Chapter 66: So You Are Playing Tricks

　　Old Qing enjoyed the meal.

　　Wan Linyun only drank a little bit of the wine that Li Changshou had brought over, leaving two jars behind.

　　This elder did not like to drink wine and was not very interested in the dishes. He only talked about poison and the theories revolving around it while dining with Li Changshou. He had a whale of a time

　　When he returned from Pill Tripod Peak, Li Changshou obtained a bunch of herbs from Elder Wan Linyun.

　　He was a little embarrassed. After all, he had only gone over to take a look. However, the elder… was indeed too enthusiastic.

　　There were few Qi cultivators who were interested in the things related to the word ‘poison’.

　　Li Changshou’s level in concocting poisons was not low either. He could indeed have a conversation about it.

　　I can’t go to Pill Tripod Peak too often, I have to avoid being noticed,

　　I shall go back again two years later.

　　As Li Changshou thought about it, he landed in front of the Pill Chamber on the Little Qiong Peak.

　　Sitting on the rocking chair, he held onto a roll of bamboo slip that had been processed by immortal spells and could be preserved for a long time. He then began the enlightenment and reading session for the day.

　　Sensing that the array around the Pill Chamber had been unlocked, dejection was written all over Fairy’s pretty face She flew over silently and hesitated…

　　She wanted to ask her Senior to praise her for her culinary skills, but was afraid that he might blame her for letting him down.

　　Li Changshou waited for a while, but she did not speak. He looked up at her and asked, “What’s wrong?”

　　“Senior.” The blue fairy lowered her head and continued, “Master has gone to attend the Peak Leaders’ Meet. Is there going to be any problem?”

　　Li Changshou thought for a while, and then shook his head slightly.

　　He answered, “There won’t be any problems. Master’s enemy can no longer become a Peak Leader. Don’t worry. Master would probably only be listening in from the corner. He’s of the least seniority there, and he doesn’t dare to speak up. Given Master’s respectful and courteous temperament, he must be sitting on pins and needles now.”

　　In the corner of the Hundred Mortal Hall on Heaven-Breaking Peak, the old Daoist priest, who was sitting in the corner with his head hung low, shifted his butt slightly to make himself sit upright.

　　In the Pill Chamber, Li Changshou looked at Fairy, who was a little distracted. He smiled and said, “You did well this time. You knew that you should be worried about Master, and you also came over to discuss with me. Why have you never been so meticulous and attentive before? Alright, I won’t bother with what happened last time. Just focus on your cultivation from now on.”

　　Fairy blinked and asked, “Senior, were you praising me just now?”

　　Li Changshou could not help but laugh. “Am I so fierce that I scold you every day?”

　　“All you do is berate me all the time…”

　　Fairy grimaced and slipped into a better mood.

　　It was like a frosted eggplant previous, but now, it was like a shiny tomato.

　　“Senior, this furnace looks amazing.”

　　“Don’t touch it. It will bite.”

　　“Hmm… Senior, I’m not twelve or thirteen years old… I’m going to poke it! Psst, ouch! Why is there a lightning spell!?!”

　　“I added a safety device to prevent others from opening this Pill Furnace.”

　　Li Changshou smiled calmly and continued reading outside the door.

　　Standing beside the Pill Furnace, Fairy tilted her head while pressing her reddened fingers, scrutinizing the relief on it.

　　Afterward, she wandered around the house for half a round, and found a scripture that she had read half of previously. She dragged the meditation cushion outside the door and waited together with Li Changshou.

　　They were like deities who were guarding the door.

　　The afternoon sun was warm, and the wind in the forest was gentle.

　　The insects chirped and the butterflies danced while the immortals drifted far away on the clouds.

　　Li Changshou had an epiphany, but he remained calm. He accepted all the things that he had comprehended without showing any fluctuations in his aura.

　　Now that his cultivation level was higher, he could finally grasp the initiative to enter the Dao Enlightenment state.

　　He had been the most worried about his epiphany. In fact, he had been drawn into the state of comprehending the Dao during a battle of Dao with others…

　　“Senior, what level are you at now?”

　　“Fourth-stage of Void Return Realm.”

　　“Oh, that’s impressive,” the blue fairy replied casually. She lowered her head and continued reading the scroll, and did bear some things in mind.

　　…

　　In the Heavenly Courts, the Moon Elder Hall was surrounded by a huge array.

　　Two boys were holding onto two wooden signs while being seated in front of the tightly shut door of the hall.

　　The one on the right read:

　　“Moon Elder is not at home.”

　　The one on the right read:

　　“May Heavenly Dao Protect This Place”

　　The younger boy mumbled, “Senior, if we don’t tell Master the truth, will we blow things up?”

　　“Shh, do you want to be turned back into your original state by Master?” The older boy rolled his eyes and continued, “We were originally just two branches of the Acacia Tree. It was not easy for us to obtain the opportunity to be morphed by our Master. Don’t worry, Master will definitely have a solution.”

