Chapter 154 - People Who Are Good At Using Dharma Treasures…
Chapter 154 People Who Are Good At Using Dharma Treasures…
The situation in Tushita Palace today is rather peaceful, but… why does it smell like roasted cow dung?
The Great Daoist Master Xuan Du glanced at the two young boys who were squatting in another courtyard and refining pills. Then, he looked at the old cow that was panting heavily under the tree. He shook his head with a strange expression and said, “Xiao Jin, Xiao Yin, don’t randomly refine pills. You’re disturbing me from resting.”
The two boys quickly stood up and obediently agreed.
The Great Daoist Master Xuan Du did not lecture them.
Since he had been woken up, he made a routine calculation by pinching his fingers to see the recent events and if they were related to Ren School.
Since his master had tasked him with teaching, he could only be more concerned.
The first event he calculated was naturally the Three Sects’ Meet that he had predicted several times before.
The Three Sects’ Meet was not bad. However, there were too few disciples from Ren School. During the meet, they would appear weak… The young disciple that was favored by his teacher actually wanted to pretend to be sick so that he could be absent!
How can that do?
The Great Daoist Master knew that the person whom his teacher liked must be close to him. He was an example.
Fortunately, Great Daoist Master Xuan Du discovered it in time. When that little disciple secretly made all kinds of preparations, he had determined that the latter was using a technique to pretend to be injured. Therefore, he secretly made some corresponding arrangements…
It was none other than… pulling moves that were more brilliant than Li Changshou.
“Little Changshou, if you don’t come to Tushita Palace, how can I be carefree?”
The Great Daoist Master smiled and continued to deduce matters related to the sect.
Soon, the Great Daoist Master obtained something…
Zhao Gongming from Third Uncle-Master’s place has been unusually active in recent years. He has been smashing the Cave Abodes of others in the Aparagodānīya Continent and chasing after experts from the Western Sect.
However, surprisingly, those matters did not blow up. Those who were beaten up often chose to let the matter rest.
“What does this have to do with my Ren School?”
The Great Daoist Master grabbed the projection of the Taiji Painting and deduced it carefully. However, he did not obtain much.
The secrets of the Saint’s disciples would be concealed by the Saint. Although the Grandmaster of Heaven was ranked last amongst the Three Pure Ones, he was ranked in the top three amongst the Saints, in terms of comprehension of the Heavenly Dao!
All the ones who were in the top three were the Saints of the Dao Sect.
Moreover, although the four Immortal Vanquishing Swords and the Qingping Sword could not suppress destiny, they were also good at cutting off the heavenly secrets. Therefore, he could not use the Taiji Painting to deduce anything related to Zhao Gongming.
Therefore…
“What exactly does this have to do with my Ren School?”
The Great Daoist Master was a little puzzled. Thinking about the instructions given by his teacher, he could only stand up.
He had to go take a look.
Zhao Gongming, an expert who became famous at the end of ancient times. He joined the Grandmaster of Heaven together with his three sworn sisters. Before the four of them acknowledged their master, they were already famous. His own Dao had been set, and he was listed as one of the four outer sect disciples. He had obtained the legacy of the Grandmaster of Heaven, but he did not cultivate the Great Pure Dao.”
With the help of the Taiji Painting, Great Daoist Master Xuan Du could not deduce the cause and effect of the array, but he could barely deduce Zhao Gongming’s location…
The heavenly secret was filled with Zhao Gongming’s “Footprint”!
He left the Western Heavenly Gate and passed through Kunlun. There was a Daoist at the edge of the continent. In just a short while, the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du arrived at the crime scene. From tens of thousands of kilometers away, he could sense Zhao Gongming’s aura.
However, Zhao Gongming was currently hiding in a few array formations. He did not know what he was doing. The Great Daoist Master quietly approached the array. With the power of the Taiji Painting’s projection, he managed to arrive at the side of the array silently and directly saw through the array formations.
However… at that moment, Zhao Gongming was foaming at the mouth. His Dao body trembled slightly. He pointed at the wounded expert of the Western Sect in front of him and gritted his teeth.
“Today, I was injured by your numinous treasure for no reason. I’m afraid I won’t be able to recover within tens of thousands of years… *coughs* Go to the spiritual mountain with me. I will not let you off today!”
The Great Daoist Master Xuan Du frowned and was about to rush into the array to protect the experts of the Dao Sect. However, he soon realized that something was amiss.
