Chapter 1330: Chapter 499: Fox Borrowing the Tiger’s Might (Part 3)
"Oh, oh." Li Changxun immediately agreed and was about to ascend to the Heavenly Dome when Yun Ziliang grabbed him and said, "Changxun, once you get to the heavens, stay sharp and don’t embarrass yourself."
"Naturally."
Li Changxun flicked his robe and connected to the narrow passageway to the Heavenly Dome: "Mr. Yan, I am the ’Mountain Ancestor’, and I’m going to the Heavenly Dome."
From the stone house at the end of the passage, a resonant voice replied, "Mr. Yan is on leave these days, and I, Zhong Guan, am guarding the passage."
"Zhong Guan, I’m going to the Heavenly Dome."
"Approved."
...
In the Sky Dome Stone House, Li Changxun swaggered out from the passage.
Zhong Guan, who was also a fat maggot, handed the lantern inscribed with "Mountain Ancestor" to Li Changxun and rudely said, "Mountain Ancestor, go back to your Divine Country!"
"Are you talking to me?" Li Changxun immediately replied unhappily.
"Is there another person called ’Mountain Ancestor’ in this stone house?" Zhong Guan retorted sarcastically, with a strange tone.
"Come here, come here." Li Changxun beckoned to Zhong Guan.
"What for?"
"I told you to come here." Li Changxun said impatiently.
Zhong Guan had no choice but to approach, and Li Changxun suddenly kicked Zhong Guan in the belly, knocking the big maggot to the ground.
"Who do you think I am? A favorite by the Jade Capital Divine Pill Master, and you’re speaking to me like this? Couldn’t even say ’please’?"
Li Changxun immediately invoked his status,
Upon hearing "Jade Capital Divine Pill Master," Zhong Guan dared not act, saying, "Please, Mountain Ancestor, return to the Divine Country."
"I’m not going back."
Li Changxun sat on the Taishi Chair, immediately crossed his legs in a relaxed manner like Zhou Xuan, and said, "Light the lantern, take me to the Changsheng Palace."
"If the Palace Master is disturbed..."
"If the Divine Pill Master encounters any mishap... I fear the Palace Master himself won’t be able to handle it." Li Changxun sneered.
"Ah, is the Master in danger?"
Zhong Guan hurriedly got up, picked up a lantern painted with "Changsheng," and led Li Changxun to the Changsheng Palace without daring to delay.
"This is how Mr. Yan feels? Quite impressive." Li Changxun thought secretly pleased as he watched Zhong Guan following step by step.
...
In the Changsheng Palace, the scenery was still as harsh as ever,
Qing Yangyu, the fat man, sat in a rocking chair, swinging back and forth with a displeased look.
Meanwhile, the Eternal Life Sect Leader was reporting on Zhou Xuan’s actions.
"Palace Master, Master Zhou killed the Dan Officer of the Zoroastrianism, Ning Bukong, and the Xian Nu of the Zoroastrianism came complaining to me."
"This Master Zhou is too inconsiderate, Dan Officer with Dan Officer, they are colleagues, and right after taking office, he starts with fights and kills, what kind of behavior is that?"
Qing Yangyu complained.
The Eternal Life Sect Leader continued, "The Xian Nu also demands us from the Changsheng Palace to give her an explanation."
"She is out of her mind, who in the Heavenly Dome doesn’t know Master Zhou is my recommendation? Asking me for an explanation? She descends to the mortal world without knowing her own weight."
"Not to mention Master Zhou is a Divine Pill Master, appointed by the White Jade Capital, killing a Dan Officer is no big deal."
Qing Yangyu waved his hand and said, "Little Changsheng, go to the human world, tell Master Zhou to write an apology letter, be sincere in tone, give it to Xian Nu, and let this matter go."
"What if Xian Nu makes a fuss?"
"Would she dare!? If she refuses to yield, let her submit a petition to the White Jade Capital... see if she has the guts."
"Understood, Changsheng accepts the command."
The Eternal Life Sect Leader, having received Qing Yangyu’s instructions, turned to leave but then saw Zhong Guan leading Li Changxun in.