　　“Okay.” The younger boy pursed his lips and felt helpless.

　　After that, the two boys waited, day after day. They waited for half a year, but the Moon Elder never returned.

　　Where did the Moon Elder go?

　　In fact, he did not stray too far away from the Hall of Marriage. He went to an even more remote immortal palace where he found an immortal official who had been idling all year round. He presented him with some gifts and prepared to make up for his mistakes.

　　The Moon Elder knew very well that he did not have any backing or a strong background. Hence, he didn’t dare to offend anyone.

　　However, it was also because of that that he was appointed the position of the Moon Elder by the Jade Emperor. Only then would he not be biased towards any faction.

　　Usually, the generals and fairies would come and ask for him to bring them together with someone else, and those were all trivial matters.

　　If the Moon Elder really made use of the authority given by the Heavenly Dao to manipulate marriages, he would not only receive negative karma but also cause a big problem.

　　However, the Heavenly Dao was constantly monitoring the Moon Elder Hall.

　　Once the Moon Elder harbors intentions to jeopardize, he would be warned by the Heavenly Dao during the first time, punished during the second, and destroyed by the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder during the third…

　　The Heavenly Courts were in decline and the Dao Sect was powerful.

　　Even if he was an ordinary disciple, the Moon Elder would not want to offend him.

　　The root cause of the mistakes in the clay figurines was the rash action of the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du. However, Xuan Du had the protection of the Sage, and the connate treasure of the Sage, the Taiji Diagram, which was used to suppress him. He did not have any karma, and was extremely strong…

　　How could he, the insignificant Moon Elder, dare to push the blame to the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du?

　　He had to bear the responsibility.

　　The Moon Elder pondered for half the night.

　　The longer he dragged the matter on, the easier it would be for him to make mistakes. He had to deal with it as soon as possible.

　　After some thought, the Moon Elder made up his mind. She left the Hall of Marriage and went to the Divine Might Hall.

　　At that moment, the Moon Elder and the person in charge of the Divine Might Hall—an unknown immortal official in golden armor—were standing together in front of the Heavenly Dao treasure, the ‘Starry and Dreamy Astrometer’.

　　As the immortal official operated the Starry Dream Astrometer, he gave the Moon Elder a detailed explanation.

　　“Don’t worry, Moon Elder… I can’t give dreams to the Heaven Golden Immortals because they have transcended the world. However, Golden Immortals and Heaven Immortals are not a problem, what more a young Qi cultivator who has only lived for over a hundred years.”

　　He continued, “However, there is one thing you should know. You can only talk in the dreams but you can’t do anything. This is a treasure that the Heavenly Dao has bestowed to show off the Heavenly Courts’ might. It’s used to scare people. That’s why I named this place the Divine Might Hall.”

　　“As long as the other party is distracted or is drunk, mentally exhausted, tired, and weak; that is to say, when the mind is relaxed, or when he is experiencing enlightenment, you would be able to invite him to enter the dream. However, if the other party is unwilling to enter the dream, there would be no other way. Are you looking for the disciple of the Immortal Du Sect, Li Changshou? Don’t worry, he’s just a young disciple. I just need a moment…”

　　“Huh? Why can’t I find this person?”

　　The golden-armored immortal official’s neck protruded forward, as he stared at the unchanged Starry Dream Astrometer.

　　The Moon Elder stood at the side and smiled warmly as he continued to wait.

　　The golden-armored immortal official quickly said, “Moon Elder, are you sure this is his name? Do you have his birth characters?”

　　“Yes, yes. I have his birth characters at the Hall of Marriage,” the Moon Elder answered with a smile and quickly took out a note from his sleeve.

　　This time, the golden-armored immortal official lowered his head and fiddled with the huge Starry Dream Astrometer that finally began to operate slowly.

　　An hour later, the immortal official heaved a long sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

　　“Phew. The Starry Dream Astrometer has found him. He is in the Immortal Du Sect.”

　　It was no wonder that he is a disciple who enjoys the protection of the Connate treasure. It was so difficult to find him!

　　“Moon Elder look over here. When this star is ignited, it means that he is asleep or distracted. We can then invite him into the dream…”

　　“Is that all?” the Moon Elder asked softly.

　　The immortal official smiled and said, “Yes, Moon Elder, please wait a moment. Normally, he will definitely be distracted within half a day.”

　　The Moon Elder hurriedly thanked him while standing at the side. The immortal official waved his hand repeatedly, politely saying that he was just doing him a favor on the account that they belonged to the same hall.

　　However, half a day later…

　　One day later…

　　Two days later…

　　“Why is it not lit yet?” the immortal official in charge of sending dreams murmured with a frown.

　　The Moon Elder smiled and said, “It’s fine, it’s fine. I’m alright, I just have to trouble you.”