Zhao Gongming did not seem to be injured…
After that, Great Daoist Master Xuan Du opened his eyes.
In the array formation, the two of them mocked and scolded each other for an hour. Zhao Gongming skillfully circled around the other party and entered the segment where they would vie to be “in the most terrible state”.
After the other party deprecated himself for a while, Zhao Gongming took out a Shadow Sphere and quickly suppressed the other party…
Although the process was several times more troublesome than the first time, Zhao Gongming still did it smoothly and seamlessly!
There was no other way around it. It was purely because he was skillful.
Zhao Gongming laughed confidently.
“Fellow Daoist, do you think we should settle this privately, or do you think that we should let this spread in the Primordial World?”
Great Daoist Master Xuan Du was speechless. He suddenly understood something.
Could it be…
The Great Daoist Master did not appear immediately.
After Zhao Gongming, the Western Sect expert was done with his errands, he made numerous oaths and left…
Great Daoist Master Xuan Du pretended to meet Zhao Gongming by chance.
The two of them chatted for a while before the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du asked the question in his heart.
“Junior Brother Zhao, have you met someone from Ren School recently?”
Zhao Gongming was stunned for a moment. Then, he realized that he had been seen by the Eldest Senior Brother of the Dao Sect.
Zhao Gongming blushed and explained in embarrassment, “Senior Brother, don’t be confused. That person bullied my good friend before the Six Essences Meet. Today, I’m just looking for him to vent my anger.”
The Six Essences Meet…
Xuan Du nodded with a smile and changed the perspective. “Junior Brother Zhao, have you seen the Sea God recently?”
“Senior Brother, you’re really smart.”
“That’s a member of Ren School,” Xuan Du said with a sigh.
Thinking about the scene just now and the complicated oath that the member of the Western Sect had made, Xuan Du had already made up his mind…
He had to think of a way to make that disciple become his junior brother!
If he were to enter the orthodox path of Ren School and become someone who followed the Great Daoist Master Xuan Duty, he might become a teacher of Ren School when his cultivation level was high. If that were to happen, he, the Eldest Senior Brother, would not need to do anything anymore.
“Senior Brother…” Zhao Gongming found a topic to talk about. “Senior Brother, are you going to attend the Three Sects’ Meet?”
The Great Daoist Master Xuan Du was about to say something.
He had already hoodwinked his “future junior brother” to go over and attend to that troublesome matter, so he naturally did not need to attend.
It happened to be an opportunity for him to give his “future Junior Brother” some space to perform so that his teacher would have the intention to take him in as a disciple.
When Great Daoist Master Xuan Du was about to speak, he ended up saying, “I still have…”
Go.
A hint of enlightenment emerged in his heart. Great Daoist Master Xuan Du ended up saying, “I still have some matters to attend to. Once I’m done with them, I’ll go and take a look.”
Zhao Gongming’s eyes lit up. He bowed to Great Daoist Master Xuan Du and said, “I will definitely get them to prepare in advance. We will await your arrival!”
Great Daoist Master Xuan Du was speechless…
It seemed that the script had repeated.
At the same time, on Little Qiong Peak, Li Changshou flew back from the Hundred Mortal Hall at an altitude that was not too high or low.
In fact, the Saint had given him a hint at the beginning. He knew that he had to go to the Three Sects’ Meet. There was no need for him to influence the upper echelons of the sect secretly.
Li Changshou quickly dispelled that thought in his heart. It was truly a dangerous matter for him to secretly criticize the Saint.
Just like Li Changshou’s famous quote from his previous life— “Unless one genuinely likes it, who would be willing to be a spare tire?”
If it was not because the Primordial World was too dangerous, who would…
No, I’m very happy to do some miscellaneous tasks for the Saint!
There must be a reason why the Saint asked me to go to the Three Sects’ Meet.
On careful thought, it does make sense.
The dragon race and the Western Sect seem to be outside the Dao Sect, but in reality…
In reality… “What kind of effect would that have? Will the Dao Sect become more prosperous because of this? Will the Western Sect quicken their pace in acquiring the dragon race? Or would the Western Sect plot against this meet? What can I, a disciple of Ren School, do by going there alone?” Li Changshou mumbled and paced back and forth in the secret underground chamber.
He kept thinking, but he could not come up with a logical basis. He could only attribute it to-Since it was the arrangement of the Saint, there must be a reason that he could not see.
