Chapter 66 - So You Are Playing Tricks (1/2)
Old Qing enjoyed the meal.
Wan Linyun only drank a little bit of the wine that Li Changshou had brought over, leaving two jars behind.
This elder did not like to drink wine and was not very interested in the dishes. He only talked about poison and the theories revolving around it while dining with Li Changshou. He had a whale of a time
When he returned from Pill Tripod Peak, Li Changshou obtained a bunch of herbs from Elder Wan Linyun.
He was a little embarra.s.sed. After all, he had only gone over to take a look. However, the elder… was indeed too enthusiastic.
There were few Qi cultivators who were interested in the things related to the word ‘poison’.
Li Changshou’s level in concocting poisons was not low either. He could indeed have a conversation about it.
I can’t go to Pill Tripod Peak too often, I have to avoid being noticed,
I shall go back again two years later.
As Li Changshou thought about it, he landed in front of the Pill Chamber on the Little Qiong Peak.
Sitting on the rocking chair, he held onto a roll of bamboo slip that had been processed by immortal spells and could be preserved for a long time. He then began the enlightenment and reading session for the day.
Sensing that the array around the Pill Chamber had been unlocked, dejection was written all over Fairy’s pretty face She flew over silently and hesitated…
She wanted to ask her Senior to praise her for her culinary skills, but was afraid that he might blame her for letting him down.
Li Changshou waited for a while, but she did not speak. He looked up at her and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Senior.” The blue fairy lowered her head and continued, “Master has gone to attend the Peak Leaders’ Meet. Is there going to be any problem?”
Li Changshou thought for a while, and then shook his head slightly.
He answered, “There won’t be any problems. Master’s enemy can no longer become a Peak Leader. Don’t worry. Master would probably only be listening in from the corner. He’s of the least seniority there, and he doesn’t dare to speak up. Given Master’s respectful and courteous temperament, he must be sitting on pins and needles now.”
In the corner of the Hundred Mortal Hall on Heaven-Breaking Peak, the old Daoist priest, who was sitting in the corner with his head hung low, s.h.i.+fted his b.u.t.t slightly to make himself sit upright.
In the Pill Chamber, Li Changshou looked at Fairy, who was a little distracted. He smiled and said, “You did well this time. You knew that you should be worried about Master, and you also came over to discuss with me. Why have you never been so meticulous and attentive before? Alright, I won’t bother with what happened last time. Just focus on your cultivation from now on.”
Fairy blinked and asked, “Senior, were you praising me just now?”
Li Changshou could not help but laugh. “Am I so fierce that I scold you every day?”
“All you do is berate me all the time…”
Fairy grimaced and slipped into a better mood.
It was like a frosted eggplant previous, but now, it was like a s.h.i.+ny tomato.
“Senior, this furnace looks amazing.”
“Don’t touch it. It will bite.”
“Hmm… Senior, I’m not twelve or thirteen years old… I’m going to poke it! Psst, ouch! Why is there a lightning spell!?!”
“I added a safety device to prevent others from opening this Pill Furnace.”
Li Changshou smiled calmly and continued reading outside the door.
Standing beside the Pill Furnace, Fairy tilted her head while pressing her reddened fingers, scrutinizing the relief on it.
Afterward, she wandered around the house for half a round, and found a scripture that she had read half of previously. She dragged the meditation cus.h.i.+on outside the door and waited together with Li Changshou.
They were like deities who were guarding the door.
The afternoon sun was warm, and the wind in the forest was gentle.
The insects chirped and the b.u.t.terflies danced while the immortals drifted far away on the clouds.
Li Changshou had an epiphany, but he remained calm. He accepted all the things that he had comprehended without showing any fluctuations in his aura.
Now that his cultivation level was higher, he could finally grasp the initiative to enter the Dao Enlightenment state.
He had been the most worried about his epiphany. In fact, he had been drawn into the state of comprehending the Dao during a battle of Dao with others…
“Senior, what level are you at now?”
