“Xuandu’s Little Master?”

In the South Sea, on an unremarkable island, Daoist Wenjing in her blood-red gauze dress sat in the shadow of a reef, slowly opening her narrow phoenix eyes, light flickering in her pupils.

Could this be the one who ruined her plans when she was plotting against Crossing Immortal Gate?

She had naturally seen that Little Master destroy her puppet just now, not only seen it but a strand of her consciousness had been entrusted to the blood mosquito controlling that sea tribe’s false Golden Immortal, experiencing it up close during their battle.

If not for the other party’s moves being too quick, with too many true and false transformations dazzling her into failing to react, she would have directly descended her divine thought then.

“True Immortal realm cultivation should have been like an ant, yet could…”

In Daoist Wenjing’s mind appeared those formations appearing from nowhere, along with that strange One Qi Transform Three Turbid divine ability, and this title that made one’s imagination run wild…

Gradually, a seemingly absurd thought slowly emerged in Daoist Wenjing’s mind.

Could this Little Master be that man’s disciple?

Otherwise, how could that man easily let someone misuse his title…

As for why the Human Dao Sect interfered in sea tribe and Dragon Tribe matters, and who exactly “His Majesty” referred to in Little Master Xuandu’s mouth, these weren’t matters for Daoist Wenjing to worry about.

Those currently plotting against the Dragon Tribe were disciples of two Sage Lords; she was merely doing the dirty work, acting as an assistant. Like this trap set for the East Sea Dragon Palace’s Second Prince, it wasn’t led by her.

If she were plotting, why make it so complicated?

Secretly controlling that mermaid princess, and having her directly scheme against Ao Yi, would be enough.

Such a grand mobilization, only to have the plot ruined…

Just as she was pouting, a strand of Dao resonance suddenly drifted over, and an old Daoist’s voice appeared by Daoist Wenjing’s ear:

“Wenjing, have your puppets prepare to withdraw. Today the Human Dao Sect is interfering, and there may be experts hiding in secret.”

After speaking, that Dao resonance quietly receded.

‘Hmph, both being Sage disciples, the difference is too great…’

Daoist Wenjing’s mouth corner twitched slightly, giving orders in her mind to those True Immortal realm sea tribe puppets, then no longer concerned herself with this matter.

Hazily, a scene of a water curtain appeared in her mind, along with that slightly distorted figure behind the curtain.

Inexplicably, a thread of restlessness that hadn’t appeared in long ages quietly grew in her heart…

Hm?

Why would such thoughts arise?

Could this queen have taken a fancy to this Great Master?

Daoist Wenjing narrowed her eyes slightly, smoothing out that hint of restlessness in her heart, frowning slightly in thought, but finally gave a charming smile, cold light flowing in her eyes.

That man’s blood must be different from others.

…

East Sea depths, Merfolk great city.

Li Changshou returned to the courtyard where Great Master Xuandu was, stepping on those stone slabs of unknown material, his heart finally settling somewhat.

Even with a small pagoda’s protection, having his true body go out to fight still felt too risky.

Li Changshou made a Daoist bow to the Great Master;

The Great Master smiled and nodded, seeming to be pondering something at this time, and Li Changshou didn’t dare speak to disturb him.

Dispersing transformation techniques and illusion methods, removing his mask, casually burning it with true flame;

Li Changshou then raised his hand to rub his face, restoring his original appearance.

Before the Great Master, such disguise would be disrespectful.

Afterward, Li Changshou began to ponder in his heart why those two Heart Fire Burn spirit pills had directly shattered this time.

Trump cards that couldn’t be controlled at will weren’t good.

It didn’t seem to be an issue with the refinement technique…

The last time Heart Fire Burn suddenly shattered was because he opened and closed the restrictions around the pill too frequently, causing spirit beasts in town to go wild, and his master’s thousand-year pure body almost…

Ahem, almost, almost.

And this time, Heart Fire Burn shattered because its medicinal properties had been exhausted at some unknown time, the pill itself had no more spirit power or medicinal power, thus directly breaking.

Was it because the Golden Immortal’s divine consciousness was too overwhelming? Or because too many divine consciousnesses locked onto him when he appeared?

Li Changshou observed various parts of the city with his divine consciousness, instantly having a definite answer…

The latter.

Only to see that now in the great city, some sea tribe soldiers and rebels who were relatively close to the recent battle site and of lower cultivation were… removing armor and clothes, their fish nature emerging, parts of the city falling into some chaos…

Even sea creatures of higher cultivation were now in abnormal states, with several Real Immortal realm fish spirits returning to their original forms, restless and churning…

The scene of fierce battle in the city was rapidly deteriorating…

Could it be?

Li Changshou’s mouth corner twitched.

He had discovered earlier that the divine consciousness poison pill Heart Fire Burn’s effect on spirit beasts was amplified several times.

Could it be that sea tribes and spirit beasts… operated on the same principle?

“What’s going on here?”

Great Master Xuandu had also discovered this situation, frowning as he watched increasingly indescribable scenes throughout the city;

Li Changshou had already walked behind the Great Master, smiling awkwardly as they both observed various places.

