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Chapter 696: Divine Farmer’s Spirit Pill!

Emperor Yu was also a bit bewildered.

Taking advantage of the Severing Sect’s wedding, he came here to find someone, but before he could even enter the gate, Multiteasure Daoist asked with a smile:

“Fellow Daoist, where do you come from?”

Something wasn’t right, very wrong indeed.

Emperor Yu smiled and said: “I come from Fire Cloud Cave.”

“We don’t seem to have sent an invitation to Fire Cloud Cave,” Lu Yue frowned behind him and asked, “Fellow Daoist is…?”

“Human Race, Yu.”

Multiteasure Daoist asked: “How can a Fellow Daoist prove his identity?”

Emperor Yu’s eyes widened.

Prove himself? Had he wasted his time in ancient times?

Although he ranked last among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, he was still a representative of the Human Race for a period, possessed a strand of Primordial Purple Qi, and his cultivation made him a great mystic.

This!

Alright, very Changshou-like.

Emperor Yu’s somewhat stocky body stepped forward half a step, light flickering in his palm, condensing into a purple flame.

“The Human Race’s eternal flame, Primordial Purple Qi—is this proof enough?”

Multiteasure carefully sensed it, then made a Daoist bow, deliberately appearing relieved as he smiled and said:

“Please forgive us, Human Emperor. We received news that the Western Religion might cause trouble, hence our nervousness.

Please come in quickly. You’re here to seek Junior Brother Changshou, aren’t you?”

Emperor Yu smiled and nodded, cupped his hands to Multiteasure Daoist, and was escorted into Biyou Palace’s main gate by two Severing Sect experts.

He transmitted to Multiteasure Daoist not to make a fuss, as he had come quite low-key, and under the attention from various directions, went straight to Li Changshou’s table.

Li Changshou had already risen to welcome him, Yellow Dragon Daoist tactfully moved to another position, yielding the spot beside Li Changshou.

Cupping hands and bowing, Li Changshou transmitted to Emperor Yu:

“Please forgive me for not going outside to welcome you, Senior.”

Emperor Yu smiled and nodded, transmitting back: “As you should, you represent the Heavenly Court here, no need to mind such things.”

Afterward, both sat down simultaneously. Li Changshou’s finger tapped lightly on the table, while Emperor Yu slightly adjusted his sitting posture, under the table… pressing his left foot against Li Changshou’s calf.

Beside them, ‘Understanding Heavenly Emperor the Second’ slightly frowned.

He certainly wasn’t concerned about Changshou being too close to Emperor Yu, definitely not concerned about—he was the Heavenly Emperor, what brotherhood could be stronger than that between the Heavenly Emperor and an ordinary deity of the Heavenly Court?

Absolutely none!

Emperor Yu’s action was actually to facilitate voice transmission, and it had quite high secrecy.

Considering Emperor Yu’s status as a former Human Emperor, it should be about Human Race matters.

Dong Deqi calmly used the other end of his jade chopsticks to pick up food, having absolutely no intention of eavesdropping, just caring about the current opposition between living beings and Heaven and Earth for the sake of Heavenly Court business.

Within his scope of duty.

Thus, His Majesty the Jade Emperor calmly adjusted his sitting posture, his right foot inadvertently stepping on the edge of Li Changshou’s Daoist robe.

Li Changshou: …

Almost forgot His Majesty’s magnanimous temperament.

Before he could remind Emperor Yu, Emperor Yu’s words had already streamed over continuously:

“Changshou, there’s a big problem.

Senior Fuxi divined and calculated for a long time, finally confirming a disaster initiated by the Heavenly Dao.

You also know that in ancient times, when the Human Race began separating immortals from mortals, it was actually the Heavenly Dao pushing it, the Heavenly Dao’s calculations were very clear—valuing mortals, looking down on immortals.

I know there’s nothing wrong with this, protecting the weak, and giving living beings relative fairness, it’s the good side of the Heavenly Dao and Heavenly Court.

But this way, if our Human Race encounters unfairness from the Heavenly Dao again, our power to resist will become weaker and weaker.

Immortals have been separated from destiny.

We analyzed your previously deduced system of human, spirit, immortal, demon, devil, and ghost, and discovered that you seemed to have seen this problem long ago, intentionally unifying the power of living beings, diluting the negative effects of the Human Race’s immortal-mortal separation.

But this way?”

Li Changshou: That’s not wrong indeed.

But saying this in front of His Majesty the Jade Emperor didn’t seem quite appropriate.

“Emperor, please.”

