Moments ago, in a side hall next to the Du Xian Temple.

Du Xian Sect’s Golden Immortal of Empty Void, Sect Master Dao Person Wu You, who was coughing blood, suddenly detected an extraordinary strand of Dao rhythm flashing briefly within the mountain-protecting grand formation.

Although this Dao rhythm disappeared extremely quickly, Wu You Dao Person, who wasn’t in closed cultivation, still caught it;

Upon careful consideration, this Dao rhythm was extraordinary, seemingly containing heaven and earth’s ultimate principles, far surpassing the Dao rhythms of the three schools’ experts that Ji Wu You had felt at the Dao Source Assembly…

Hmm?

Ji Wu You put down the soup ladle in his hand, stopped the immortal fire cooking the medicine pot and lowered his head to cough several times.

As the leader inheriting the Human Dao, he naturally wouldn’t make a fuss over such a small matter—it was just a strand of Dao rhythm, perhaps some fortunate disciple had accidentally obtained some treasure.

Following nature’s course, neither warm nor hasty, governing through non-action—this was what made a qualified sect leader of the Human Dao Immortal Sect…

BOOM!

What was happening?

Suddenly, outside Du Xian Sect, winds arose and clouds gathered. A vast heavenly might appeared in the direction of Little Qiong Peak, its overwhelming pressure pressing down on various places within the sect!

“Cough! Cough cough!”

Ji Wu You nearly spat blood, his eyes staring toward Little Qiong Peak through several layers of walls.

His powerful Golden Immortal divine consciousness immediately probed out but was directly scattered by that heavenly might!

This situation…

Such domineering heavenly might…

Ji Wu You suddenly recalled the scene from long ages past when he underwent his Golden Immortal tribulation.

But even his tribulation back then hadn’t had such intense heavenly might. If this was a Golden Immortal tribulation, it was certainly no ordinary one!

Had Forgetting Emotions’ Golden Immortal tribulation already come?

But why was it at Little Qiong Peak?

However, this heavenly might came quickly and left quickly, disappearing instantly after appearing briefly, as if it had only meant to frighten people.

Ji Wu You wiped the blood from his mouth corners, walked to the windowsill, and floated out like a swan feather, transforming into a golden light shooting toward Little Qiong Peak.

Although Ji Wu You practiced the Human Dao’s non-action and fully respected every sect cultivator’s freedom, he still needed to go look and ask to understand what had happened.

In an instant, Ji Wu You arrived above Little Qiong Peak.

He looked down, penetrating through Little Qiong Peak’s layers of outer formations, and saw standing before the pill room…

“Little Xuan Ya?”

At this moment, You Qin Xuan Ya stood there at a loss, with pure immortal power rapidly dispersing in all directions beside her, transforming into streams of elemental qi.

Ji Wu You looked down and immediately frowned continuously.

The source of that immortal power seemed to be that rocking chair, with a thick paper person on it that now appeared damaged.

Xuan Ya, paper person?

In the middle of the night, inside Little Qiong Peak’s pill room formation?

Ji Wu You immediately understood something but became even more confused…

Could it be that little Xuan Ya, who had just entered the True Immortal realm, had somehow damaged this mysterious paper person, triggering that heavenly might just now?

How… chaotic?

“Cough, we truly need to get a clear understanding.”

At this moment, various figures flew out from different peaks of Du Xian Sect, with various elders and peak masters immediately rushing here to join the sect master.

Ji Wu You was about to descend toward the pill room below when he heard a transmitted voice.

It said:

“Disciple Li Chang Shou reports to Sect Master, just now this disciple disturbed heavenly might, nearly causing trouble, but now there are no more concerns.

The situation is urgent, disciple wishes to report the circumstances to Sect Master, and requests Sect Master to prevent the sect’s other powerful people from gathering here, to avoid the situation getting out of control!”

Ji Wu You slightly frowned—how could he, as Du Xian Sect’s master, dismiss the various elders who came to investigate just because of a disciple’s transmitted message?

