“Bian Zhuang…”

Cutting off the spiritual communication with Ao Yi, Li Changshou repeatedly murmured this unfamiliar name.

He never would have imagined that the young cultivator who stepped forward to confess to Ke Le’er that day at the World’s End…

Had gone to pursue her at Dragon Palace…

Originally, he was just the young master of a ‘Temporary Love Tribulation Enlightenment Venue Chain,’ on any normal day, Ao Yi could have casually dismissed him with a wave of his finger.

But the problem now was that Bian Zhuang had obtained an invitation to Ao Yi’s wedding.

Anyone with an invitation to attend Ao Yi’s wedding at Dragon Palace was an honored guest;

The Dragon Clan’s current face was maintained only by their ‘self-perceived dignity’ – how could they do something like asking a guest to leave?

This Bian Zhuang was now guarding the front gates of East Sea Dragon Palace, motionless day and night, waiting for his dream love Ke Le’er to appear…

Because of Bian Zhuang’s devoted love, Ke Le’er’s name quickly became known among the Dragon and Sea clans.

Because of this, Ao Yi was extremely worried, not daring to go near East Sea Dragon Palace’s gates, afraid of being recognized by Bian Zhuang;

If not for Jiang Si’er stopping him, Ao Yi would have already secretly arranged for someone to knock Bian Zhuang unconscious and suppress him somewhere for over a decade, dealing with him after the wedding…

‘Teaching Master Brother, what should we do now?’

What to do…

What else could be done but temporarily ignore it?

This Bian Zhuang, currently speaking, was just a minor character, his background was clear, and he wouldn’t have any impact on Ao Yi’s wedding.

Li Changshou comforted Ao Yi with a few words, telling his Second Sect Master not to worry too much.

To be honest, the difference between Ao Yi before and after cross-dressing was quite significant.

Incidentally, Li Changshou gave Ao Yi several instructions, reminding him again that during his wedding, powerful enemies might strike at the Dragon Clan, telling them to prepare countermeasures in advance.

Even without Li Changshou’s reminders, the Dragon Clan had already taken precautions.

But to be safe, Li Changshou still patiently repeated his warnings to Ao Yi several times.

“As for this Bian Zhuang, we’ll deal with him later.”

Li Changshou sighed lightly, dusted his sleeves, and formally began arranging the ‘big event’ twelve years away!

Currently, he was the intersection point between Heaven Palace, Human Teaching, and Dragon Clan forces;

Ao Yi’s wedding, Western Teaching’s schemes, Human Teaching’s follow-up, and Heaven Palace’s opportunistic move.

Li Changshou had many things to do, and the next eleven years and nine months would be extremely busy.

He went to the underground chamber, took a piece of sheepskin, and began writing down what he needed to do, prioritizing one by one…

The most urgent matter was naturally improving the individual strength of the bean soldiers, the earlier this work was completed the better.

Besides this, building the [Dragon] character paper avatar legion and equipping them with enough poison dans was also a very urgent matter.

These two things would take up most of his energy.

As core members of Heaven Palace’s congratulatory group, the Old Man Under the Moon and East Wood Duke would come to Sea God Temple periodically to discuss specific matters with Li Changshou.

On Ao Yi’s side, roughly every three months, he would encounter various big and small problems.

Following Li Changshou’s instructions, Ao Yi would consult through spiritual communication about everything, no matter how trivial.

Lord Zhao Gongming truly had a warm heart…

During this period, he often came to Sea God Temple to drink tea, and before leaving never forgot to remind Li Changshou not to forget to call him when it was time to act.

Zhao Gongming was afraid that secluded cultivation might delay important matters, so he didn’t return to Mount Emei for these twelve years, instead wandering between several famous immortal island cultivation venues of the Severing Teaching.

For Ao Yi’s wedding, the cultivators of Golden Turtle Island would also go to offer congratulations, this was also a fighting force that could be counted on…

Li Changshou had even more to busy himself with.

The Western Teaching kept using ‘alienation tactics,’ arranging for some marginal Dragon Clan members to cause trouble at Sea God Teaching every few days, making Li Changshou quite speechless.

Regarding this, Li Changshou could only turn their tactics against them, carefully calculating to make Western Teaching boldly strike at the Dragon Clan…

Besides the major matter of [Dragon Palace Ascending to Heaven], Li Changshou also had to pay attention to the second spring of the two old immortals.

His fierce Little Master Uncle’s return to the mountain lasted half a year total, meeting with Forgotten Emotions Person sixty-two times.

They met once every three days, and the content of their meetings was also repetitive.

Walking, chatting, playing flute, telling a few dry jokes…

The mountain scenery was repetitive, but in each other’s eyes, they became increasingly fascinating.

After half a year like this, Little Master Uncle directly ‘lured’ Forgotten Emotions Person out of Du Xian Gate, making Li Changshou break out in a cold sweat.