Li Changshou felt that he was probably just a wedge on a wooden bridge that was not in the most crucial position. If he was not there, the wooden bridge would still be useful. However, it would be slightly unstable.
Li Changshou had already read about half of the ‘Great Pure Daoism’. The content of the book was about stability, being a homebody, and laziness…
Ahem, what it wanted to promote was calmness inaction, and avoiding karma!
Steadiness, anti-social behavior, and laziness!
Li Changshou looked at the wall of the secret underground chamber and saw the huge word, ‘stable’, that was hanging on it. He felt a little emotional.
In terms of the Dao, he was far inferior to the Grand Pure One…
Since he had to go, he had to be prepared.
All kinds of poisonous pills and miniature array disks were naturally necessary when going out.
He would have to make a few more new paper effigies. He would leave one ‘Human’ paper effigy with his junior sister and one with his master.
He had to make two more. He had to add the word ‘Sea’ and send them to protect the Sea God Sect in the South Ocean.
He had to bring two new ‘God’ paper effigies to ensure that he would be more proactive in danger.
If not for the fact that it took too much time to create a new paper effigy, and that Li Changshou had to spare most of his time to study the ‘Great Pure Dao’ and suppress his cultivation realm, he wouldn’t do so.
Before he went out, he would increase his strength slightly, in order to increase his safety.
After checking the anti-deduction tools that he was equipped with, the Soul-Protecting Reincarnation Set, the Poison-Repelling Pearls, Numinous Treasure Swords, and other defensive numinous treasures… he carefully combed through the large and small treasure pouches on his body and counted all kinds of items that could be considered trump cards. Finally, he felt a sense of comfort.
The two jade tokens that had the aura left behind by the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du were actually life-saving tokens. Li Changshou naturally would not forget to bring them along.
Recently, he had gotten some inspiration and found a way to use his own merit to pretend that he had the Merit Golden Body. He had also added a life-saving trump card vault…
When Li Changshou sorted out the items that he was going to bring out, he thought of a simple “stability test question”.
Question: When facing an enemy and facing thousands of enemies, what will be the difference in your reaction?
The correct answer: Everything you hear and see would be different.
“Steadiness Theory” supports: choose to use Earth Escape, and Water Escape which are the most secretive; or the Wind Escape and Fire Escape which are the fastest.
Li Changshou chuckled and regained his composure before continuing to prepare.
A few days later, he began to meditate and gain enlightenment about the ‘Great Pure Dao’. He calculated the speed of his cultivation and stabilized every small realm.
The Dao foundation was like a tower.
Before Li Changshou became an immortal, his pagoda foundation had already achieved 9.90% stability. However, after he became an immortal, his realm had ascended and surpassed the Essence Immortal and Perfected Immortal realms…
In Li Changshou’s opinion, the Dao base of the large segment was not stable. He could only work hard on a higher level of the pagoda and crush the Dao base below bit by bit.
There was still the Immortal Tribulation ahead of him. If he did not overcome it, he would turn into ashes.
Li Changshou had already started preparing for the Tribulation Transcendence plan. One of the two most reliable ones was the protection of merit and the merit of Ren School.
Therefore, he was not in a hurry to take a step forward in terms of cultivation…
He even wanted to stay on the spot.
Should I create a new version of paper effigies that are only at the Dao Requital realm and send one to the Three Sects’ Meet?
Li Changshou thought seriously and analyzed the pros and cons. He quickly rejected that idea.
Wouldn’t that be deliberately handling the task given by the Saint?
How many dishes do I have to eat, stories I have to tell, and how much alcohol do I have to drink to dare do something so reckless!?!
After Li Changshou settled his own matters, he made some other preparations.
For example, he tallied the forms of the Ren School factions which were still largely blank, There were options such as personality, feet, hobbies, and so on. At that time, he would have to rely on the Wind Speech Incantation to obtain that information.
Secondly, Li Changshou had also prepared some “small trinkets” for his Aunt-Master, as well as some “emergency strategies for the elders”.
In order to fulfill his duty as a leader and ensure that the Immortal Du Sect did not cause any trouble, Li Changshou even spent a lot of effort to create a book called ‘Manual For The Disciples of the Immortal Du Sect Who Are Participating In The Three Sects’ Meet’.
The manual would be handed to Uncle-Master Jiu Wu later. He would offer it to the sect in the name of Uncle-Master Jiu Wu.
As usual, they would split the rewards between each other.