Li Changshou calmly raised his wine cup to drink with Emperor Yu, transmitting in his heart:

“I hadn’t considered these things, it must have been a coincidence.

At that time, it was actually about finding ways to protect mortals under the unchangeable trend of immortal-mortal separation.”

The Jade Emperor’s avatar immediately showed a calm smile.

Emperor Yu smiled and nodded, giving Li Changshou a thumbs up under the table, continuing to transmit:

“The more we ponder your system, the more formidable we find it;

What the Heavenly Dao needs, what the Heavenly Court needs, what the Human Race needs—the considerations are thoroughly comprehensive, and conform to the coming trends of Heaven and Earth’s evolution.

But Changshou, the reason I came to find your true body, without speaking to your avatar, is because there’s a major matter related to this, and I want to ask you for a strategy.”

Li Changshou slowly nodded, transmitting:

“Please speak, Emperor. If there’s anything I need to do, I will carefully consider and do my best.”

“Mm,” Emperor Yu slowly exhaled.

A somewhat worried voice sounded in Li Changshou’s heart: “According to Senior Fuxi’s hexagrams, after this Investiture of the Gods tribulation, the Southern Continent may never have another Human Emperor.”

Li Changshou’s hand holding the jade chopsticks paused.

The Jade Emperor’s avatar beside them also frowned slightly but quickly withdrew his foot that was stepping on Li Changshou’s robe, eating and drinking on his own.

Li Changshou put down his chopsticks, transmitting: “How is this hexagram interpreted?”

Emperor Yu pondered for a moment, continuing to transmit:

“The hexagrams show that King Zhou of Shang, Di Xin, will be the last Human Emperor. After him, there will be no position of Human Emperor, instead establishing the position of Son of Heaven, with the king of the Human Race receiving the mandate from Heaven.

Moreover, what’s seen in the hexagrams is that Zhou will replace Shang.

After the Zhou State defeats the Shang State, the Human Emperor will call himself the Son of Heaven… You might be involved in this matter when the time comes.”

Li Changshou closed his eyes in concentration, quietly thinking.

“What do the seniors mean?”

Emperor Yu picked up some food, transmitting: “According to Suiren Senior’s dying wishes, everything follows your arrangements.

But this will also put a lot of pressure on you, so we discussed it and our opinion is to respond to change with constancy.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be me coming to find you, but inviting you to Fire Cloud Cave to discuss how to deploy troops.”

Li Changshou remained silent for a while, quietly pondering.

The Dao Ancestor had begun concluding matters.

The hexagrams still had internal connections with the Heavenly Dao’s operation. That the hexagrams could see these matters clearly showed that the Heavenly Dao had prepared all arrangements, revealing ‘future events with greater probability.’

He had previously focused his attention on the immortals and deities in the Investiture of the Gods tribulation and indeed hadn’t paid enough attention to this point.

It wasn’t his oversight either, simply because the current mortal Human Emperors had no use, and his plans hadn’t involved the mortal realm.

Mortals didn’t need to know too much, living energetically was enough.

The rise of the Heavenly Court, the Human Dao being suppressed by the Heavenly Dao and even becoming its aid, the destruction of the great Sage sects, the power of living beings being reduced to a level unable to resist the Heavenly Dao, the Sages losing their initiative and power to resist…

In one Investiture of the God tribulation, the Dao Ancestor had calculated so many major matters.

In terms of grand strategy, he was far inferior to the Dao Ancestor.

Emperor Yu waited for a while, seeing Li Changshou not speaking, frowned and asked:

“Is there still a solution to this situation?”

“Looking at it now, there indeed isn’t any,” Li Changshou said, “Fire Cloud Cave is one of the few remaining gathering places of living beings’ flames, please protect yourselves first, seniors.

Mortals living by the Heavenly Dao aren’t necessarily bad for them.

But outside the Southern Jambudvipa Continent, the Human Race should unite all living beings.

First, establish a firm position—this isn’t the Human Race against the Heavenly Dao, but living beings against the Heavenly Dao. If there’s a battle in the future, even if this battle is lost, the Human Race can continue to prosper.

Though doing this might be somewhat inappropriate for other races—when the great wave rises, large ships remain safe while small boats capsize. The Shamanic and Demon races might be the ones to disappear in the end.”

Emperor Yu pondered for a moment and asked: “Changshou, you mean to use mortals as the Human Race’s final foundation, and let human cultivators fight a battle?

Then, when is the right time?”

“The timing isn’t clear,” Li Changshou said softly, “Perhaps such timing won’t come, but please remember this, seniors.

The Great Dao has fifty aspects, one goes into hiding.

