In the Immortal Du Hall, Ji Wuyou looked at the divine beast that was standing with its head held high. He lowered his head again and read the jade token in his hand for the fourth time.
It's time to work!
The Great Daoist Master had personally given the order!
This seemingly ordinary jade talisman had such a profound Dao rune left on it, causing its material to undergo some sort of sublimation!
Ji Wuyou shouted,
"Quick! Go and arrange a circle for Senior Bai Ze! "
The elders in the hall, Li Changshou, and Little Ling 'e, who were standing at the side, all fell silent.
Bai Ze's elegant face almost collapsed into a donkey's face.
"Sect Leader." An elder at the side hurriedly reminded, "Arrange a place to stay!"
"Ahem, ahem! Yes! Arrange a place for Senior Bai Ze! "
Ji Wuyou hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed. "Senior, don't blame me. My Dao heart was agitated for a moment and I couldn't control myself. After all, the Great Daoist Master personally gave the order."
The auspicious beast frowned and looked at Li Changshou. However, Li Changshou's words echoed in his heart.
"Don't say anything else. Don't ask anything else. Just nod."
Bai Ze nodded slowly. Her beautiful figure flickered with seven-colored light, causing the elders to be in a daze.
Li Changshou said, "Sect Leader, Senior Bai Ze likes seclusion. Why don't we find a mountain near our Xiao Qiong Mount and use it as a place for Senior Bai Ze to stay?
Sect Leader, please give the order not to disturb Senior's meditation. "
"Alright," Ji Wuyou immediately agreed.
Bai Ze's gaze shifted back and forth between Ji Wuyou and Li Changshou. He pursed his lips and did not expose them.
The entire process of settling Bai Ze was rather stable.
In the Duxian Gate, apart from Li Changshou and Li Changshou, only Ji Wuyou and a few elders knew about Bai Ze's origins.
It was not difficult for Bai Ze to hide from the disciples of the Duxian Gate.
Ji Wuyou first used his immortal power barrier to wrap the empty mountain next to Xiao Qiong Mount so that Bai Ze could choose a place to stay.
After hearing Li Changshou's voice transmission, Ji Wuyou took the opportunity to give the Sect Leader's order. He made Li Changshou fully responsible for supervising the construction of Bai Ze's Cave Abode and the various array formations of the Black Pool Peak. All the expenses would be provided by the Hundred Mortal Hall.
The name Black Pond was just a cover.
After the Sect Leader and the elders left the Black Pool Peak, Li Changshou whispered a few instructions to Ling'e. Ling'e turned around and flew back to Xiao Qiong Mount, leaving Li Changshou and Bai Ze alone …
Bai Ze, who was lying beside a pool of water, could not help but sigh faintly.
Li Changshou thought for a while and sighed inwardly.
In the end, he still couldn't kill him.
Previously, in Perfected Du 'e's Cave Abode, he and the Great Daoist Master had only teased and persecuted Bai Ze 70% of the time.
The remaining 30% was due to differences of opinion between Li Changshou and the Great Daoist Master …
Li Changshou could clearly sense that the Great Daoist Master had a universal sense of justice.
The Great Daoist Master did not like to be involved in karma. As his Dao realm was high and he had lived for a long time, he had seen too many joys and sorrows. Therefore, he usually appeared indifferent to the life and death of living beings.
However, the Great Daoist Master was not a cold-hearted person.
For example, today, the Great Daoist Master felt that Bai Ze did not commit a heinous crime and did not need to kill him.
Moreover, Bai Ze had the intention to join Ren School. With Bai Ze's ability and the name of an auspicious beast, it was suitable for him to enter Ren School. Therefore, he had been teasing and persuading Li Changshou to let Bai Ze off once.
The Great Daoist Master could naturally think that way. After all, apart from the Saints, the Great Daoist Master was fearless …
However, Li Changshou could not.
He was already in the middle of the Primordial Vortex. Li Changshou did not want such a huge hidden danger to remain.
In particular, after knowing that Bai Ze had been secretly observing him for so long, Li Changshou felt that Bai Ze might have seen most of his trump cards!
He was really worried.
However, Li Changshou and the Great Daoist Master did not argue. There were differences in opinions. It was also because the Great Daoist Master and Li Changshou each took a step back. In the process of squeezing Bai Ze, they gradually reached a consensus.
Then, the two of them attacked at the same time and used their trusted methods to control Bai Ze …
During this process, Bai Ze seemed to be an innocent victim, but in fact, he had already achieved his original goal.
He joined Ren School.
