Lady Yunxiao was truly difficult to meet…

And Immortal Lady Bixiao was quite the mischief-maker.

Seeing another paper figure emerge from beneath the fallen one, Bixiao immediately ceased her laughter and coldly snorted:

“Bold thief, you dare use avatars to fool this immortal!”

With those words, Bixiao raised her hand and released a ‘weak’ immortal light, not giving Li Changshou time to speak before knocking down this paper avatar.

Li Changshou, quick with his hands and eyes, had already tossed out a scroll before being struck by the immortal light.

Bixiao hadn’t truly harmed him, merely pushing down Li Changshou’s elderly immortal paper avatar, intending to continue teasing…

But…

“Eh?”

The cloth quickly unfurled, and Bixiao looked down, blinking involuntarily.

Upon it was painted the scene of Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Li Changshou meeting in the back hall of the South Sea God Temple.

The figures in the painting were lifelike—Zhao Gongming’s heroic and magnificent countenance, Immortal Lady Qiongxiao’s gentle smile tinged with cunning, completely capturing their essence…

This was Li Changshou’s exquisite brushwork, honed while creating the “Hundred Beauties’ Later Years” series of sect-stabilizing treasures!

Bixiao couldn’t help muttering: “Uh, you’re Big Brother’s friend?”

Then, looking at Li Changshou lying on the ground, she slightly furrowed her brow and sighed:

“Since I’ve already struck, to avoid being scolded by Big Brother and my two sisters…

Ah, I’ll have to find your true form and kill you, then destroy all evidence.

Please don’t blame me.”

“Immortal Lady needn’t be so serious, no need to be so serious,” Li Changshou hastily spoke.

Though knowing Bixiao was likely just joking, he still had to be cautious.

After all, these were the Three Sisters—hot-headed, red-eyed, with maxed-out rage meters, daring to strike even against the Sage Lord. What wouldn’t they do?

As he spoke, Li Changshou’s paper avatar first returned to its paper form, tearing off the outermost layer, losing some immortal power but breaking Bixiao’s restriction at the same time.

—This was one of the paper avatar’s little application tricks.

The paper avatar swayed, again resuming the elderly immortal’s appearance, holding a duster whisk and smiling at the young woman before him.

Li Changshou said gently: “Immortal Lady was just greeting me earlier, what talk is there of striking me?”

Bixiao’s eyes immediately curved in a smile, “You, old immortal, are quite sensible.”

“Immortal Lady jests. Using an avatar to come here was already somewhat disrespectful,” Li Changshou sighed, “But I truly have some difficulties that make it too dangerous for my true form to appear.”

“Difficulties?”

Bixiao’s bright eyes blinked lightly, immediately becoming energetic, “What difficulties? Can you explain in detail?

I’m so bored on the island, Big Sister won’t let me go out, it’s so dull every day!”

Li Changshou: …

He felt she was being suggestive, but had no concrete evidence.

“Immortal Lady, these casual matters, please let us chat about them later if there’s a chance.

I came today truly because of Friend Gongming and Immortal Lady Qiongxiao’s matter, could you please let Lady Yunxiao take a look at my earlier visiting card?”

Bixiao snorted, “What’s wrong with telling me?”

Tell you?

To add another fierce warrior to the scamming group?

Given Bixiao’s personality shown since her appearance, if she knew Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao were causing trouble outside, she would surely rush over immediately and join in!

Of course, he couldn’t say this directly, he had to mind the art of language…

Li Changshou said gently:

“Finding you could certainly resolve matters, but this time those involved are your Big Brother and your elder sister.

If you act rashly, wouldn’t they blame you afterward and bully you as their junior?”

The young woman’s eyes immediately curved in a smile, saying: “You do speak pleasantly.

However, I’ve already thrown your earlier visiting card into the sea.”

“No matter, no matter,” Li Changshou pulled out another rolled cloth from his chest, “I prepared several copies just in case.”

Bixiao: …

“You truly are an interesting person.”

‘Bixiao’ softly praised, her form gently swaying, transforming into a cloud of mist and dispersing.

At this moment, Li Changshou heard a voice in his ear:

“Wait here for a while, I’ll see if Big Sister is in closed cultivation, and I haven’t lost your visiting card.”

Li Changshou was dumbfounded, having completely failed to notice that the Bixiao standing before him earlier was also an avatar.

So it was just a conversation between a [paper person] and a [cloud person]…

Ah, the depths of immortal realm tricks, who could take anyone at face value.

…

Li Changshou didn’t wait too long.

Though Bixiao liked to tease others, she knew what was important.

Seeing Li Changshou’s painting of Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao, she knew Li Changshou was truly Zhao Gongming’s friend.

—Even ordinary Golden Immortals couldn’t see through her Sister Qiongxiao’s appearance-concealing divine ability;

Being able to paint Qiongxiao’s face and form so meticulously, this old Daoist must have seen Qiongxiao’s true appearance.

Yunxiao was indeed in closed cultivation.

But after careful consideration, Bixiao still woke her sister, reported this matter, and presented Li Changshou’s visiting card…

Moments later, misty clouds arose in the small courtyard where Li Changshou’s paper avatar waited.

