Before Yunzhong Zi could look more closely, Li Changshou and Xiong Lingli had already been drawn into the [Small Realm Landscape Scroll].
This Fortune Golden Immortal didn’t pursue the matter further, continuing to collect the young disciples who stood up.
Of these two Human School disciples, the most eye-catching was naturally Xiong Lingli;
But she wasn’t some once-in-several-thousand-years beauty, just someone with a half-shaman, half-human bloodline…
Having lived for so long, what hadn’t Yunzhong Zi seen?
Never mind half-shamans, Yunzhong Zi had seen human Qi practitioners with two-tenths each of shaman, demon, dragon, and phoenix blood.
Having seen much, nothing seemed strange anymore.
The [Small Realm Landscape Scroll] in this old immortal’s hands showed no apparent changes, but it already had many tiny black dots evenly distributed throughout its inner space.
Moments later, no one else remained standing by the lake;
Yunzhong Zi lifted the cover from his flower basket, and six treasure pearls flew out, emitting brilliant spiritual light under the old immortal’s activation.
Then, Yunzhong Zi raised his hand and threw the treasure scroll, which slowly floated down to hover above the small lake.
The six pearls flew over, floating around the scroll, their immortal light intertwining to form a thin layer of mist above the lake’s surface. Within the mist appeared scenes from inside the scroll, images continuously flowing and changing.
Yunzhong Zi stroked his beard and said calmly:
“Fellow Daoists, extend your divine sense into these pearls, and you can see both the full panorama within the scroll and examine any specific area at will.”
After speaking, the thin-faced old immortal carried his flower basket back to the Creation School immortals’ viewing platform;
Just by displaying one set of spirit treasures, he had already earned endless praise from immortals everywhere.
The Creation School’s Fortune Golden Immortal was truly extraordinary!
Although the effectiveness of this combination of ‘treasure pearls plus small realm landscape scroll’ was only a small fraction of the many functions of the true primordial spirit treasure [Mountain River Realm Scroll].
But being able to refine a spirit treasure with such power using post-celestial materials could already be called a primordial realm ‘masterwork’!
At this moment;
The young disciples who hadn’t yet ascended to immortality and hadn’t entered the scroll looked up at the scenes displayed in the mist above the lake.
Below, streams of divine sense extended into the six pearls, observing their respective disciples’ performance.
While above, the various Three Schools’ ‘source’ leaders casually appreciated the situations within, mostly just watching for entertainment…
The Grand Scripture Master Xuandu sat alone in the high clouds.
He had applied mystical arts to himself so that anyone below the Great Golden Immortal realm couldn’t see his true appearance.
At this moment, Guangcheng Zi and Duobao Daoren, the first disciples of the Creation and Termination schools, were also secretly observing the Human School’s Big Senior Brother…
Guangcheng Zi wasn’t the Creation School’s first disciple in the true sense, as he had entered the school after the South Pole Immortal.
But since the South Pole Immortal attended to the Sage Lord’s side and Guangcheng Zi handled Creation School affairs with authority even above the Vice Sect Leader Burning Lamp, most called Guangcheng Zi the first disciple…
Others might not know, but Guangcheng Zi and Duobao Daoren knew how much respect their teachers had for Taiqing Laozi, the first of the Three Pure Ones;
And how protective Taiqing Laozi was.
Among the Human School’s famous supreme treasures, like the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Tower, the Wind-Fire Rush Mat, and so on, which one hadn’t the Grand Scripture Master used?
Therefore, Duobao Daoren and Guangcheng Zi showed extra respect and attention to Great Senior Uncle’s only disciple.
They saw Xuandu with a slight smile at the corners of his mouth, sitting there with closed eyes, apparently examining the situation within the scroll.
‘Who is Elder Brother Xuandu watching?’
This question arose simultaneously in Duobao Daoren and Guangcheng Zi’s minds, but their calculations yielded nothing.
At this moment, the Grand Scripture Master’s gaze naturally fell on… a certain unremarkable Human School junior disciple.
With the Grand Scripture Master’s abilities, he could directly see through the scroll and observe Li Changshou’s every word and action.