However, he then heard Li Chang Shou transmit:

“Sect Master, do you still remember… that six-transformation spirit pill?”

Immediately, Ji Wu You’s eyes lit up—this time he truly understood something, and instantly transmitted in all directions:

“Everyone need not come over, the treasure this poor Dao gave to Xuan Ya had some small problems, mm, small problems.”

From all directions came responses of: “Yes, Sect Master’s command.”

Soon after, various figures returned to their respective peaks. Ji Wu You stood under the starry sky and set up another immortal power barrier above Little Qiong Peak before slowly descending.

At this time, Li Chang Shou stood in the underground chamber of Little Qiong Peak, frowning deeply with thoughts racing rapidly.

This… how to handle it?

…

Perhaps because Li Chang Shou was mentally tense and thinking too quickly at this moment, several options immediately appeared in his mind:

A. Use You Qin Xuan Ya as an exclusive human tool;

B. Deploy usual methods, reveal a small portion of cards;

C. Physical persuasion, iron hammer preaching;

D. Take out the ‘Human Dao Minor Priest’ identity card…

These options kept appearing in Li Chang Shou’s mind, but after slight deliberation, he continuously negated them.

You Qin Xuan Ya was only at True Immortal realm cultivation—even if he spoke eloquently and the perfectly righteous You Qin Xuan Ya agreed to cooperate, the lies she told would not convince the Sect Master!

No way around it, her acting was too poor.

Expose part of his cards to make the other party think they knew the whole truth?

Though this method was good, it depended on the situation; the heavenly might just now had certainly caused the Sect Master to develop extremely strong suspicions, requiring a proper explanation of the heavenly might’s source!

Use force against the Sect Master?

Although he had just self-severed his cultivation and consolidated his foundation, making the Sect Master’s pressure feel quite faint now, this… wouldn’t this be putting the cart before the horse and losing the big picture for small gains?

Better to just lay his cards on the table.

Li Chang Shou gave a bitter laugh inside…

Currently, he had just fooled Mosquito Dao Person, gained Heaven’s Jade Emperor’s appreciation and trust, gotten involved in the Three Xiao Sisters’ affairs, and was even secretly contending with the Western Religion…

If the fact that the Human Dao Minor Priest and South Sea’s Sea God was Du Xian Sect’s disciple Li Chang Shou were exposed through the Sect Master’s mouth, there would be endless hidden dangers.

This layer of protective coloring couldn’t be casually discarded.

Especially since the Sect Master, this Empty Void Golden Immortal, was an uncontrollable factor.

No choice, this time he could only…

Choose Option E!

Expose his cards to the minimum degree!

At this moment, just as the Sect Master landed before the pill room, a complete train of thought appeared in Li Chang Shou’s mind. He immediately raised his hand and took out the formation-controlling jade talisman.

Activate thirty-six formation bases, and start up part of Little Qiong Peak’s core formations.

Create illusory formations, and divert the Sect Master’s attention.

“Hmm?”

Seeing patches of fog suddenly appear around the pill room, Wu You Dao Person who had just landed here frowned even deeper.

This formation seemed to have some special qualities.

You Qin Xuan Ya immediately stepped forward and made a Daoist salute, “Disciple greets Ancestral Master.”

“Mm,” Wu You Dao Person nodded slightly, “What happened here just now?”

You Qin Xuan Ya pondered briefly, feeling somewhat confused inside.

“Disciple came looking for Senior Brother Chang Shou, Senior Brother Chang Shou suddenly had some insights, sat in the rocking chair, then suddenly… just, just…”

Wu You Dao Person pursued: “What happened?”

You Qin Xuan Ya said softly: “Just deflated, quickly shrank down… turned into this paper person.”

“Hahaha! Cough cough!”

Wu You Dao Person was also amused by You Qin Xuan Ya’s description.

