Detecting Problems, Planning to Aid the Master's Tribulation

Li Changshou frowned slightly upon hearing Li Yang's words, then relaxed again.

Indeed, if he himself dared not undergo the tribulation to become an immortal, why should he doubt that Li Yang dared?

Moreover, Li Yang truly didn't need to rush the tribulation; with his abilities, if he accumulated a bit more time, he might even attempt one of the top three Immortal Ascension Tribulations in the Primordial Wilderness.

On this point, Li Yang would not lack clear self-awareness.

"Junior Brother, Senior Brother is not your equal."

Li Changshou spoke with guilt in his words, but Li Yang paid it no mind.

"Senior Brother, you're actually right too. At least you thought of a way."

"No, I don't have your courage."

In Li Changshou's view, doing anything without a Ninety-Eight Percent chance was failure; for his own tribulation crossing, without a Ninety-Nine Percent chance, it wasn't safe, wasn't stable.

Li Yang understood what his senior brother was thinking, so he didn't dwell on the issue.

"So, Senior Brother, just leave it to me. There won't be any problems."

This was Li Yang's promise to his senior brother, and also a promise to himself.

Their master could no longer normally undergo the tribulation to become an immortal, but refining a Melting Immortal Pill to let their master become a Turbid Immortal was still possible.

At least in the original story, their master succeeded with the senior brother's help.

Of course, Fairy Jiujiu had also been used by the senior brother as a perfect tool for over two years.

As for Martial Uncle Jiu Wu, who had forged an unbreakable bond with the senior brother since the Northern Juru Continent, he had gone to steal several nests of Pupil-Triple Spider, then used the silk produced by those spiders to spy on his own wife bathing.

Of course, those things were gone now.

Perhaps Fairy Jiujiu wouldn't need to come to Lesser Qiong Peak as the senior brother's tool for wine anymore, and Martial Uncle Jiu Wu wouldn't misunderstand the senior brother, leading to a chain of events.

In short, there were pros and cons!

Carrying their thoughts, the two flew swiftly back to the Immortal Crossing Sect without encountering a single incident along the way.

One had to admit, the stable route they had chosen together was truly stable.

"Senior Brother, you two actually dragged me, a lovely fairy, into forced labor?"

Several days had passed since returning to Lesser Qiong Peak. Their master had chosen to go into seclusion to prepare for the tribulation.

And that junior sister, Lan Ling'e, who had used up all the poison, knockout drugs, and explosives, was dragged away by two eager senior brothers to be pressed into service.

So little Ling'e was now holding an axe bigger than herself, chopping wood with great effort.

"Two stinking senior brothers, you won't even let me use my mana. What if I end up with bulging muscles?

Just you wait, I'll cut you both down at the root, chop the tree and pull the roots..."

At the peak, Li Yang listened to his junior sister's grumbling and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Junior Brother, our junior sister is cursing us."

Li Yang glanced at his senior brother, who was gloating.

"Senior Brother, what's there to be happy about?

Besides, the one chopping wood is her Avatar."

The two looked toward Lan Ling'e's thatched hut and sighed in unison. Then Li Yang spoke:

"There are a few things I haven't asked you about these past two days. Senior Brother, would you be willing to answer?"

"Speak?"

"Martial Aunt Jiujiu—have you made preparations there?"

The senior brother replied: "I have. Martial Aunt Jiujiu was punished with three years of no drinking, so I gave her some Drunken Immortal to smooth things over. If your plan doesn't work, I'll use her."

Li Yang felt approval in his heart. It seemed his senior brother's preparations were thorough enough. Even though he hadn't interacted with Martial Aunt Jiujiu as much as in the original story, he could still make use of her.

But the material issue—how would that be resolved?

After all, this time it wasn't the senior brother who saved Youqin Xuanya, but him.

"Senior Brother, what about the materials for the Array Formation?"

Refining an immortal-grade poison pill naturally required building a specialized pill hall and setting up a stable grand array.

An immortal was the foundation of the array, determining its lower limit. But without materials...

That lower limit could still be broken.

Li Yang asked not because he lacked materials himself, but to see how things would unfold.

The senior brother took out three Storage Pouches, then pulled out a pill furnace: "This was sent by Jiang Jingshan, specifically to thank you for saving Youqin Xuanya's life.

I've looked through these items. Paired with some materials I've gathered and arranged by an immortal, they're enough to set up a grand array that even a True Immortal couldn't break.

This pill furnace is also of excellent quality, perfect for alchemy."

Li Yang took the three Storage Pouches and the pill furnace, inspected them, and shook his head. The materials were similar to what he needed for the Composite Grand Array he had planned. A thought was already forming in his mind.

Perhaps he wasn't being watched—at least, not for now.

All these coincidences were merely pushing one thing forward: Master's ascension to immortality.

To be precise, Master's death had been fated, but not at this moment.

Additionally, that lunatic didn't yet have the ability to monitor heaven and earth at every moment; in the early stages, it relied on the Heavenly Dao's autonomous reactions.

As long as things didn't cross the line, the problem wouldn't be severe.

All these guarantees were for Master to successfully become an immortal.

Li Yang quickly abandoned this line of thought, because following his own reasoning, he would face two choices.

The first choice was not to set up the array or refine the pills—Master could still survive the tribulation, but Master might also die.

The second choice was to follow the steps, and Master would successfully overcome the tribulation.

With his low cultivation, he could think about it, but he absolutely couldn't act on it; he could only steadily take the second path.

After all, since the materials had already fallen into their hands, this Heavenly Dao trend was surely forcing him to follow this script.

"Senior Brother, these materials aren't good enough for you, but for me, they're just right."

Saying this, Li Yang pulled out his Composite Grand Array diagram.

Li Changshou finished reading it, then abruptly looked up at Li Yang, but saw no reaction from him, and a chill rose in his heart.

Combined with his Junior Brother's odd behavior, he also formed an idea.

'Perhaps I should become an immortal too, then take Lesser Qiong Peak and flee.'

Li Changshou let this thought flash by, merely storing it in his heart, then replied with a smile: "It seems these materials are just right; my array is actually redundant."

Li Yang also smiled and said: "Senior Brother, no need to be so sorrowful—what's mine is yours!"

"Not at all, not at all—how could I, Senior Brother, take advantage of Junior Brother?"

"Eh, Senior Brother, what are you saying..."

Both wore fake smiles, exchanging pleasantries as if they were truly deferring to each other.

But in reality, information was being passed between them this way.

When it was about enough, the two exchanged a knowing smile.

"Since that's the case, let's set up the array first. We've delayed half a year—we need to speed up."

"Don't worry. Once I've refined these materials, activating this grand array will only take a breath's time."

"Then I'll trouble Junior Brother."

"It's only right!"

The two played off each other and quickly settled on a plan.

Then the array began to be set up.

Time flew, and two years passed.