At that moment, the blow that Bai Ze suffered was not because he was controlled by the Great Daoist Master and Li Changshou. It was also not because Li Changshou had easily broken the situation and found his hiding place.
From the beginning, he had misjudged the Water God's ambitions …
He was supposed to be a wise overlord of a generation. Why did he not want to rule the world and only want to be free and unfettered?
What about the situation?
What about the overall situation?
No, what are the Water God's conditions?
He had the strongest Saint behind him, and he was even standing in the Heavenly Dao. His schemes were astonishing, and his cultivation level increased at a terrifying speed. He even used the Heavenly Punishment every few days to have an intimate interaction with the Heavenly Dao!
If he did not make a name for himself under such conditions and put aside his pursuit of peace and inaction, wouldn't he be joking with Bai Ze?
To be honest, Bai Ze had only seen the Water God who had not died after being punished by the Heavenly Punishment so many times.
Bai Ze naturally knew that it was because the Water God had a sense of propriety. Even if he angered the person in the Purple Cloud Palace, he would only punish the Water God slightly. Moreover, it was like a grandmaster looking at his grand-disciple and gritting his teeth, hating him for not striving …
In addition, the three sects were getting closer because of the Water God …
Wasn't the Water God clearly one of the two emperors that the Heavenly Dao had decided on?
Therefore, when Lu Ya looked for Bai Ze for help, Bai Ze saw that he could not escape the karma of the demons and simply took half a step forward.
The plan that he had given Lu Ya was to advance and retreat. Wasn't he also advancing and retreating?
However …
His eyes were fixed, his heart was set, the stud was gone, everything was gone.
Bai Ze had "gotten what he wanted" and successfully arrived at the Water God's side. He had become a poor child of Ren School. In the future, he would probably be seen dead by the Water God's main body. Not to mention plotting against the luck of the world, he would really be able to spend the rest of his life in peace and sleep with the world …
At that thought, Bai Ze continued to sigh and slowly closed his eyes.
Who could be blamed for the path he had chosen?
Li Changshou seemed to be able to see through Bai Ze's thoughts.
He smiled and said, "Senior, don't be disappointed. Ren School pursues peace and inaction. Senior Brother and I will not force you to do anything.
Senior, you have already helped us greatly by not standing on the demons' side. "
Li Changshou's thoughts changed very quickly.
Since I can't make Bai Ze famous, I can only increase my favorability!
Bai Ze frowned and said, "There's no one else here. I'll ask you again. Fellow Daoist, can you tell me honestly?
Fellow Daoist, do you really not have any desires? "
Li Changshou smiled and said, "If I'm not wrong, Senior, you can't detect the place where the power of the Heavenly Dao is stronger, right?"
"That's right. I need to avoid the Heavenly Dao."
"No wonder you would have such a misunderstanding, Senior." Li Changshou shook his head slightly. He raised his hand and pointed. He placed two meditation cushions and a short table beside the pool and made an inviting gesture.
Li Changshou said, "Actually, Senior, you have neglected the simplest principle. If I say it, Senior, you will understand the karma here."
"What principle?"
"If not for my personality, if not for my pursuit of peace and inaction, why would the Lord Sage of Ren School choose me?"
Bai Ze was stunned and speechless. Then, he buried his head in his front claws and sighed. "I've been smart my entire life!"
Li Changshou smiled and shook his head. He made Bai Ze feel depressed for a while.
Then, he said, "Senior, you only need to maintain your original appearance in front of outsiders from now on. When we meet in private, you can do whatever you want."
Bai Ze slowly raised his head. His emotions were much more relaxed than before. Clearly, he had realized his fatal mistake and had temporarily accepted his current identity …
The carriage driver of Ren School.
Bai Ze returned to the figure of a middle-aged Daoist. There was a red mark in the shape of a teardrop on his forehead. A strand of long hair on his forehead turned silver, making him look more demonic.
At that moment, Bai Ze was dressed in a loose white robe. He sat opposite the short table and smiled bitterly. "What am I trying to do?"
"It's more stable and less bumpy. I've settled the karma."
Li Changshou paused and smiled. "Of course, there are also additional shackles.
However … "
"Why?" Bai Ze asked with a bitter smile.
"Isn't the cause and effect of this matter also evidence of Senior's Heavenly Fate mystical ability to seek luck and avoid calamity?"
Li Changshou cupped his hands and chuckled. "How enviable!"
Bai Ze did not know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to complain, but he did not know how to start. He stared at the pool in a daze.
After a while, Bai Ze slowly exhaled. His smile was a little more carefree.
