yang jian illusion

Nezha left immediately on his Wind-FireWheels. YangJian was slowly approaching on his horse. When a violent and strange wind whirled to- wards him he realized that the effigy must have been stolen. He hastily dismounted, grabbed a handful of earth, and threw it high into the air, shouting, "Quick, quick! There's no time for delay."
He then sat at the roadside to see what would happen. Chen Jiugong and YaoShaosi were delighted at their success. Spotting the Shang camp not far ahead, they descended from the air and asked General Deng Zhong, who was on patrol, to announce their successful return. When they were summoned, they saw Grand Tutor Wen sitting in a chair.
"How did the raid go?" Grand Tutor Wen asked.
"When we got there we saw that Jiang Ziya was just bowing in wor- ship. We seized the opportunity to snatch the effigy."
The Grand Tutor was delighted. "Give it to me."
Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi handed it to him, and the Grand Tutor looked it over, put it in his sleeves, and ordered, "You may go to see your master now and tell him of your success."
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As Chen and Yao walked to the back camp, they heard a roar of thunder behind them. They turned to look, and found to their astonishment that the camp had disappeared, leaving them standing in the wilderness. They were trying to puzzle it out when a man appeared on a white horse.
"Give me back the effigy at once!" the man cried. Chen and Yao rushed furiously at the man, each wielding a pair of
swords. Yang Jian hastily defended himself with his halberd. Their weapons clashed resoundingly through the darkness of the night. Before long, Nezha arrived on his Wind-Fire Wheels, and when he saw the fierce fight, he got down and joined in.
Chen and Yao were no match for Yang Jian, and when Nezha joined in, their position was even more hopeless. Within a few minutes, Nezha stabbed Yao Shaosi to death, and Yang Jian penetrated Chen Jiugong's breast. Their souls flew together to the Terrace of Creation.

"The effigy was robbed, and I was ordered to recover it," Nezha told him.
"I've already got it back, Brother," said Yang Jian happily. "I saw them riding on the dust, raising a strange wind. I thought they might be the robbers and transformed myself into the image of Grand Tutor Wen to deceive them and retrieve the effigy. Thanks to your help, both of them are now dead."

Investiture of the Gods - Translated by Gu Zhizhong