“Changgeng, what did you gain this time?”
In the Grand White Palace, Li Changshou’s main body had just returned to the Little Qiong Peak when the Jade Emperor’s incarnation arrived. Li Changshou could not help but think about it.
He deliberately let the Golden Roc fall behind by an hour and secretly rushed back first.
Is the Jade Emperor warning me on behalf of the Heavenly Dao, that all my actions are under watchful supervision?
Li Changshou looked at Marshal Quan Dong in front of him. He was still thinking if he should test him. Quan Dong asked again, “Has Senior Brother Tongtian found the Chaos Bell?”
Li Changshou heaved a sigh of relief. A third of the burden in his heart had been lifted.
“I found it, but the Chaos Bell refused to obey. I also know that there are too many negative karma in the sect and that it’s difficult to suppress. It’s still in a deadlock with the Grandmaster of Heaven.”
However, he could not tell the truth.
Fortunately, the outcome would not be much different.
Quan Dong asked about the interesting things that Li Changshou had done in the Chaos Sea. Li Changshou said that when he returned, he had used the Qi Gazing technique to see the lethal sword that was floating in the five continents.
“The Great Tribulation is circulating. It’s about to erupt.” Quan Dong smiled and patted Li Changshou’s shoulder. “From now on, it’s all up to you, Changgeng. I know that you are under a lot of pressure. The maintenance of the balance between the three Dao sects is enough to make you spend so much effort. You also have to be wary of the Western Sect’s schemes and to select the righteous gods for the Heavenly Courts. Ah, every time I think about how I placed all the pressure on you, I feel guilty.”
Li Changshou smiled and shook his head.
The Jade Emperor was clearly thinking too much.
“Your Majesty, don’t worry. I will not disappoint the Heavenly Courts,” Li Changshou said. “The God roll is in the Heavenly Courts, and so is the God-Conferment Golden Pillar. The initiative is actually in our hands. Among the three sects of the Dao Sect, I have some friends. However, the possibility of them entering the Tribulation is not high. They are all the personal disciples of the Saint. How can they be on the rankings so easily?”
Quan Dong smiled and did not say anything. He calmly changed the topic and went to the exclusive corner of the hall with Li Changshou’s paper effigy.
They roasted, squatted, and discussed the trend of the world.
On the Little Qiong Peak, Li Changshou’s main body hid in the secret underground chamber and attacked Ling’e.
A girl with a bun who was hugging her senior brother’s pillow and sleeping soundly did not know why she was covered with a thin blanket…
Immortals would not catch a cold anyway.
Li Changshou looked at his junior sister, who was sleeping soundly in the bed. Her beautiful face was flawless. At that moment, she was so obedient and cute. Hence, a deep sense of pity arose in his heart. He took out a stone slab and engraved a line of words. He used his immortal power to float the stone slab in front of her.
As long as he detected that she had opened her eyes, the stone slab would flicker and let her see the words written on it.
The Steadiness Sutra would have to be copied thousands of times!
Then, the stone slab would gently smash her head and help her quickly wake up.
He could not let go of his concern for his little junior sister.
Actually, thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had been traveling outside for so many years. Ling’e was like a hostage of the Heavenly Dao in the Heavenly Courts. He felt a little guilty.
If the Dao Ancestor did not open a backdoor for Ling’e’s Golden Immortal Tribulation, then…
It was too much.
At that moment, in the Lingxiao Hall, the Golden Roc landed on one knee and offered the Heavenly Fiend Supremacy’s Spirit Core to the Jade Emperor. He told the story of him and the four Mei Generals in the Chaos Sea.
The Jade Emperor naturally praised the Golden Roc and personally ordered the Heavenly Fiend Supremacy’s Spirit Core to be sealed and suppressed under the Netherworld Reincarnation Pagoda.
That was also an official precedent. In the future, if the Heavenly Courts needed to suppress the demons, they would first consider the Reincarnation Pagoda that was suppressed by a big shot who was at the front of the Heavenly Dao.
“The Netherworld’s Reincarnation Pagoda, the Jade Emperor’s certification and Taibai’s trust is the first place to suppress the demons and stay at home! The Heavenly Courts’ Netherworld has announced it.”
The master and servant pair were speechless.
With the Heavenly Fiend Supremacy’s Spirit Core being suppressed and sealed, the matter had temporarily come to an end.