"Oh, Li Shanzu, a rare guest indeed, I thought you forgot about the Heavenly Dome."
The Eternal Life Sect Leader said with a fake smile.
"I have to attend to Master Zhou, you know, Master Zhou is White Jade Capital’s Dan Officer, if anything happens to him, I’d be in big trouble."
Even within the God-level beings of the Heavenly Dome, there are hierarchies, and as sort of a low-rung, the Eternal Life Sect Leader had often outshone Li Changxun.
But today, the name "Master Zhou" worked wonders, Li Shanzu showed him no courtesy, and the Sect Leader had to endure it.
"Mountain Ancestor, you truly are blessed, everything soars with you, is Master Zhou well?"
Qing Yangyu stood up and called out to Li Shanzu.
This was Li Shanzu’s second encounter with Qing Yangyu, he immediately said, "Master Zhou is not well—the Four Great Divine Lords have already issued a statement to take the Master’s head."
"Those doctors again."
Qing Yangyu joined in unity with Zhou Xuan, saying, "Li Shanzu, relay to Master Zhou that he should continue his alchemy as planned, if those doctors dare trouble him, they are going against White Jade Capital, against our Changsheng Palace."
"But there needs to be something definite, just empty promises of ’keeping you safe’, how do I and Master Zhou explain things?"
This line of speech was somewhat sharp and pointed, Li Changxun, while speaking, felt his heart pounding.
He would have never dared speak this way to Qing Yangyu before, not even with three audacity.
Unexpectedly, Qing Yangyu, mindful of Zhou Xuan’s influence, did not flare up, only said, "Then you should put it clearly, all the Divine Masters at White Jade Capital are already devising a solution, and this solution will be ready in less than three or four days."
"Is it just that?" Li Changxun asked.
"Devising plans takes time." Qing Yangyu said.
"Alright, I’ll pass on the message." With that, Li Changxun lifted the lantern to take leave of Qing Yangyu.
"Li Shanzu, wait for a moment."
Qing Yangyu reached his hand towards the Eternal Life Sect Leader and said, "Hand over the booklet."
"Yes." The Eternal Life Sect Leader took a booklet from his sleeve.
Qing Yangyu handed the booklet to Li Changxun, saying, "This booklet was initially meant for Little Changsheng to give to Master Zhou, since you’re here, it’s more appropriate for you to deliver it."
Li Changxun opened the booklet and found a list—600 Twelfth-grade Pills, 300 Eleventh-grade Pills, 120 Tenth-grade Pills... One Third-grade Pill.
The booklet started from "Twelfth-grade" and ended at "Third-grade."
Qing Yangyu explained, "This is the task set by White Jade Capital for Master Zhou, in the next ten days, he needs to refine these elixirs."
"Refining more than 1,500 pills from Twelfth to Third-grade in ten days? Isn’t that unreasonable for Master Zhou?" Li Changxun argued.
"You misunderstood, the booklet means Master Zhou only needs to complete one of the tasks, either refining 600 of the Twelfth-grade or 300 of the Eleventh-grade, any one completion is sufficient, it’s not cumulative."
Qing Yangyu said.
"I see, Palace Master, Changxun takes his leave."
Li Changxun then left the palace, and the Eternal Life Sect Leader was also going to find Zhou Xuan to have him write an apology letter to the Xian Nu and thus followed Li Changxun out.
"Where are you headed?" Li Changxun asked.
"Oh, Master Zhou killed Dan Officer Ning Bukong, I’m going to settle the matter."
"..." Li Changxun was puzzled, Zhou Xuan killed a Dan Officer? When did that happen?
...
At East Market Street, Jingyi Shop,
Zhou Xuan, holding a white cricket, asked Yun Ziliang, "Lao Yun, take a look, what’s special about this bug?"
Yun Ziliang asked, "Where did this bug come from?"
"Oh, I slaughtered a Dan Officer, found it from his Secret Realm." Zhou Xuan said while playing with the "Dream Horn."
"..." Yun Ziliang.
Yun Ziliang’s brows furrowed into the character for "river," saying, "You’re really something, just became a Dan Officer and you’ve already killed one? Such extreme actions?"