He raised his hand to draw the paper person to himself, carefully examining it, and said with a laugh: “This is a divine ability called Paper Cutting Becomes Person, however, this paper person is somewhat unusual…”

“Disciple Li Chang Shou greets Sect Master!”

A call came from inside the pill room. Ji Wu You and You Qin Xuan Ya looked up to see a wisp of light smoke flying out from beside that large black furnace, transforming into Li Chang Shou’s form.

Li Chang Shou quickly stepped forward and made a deep Daoist salute to Ji Wu You.

“How did you come out from below?” Ji Wu You asked with a smile.

Li Chang Shou hurriedly said: “Disciple just had some insights and feared disturbing Junior Sister You Qin, so placed a paper person here while going underground to comprehend and cultivate.”

Ji Wu You didn’t ask more about this matter, focusing on the key issue: “Chang Shou, what exactly happened just now?”

Li Chang Shou frowned, lowered his head, tightly closed his lips, his voice carrying some hesitation and some helplessness at suppressing impulse, and said softly:

“Reporting to Sect Master, disciple… doesn’t quite dare say…”

“Just speak, how could you not dare say?”

Ji Wu You put his hands behind his back and said calmly: “What could there be that this poor Dao couldn’t handle?”

Seeing the Sect Master’s somewhat stern gaze, Li Chang Shou sighed and took out a jade tablet from his sleeve, holding it with both hands and offering it forward.

Ji Wu You was about to take it directly, but upon a careful look, he immediately stepped back half a step!

The Sect Master’s face instantly turned somewhat pale, and he hurriedly made a Daoist salute toward the jade tablet, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead…

The jade tablet carried the Human Dao Tai Qing Sage’s Dao rhythm!

Such Dao rhythm, he had only felt on a jade talisman held by his own master, Du E True Person.

And that jade talisman was now Du Xian Sect’s core inheritance—the [Tai Shang Wu Wei Scripture]!

Li Chang Shou held the jade tablet and hurriedly asked: “Why does the Sect Master bow?”

“Chang Shou! Not half a word of what this poor Dao just said should leak out!”

Ji Wu You said firmly, then looked at You Qin Xuan Ya, “Xuan Ya as well, don’t speak about this poor Dao’s ‘what couldn’t handle’ phrase!

Cough cough! Cough cough cough…

Xuan Ya don’t just stand there dazed, quickly come to pay respects to the jade tablet!”

You Qin Xuan Ya was immediately completely confused but still hurriedly came forward and made a Daoist salute to the jade tablet.

This jade tablet was naturally the [Tai Qing Dao Han].

Ji Wu You seemed to want to say more but held back, now both shocked and suspicious, looking at this small disciple who hadn’t even become an immortal, immediately feeling somewhat…

Unable to see through his background.

Ji Wu You said: “Chang Shou, you and the Great Priest…”

“Sect Master, the Great Priest warned that there are some things disciple cannot speak carelessly about.”

Li Chang Shou sighed softly, “The heavenly might just now be when the disciple opened this Dao Han and seemed to make a mistake in comprehension, causing Dao rhythm disturbance.

That heavenly might seemed to be warning disciple not to continue comprehending in that direction…”

“So that’s how it was,” Ji Wu You immediately showed understanding.

Then, Ji Wu You looked at Li Chang Shou with burning eyes, “Chang Shou, this Dao Han?”

“Sect Master, the Great Priest instructed…”

“Understand, understand,” Ji Wu You immediately nodded, “Quickly put this away. Next time you want to comprehend it, notify this poor Dao beforehand, and this poor Dao will come to protect you, to avoid causing such a disturbance again.

Chang Shou, you and the Great Priest… what exactly is your relationship?

Is this convenient to reveal?”

Li Chang Shou looked at You Qin Xuan Ya, who was already submerged in ‘confusion’, her ponytail swaying gently, her ice-blue long dress covered in question marks.

Completely not understanding what Ancestral Master and Senior Brother Chang Shou were talking about.