Gradually, Li Changshou found things becoming increasingly serious…

The sea tribes’ self-control was too poor, at this time theoretically the pill had shattered and the medicinal effects should have passed.

How…

Spring blossoms arose for ten li in the city, the whole city releasing fish slices.

Were these sea tribes all of an easily aroused constitution?

The Great Master couldn’t help turning his head to look at Li Changshou, asking between laughter and tears:

“Changshou, what… did you do secretly?”

“When this disciple was fighting that Golden Immortal just now, I used a special pill, Great Master please look.”

Li Changshou dared not conceal, quickly taking out a divine consciousness poison pill and presenting it to the Great Master, adding:

“Great Master, this pill is a divine consciousness poison pill, created by Crossing Immortal Gate’s True Immortal realm Elder Wan Linyun, who studied pill dao with bitter effort.

This disciple merely added some love water refined from love poison to Elder Wan Linyun’s original divine consciousness poison pill.”

Great Master Xuandu carefully examined this pill, naturally not being affected by it, and couldn’t help laughing again…

“Hahaha, you are something!

Our Human Dao Sect is truly fortunate to have such a clever little disciple like you!”

Great Master Xuandu imperceptibly collected this Heart Fire Burn pill, smiling and saying: “If you had been born several tens of thousands of years earlier, why would I have needed to trouble the Old Man Under the Moon?”

Li Changshou could only lower his head and smile bitterly beside him.

The words “clever ghost” seemed somewhat inappropriate when used on him, a mature male cultivator of two hundred years, but at least it wasn’t something like “little clever ghost”…

The Great Master stood with hands behind his back, saying calmly: “It seems these rebels, scared by you this Little Master, are about to withdraw.

First tell me, how did you think of using paper-cutting people to imitate the One Qi Transform Three Pure divine ability?”

“Reporting to Great Master, these were all just because this disciple’s cultivation is too low, and being in such an unstable place as the primordial world, so besides cultivation, I had to think of some methods to protect myself as much as possible when encountering danger.”

Li Changshou smiled and said, “Great Master, you comprehend the workings of creation and must busy yourself with Human Dao Sect affairs daily, naturally wouldn’t ponder such small techniques.”

Very clearly, Li Changshou was dropping another small hint…

Great Master Xuandu smiled and shook his head, then asked: “I saw earlier, that you seemed intentional in letting Little Master Xuandu leave a not-so-good impression on people, why was this?”

“This,” Li Changshou carefully chose his words, saying, “This disciple feels that the way of disguise shouldn’t just be about appearance and aura.

From eye expressions, temperament, speech, and actions, even to commonly used phrases, there should be distinctions, only then can one confuse strong enemies’ vision.

Just as, when this disciple used paper people to create that elderly woman, she referred to herself as ‘this old body’;

Just now when hiding form and aura, going out to fight enemies, using Little Master Xuandu’s identity, I acted more confident, fitting the speech and behavior of a little disciple following beside you, Great Master, slightly arrogant, with a touch of worldly inexperience…”

Great Master Xuandu’s face showed sudden understanding, looking at Li Changshou with deep emotion, smiling and saying:

“In terms of attention to detail, I’m not your match.

In the future, you should still put more of these thoughts into comprehending the Great Dao and understanding nature, don’t work too much on scheming, that would make the Teacher displeased.”

Li Changshou’s expression became serious, making a Daoist bow, saying: “This disciple will carefully follow the Great Master’s teachings.”

Suddenly, amid those chaotic sounds outside that were unfit for ears, several angry shouts rang out.

“Don’t let these rebels escape!”

“Dragon Tribe reinforcements are near, stop them!”

Due to ‘Little Master Xuandu’s’ sudden appearance and the deterrence of ‘easily’ killing a Golden Immortal, the sea tribe rebels here had already withdrawn their formations, quickly retreating toward the deep sea.

Seeing this, various sea tribe generals, ministers, guards, and serving girls who had been hiding during the chaos miraculously emerged, hurriedly rushing toward Ao Yi in a corner of the city.

“Protect the Prince! Protect the Prince!”

“Prince Ao Yi, this old minister comes late to protect you!”

Li Changshou recalled those four paper avatars and used divine consciousness to look at Ao Yi’s current situation, his expression… immediately became somewhat strange…

Great Master Xuandu however smiled slightly, saying:

“It’s fine now, let’s go too.”

“Great Master, this disciple worries for Ao Yi’s safety, may I request Great Master stay a moment longer,” Li Changshou lowered his head and said: “Evil demons are crafty, this disciple worries there may still be rebel spies here now.”

The Great Master nodded, “Good.”

Then, the Great Master posed another question, testing how Li Changshou would use this matter to make his moves next.

Li Changshou pondered for several sounds, deliberating briefly, could only say to act according to circumstances, watch the Dragon Tribe’s specific reactions, and at the current stage use unchanging to respond to all changes.