With a distant look in his eyes, Bai Ze said slowly, "I'm not afraid.
He said slowly, "After the ancient times, I thought that my life would be empty. I could only search for it. In the end, I found a deserted place and slept peacefully. I lived with the world.
It was also because I saw you previously and the current Celestial Court that I could not help but think of the difficulty of assisting the former Emperor in creating the ancient Celestial Court and the difficulty of becoming a powerful saint. My Dao heart made a wish.
I never thought that I would be wrong. "
Li Changshou smiled and said, "Why would I be interested in controlling the lives of countless living beings?"
Bai Ze said, "Wouldn't it be great to stand at the peak of all living beings and watch the rise and fall of the world?"
"All living beings are not shallow grass, nor are they fish that have yet to gain intelligence.
They each have their own thoughts, desires, needs, doubts, and pleasures. They were born to walk a journey in the world and not to worship the figure at the peak of all living beings.
The desire for power is just one's own desire. Why use words like heroism, extraordinary, king, and supreme to beautify it?
In the end, it's just stronger living beings using weaker living beings to obtain physical and mental satisfaction. "
Li Changshou took out a pot of wine and two jade bottles from his sleeve. He poured a cup of wine for Bai Ze.
"Senior, you should know what I'm talking about. Senior, you can hide when the demons are at their peak. You should understand such a simple logic."
Bai Ze looked at the wine in his cup and shook his head with a smile.
"It's indeed all in the past.
I never thought that I would have thought of this logic when the Demon Court was destroyed. Fellow Daoist, you have only cultivated for a few hundred years, but you have already seen through it so thoroughly.
The desire for power is just one's own desire. All living beings are born in the world just to walk a journey in the world.
It's not unreasonable for me to lose to you … "
Li Changshou smiled and his eyes were filled with sincerity. He said, "It's pure luck to be able to win against you, Senior. It's also a blessing brought by my junior sister."
"Then." Bai Ze held the wine cup and slid it a little by his mouth. A smile appeared on his gentle and handsome face. "Do you dare to say that you don't have any desire for power?"
"Relatively speaking, it should be relatively low." Li Changshou smiled and said, "I'm not interested in ruling others. In comparison, I prefer peace.
On the other hand, Senior, you take assisting a wise master as your own pleasure.
Could it be that you are also driven by your desire for power, but you lack the courage to shoulder the karma of all living beings? Therefore, you want to assist a living being to the peak of all living beings to obtain your own sense of fulfillment and existence? "
Bai Ze was stunned. He carefully pondered over Li Changshou's words and nodded slowly.
"I do take pleasure in that, but it's not that I don't have the courage to shoulder the karma of all living beings. I just feel that I am not that good.
If I can assist a wise master to ascend to that position for the second time and retire successfully, leaving my name in the world …
Seriously!
Ah, I can only think that way now. Hahahaha! "
Bai Ze laughed out loud. His laughter was filled with regrets. He drank the wine in his cup in one gulp. When he raised his head, his eyes flickered.
Li Changshou smiled and said, "Senior, are you willing to work for the current Celestial Court?"
"No." Bai Ze shook his head slowly. "Now that the Celestial Court has a fellow Daoist, I have no place to stand."
"There are days and nights in the sky, and the Dao is divided into Yin and Yang …
Forget it, it's not the time to talk about that. "
Li Changshou suddenly interrupted himself and deliberately left some space.
Coincidentally, Ling 'e flew over from outside the mountain. She held a tray in her hand and delivered a few dishes …
After a while, Ling 'e put down the dishes and said, "Enjoy your meal." She winked at her senior brother and floated away on a cloud.
Bai Ze, on the other hand, was energized. He looked at the exquisite dishes in front of him and sniffed them gently. Without waiting for Li Changshou's instructions, he picked up his chopsticks and picked up a mouthful of white jade cabbage. He placed it in his mouth and chewed carefully.
Then, he praised, "Although the taste is not delicious, the color is not complete, and the fragrance is too strong, it contains Junior Sister's sincerity towards Senior Brother. It's rare and precious. Hahaha!"
Li Changshou smiled and said, "Senior, do you like delicacies too?"
"When I was living an idle life, my only joy was to cook some delicacies and taste them with others and alone." Bai Ze turned his head and looked around. "This place is simple and crude. When I build a house, I'll show you my skills."
"Senior, wait a moment. Since you're an expert in this, I might have to show you my skills."
After saying that, Li Changshou threw out two paper effigies and quickly buried them.