Forgotten Emotions Person was an important observation target for the Golden Immortal Tribulation, this was the main motivation for Li Changshou helping them!

Fortunately, Jiang Lin’er was going to temporarily bid farewell to her friends in the cultivation world, planning to stay long-term at Du Xian Gate for cultivation;

It was Forgotten Emotions Person who actively proposed going along with Jiang Lin’er, worried she might encounter trouble…

Jiang Lin’er was frank and upright in her dealings, able to see her toes when looking down and touch her conscience when raising her hand, naturally not afraid of Forgotten Emotions Person meeting her successful friends.

She readily agreed, and the next day took Forgotten Emotions Person to some great world beyond the Five Continents…

This journey lasted three years.

After three years, Forgotten Emotions Person and Jiang Lin’er returned hand in hand, their relationship having progressed significantly.

Though not yet at the level of holding hands in public, when their eyes met, they were full of affection, one having let go of some reserve, one having shed some tsundere attitude.

[Old immortals dating is just this troublesome]

Li Changshou had originally thought that in three years, Forgotten Emotions Person and Jiang Lin’er might bring back a little Rich and Noble Jr…

What was gratifying was that Forgotten Emotions Person and Jiang Lin’er had both found their old feelings for each other.

Forgotten Emotions Person now faced the Golden Immortal Tribulation, and Jiang Lin’er didn’t want to burden him, often encouraging him to cultivate well and enter seclusion more;

So, the Forgotten Emotions Person changed from coming once every three days to…

Five times every half month.

Seeing Little Master Uncle and Forgotten Emotions Person’s relationship steadily warming up, Li Changshou temporarily withdrew the small portion of attention he had invested here…

Full power on arranging matters for the Dragon Clan!

This busy period lasted exactly nine years, time passing swiftly without a trace, leaving no tracks.

Li Changshou’s various preparations were all approaching their end, three tactical systems were completely in place.

This Dragon Clan tribulation was a completely different concept from Du Xian Gate’s previous tribulation.

This time, it was great teachings scheming, great clans contending.

Li Changshou was in the eye of the storm, wanting to influence the changes in the situation, he could only use four ounces to move a thousand pounds, exhausting all efforts in arranging, calculating, borrowing power…

He understood clearly in his heart that whether he could firmly hold onto the great tree that was Supreme Clarity Sage Lord depended entirely on whether he could arrange the Dragon Clan matters properly.

…

Less than three years remained until Ao Yi’s wedding.

Li Changshou sent a paper avatar with a young appearance to secretly enter East Sea Dragon Palace, serving as Ao Yi’s ‘temporary military advisor,’ directly intervening in the Dragon Clan’s arrangements.

At this stage, South Sea God Teaching and Dragon Palace still appeared to be at odds, Li Changshou couldn’t appear in his elderly immortal skin, this matter was also secret within the Dragon Clan.

That night, the East Sea Dragon King gathered his two sons – Ao Jia and Ao Yi, as well as several Dragon Clan ministers, to host a feast for the South Sea God’s… paper avatar.

Even though it was just an avatar, Dragon Palace gave it extremely high regard.

During the feast, Li Changshou’s seat was arranged in position just after the Dragon King’s, even before the two dragon princes.

The old Dragon King released a clear signal to Li Changshou—

Dragon Clan needed Human Teaching as support.

In response, Li Changshou also promised that after Ao Yi’s wedding, South Sea God Teaching would add thirty True Dragon Guardian positions, giving the Dragon Clan more merit income.

Though this gift was small, it made the Dragon King and many Dragon Clan masters’ ‘dragon faces’ greatly pleased.

Following this, according to Li Changshou’s suggestion, the Dragon Clan not only stationed heavy forces in the East Sea Dragon Palace but also arranged heavy forces to guard the West, South, and North Sea Dragon Palaces.

Of course, on Ao Yi’s wedding day, the Dragon Clan’s elite forces would still gather at East Sea Dragon Palace.

After coming to Dragon Palace, Li Changshou secretly reminded Dragon Clan not to create too much bloodshed before the wedding;

But for their own rule over the Four Seas, the Dragon Clan still executed the strategy of ‘killing chickens to warn monkeys.’

In the three years before Ao Yi’s wedding, the Dragon Clan began large-scale suppression of Sea Clan rebels.

For a time, blood dyed the Four Seas, living beings suffered…

Two years remained until Ao Yi’s wedding;

Li Changshou formally handed over the preliminary modified version of the Scattered Bean Soldiers’ divine ability, along with two hundred thousand immortal beans, to East Wood Duke, letting him arrange for those forty thousand heavenly soldiers to practice this technique.

These two hundred thousand immortal beans were not the advanced ‘poison beans,’ but normal immortal beans cultivated by Li Changshou;

The bean immortals summoned had stable early True Immortal stage combat power.

Though poison bean soldiers had strong killing power, they damaged Heaven Palace’s dignity and weren’t suitable for heavenly soldiers to use.