“Fourth-stage of Void Return Realm.”
“Oh, that’s impressive,” the blue fairy replied casually. She lowered her head and continued reading the scroll, and did bear some things in mind.
…
In the Heavenly Courts, the Moon Elder Hall was surrounded by a huge array.
Two boys were holding onto two wooden signs while being seated in front of the tightly shut door of the hall.
The one on the right read:
“Moon Elder is not at home.”
The one on the right read:
“May Heavenly Dao Protect This Place”
The younger boy mumbled, “Senior, if we don’t tell Master the truth, will we blow things up?”
“Shh, do you want to be turned back into your original state by Master?” The older boy rolled his eyes and continued, “We were originally just two branches of the Acacia Tree. It was not easy for us to obtain the opportunity to be morphed by our Master. Don’t worry, Master will definitely have a solution.”
“Okay.” The younger boy pursed his lips and felt helpless.
After that, the two boys waited, day after day. They waited for half a year, but the Moon Elder never returned.
Where did the Moon Elder go?
In fact, he did not stray too far away from the Hall of Marriage. He went to an even more remote immortal palace where he found an immortal official who had been idling all year round. He presented him with some gifts and prepared to make up for his mistakes.
The Moon Elder knew very well that he did not have any backing or a strong background. Hence, he didn’t dare to offend anyone.
However, it was also because of that that he was appointed the position of the Moon Elder by the Jade Emperor. Only then would he not be biased towards any faction.
Usually, the generals and fairies would come and ask for him to bring them together with someone else, and those were all trivial matters.
If the Moon Elder really made use of the authority given by the Heavenly Dao to manipulate marriages, he would not only receive negative karma but also cause a big problem.
However, the Heavenly Dao was constantly monitoring the Moon Elder Hall.
Once the Moon Elder harbors intentions to jeopardize, he would be warned by the Heavenly Dao during the first time, punished during the second, and destroyed by the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder during the third…
The Heavenly Courts were in decline and the Dao Sect was powerful.
Even if he was an ordinary disciple, the Moon Elder would not want to offend him.
The root cause of the mistakes in the clay figurines was the rash action of the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du. However, Xuan Du had the protection of the Sage, and the connate treasure of the Sage, the Taiji Diagram, which was used to suppress him. He did not have any karma, and was extremely strong…
How could he, the insignificant Moon Elder, dare to push the blame to the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du?
He had to bear the responsibility.
The Moon Elder pondered for half the night.
The longer he dragged the matter on, the easier it would be for him to make mistakes. He had to deal with it as soon as possible.
After some thought, the Moon Elder made up his mind. She left the Hall of Marriage and went to the Divine Might Hall.
At that moment, the Moon Elder and the person in charge of the Divine Might Hall—an unknown immortal official in golden armor—were standing together in front of the Heavenly Dao treasure, the ‘Starry and Dreamy Astrometer’.
As the immortal official operated the Starry Dream Astrometer, he gave the Moon Elder a detailed explanation.
“Don’t worry, Moon Elder… I can’t give dreams to the Heaven Golden Immortals because they have transcended the world. However, Golden Immortals and Heaven Immortals are not a problem, what more a young Qi cultivator who has only lived for over a hundred years.”
He continued, “However, there is one thing you should know. You can only talk in the dreams but you can’t do anything. This is a treasure that the Heavenly Dao has bestowed to show off the Heavenly Courts’ might. It’s used to scare people. That’s why I named this place the Divine Might Hall.”
“As long as the other party is distracted or is drunk, mentally exhausted, tired, and weak; that is to say, when the mind is relaxed, or when he is experiencing enlightenment, you would be able to invite him to enter the dream. However, if the other party is unwilling to enter the dream, there would be no other way. Are you looking for the disciple of the Immortal Du Sect, Li Changshou? Don’t worry, he’s just a young disciple. I just need a moment…”
“Huh? Why can’t I find this person?”