After Lingyan and Ling Qiu went off one after the other to handle their duties, the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion grew all the more deserted without the two of them.
Speaking of which, the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion's Three Offices and Five Capitals seemed to have no shortage of people, but aside from Lingyan, his junior brother, who had always helped Jiang Sheng with errands, there was only Ling Qiu, his little junior sister, who often came running over to play around with him, plus Ao Li, that little dragon, who was somewhat livelier. The rest were just the four disciples Tian Ming'an, Qiu Buyu, Li Jianchun, and Huang Ping'an, who would come to see Jiang Sheng now and then.
As for Qinghua Capital, Tianhe Capital, and the others under the same Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect—Mingdong, Xuanxing, and the rest—they mostly secluded themselves in their own Daoist grounds, or discussed the Dao with their own senior and junior brothers. Unless they needed to descend to the lower realm to subdue demons, or there was some internal activity in the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion, they very rarely came to seek Jiang Sheng out. After all, they had nothing to do even if they did look for him. Whether discussing the Dao or demonstrating methods, Jiang Sheng stood far too high above them. It was also very hard for them to learn from him, and they would not gain much progress.
Even as true transmissions of the Dao Sect and heavenly prodigies of their worlds, when facing Jiang Sheng, it was still hard to avoid having their Dao Hearts shattered. Thus, they preferred discussing the Dao with those of equal cultivation.
As for Chixiao Capital and Yaochi Capital, though they likewise belonged to the Xuanmen alliance, the True Lords of the two