There was no news from Jie School. The return of the Chaos Bell should have been covered by the Grandmaster of Heaven.
Li Changshou found an opportunity to return to the Grand Pure One Temple to deliver the Taiji Painting, the Cosmic Ruler, and the Floating Flame Flag. The Pagoda Master had become his necessary Dharma treasure companion.
Although he knew that he could not hide it from his teacher, Li Changshou still reported the situation in the Chaos Sea in detail.
The Grand Pure One did not express any opinion.
It should be said that the Grand Pure One rarely expressed his views on the matters of the world. It seemed that compared to the important matters of the Three Realms, the old Daoist priest with a thin face was more concerned about the marriage between his eldest disciple and his youngest disciple.
Hence, the master-disciple pair chatted affectionately for two years. Among the thirty-odd sentences, eighteen of them were asking the Great Daoist Master and Kong Xuan.
Li Changshou obtained a crucial piece of information from his teacher—why the Great Daoist Master was sleeping.
In fact, it was related to the Great Daoist Master’s mistake in cultivation back then. At that time, the Great Daoist Master did not suffer from Qi Deviation. He even walked on the path of cultivation that was completely opposite to Qi Deviation.
The main point of this path was to give up on oneself and fuse with the Dao.
The Grand Pure One attacked in time and saved the Great Daoist Master, who was supposed to have transformed into the Dao. After that, the Great Daoist Master had the number one Dao Realm below the Saint. However, he often lacked energy and liked to wander around the Great Dao in his sleep.
In other words, the Great Daoist Master was not interested in anything else.
Why would the Grand Pure One say that?
Before the God-Conferment Tribulation officially ended, he had given Li Changshou a small mission—to help the Great Daoist Master find his interest.
Li Changshou naturally did not dare to decline his teacher’s orders. He remembered that matter.
Grandmaster… Pfft!
The relationship master of Ren School was going to start tackling the “New Ship” topic again.
Li Changshou left the Grand Pure One Temple and ran to the Tushita Palace to get some precious spiritual herbs from Little Gold and Little Silver. Then, he returned to the Pill Chamber of the Little Qiong Peak.
This time, he was going to go all out!
Not only did he figure out the pills that could affect the seven emotions and six desires of mighty figures, but he also had to increase the stockpile of pills for the God-Conferment Tribulation in case of emergencies.
Things were different now. Li Changshou no longer needed to use Spirit Stones to obtain precious materials and spiritual herbs.
He could go to the Heavenly Palace’s butler, General Dongmu, and take it from the Heavenly Courts’ treasure vault.
He could directly order the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, the Immortal Alliance, the Heaven Ascension Hall, the Dragon Palace, and the Netherworld to quickly find some rare herbs for himself.
Of course, Li Changshou mostly used the former. He also paid attention to the problem of using authority.
At most, he would let Bai Ze and the Golden Roc run errands and help him get some herbs.
Speaking of alchemy, he had to mention the unique effect of Li Changshou’s Great Dao of Equalization on the medicinal properties of pills.
The process of refining pills was to let the medicinal properties of the herbs reach a certain balance.
Li Changshou’s attainments in alchemy were not low to begin with. He also had the Grand Supreme Elder’s alchemy comprehension and the Great Dao of Equalization. Although he could not refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill due to his Dao realm, he could already mass produce the Eight Revolutions Spirit Pill.
This pill refinement lasted for 33 years.
The set of pills that he had refined for the Great Daoist Master had been completed.
Next was the question of how to use it.
Li Changshou summoned Ao Yi and sent a few batches of pills to the Jade Void Palace, the Green Touring Palace, the Three-Immortal Island, the Luofu Cave, the Qianyuan Mountain, and the Jade Spring Mountain.
When Ao Yi returned and said that everyone would react, Li Changshou nodded with a smile and said, “Ao Yi, accompany me out this time.”
Ao Yi was stunned. He immediately replied, “Alright, where are we going?”
“Anshui City.”
Li Changshou stretched his back. The paper effigy transformed into a paper effigy. Its main body came from the back of the hall. He was dressed in a blue robe and had a headband tied with flowing clouds. He looked just like how he was back then.
Half a day later, on a beautiful slope outside Anshui City.
Looking at the sea, the sea light and clouds were too much for the eyes to take in. Just some ordinary white clouds formed from rising water vapor could have many changes, making people fantasize.