If the Dragon Tribe guessed it was Heaven helping and held goodwill toward Heaven, then let nature take its course;

If they became wary of Heaven, then use Ao Yi and other methods to try to eliminate such wariness…

This time the Western Religion acted, and the Human Dao Sect disrupted it, already blocking Western schemes, the Human Dao Sect itself didn’t lose out.

Being able to let Heaven gain some presence was purely because Li Changshou had a flash of inspiration, thus Heaven made a small profit…

“Changshou,” the Great Master instructed, “if this matter is handled well, in my calculations, the Heavenly Dao will necessarily descend quite a bit of merit power.

For you, having merit protection, the path of cultivation can also be more stable, you need to put more effort into this matter, and the Heavenly Dao will distribute more merit to you.”

After speaking, the Great Master took out a jade pendant from his bosom, slightly gripping it, this jade pendant slowly melted, then condensed into a cyan jade tablet, with five vigorous characters written on the front—

Xuan, Du, Xiao, Fa, Shi!

(Xuandu Little Master)

The back had the characters for “Human Dao” and was signed with the three characters for “Great Master.”

Importantly, this jade tablet contained a strand of Great Master Xuandu’s Dao resonance.

“If the Western Religion gives you trouble, just take this out to show them,” Great Master Xuandu said calmly, “Our Human Dao Sect has few people, truly counting, only Teacher and me.

But you need not fear Western Religion.

When you pass the Golden Immortal tribulation, I will bring you to Doulu Palace to first pay respects to Lord Lao, then we’ll see what your destiny holds.

Hope you remain vigilant against pride and impetuousness, always remember the four characters ‘pure and non-action,’ this is the Teacher’s teaching for Human Dao Sect disciples.”

Li Changshou accepted the jade tablet with both hands, his heart much more settled, saying firmly: “The teachings Great Master gave this disciple today, this disciple will never forget half a character!”

The Great Master repeatedly praised him as good, raising his hand to pat Li Changshou’s arm, his gaze full of approval and comfort.

Just then, dragon roars came from above the sea, dozens of azure dragons plunging into the water, swimming at extreme speed toward this place.

“Let’s go,” Great Master Xuandu waved his long sleeve, taking Li Changshou along as they transformed into two wisps of smoke, disappearing in the seawater.

From beginning to end, Great Master Xuandu never revealed any trace of his presence here;

And the name of Little Master Xuandu was now officially spread in the primordial world…

When those Dragon Tribe experts rushed here, they immediately stared at each other wide-eyed, looking at the fish slices everywhere…

A dragon-headed elder said tremblingly:

“Wasn’t it said Second Prince had a calamity, and fierce battles might break out here?

How, how… is this the kind of fierce battle?”

“Quick look, Second Prince is over there!”

“Uh, should we maybe not go disturbed?”

“Aiya! Quick set up barriers!

What kind of atmosphere is this among sea tribes? How did they corrupt our Second Prince too!”

At once, the group of Dragon Tribe experts split into two teams, one team going to chase and kill the fleeing rebels, one team…

Went to protect their Second Prince.

…

This time Li Changshou didn’t even get to bid farewell to the Great Master; with one blur in the seawater, he appeared near Jiuwu and his paper avatar, only a thousand li from his meditating paper avatar.

The Great Master had naturally already left.

Li Changshou sighed softly, looking at the jade tablet in his hand, the corners of his mouth showing a few traces of a quiet smile.

Life-protecting talisman, plus one!

Those fifty-six miniature formation discs’ loss was worth it.

Mm, later find the rich Dragon household to reimburse, then it would be pure profit…

And what Li Changshou didn’t know was that the Great Master’s hurried departure wasn’t for other matters.

The Great Master returned to Heaven’s Doulu Palace, going to Lord Supreme Lao’s closed cultivation place to seek an audience, asking if there was a complete copy of the Heavenly Fortitude Thirty-Six Divine Abilities.

How could Lord Supreme Lao be an ordinary person? He was a Sage’s avatar, rounding up to half a Sage, naturally wouldn’t collect such divine abilities merely organized by Daoist immortals.

No other reason, just too low level…

Great Master Xuandu bowed and took his leave, then secretly went to several major Human Dao Sect Daoist collection halls, carefully searching.

‘Just one paper-cutting people divine ability, and little Changshou played it into so many variations;

Really want to see what kind of fun this fellow could create after learning methods like Scattered Seeds Become Soldiers, Point Stone Become Armor, Cloud Condenses Immortal Scholar!

Haha, hahahaha…’

Li Changshou, who was currently using earth escape techniques to find a way to use his true body to replace his paper avatar, inexplicably sneezed.

He immediately frowned in thought, beginning to analyze why he would have such a sensation, worried that his identity as a Crossing Immortal Gate disciple might have been exposed…

Half a day later.

In a magnificent yet very empty palace, coral bonsai was arranged everywhere, with strings of bubbles floating about.

On the bed, Ao Yi opened his eyes, his gaze showing slight bewilderment.

Unfamiliar ceiling…

Unfamiliar aura…

Unfamiliar woman… hm?!