He personally returned to the Xiao Qiong Mount and chose two precious and rare spiritual beasts. He caught two plump spiritual fish and brought them back to the Black Pool Peak.
Sometimes, it was enough to get closer to each other and have a common hobby.
Bai Ze took the initiative to challenge Li Changshou to a culinary competition.
Li Changshou explained all the conditions before nodding and agreeing. The two of them were referees and displayed their skills beside the pool in the desolate mountain.
Bai Ze had been immersed in the Culinary Dao for many years. His culinary skills surpassed Li Changshou's by more than one level. Every dish was extremely exquisite.
However, Li Changshou had many tricks up his sleeves and had mastered new flavors that were rare in the Primordial World. In the end, he relied on a thin slice of fish, a newly concocted horseradish, and a sentence that high-end ingredients often only needed simple cooking to shock Bai Ze.
The two of them then toasted and drank until they were slightly drunk. They seemed to have completely lost their hostility towards each other.
After all, Bai Ze was under Li Changshou's control. He did not dare to be too arrogant. He asked Li Changshou to call him by his name and continue to discuss culinary skills in the future.
Li Changshou thought for a while and addressed Bai Ze as "Sir".
Hence, Bai Ze gradually lost himself as he addressed Li Changshou as' Mister '. He actually felt closer to Li Changshou …
However, Li Changshou did not think of completely increasing his affinity for him today.
While they were chatting happily, Li Changshou sorted out his thoughts and deliberately pierced a scar in Bai Ze's heart …
"Mr. Bai, in this competition between us, I won because of Junior Sister's luck, but it also has something to do with you, Mr. Bai."
Bai Ze could not help but frown. "How can I trap myself?"
Li Changshou pulled his right sleeve with his left hand and poured the warm wine into Bai Ze's cup. As if he was talking about a trivial matter, he smiled and said, "The momentum of the Dao is difficult to calm.
It's difficult to determine the fate of the heavens, and the hearts of living beings are uneasy.
In the past, at the top of the Buzhou Mountain, Mr. Bai made an alliance with the demon gods and created the Saint Race. He obtained the power of the Heavenly Dao and fought against the Magi as equals. He assisted the Demon Emperor and was appointed as the Demon Commander. He enjoyed the respect of the demons.
After that, the Demon Court gradually fell. Mr. Bai cherished his reputation and retreated bravely. Although he had escaped the karma of the Great Magi-Demon War, he did not escape the karma of the demons.
This time, Lu Ya asked Senior for help, but Mr. Bai did not care. He gave Lu Ya the strategy of gathering the demons to seek revenge on the heavens. He sacrificed the demons to help the Celestial Court, Lu Ya, and Mr. Bai.
Previously, Mr. Bai had told me about the difference between the Saints and the demons.
Mr. Bai considers himself to be a noble saint and despises the ferocious demons. However, he has forgotten that the Saints and the demons are just two names.
You are all from the same race.
Mr. Bai should have stood on the side of the demons, but he pushed the demons to the edge of life and death without hesitation. Isn't this going against his luck? How can he win? "
Li Changshou sighed slightly and raised his wine glass.
"Now, the main characters of the world are the humans. Mr. Bai's actions are naturally not wrong in the eyes of outsiders. They will even praise him for his righteousness.
However, Mr. Bai …
Since you have become a gardener and enjoy the joy of cultivating flowers and watching them bloom, you have to endure the loneliness of the flowers withering and falling into the mud. That is the Dao of gain and loss. It is also the Dao of balance between the world.
I'm not asking Mr. Bai to assist the demons again. At this moment, Mr. Bai is controlled by me. I'm also opposing the demons.
However, I, Li Changshou, do not want to become the next demon or the next Demon Emperor in Mr. Bai's eyes.
Therefore, I do not plot against Mr. Bai's schemes, schemes, and other abilities. When the Great Daoist Master wanted to spare Mr. Bai's life, I had never given up on killing him.
Mr. Bai is not a living being worthy of admiration, nor is he a talent that I cherish.
He does not come when he is famous, nor does he leave when he is at his lowest. Only then can he be called a famous scholar of the Primordial World.
At this moment, you are not worthy. "
After saying that, Li Changshou downed the wine in his cup and slowly stood up.
Bai Ze frowned and stared blankly at the cups and plates on the short table in front of him. He did not even know when Li Changshou had left.
When Bai Ze snapped back to his senses, he only heard Li Changshou's voice …
"I'll come and drink with Mr. Bai in three days. I hope that you can refute what I said today.
After all, it's hard to find a bosom friend. "
"First move to increase favorability: Attack the Heart"
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