The Heavenly Dao isn’t omnipotent, all things ultimately generate and restrain each other, everything exists within the yin-yang double fish.”

Emperor Yu: …

This lecturing sentence pattern, this familiar tone.

Wasn’t this what they used when lecturing juniors daily?

However, Emperor Yu was truly reassured by this, the anxiety in his expression from before had disappeared.

Back then, being able to become a Human Emperor wasn’t a simple matter.

Here’s a joke—at the end of ancient times, after the Human Race had become the protagonist of Heaven and Earth, they implemented an abdication system.

This was indeed an abdication system, but in most cases, it was when a certain tribe rose and became powerful, first becoming the de facto overlord of the world, gaining the support of other tribes, then the old ruler feeling unable to maintain stability, would announce to the world that the position of Human Emperor would pass to the next.

Very realistic.

Emperor Yu’s position as Human Emperor, besides his own achievements and merits, also came from gradually accumulating reputation and fighting everywhere, how could he not understand these twists and turns?

Li Changshou had almost said directly:

[Senior, don’t worry, stay steady, I have a way of dealing with the Heavenly Dao but need to wait for the right time, let everyone remain calm, preserve strength, unite the power of living beings, and then wait for my signal, and we’ll make a big move!]

Indeed, heroes emerge from the younger generation.

In the great river, waves crash upon waves, and the previous wave gets washed up on the beach.

Emperor Yu said: “I will convey this word for word to the seniors.”

Li Changshou cupped his hands, raised his wine cup, and smiled: “I toast Emperor Yu.”

“Ah, Star-Lord is too polite, too polite,” Emperor Yu waved familiarly, “Let’s all drink together.”

That kingly bearing made the Jade Emperor’s new avatar internally praise his expertise.

Human Emperor, Son of Heaven.

The difference seemed quite large but wasn’t much.

Li Changshou had to admit when he said these things to Emperor Yu, there was also an element of acting.

To boost Fire Cloud Cave’s confidence, and raise the spirits of the various emperors, at least let everyone feel they weren’t completely without hope of victory.

Looking back to when the Shang tribe hadn’t yet established their state when Li Changshou set up the Immortal Contract, it had actually already faintly aligned with the Heavenly Dao’s needs.

The Immortal Contract had already made the Human Emperor restricted by the Heavenly Court.

But at that time, Li Changshou hadn’t been stimulated by Master Qi Yuan’s death, his thoughts then were simple, feeling that even if the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor had some issues, they wouldn’t go too far.

Later he discovered…

Beyond excessive, excessive!

He was a man with a strong sense of crisis and had been thinking since that Golden Crow was affected by tribulation fate and spat fire to death a Muddy Immortal.

Would the Heavenly Dao use any means necessary to achieve its goals?

During those more than ten years of self-isolation in the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper, Li Changshou was thinking, assessing the situation, and finally…

Inscribed balancing the Heavenly Dao into his own Balance Great Dao.

All plans had taken shape at that time.

Right under the gaze of the Heavenly Dao’s will, Li Changshou considered hundreds of ways to break through the situation, then negated and dismantled them one by one, finally breaking them down into one.

That was the only possibility.

On this path, Li Changshou had already completed the most crucial step—becoming the one who goes into hiding.

This was the only possibility for self-preservation and protecting those close to him.

Li Changshou hadn’t initially considered too much from the Human Race’s standpoint. No matter how he deduced it, the mortals of the Southern Jambudvipa Continent were entities that the Heavenly Dao must protect.

The Human Race wouldn’t be destroyed—this was the Heavenly Dao’s ideal form of living beings.

The Heavenly Dao wanted to suppress the power of living beings, but their power couldn’t be reduced too low, as this was an important component of the Heavenly Dao’s power.

The Dao Ancestor understood better than anyone that Heaven and Earth existed for living beings—if living beings were gone, Heaven and Earth would die too.

But, Suiren’s entrustment…

So, he had already been entangled in strange karma.

It was somewhat ironic that the person who personally wrote the Scripture of Stability had violated its core principles.

This was the weakness of living beings, perhaps.

Although Li Changshou very much wanted to shout: Humans have limits, I won’t be human anymore, Dao Ancestor!

Emperor Yu had come to discuss this matter with Li Changshou’s true body, using the noise here to avoid drawing too much attention.

Having received Li Changshou’s response, Emperor Yu went to congratulate Zhao Gongming and the Golden Spirit Sacred Mother, then brought out a precious wedding gift.

Divine Farmer’s Spirit Pill!

This item didn’t have any too great use, just that it could to some extent solve the difficulty of primordial beings having offspring.