When receiving the storage treasure containing two hundred thousand immortal beans, East Wood Duke was full of emotion, making several Dao bows to Li Changshou before hurrying back to Heaven Palace to report this matter to His Majesty the Jade Emperor.

Not yet officially receiving his divine position, Li Changshou was already working his heart out for Heaven Palace.

A true conscientious wild god.

This year, Li Changshou took the thirty million poison immortal beans made by Elder Linyun and sixty [Dragon] character paper avatars to the East Sea, hiding them in a concealed location not far from East Sea Dragon Palace.

This was already most of what he could bring out without affecting the ‘Little Qiong Peak’ defense system.

For this counter-encirclement tactic, the special spirit trees for Paper Person Making divine ability on Little Qiong Peak had all… thinned by several circles.

Old skin gradually loosened with no regrets, wasting away trees for your sake!

Li Changshou’s paper avatar legion definitely couldn’t be committed to the front lines.

Why attack head-on when you can ambush?

Why use divine abilities when you can use poison?

When the time came, if East Sea Dragon Palace was surrounded by powerful enemies, at the crucial moment in battle when casualties on both sides reached a certain level;

Li Changshou’s paper avatar-poison bean soldier battle group would pincer attack along with Heaven Palace’s two hundred and forty thousand troops!

Then invite Yellow Dragon True Person and Lord Zhao to strike enemy masters from behind, naturally resolving the Dragon Clan’s crisis.

Li Changshou’s thinking was as clear as ever—

[Use Western Teaching’s hand to hurt Dragon Clan, but not subdue them, then gradually guide Dragon Clan to fight Western Teaching, and trick them into joining Heaven Palace.]

Half a year before Ao Yi’s wedding.

Wars in various places across the Four Seas slightly calmed, Dragon Clan armies returned to the Four Seas Dragon Palaces, but sea clan rebels not only hadn’t decreased but became increasingly active.

Li Changshou received secret word from True Person Wenjing that deep sea demon clans were restless;

Following this, outside the primitive world’s Five Continents, large numbers of demon clans and sea clans gathered from the Three Thousand Worlds, secretly lying in wait.

To subdue the Dragon Clan, Western Teaching had already brought out two trump cards they had stored for many years.

And for Western Teaching, these should only be two moderate trump cards, even if lost, the impact wouldn’t be too great.

Li Changshou also began making some tactical adjustments targeting this, trying to reduce pressure on the Dragon Clan when the great battle erupted by influencing the Dragon Clan’s decisions.

Also because Li Changshou had constantly worried and worked for the Dragon Clan these years, running east and west, the Dragon Clan’s upper echelons were quite grateful to the ‘South Sea God,’ and Ao Yi became increasingly dependent on his Teaching Master Brother.

They planned to give South Sea God a great gift at Ao Yi’s wedding;

To let the guests from the Three Realms know in person…

South Sea God and their Dragon Clan were true brothers, blood thicker than water!

In the following half year, the Four Seas completely quieted down, East Sea Dragon Palace was decorated with lanterns and colored banners, and wave after wave of guests came continuously from the Four Seas, Five Continents, and Three Thousand Worlds.

The vast East Sea Dragon Palace became very crowded.

Dragon Clan’s wealthy and generous nature was also clearly displayed at this time.

Starting three months before the wedding, Dragon Palace’s great feasts continued daily, and guests with invitations could receive one ‘spirit treasure’ as a return gift.

Li Changshou was speechless for several months.

Even though undercurrents surged everywhere outside, this place was full of drunken revelry.

In the blink of an eye, two days remained until Ao Yi’s wedding…

Li Changshou completed his final inspection, his consciousness switching back and forth between several lead paper avatars, analyzing various situations again, finally putting his mind at ease.

This time, he had to disappoint Ao Yi as well.

Du Xian Gate disciple Li Changshou didn’t go to East Sea to attend Ao Yi’s wedding, only South Sea God went…

This remained a regret in Ao Yi’s heart.

But Ao Yi also knew that his Teaching Master had already done far too much for his wedding to proceed smoothly…

“Thus, everything is finally arranged, what could be done has been done.”

Li Changshou stretched lazily, his eyes showing some weariness, but he quickly roused his spirit.

After finishing this matter, he would relax his mind and rest for a few days; work and rest should be balanced, and keeping the spirit constantly tense made it too easy to gain insights.

This battle at East Sea Dragon Palace would certainly not be small, his true body hadn’t even reached the Golden Immortal realm, so going there wouldn’t help much.

Relatively speaking, staying firmly in the rear area, and fully controlling the battle situation, would allow him to display stronger… use…

Hmm?

Someone had stirred the Supreme Clarity Great Dao, causing layers of insight to arise in his dao heart.

‘Dragon Clan wedding has tribulation, Du Xian thirty thousand li east, waiting for you.’

Li Changshou couldn’t help his mouth twitching several times.

The Grand Master was… Doulu Palace, just got connected to the network?