“Sect Master, this, disciple and the Great Priest,” Li Chang Shou deliberated briefly, “have only met a few times, there shouldn’t be any special relationship.”

No special relationship?

Ji Wu You immediately showed a somewhat profound smile and said: “This poor Dao roughly understands. Since that’s the case, this poor Dao won’t ask further.”

After speaking, Ji Wu You took out a message-transmitting jade tablet from his bosom and handed it to Li Chang Shou, saying:

“Chang Shou cultivates at ease, for any matter, big or small, you can inform this poor Dao. This poor Dao will return now.

Remember, when comprehending this treasure again, you must notify this poor Dao beforehand.”

This…

The Sect Master was unexpectedly easy to fool…

Li Chang Shou hurriedly said: “Disciple obeys.”

Ji Wu You looked at You Qin Xuan Ya and instructed: “Xuan Ya, today’s matter, you know, I know, Chang Shou knows, must not let a fourth person know.”

“Disciple obeys Ancestral Master’s teaching!”

Not only easy to fool but also helped him handle Junior Sister You Qin.

Li Chang Shou felt inexplicably moved, looking at the Sect Master’s back as he turned and left gracefully, suddenly feeling somewhat emotional.

When there’s a chance, he should still introduce the Sect Master to the Great Priest.

Such a good person, truly…

You Qin Xuan Ya looked at Li Chang Shou and said softly: “Senior Brother Chang Shou?”

“Junior Sister You Qin, wait a bit longer,” Li Chang Shou gave a bitter smile, gazing at You Qin Xuan Ya, “Let me handle some matters properly first, then I’ll explain to you.”

“Senior Brother Chang Shou handle your matters first,” You Qin Xuan Ya immediately said, “I’ll just wait here.”

“Mm,” Li Chang Shou nodded, this time directly closing his eyes, quickly activating the paper person under the South Sea God Temple, hurriedly transmitting a message to Celestial Yun Xiao saying ‘this junior is fine.’

In the temple, this beautiful and overly generous Celestial Yun Xiao had already spread her skirt and sat cross-legged on the ground, starting to use immortal power to rescue that paper person that had been damaged by the Sage’s Dao rhythm…

…

Understood!

Li Chang Shou just said that much, and Ji Wu You completely understood!

Previously Ji Wu You had wondered why Great Priest Xuan Du would entrust his master Du E True Person to give him a six-transformation spirit pill to pass on to Little Qiong Peak’s small disciple Li Chang Shou.

Now looking at it, this matter had deep meaning.

Casually giving away scripture written by a Sage—this relationship must be extraordinary;

Though six-transformation spirit pills weren’t rare, a six-transformation Yang-strengthening spirit pill was truly unusual and provoked speculation!

The Great Priest was very concerned about whether Li Chang Shou had heirs…

Who would be concerned about and pay attention to this question?

Such care, such concern, plus scripture written by a Sage, even when accidentally going in the wrong direction would bring down heavenly might to warn in time; carefully calculating this matter yielded nothing, heavenly mechanisms were tightly concealed, completely impenetrable! (Note 1)

This was probably treatment that even personal disciples didn’t receive!

Plus earlier when Du Xian Sect faced calamity, though his own master Du E True Person had already appeared to resolve the situation, the Great Priest still took his master to Golden Tortoise Island to settle matters with theSevering Sect people…

Today, all these questions had reasonable explanations!

It was most likely correct—this little Chang Shou must be… the Great Priest’s direct bloodline descendant, perhaps even an illegitimate child!

“Cough, cough cough!”

Ji Wu, You coughed several times, showed a slight smile, returned to the small room beside the main hall, sat in the circular chair, and fell into deep thought.

This kind of matter definitely couldn’t be discussed openly—the Great Priest certainly wouldn’t like this matter spread about;

In the future, he as Du Xian Sect’s master could only secretly look after little Chang Shou, not seeking merit, but avoiding mistakes…