Looking at the city, the bustling city looked the same every year. The joys and sorrows of a single mortal were not worth mentioning, but they also seemed to be a color in the magnificent world.
Ao Yi had a hunch that something major had happened when he was called out by his Brother Sect Master and arrived at the place where they had met during the Sea God Ceremony.
As expected, Li Changshou walked with his hands behind his back for a while and said warmly, “Ao Yi, is the dragon race stable now?”
Ao Yi smiled and said, “Thanks to Brother Sect Master, the dragon race is now stable.”
Li Changshou turned his head and sized up Ao Yi. After transcending the Golden Immortal Tribulation, Ao Yi had already resolved the knot in his heart regarding the cold-faced old Daoist priest. He was already as slender as a normal young man when he was in human form.
“You used to call me Brother Sect Master. Why do you sound so strange now?”
Li Changshou smiled and said, “Don’t add the Sect Master. Don’t mention Brother. Just call me Brother. I’ll call you by your name.”
“Yes, Brother.”
Ao Yi scratched his head and chuckled. “I’ll listen to you, Brother.”
“You just said that the dragon race is stable,” Li Changshou said. “However, Ao Yi, the dragon race is stable, but the world is unstable because the dragon race is stable.”
Ao Yi pondered for a while and asked, “Brother, are you talking about what happened to the dragon race in recent years?”
“Yes.” Li Changshou sighed and said, “Although I thought that there would be such a backlash previously, after the dragon race has been safe for a long time, some old illnesses that have yet to be removed will flare up. However, he did not expect it to be so serious. Here.”
A jade token landed in Ao Yi’s hand. Ao Yi frowned and stared at the contents of the jade token.
One after another, they were all the sins that the dragon race of the four seas and the dragon race of the South Continent had committed in the past hundred years.
It was mainly to tease the women and men of the human race and treat the human race as the Sea Clan. It was also a matter of snatching and discarding.
Previously, the Heavenly Courts had already punished a group of dragons for these situations. However, it was obvious that they did not do enough. The dragons did not remember.
Or perhaps, he was deliberately making things worse and secretly competing with the Heavenly Courts.
Li Changshou sighed and said slowly, “He was arrogant and complacent. He felt that he was superior to other living beings because he was from the dragon race. He shifted the rule of the Sea Clan to the ground. He thought that he would not be wrong if he did not kill or eat humans.I don’t even need to go to various parts of the dragon race to investigate. I can roughly understand the direction of the dragon race.Would a dragon say that the Heavenly Courts was supported by the dragon race? If I, Taibai Jinxing, did not have the help of the dragon race back then, how could I rise? However, Ao Yi, the dragon race and I can be considered to be helping each other and obtaining what we need. The dragon race has helped me a lot. I will return them several times. I don’t owe the dragon race anything.”
Ao Yi looked ashamed. He lowered his head and said, “Brother, you have given us much more than we can give you back. If not for you, the dragon race would have long been suppressed by the Saints of the Western Sect like the ancient demons and Primordial Beasts. Then, they would have died under the Heavenly Punishment. Brother… has been extremely benevolent to the dragon race.”
“The order that the Heavenly Courts want to establish does not need to be above the privileges of the Heavenly rules. The ancient negative karma of the dragon race has yet to disperse. Now, the rotten and extravagant behavior are difficult to stop. Your selfish desires will devour the last destiny of your race!”
Li Changshou said firmly, “If the dragon race doesn’t do anything, the ax blade hanging above the Dragon Slaying Platform will be cut off!”
Ao Yi’s face was a little pale. He pursed his lips and did not say a word. He almost crushed the jade token in his hand.
He suddenly knelt on the ground and cried.
“Brother, I’m useless! I thought that as long as I set an example, the dragon race’s culture could be reversed. I originally thought that they would be able to let go of their old dreams because they were restrained by the Heavenly Dao… However, I don’t know what to do now!”
Li Changshou sighed and placed the second jade token in front of Ao Yi.
“Hand this to your father personally and let him be prepared to bleed during this calamity. This is the only opportunity I have seen for the dragon race. Change. If there is no bloodshed, how can it be engraved in your heart?”
Ao Yi held the jade token and looked up. However, he only saw Li Changshou’s fading back…
He lowered his head and fell into a daze for a while. He did not dare to look at the contents of the second jade token. He transformed into a dragon and entered the vast smoke wave before disappearing.
On the shore, Li Changshou’s figure condensed again and he shook his head slightly.
