lot to say to you!”

Du Yu forced a silly smile. Zhang Jian definitely had a lot to say to him. After all, from Zhang Jian’s perspective, the two had been separated for three thousand years, but Du Yu had just seen him three days ago.

“Alright, Leader, then let’s catch up…”

Du Yu followed Zhang Jian and was about to head toward the South Heaven Gate when he suddenly noticed Nezha gazing at him affectionately from a short distance away.

“Uh…” Du Yu knew things were bad. Just now, he had let Yingning block the Four Heavenly Kings while he ran around blindly, unconsciously using a divine ability to ‘split up with a magical treasure’. Nezha had probably recognized him by now. What should he do?

Only one thought remained in Du Yu’s mind: he needed to find some time to go online and search for the second verse of the ‘Young Hero Little Nezha’ theme song to see if he could keep up the act for another three thousand years.

“Trend…” Nezha parted his lips slightly and murmured, “God of Trends, I have finally found you…”

“What?” Du Yu was taken aback. “No, why did you deify me too?”

Nezha acted as if he had not heard him. He stepped forward, grabbed Du Yu’s hand, and pleaded, “Rainbow Tower, Heavenly King Palace Commercial Street. After you finish catching up with the Jade Emperor, you must come here to see me!”

Du Yu smiled awkwardly and replied, “No problem, no problem…”

“I’ll head back first to let them prepare…”

“Prepare?” Before Du Yu could ask for clarification, Nezha summoned the inline skates on his feet and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

“It seems like I’ve ruined Nezha quite badly…” Du Yu muttered as he watched Nezha’s handsome receding figure. “I wonder if he has any friends in the Heavenly Court…”

“Sir, shall we go?” Zhang Jian completely ignored Nezha and addressed Du Yu.

“Oh, sure!”

“Then I will take the fairies to prepare first.” The Queen Mother of the West also bowed to the Jade Emperor and said, “The ‘Mini Peach Banquet’ is about to begin shortly. I hope the Jade Emperor will not disturb us.”

“Oh, oh.” The Jade Emperor agreed awkwardly.

The Queen Mother of the West turned her head to look at Du Yu again, as if she wanted to say something, but she remained silent. She led the group of breathtakingly beautiful fairies straight toward the South Heaven Gate. As soon as they passed through the archway made of colored glaze, their figures seemed to vanish instantly, not appearing on the other side of the arch.

“So it’s an Anywhere Door?” Du Yu said.

“What did you say, Sir?” the Jade Emperor asked.

“Nothing, it’s nothing.”

Zhang Jian smiled without a word. He nodded at Du Yu, grabbed his wrist, and walked into the South Heaven Gate.

Upon entering this massive archway, Du Yu saw the scenery before him change abruptly. In the previously empty midair, thousands of grand mansions now stood. Every single building was incomparably colossal, wreathed in clouds and mist, presenting an utterly magnificent sight. Countless immortals were flying everywhere in the sky, bustling about and darting in all directions.

Du Yu had seen this kind of scene once before when he arrived at the Gates of Hell. However, the dark and freezing Underworld could not be compared to the Heavenly Court in the slightest.

“Sir, if you do not enter the South Heaven Gate, you cannot reach the Heavenly Court,” Zhang Jian explained. “The South Heaven Gate is the entrance connecting the mortal realm and the immortal realm.”

“So it really is a portal…” Du Yu nodded. “No wonder ordinary people can’t find the location of the Heavenly Court.”

“Today happens to be the time for the ‘Mini Peach Banquet’. Normally, the Heavenly Court is not this busy.” Zhang Jian walked forward, introducing the place like a tour guide.

“Boss, I’ve heard of the ‘Peach Banquet’, but what is this ‘Mini Peach Banquet’?”

“Hehe.” Zhang Jian chuckled awkwardly. “How should I put it? It’s similar to what mortals call an ‘elite socialite afternoon tea’. Only female immortals can attend. Everyone chats and takes photos at the gathering. At first, it was meant for the many fairies to share their cultivation experiences, but later on, everyone basically started sharing beauty tips and photo-editing tricks. The hosts are the Queen Mother of the West and the Weaver Girl. Sometimes they also invite fairies from other countries to participate, so it gets extremely lively.”

“‘Weaver Girl’… is that the Weaver Girl from the story of ‘The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl’?”

“Yes, the Weaver Girl is the daughter of the previous emperor,” Zhang Jian nodded.

“The previous emperor?” Du Yu paused. “What… was there someone else in charge here before you came?”

“It’s a long story, Sir.” Zhang Jian smiled and turned to Du Yu. “The world says that the ‘Jade Emperor’ is the ‘Vast Heaven God’, but in fact, the ‘Vast Heaven God’ is someone else entirely. He simply abdicated after I ascended the throne.”

“You’d better not tell me…” Du Yu shook his head. “The more I know, the higher the chances of things going wrong.”

“Hahaha, true, true. You have a special status, Sir. You will naturally learn what you need to know in due time.”

Not long after the two of them walked through the South Heaven Gate, a carriage flew over from afar. The carriage was driverless; only a white horse flew over on its own, treading upon the clouds.

“Let’s go, Sir. I’ll take you for a spin.”

Zhang Jian turned around, pulled Du Yu up, and helped him into the carriage. The two of them immediately rose into the air, slowly circling over the entire Heavenly Court.

“Look, Sir. Counting from this side, there are thirty-six colossal palaces in total. They are what mortals refer to as the ‘Thirty-Six Palaces of Heaven’. I will introduce them to you one by one.”

“One by one…?” Du Yu instantly felt a headache coming on.

“This place here is the Sun Palace. Further ahead is the Palace of Transforming Joy, Cloud Tower Palace, and Qionghua Palace. Oh, Sir, look, the largest one over there is the Zixiao Palace, and the furthest one is called the Moon Palace…”

“Boss… there’s no need to introduce them one by one…” Du Yu gave an awkward smile. “Even if you tell me, I won’t be able to remember them.”

“That’s true.” Zhang Jian nodded. “You will naturally remember them once you interact with them more in the future.”

“Interact with them more?” Du Yu didn’t understand. Did Zhang Jian want him to visit frequently in the future?

“Next, I’ll introduce the Seventy-Two Halls to you, Sir…”

“Ah?!” Du Yu visibly revealed an expression of despair. After the thirty-six palaces, there were still seventy-two halls?

“Counting from our left hand side, the first one is the Lingxu Hall, followed by the Baoguang Hall, Tongming Hall, Chuli Hall, Heavenly King Hall…”

“Boss, Boss!” Du Yu waved his hand and pleaded, “Weren’t we going to catch up? Let’s talk about these things later…”

Hearing this, Zhang Jian fell silent for a brief moment, then turned his head to look at Du Yu, and said,

“Sir, do you really not want to take a look at this Heavenly Court first?”

“The Heavenly Court is quite beautiful.” Du Yu smiled awkwardly. “But I just wanted to come and see you. As for these buildings, let’s appreciate them one by one when there’s a chance.”

“But Sir, if you do not firmly remember the locations of the thirty-six palaces and seventy-two halls, how am I to give half of this Heavenly Court to you to manage?”