Two figures appeared in the mist, walking forward together.

Li Changshou’s first sight was of a young woman in a light green long dress, wearing emerald hairpins, and grass-green cloth boots.

Her face was quite beautiful, somewhat resembling Immortal Lady Qiongxiao, but with more innocence than Qiongxiao.

This was perhaps Immortal Lady Bixiao’s true appearance.

Of course, Li Changshou still couldn’t rule out that this might be Bixiao playing tricks again…

But Li Changshou’s gaze quickly moved to the immortal lady beside Bixiao, and found it difficult to look away.

Was this the renowned Lady Yunxiao?

At first glance, he only noticed her beautiful face, delicate features, and slender figure, standing a head taller than Bixiao beside her;

Looking carefully, he found her features truly exquisite, without any flaw, yet just perfectly gentle in their beauty, without a trace of allure or coquettishness.

She wore an ordinary plain white long dress, her three thousand black hairs properly arranged in cloud-like buns.

Just standing there quietly, she was like an orchid blooming in a secluded valley, like a silhouette standing on cloud peaks, otherworldly and untouched by mortal dust.

At this moment, the words that involuntarily came to Li Changshou’s mind were all dignity, sanctity, clarity, elegance…

She was like a pure flower stubbornly blooming in this declining artistic world of the immortal realm.

This was the [Immortal Lady] of Li Changshou’s ideals!

The differences between the Three Sisters could be judged just from their temperaments…

They weren’t born from the same mother!

—The Three Sisters were innate beings, only sharing the same origin, transforming and cultivating together, thus becoming sisters.

Li Changshou sighed inwardly, suppressing his inner waves, and held his duster whisk forward, first making a Daoist bow, then saying:

“Human Sect daoist Changgeng pays respects to Immortal Lady Yunxiao.”

Yunxiao slightly furrowed her delicate brows, and when she spoke, her voice was like flowing stream water, very gentle.

“Thank you for coming all this way, Daoist Friend Changgeng. My little sister was quite rude earlier, please don’t take offense.

Is what you wrote in your visiting card true?”

“It is indeed true,” Li Changshou said, “I can swear a Great Dao oath.”

“Friend must not do so, or my heart would be uneasy.”

Yunxiao lightly sighed, raised her hand to calculate with finger divination, her delicate brows furrowing deeper, and softly said:

“Little sister, watch the island, I’ll go out with this Daoist friend.”

“Oh,” Immortal Lady Bixiao obediently responded.

Li Changshou pondered for a moment, then said: “Though somewhat presumptuous, I still want to ask.

This matter is of great importance, could Immortal Lady Yunxiao… prove that you are indeed Immortal Lady Yunxiao?

Earlier was truly…”

Li Changshou was about to continue when Bixiao behind Yunxiao secretly made a throat-slitting gesture at him.

Just then, Yunxiao turned to look at Bixiao, who quickly lowered her hand and head, appearing pitiful.

“Ah,” Yunxiao softly sighed, her reproaching tone still gentle, “Little sister, you’ve been teasing people again.”

Bixiao acted coquettishly: “Sister, he teased me first.”

“Stay home and behave, don’t wander about.”

Yunxiao said this, then turned back, casually pointing at Li Changshou’s paper avatar, a strand of dao rhythm entwining with Li Changshou’s primordial spirit power.

Soon, Li Changshou made a Daoist bow, said several words of ‘excuse me’, and confirmed Lady Yunxiao’s identity.

He had no choice but to secure this, truly fearing being tricked by Bixiao again…

At this point, Yunxiao created a white cloud, invited Li Changshou to board first, and then stood with Li Changshou at opposite ends of the cloud, quickly flying out of the thousand-li cloud wall.

Yunxiao had already calculated and sensed where Qiongxiao was.

The white cloud covered ten thousand li in an instant, displaying Yunxiao’s profound cultivation. She maintained some distance from Li Changshou throughout the journey and didn’t actively speak.

Soon, Yunxiao discovered the traces of Qiongxiao, Zhao Gongming, and Hanzhi in the depths of the South Sea…

These past few days, the three had circled the West Sea and just returned here, currently counting their gains, with Qiongxiao dividing storage treasures ‘one for you, one for me’.

Still far away, Zhao Gongming’s group hadn’t noticed Yunxiao.

Seeing this, Yunxiao first sighed lightly, saying worriedly:

“Qiongxiao just likes to make trouble, even dragging Big Brother into such things.

I really must speak seriously with them, isn’t this just needlessly creating karma, bound to face tribulation in the future.”

Li Changshou: …

Even such words, spoken so gently…

*cough* If Yunxiao only lectured Zhao Gongming and the others, wouldn’t his trip be wasted?

To stop this trend of scamming and take down the immortal realm’s criminal gang ‘Old Man Zhao’, Yunxiao must strike hard!

Li Changshou transmitted: “Immortal Lady probably doesn’t know how resentful, angry, and frustrated people feel after being tricked by Friend Gongming and the others.

Why not…”

And so forth, like this and that.