Not only that, Xuandu could even calculate who else was observing Li Changshou along with him.
Although at this moment he was alone;
It didn’t matter, for a Human School disciple like Li Changshou who, not yet two hundred years old, had already undergone tribulation to ascend to the Celestial Immortal realm and wasn’t far from the Golden Immortal realm…
Would surely shine brightly!
‘Taking this opportunity to properly observe this little fellow.
If his character truly is as shown in our previous conversations, I can arrange for him to enter the Doulu Palace and convince Master to take another little junior brother.
In the future, having him represent the Human School on such occasions, wouldn’t that be wonderful?’
As the Grand Scripture Master thought of this, the smile at his mouth grew slightly deeper…
Meanwhile, on the Termination School’s immortal island, Zhao Gongming, sitting at the front of the crowd, couldn’t help but yawn.
Watching these little disciples duel was truly boring.
Rather than waste time like this, it would be better to visit the Sea God Temple again to discuss the ‘Alas, this injury won’t heal for several tens of thousands of years’ dao with that Sea God brother.
This time, bring Junior Sister Qiongjiao along to interact more with the South Sea God, perhaps she might suffer fewer losses in the future.
…
Within the scroll’s space, in a remote forest.
Li Changshou sat behind a large rock, and Xiong Lingli, who had been drawn in with him… was that large rock.
‘A map with limited range;
A group of people locked inside;
Having to search everywhere for treasures, and duel to determine winners and losers when meeting each other…’
This situation seemed familiar.
This model suddenly reminded Li Changshou of a game he often played in his previous life…
That game had different names for different people, like ‘Landing Becomes Box’, ‘Certain Brand Express’, ‘Prone One’s Carnival Feast’, ‘Survive by Hiding’, and so on.
Of course, this wasn’t some ‘game’.
Li Changshou’s divine sense spread out, already detecting many unfamiliar disciples’ figures. Initially, everyone was very cautious, briefly probing each other before quickly retreating.
Moreover, under everyone’s watchful eyes, even when dueling, people would only determine superiority and inferiority, impossible to erupt into bloody battles.
The wise move was to search for treasures, which was slightly more stable.
Of course, the most stable approach was like Li Changshou’s—finding a corner to hide in immediately;
Li Changshou decided to find an even more concealed position later to continue hiding until the end.
But Li Changshou couldn’t help thinking more…
What exactly was the meaning of that ‘go’ character?
If you added a ‘me’ character in front, different tones would have different meanings, as marvelous as the two characters for ‘holy crap’.
“Sea… Cousin Brother,” Xiong Lingli, curled up hugging her knees, asked softly, “How long do we need to hide here?”
“Until the end,” Li Changshou transmitted. “Keep reciting ‘Cousin Brother’ five hundred more times in your mind, don’t expose this incarnation’s whereabouts.”
“Alright,” Xiong Lingli nodded seriously, closing her eyes to begin reciting and counting.
Li Changshou opened his left palm, pressing it against the ground covered with shallow green grass, carefully sensing.
He had read in ancient texts that to refine small heaven and earth, the most basic requirements were perfect Five Elements and balanced Yin-Yang;
His escape techniques could be freely used in this scroll’s small world.
However, the ground was somewhat thin, and the sky rather low, so he couldn’t use too much force.
‘Should I help Junior Sister You Du and the others? If the sect could gain a few more spirit treasures, that would be good.’
Li Changshou pondered this but dismissed the idea, deciding to hide himself first before considering other matters.
It was time to demonstrate true… hiding techniques.
When Xiong Lingli softly said: “Cousin Brother, I’ve finished reciting.”
“Lingli, do you know escape techniques?”
“No…”
“Then no matter, later I’ll move through the earth, and you listen for my voice transmission. You walk on the surface, we’ll find a place to hide, avoiding conflict with these people.”
“Oh, okay,” Xiong Lingli obediently agreed.
Li Changshou used his earth escape technique, hiding underground, giving Xiong Lingli a direction, letting her stay visible while he remained hidden, heading toward the edge of the scroll’s small world.