　　“It’s a small matter. I rarely have any visitors here. I don’t believe that he can stay focused and not be distracted for a month.”

　　A month passed.

　　The Moon Elder and the immortal official sat cross-legged in front of the Starry Dream Astrometer, keeping their eyes fixed on a dim star.

　　Two months later…

　　The immortal official’s eyes turned bloodshot.

　　He said hoarsely, “Is this treasure broken?

　　How could a disciple of an immortal sect stay in his immortal sect for such a long time without relaxing? I wouldn’t have to wait so long for those Golden Immortals to get distracted…”

　　“This…”

　　The Moon Elder said in a low voice, “Why don’t we forget about it?”

　　The immortal official waved his hand and refuted, “No!

　　I have to do what I promised!

　　“Why don’t you go back to the Hall of Marriage first, Moon Elder? I’ll continue waiting here! I’ll inform you when I have news!”

　　The Moon Elder hurriedly said, “The Heavenly Dao is in charge of marriage. I only deal with those who visit to ask to get married. It’s peaceful to hide here. Well, thank you fellow Daoist.”

　　If there were any matrimonial fates that the Heavenly Dao in the Hall of Marriage wanted him to sever, the Moon Elder would be able to sense it. By staying there, nothing would be affected.

　　“You’re welcome. You’re welcome.”

　　Three months later…

　　The immortal official turned to look at the Moon Elder. Due to the fact that he had not blinked for a long time, his eyes were bulging and his eye sockets had sunken in. However, he was anxious.

　　It must be faulty!

　　The treasure given by the Heavenly Dao is faulty, isn’t it?

　　It had been a long time, but there was still no movement. He had lost face in front of the Moon Elder!

　　He had plans to ask the Moon Elder to help him with matchmaking in the future. How could he let this treasure fumble the ball!?!

　　The immortal official muttered dejectedly under his breath, “Isn’t this heavenly device one with the Heavenly Courts? How could there be a malfunction?”

　　The Moon Elder frowned and said, “Fellow Daoist, why don’t…”

　　“Wait! I’ll continue to wait! If you have something to do, go back first. I’m bent on waiting for this kid! If that doesn’t work, I’ll go down and meet him!”

　　The Moon Elder quickly said that there was no need for that and continued to wait patiently by the side. He used his immortal senses to observe the Hall of Marriage, for fear that some great immortal would appear.

　　Half a year later…

　　The immortal official lied on the ground and sighed before saying softly, “Why don’t we change our train of thought?I’ll first invite the other disciples of the Immortal Du Sect and to the dream and then ask someone else to inform this kid to meet you in his dream. How does that sound?”

　　Moon Elder, who was still in a daze, suddenly perked up. “Good idea!”

　　“I just feel like I’ve been played by this little disciple. My divine might is not restored…”

　　“This…”

　　“Ah… How did he do it? He didn’t even give me a single chance in half a year!”

　　Thus, half a day later…

　　Just as Li Changshou was pondering over the Inaction Sutra, Fairy rushed out of the forest, forcing him to stop cultivating and close the outer array formation.

　　“Senior!”

　　“One of the Heavenly God in golden armor visited me in my dream just now. He said that he wanted to give you a dream so he’d like you to relax your mind. He said that the Moon Elder from the Hall of Marriage of the Heavenly Courts wants to see you for something!”

　　Dream? Moon Elder?

　　Li Changshou frowned and realized that things might not be simple.

　　Since they had looked for him for no reason, there must be a trap that he had yet to see!

　　Before this, his mind was in a mess, and after that, it was filled with distracting thoughts. He had no choice but to take out his secret treasure—the Aged Beauties Portrait.

　　Then, his armpits began to itch for no reason…

　　There must be something wrong with this!

　　Back when he seemed to be analyzing the reason for the door of the Immortal Du Sect to be a little crooked, he had considered the possibility of the Moon Elder and the Red String of Fate.

　　Could it be that the Moon Elder is really behind this?

　　However, how could Moon Elder dare to lay his hands on Ren Sect…

　　The blue fairy hurriedly said, “Senior, quickly enter your dreams.”

　　Li Changshou squinted as he said calmly, “I’m not going for now.”

　　“For now… can you turn that down too?”

　　“If they could enter my dream, why did they have to ask you to inform me?”

　　Li Changshou smiled and explained, “This time, the Moon Elder should be asking me for help. There’s no need to worry. Let me consider it carefully.”

　　“Fairy, go to the reclining chair and sleep for a while. It’s fine if you just stare blankly into space. Don’t focus. If that golden-armored Heavenly God tries to give you the dream again, ask him for the details of the matter. I’m busy refining pills here, so I can’t enter the dream.”

　　“Um… Okay.”

　　Fairy blinked her and replied obediently before walking towards the rocking chair outside the door.

　　Sigh, Senior has used me as a treasure again.

　　She sighed softly but a smile appeared on her lips.

　　She was quite glad to be of some help to him.