Li Changshou played advisor beside Yunxiao, and though Yunxiao first frowned slightly, unwilling to scheme against her Big Brother and Third Sister.

But unable to resist Li Changshou’s clever words and statement of consequences…

Soon, Yunxiao nodded, transformed, completely concealing her aura and dao rhythm, directly becoming an old Daoist.

This old Daoist held a duster whisk, riding clouds toward the sea area where Zhao Gongming’s group was.

Watching this old Daoist’s back, Li Changshou felt deeply moved.

When Heaven and Earth created these three innate beings, the Three Sisters, they must have given all the gentleness, propriety, dignity, and beauty to Yunxiao, leaving the cunning, oddity, and mischief for Qiongxiao and Bixiao.

In this cold and dark immortal realm, to meet such a proper powerful being;

Truly, too rare…

…

Just then, on the sea island, Qiongxiao, Zhao Gongming, and Hanzhi had just finished dividing their spoils and were planning whether to tour several prosperous great thousand worlds next or to wander through the Central Divine Continent.

Suddenly, Qiongxiao’s eyes lit up, discovering an old Daoist passing nearby on clouds, and looking carefully, also at the Golden Immortal realm.

Qiongxiao immediately calculated with her fingers, finding no danger in scamming this person, and immediately waved her small hand.

“Big Brother, come on, a fat fish has delivered itself to our door.”

Zhao Gongming smiled calmly, hands behind his back as he rose on clouds, extremely skillfully intercepting the old Daoist passing by.

Li Changshou had secretly instructed Yunxiao not to speak, just silently watching their performance as long as she wasn’t recognized…

Unfortunately, Li Changshou was too far away to witness the following scenes firsthand, and could only imagine them.

So it was that as Yunxiao rode the clouds, Zhao Gongming came directly from the side, calling out: “Friend!”

The old Daoist that Yunxiao had become slightly frowned, looking puzzledly at her own Big Brother.

Zhao Gongming quickly flew close, stopping ten zhang away, suddenly stumbling on his cloud, lying down, and spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Yunxiao was stunned, about to rush forward, when she heard Zhao Gongming weakly say: “Friend, why did you sneak attack and injure me?”

“Hmm?”

Yunxiao was obviously bewildered; but Zhao Gongming secretly smiled, this expression, he had seen many times!

“Big Brother!”

A heart-rending cry came from the side, as Qiongxiao rode her cloud, looking anxious, hurriedly coming over, “Big Brother, what happened Big Brother!”

Then, Qiongxiao looked at the old Daoist ahead with righteous indignation, “What did you do to my Big Brother!”

Yunxiao: …

What followed was their well-practiced extortion and coercion routines in full display, with Zhao Gongming secretly opening his recording pearl, preparing the oath template.

Soon after, another female immortal hurriedly flew over from the side, saying: “Oh my, what’s happening here? This is terrible, terrible.”

Moments later…

A [ENOUGH] echoed across the South Sea skies.

Li Changshou was very far from the incident site, but even when he heard this angry cry, the voice filled with anger, disbelief, and heartache, making him feel somewhat guilty.

But before Li Changshou’s paper avatar could react, suddenly a golden light flew over, his vision went dark, and he was drawn into a dark narrow place.

Moments later, another golden light wrapped around him, ‘inviting’ him out…

Looking up, Li Changshou found himself back on the Three Immortals Island, in the courtyard he had been in before, facing Yunxiao who was pressing her thin lips together in anger.

Li Changshou turned his head to look, behind him was a three-chi-tall golden bucket.

Yunxiao raised her hand and pointed, three streams of light flew out of the golden bucket, transforming into the bewildered Zhao Gongming, Hanzhi, and Qiongxiao…

Qiongxiao’s little face turned pale, seeing Yunxiao currently trembling with anger, and instinctively said…

“It’s over.”

Yunxiao let out a light rebuke, “Kneel!”

Qiongxiao and Bixiao who were watching from nearby fell to their knees with two thuds, with Bixiao unconsciously pinching her own small ears, looking bewildered and helpless.

Hanzhi’s face turned pale, kneeling prostrate on the ground not daring to move.

Even Zhao Gongming’s legs bent at this moment, his beard trembling, hesitantly kneeling with an embarrassed expression…

Yunxiao lightly drew in a breath, quickly moving forward, suppressing her anger, helping Zhao Gongming up.

“Big Brother, what are you doing, I was talking to Third Sister…

Ah, Big Brother…

Big Brother, if you lacked cultivation resources, you could have told your sister directly, why do such things?”

Zhao Gongming was immediately at a loss, looking at Yunxiao before him, his eyes darting around, not knowing what to say.

“I was just… Second Sister don’t be angry, I was just…”

He saw the elderly immortal to the side and suddenly understood something, sighing: “Aiyou, Sea God you have harmed me greatly, how could you!”

To avoid karma and prevent Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao from causing trouble for him afterward;

Li Changshou pondered for a moment, emotions running high, hands slightly trembling, speaking in a trembling voice that sentence he had prepared all the way here:

“Friend, do you still remember what our initial intention was when we first used these tactics?

Now that things have come to this, just confess everything.”

Zhao Gongming was stunned.