The last time he helped the dragon race was the first level.
The second and third levels were to consolidate the Heavenly Courts’ authority and prevent the dragon race from being a threat to the Heavenly Courts.
He took the initiative to control the variables brought by the dragon race and erased those variables. Everything was under his control. It was the more important fourth level.
As for the fifth level…
The God-Conferment script, Nezha, was already arranged.
It was rare for his main body to make a trip to the South Continent. Li Changshou would not only do that.
The paper effigy hiding in the East Ocean captured Ao Yi rushing back to the Dragon Palace. Only then did Li Changshou feel at ease and rush to the Shang Kingdom. He looked around and discovered that she was transforming into a girl and jumping on the street to eat candy…
The reincarnation of the Lady of Earth and the Seven Emotions, Little Le.
Li Changshou strolled over and naturally blended into the scenery.
Little Le looked up and discovered Li Changshou’s figure. She shivered and subconsciously placed the candy in her hand behind her back. She glared at Li Changshou.
“Why are you here? Hmph, you must have something to do!”
Li Changshou squinted and smiled. He made an inviting gesture.
Although Little Le was overly cute at that moment and Li Changshou did not hide his figure or behave strangely in the mortal world, the surrounding mortals did not seem to have seen Li Changshou.
That situation had appeared on the Jade Emperor and General Dongmu when they had first met Li Changshou. Li Changshou had been envious for a long time.
However, that was not a mystical ability. It was the Dao Realm.
“I do have something to ask of you this time. Let’s talk somewhere else.”
“Yes.” Little Le made a face and turned around to hop towards her residence in the city.
A moment later, in a small courtyard that was filled with bamboo shadows, the young girl regained her figure and walked over in a decent attire.
Due to the fact that Little Grief was the most familiar with Li Changshou, the person who came to receive Li Changshou was naturally Little Grief.
There was no need to identify that. Little Grief only sighed softly. Li Changshou felt his nose sting…
“God, it’s not easy to see you once.”
Li Changshou squinted and smiled. He said, “The Great God-Conferment Tribulation is imminent. I can’t split myself up. You don’t want to go to the Heavenly Courts even if I ask you to.”
Little Grief forced a smile. It was more… ugly than crying.
She sighed and said, “Being too close to the Heavenly Dao makes me feel very restrained. We are already a burden to the main body. We still have to be restrained by the Heavenly Dao and deepen the influence the Heavenly Dao has on the main body… My main body is too miserable.”
“Well, let’s talk about serious matters.”
While Little Grief could still control her sadness, Li Changshou hurriedly explained his intentions.
This time, he naturally wanted to ask the Seven Emotions incarnation to help the Great Daoist Master recover his “interest”.
Due to the fact that Little Grief and Big Sister Desire were the main ones who attacked this time, Xiao Ai could not make the decision. Li Changshou could only talk to the Seven Emotions incarnation once and promised seven benefits.
Of course, he only divided the benefits that he had prepared into seven portions.
“The Great Daoist Master is the Eldest Senior Brother of the Dao Sect. His Dao Realm is extremely profound. I can’t guarantee anything.”
“Of course. It’s all an attempt.” Li Changshou smiled and said, “The plan is up to us. The success is up to the heavens. However… Senior Yu, can you go down first? I’m not at the stage where I can sit still and not panic in front of you.”
“Yes ~”
The Seven Emotions Desire squinted and chuckled, but she did not pester him. Her fingers brushed past Li Changshou’s chin and she stood up calmly.
The grass ring above the Seven Emotions’ head rotated slightly and changed to Little Grief.
She hurriedly tidied up the collar that had been pulled open by the incarnation of desire. Little Grief’s face was red. She stammered and finally sighed softly.
“I can’t control how I take advantage of others. I’m really too pitiful.”
Li Changshou could not help but raise his eyebrows.
The seven personalities of the Seven Emotions were gradually getting rid of the label of a single personality. That was a good thing.
Yes, I made up that part just now to avoid being misunderstood.
“There’s no time to lose. Let’s start making arrangements.”
Little Grief said, “Are we going to the Xuandu City?”
“No, in the mortal world.” Li Changshou smiled calmly. He was already confident and was 95% confident.
Forget it, I’ll stabilize myself.
I should do the mental work of Big Sister Kong Xuan in advance. As long as she is proactive enough, I will create the right time and place. I don’t believe that this person will not get along!