If there weren’t so many experts outside preventing him from freely using mystical powers, he would have [Xiong Lingli in plain sight, paper avatar in shadows, while his true body hid on the paper avatar].
That way the safety coefficient would be a bit higher.
Originally, the Grand Scripture Master Xuandu had been quite expectant, wanting to see Li Changshou encounter others, duel with them, and display some mystical arts and techniques.
When Li Changshou burrowed into the earth and moved together with Xiong Lingli, Xuandu secretly thought ‘This fellow is indeed interesting’ and continued watching Li Changshou for half an hour…
Gradually, doubt arose in the Grand Scripture Master’s mind.
‘What is he hiding from?
Besides him, there are only two or three True Immortal realm cultivators in there.’
Finally, when Li Changshou found a rock crevice in a valley to squeeze into, set up two layers of illusions outside the rock, and had Xiong Lingli hide in another rock pit a thousand feet away…
The Grand Scripture Master’s smile completely vanished, and his mouth couldn’t help but twitch several times.
‘Instead of seeking duels to establish fame, hiding here like a wooden man?’
The Grand Scripture Master didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but then suddenly realized something.
This fellow’s temperament was somewhat similar to his master’s, perhaps this was why he had gained his master’s attention.
But…
The Grand Scripture Master maintained his composure as his finger gently waved.
Within the scroll, two monster beasts near Li Changshou’s hiding place simultaneously shuddered, bursting out from their newly warmed nests, crossing mountains and ridges toward that valley…
Almost as soon as these two monster beasts moved, Li Changshou’s divine sense locked onto them…
Monster beasts referred to beasts who were unwilling or unable to take human form, generally absorbing essence from the sun and moon to advance their cultivation. Many monster beasts hadn’t awakened their spiritual intelligence, but they were formidable in combat and killing.
The two monster beasts charging toward this valley now had strength around the Origin Immortal realm, originally meant for disciples to temper themselves…
Li Changshou secretly calculated, already realizing someone might be testing him…
After some thought, Li Changshou took out two bottles of lower-grade poison pills from his sleeve while transmitting instructions to Xiong Lingli.
Xiong Lingli immediately jumped out, turned, and smashed two punches into the valley wall, creating a shower of rock fragments, and finding several pieces that suited her.
Shortly after, two monster beasts charged into the valley, monster qi rolling, roars unceasingly!
A hundred-zhang-long blue-patterned giant python and a demon tiger with wings under its ribs and black smoke coiling around its body both fixed their eyes on Xiong Lingli!
Xiong Lingli said nothing, her iron tower frame containing shocking force as she held two giant rocks, glaring at the two monster beasts;
The two monster beasts charged forward without hesitation, roaring.
Attracted by the commotion here, dozens of divine sense streams investigated…
These divine senses only saw:
A demon tiger flying in mid-air, a monster python slithering on the ground, almost simultaneously charging to within five hundred zhang of Xiong Lingli, about to pounce in an instant.
Just then, Li Changshou unhurriedly transmitted:
“Throw.”
As his words fell, the two monster beasts’ movements paused, the python raising its head to screech, the tiger directly falling head-first.
Xiong Lingli spun around, her hands swinging two large rocks in circles before violently hurling them forward. The two millstone-sized rocks shot forth with urgent whistling sounds!
Bang! Bang!
The python’s head was directly flattened, its massive body falling backward;
The demon tiger was even more miserable, directly smashed into the ground by the rock, its body twitching several times before its legs went stiff and it stopped moving.
Handled…
From start to finish, Li Changshou hadn’t moved his bottom an inch.
And those divine senses observing this place all praised Xiong Lingli’s divine strength…
Outside the scroll, the Grand Scripture Master Xuandu raised his hand to rub his brow, secretly shaking his head as he continued to seek nearby monster beasts and fierce beasts.
He refused to believe he couldn’t force Li Changshou to take action today.
Soon, several more monster beasts charged toward this valley…
Li Changshou frowned, called out to Xiong Lingli who was drooling at the demon tiger and python, and almost without thinking…
Fled.