Zhao Gongming had also drunk some wine and was somewhat tipsy at the time, pulling Emperor Yu aside to express his feelings, almost speaking about bedroom pleasures in public.

After giving the precious pill, Emperor Yu said he couldn’t stay out long and bid farewell to return to Fire Cloud Cave.

Li Changshou went out to send him off, seeing Emperor Yu out of Biyou Palace before returning to continue participating in the feast.

The great feast lasted half a month before ending.

Zhao Gongming suddenly discovered that the wedding gifts he received from this marriage exceeded what he got from robbing the Western Religion by more than tenfold!

At that moment, Old Brother Zhao seemed to have grasped the secret code of wealth.

Of course, Old Brother Zhao was still Old Brother Zhao—these treasures weren’t of much use to him and Golden Spirit Sacred Mother, and when the wedding ended, they distributed most to the disciples of the Severing Sect up and down.

This couple’s reputation within the sect instantly rose by a large margin!

After the wedding ended, Ling’e was pulled away to Three Immortal Island by Sister Yun Xiao, and Li Changshou also sent off the Old Man of the Moon and the Jade Emperor’s avatar.

Biyou Palace quickly became quiet again. Zhao Gongming kept his closest brothers and held a small feast at Three Immortal Island.

Golden Spirit Sacred Mother was quite generous, leaning against Zhao Gongming’s side, smiling more in this half month than she had in all previous days combined.

Those attending were all their people—Ling’e, Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, Bi Xiao needn’t be mentioned, Multiteasure and Turtle Spirit couldn’t be absent.

There was also White Marsh who had been busy as head chef for half a month, and his kitchen helpers Wine Nine and Wine Crow.

Originally, Zhao Gongming had also invited Yellow Dragon, but Yellow Dragon politely declined and didn’t come.

He indeed couldn’t continue developing friendship with Zhao Gongming.

Zhao Gongming held his wine cup, looking at the clear wine within, somehow his eyes reddened slightly, and then he turned his head to clear his throat, grinning:

“Floating and sinking, rights and wrongs; gratitude and grudges, you and me.

Old Zhao thanks Senior Brother, sworn sisters, and my two brothers for helping arrange this wedding.

I’ll drink three cups first.”

Then, Zhao Gongming gulped down three cups.

He continued: “I know now the great tribulation between the Enlightenment and Severing sects lies ahead, what will happen later is unknown.

But today I, Zhao Gongming, swear to Master—husband and wife united in heart, living and dying together!

I’ll drain this cup!”

After speaking, he again gulped it down in one go.

Golden Spirit Sacred Mother chided: “Why speak of such things?”

Zhao Gongming chuckled, sat down, and stared at Golden Spirit Sacred Mother, grinning foolishly.

Yun Xiao said softly: “Elder Sister-in-law, I toast you. Big Brother is sometimes too straightforward and stubborn, if he offends you, please be understanding.”

Golden Spirit Sacred Mother shook her head slightly, holding her wine cup to gently clink with Yun Xiao’s, replying: “Don’t worry, we two generally won’t fight.”

Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao also took turns toasting Golden Spirit Sacred Mother, formally accepting her as their elder sister-in-law.

Li Changshou gestured for Ling’e to serve wine, then looked at Wine Nine and Wine Crow who didn’t dare speak beside him.

Not having seen them for long, little Uncle Master was still that… ahem, delicate.

She wore a hemp short garment, seemingly no different from her time at the Crossing Immortal Gate, just that her expression now carried more maturity and steadiness, less playfulness and liveliness.

Instead, it added several touches of charm.

The four of them together toasted Golden Spirit Sacred Mother, all counted among Human Sect disciples.

Afterward, White Marsh looked at Zhao Gongming with much emotion, then looked at Li Changshou, seeming somewhat hesitant to speak.

Seeing White Marsh’s expression, Li Changshou naturally understood something, his eyes signaling White Marsh not to say too much and spoil the atmosphere.

White Marsh stood up and smiled at Zhao Gongming: “Next time, I’ll have to come freeload at Luofu Cave.”

“Hahaha!”

Zhao Gongming laughed heartily, clinked cups with White Marsh, and spoke of past events at Black Pool Peak.

After the feast, before White Marsh left secretly with Wine Nine and the others, he stepped forward to grab Li Changshou’s arm, saying softly:

“Great danger.”

Li Changshou slowly nodded, divine light flashing through his eyes.

“Can be reversed.”

White Marsh was stunned for a moment, then made a deep Daoist bow to Li Changshou, not daring to say more, quickly leaving with Wine Nine who was reluctant to part with Ling’e.

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