A Heavenly Dao Saint Is Not Free to Act as He Pleases

"This pill will not only heal your injuries, but also help raise your cultivation. Let this matter end here. Stop making trouble, understand?"

At this moment, Xian Junyu had shed his earlier coldness, his entire demeanor turning gentle.

He spoke softly to the two of them.

"Senior Disciple Brother, we didn't want this either. Chi Jingzi truly went too far in bullying us!"

"That's right, Senior Disciple Brother. Insulting our junior brothers would have been one thing, but he even insulted our Jie Sect..."

Hearing this, Duobao and the other Personal Disciples could only shake their heads helplessly.

If the other side had not gone too far, why would they, the Personal Disciples, have stepped forward? They truly had no choice but to do so.

"Enough. I know that bunch's character better than any of you. I keep you under strict control precisely because I'm afraid they'll come looking for trouble!"

"Remember this: if there is no resonance, silence brings peace. Now is not the time for conflict to erupt. When the time comes, I will make them repay today's humiliation of our Jie Sect a hundredfold!"

"If they come looking for trouble again, come find me. There is a limit to how much we can endure!"

Cultivation was for the sake of Great Freedom, not for suffering others' humiliation. If this went on without end, then so be it—they would turn their faces against them.

Though he was attached to Mount Kunlun, it was not as though he had to remain here. In the end, it would depend on how First Senior Uncle and Second Martial Uncle chose.

"Yes, Senior Disciple Brother!"

With Senior Disciple Brother backing them like this, it was enough for them.

Especially those words—if there was no resonance, silence brought peace. The more they thought about it, the more sense it made.

"Mm. Since you all understand, go back and cultivate. Recently, try not to leave unless you have to!"

"Yes, Senior Disciple Brother!!..."

Soon, everyone dispersed. After exchanging a few words, Duobao and the other Personal Disciples left as well.

Only Xian Junyu remained standing in the middle of the Daoist Sanctuary.

"Truly troubled times..."

"I just hope nothing else happens. Sigh..."

Just as he was lamenting, the Water-Fire Daoist Children came out as well.

"Senior Disciple Brother, the Master wishes to see you. Please come—"

"Hmph! Tell Master I'm not free. I'm studying alchemy at Saint Taiqing's Daoist Sanctuary and haven't returned at all!" With that, Xian Junyu flew away directly.

"Uh... uh..."

"What's wrong with Senior Disciple Brother? He isn't even listening to the Master's words?"

"Who knows? He's probably angry about something again!"

"What do we do now? Over at the Master's side..."

Watching Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu leave just like that, the Water-Fire Daoist Children had no idea what to do.

He dared to ignore even the Saint Master's summons. Senior Disciple Brother was becoming more and more impressive.

Meanwhile, in the Travel Palace within the Daoist Sanctuary, Tongtian watched Xian Junyu leave without even looking back, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"He even dares to ignore his master's words. That muddleheaded youngster is acting muddleheaded again. He's becoming more and more outrageous!"

"Sigh... Forget it. Let him go. The child has grown up and has thoughts of his own!"

Tongtian had originally wanted to speak to Xian Junyu about the conflict between the disciples of the two sects, telling him not to be so hesitant and to act directly when something happened. With Tongtian backing him from behind, there was nothing to fear.

But now, there was no one left to say it to.

Naturally, Xian Junyu knew what Master Tongtian wanted to say. He had long grown tired of hearing such empty words and no longer wanted to listen.

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Knowing full well that it could not be done, he still wanted to do his best to preserve the last bond between the Three Pure Ones.

Effort might not necessarily bring rewards, but at least he had tried. Even if he ultimately failed, he would have no regrets.

Before long, he returned to First Senior Uncle Laozi's Daoist Sanctuary.

"Senior Disciple Brother, how did it go? Has everything been dealt with?"

Seeing Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu return, Xuandu hurried over to ask.

"What do you mean, how did it go? There are more disciples on Mount Kunlun now. Isn't it normal for there to be some friction?"

"Rather than wasting your time on this nonsense, Junior Brother, you should cultivate properly and strive to inherit First Senior Uncle's mantle as soon as possible!"

With that, Xian Junyu walked inside and returned to the Alchemy Chamber.

Watching his senior brother's departing back, Xuandu was filled with confusion.

"Normal? If it's normal, why does Senior Disciple Brother look as if something happened? How strange..."

After the conflict between the two sects' disciples ended, Xian Junyu devoted himself wholeheartedly to studying alchemy with Laozi, striving to break through from an eighth-rank alchemist to a ninth-rank alchemist!

One day, while refining pills, Laozi also brought up the matter of the conflict between the two sects.

"Yu'er, your First Senior Uncle heard that your Jie Sect Disciples clashed with Chan Sect disciples?" Laozi asked blandly as he watched the furnace.

From the way he looked, it seemed as though he had merely mentioned it in passing.

But Xian Junyu knew that First Senior Uncle Laozi usually paid no attention to such matters. For him to ask so suddenly, there had to be some deeper meaning behind it.

"First Senior Uncle is a Saint. You only need to make a calculation to know about something like this—why ask your disciple...?"

Xian Junyu answered as lightly as drifting clouds and a gentle breeze, tossing the matter straight back at him.

He also wanted to see what exactly his First Senior Uncle was trying to ask, and what he truly thought.

"Hehe, you little sly fox. You know perfectly well what I want to say, yet you still pretend to be confused. You deserve a smack!"

Daring to tease even a Saint, Xian Junyu received a light tap on the head from Laozi's whisk.

Xian Junyu did not take the tap to heart. As he refined the Nine-Revolving Golden Elixir, he pondered for a moment before speaking calmly:

"The Chan and Jie Sects hold different beliefs, and Second Martial Uncle's ideals do not align with my Master's. On Mount Kunlun, anyone who isn't a fool can see that!"

"Contradictions and clashes are only to be expected. I can even foresee the day they part ways in the end. What I do not know is what stance you, First Senior Uncle, truly hold in all this..."

He did not beat around the bush, directly voicing what was in his heart. He also very much wanted to know what Laozi, as the elder brother facing his two younger brothers, truly thought.

Upon hearing this, Laozi did not speak at once. Instead, he stroked his grizzled beard, seemingly deep in thought.

Xian Junyu was a clever man. Laozi was not surprised in the least that he could say such things.

It was simply that what Xian Junyu had asked was almost exactly what Laozi himself had wanted to ask.

Originally, he had wanted to ask Xian Junyu what he thought of the matter. Yet Xian Junyu had turned around and asked what he thought instead. That was rather interesting.

Who would have thought that the two of them had been thinking along the same lines?

Seeing that First Senior Uncle Laozi remained silent, Xian Junyu did not rush him. He simply waited quietly.

After waiting for a while, Laozi slowly began to speak.

"To be honest, I hold no prejudice against those disciples of your Master Tongtian. Since they have entered our Daoist Sect, they too seek to carry forward our Daoist Sect. There is nothing more to say about that!"

"As for your Master and your Second Martial Uncle, I do not wish to favor either side. After all these years, no matter what happens, we Three Pure Ones have always been one family..."

"It is only, Yu'er, that we are Innate Saints, and also Heavenly Dao Saints. Though we are deathless and indestructible, there are times when even we cannot act as we wish..."

At the words "Heavenly Dao Saint," Laozi sighed with deep emotion. Ever since becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint, he had increasingly felt that this was not the best choice.

Yet now, he no longer had any choice.

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