Leaving Without Becoming Chaotic Origin Is Too Unsteady

"Senior Disciple Brother, yesterday's Apricot Spirit Charcoal Grilled Fish was really delicious."

The next day, Lan Ling'e had shed her usual laziness, bouncing around cheerfully and chattering endlessly about the previous day's delicacy.

Li Yang looked at her cherry-like little mouth with fondness, shaking his head inwardly with a wry smile.

'This is just a little glutton. What proper person would hide their true body in a clone's tooth just for a bite to eat?'

'With a hiding method like that, who couldn't see through it?'

Li Yang grumbled to himself, but there was nothing he could do. Lan Ling'e's talent was excellent, but still far behind his and Li Changshou's. Ten years to reach Void Refining was already a thousand-year achievement for an ordinary Qi Practitioner.

His thoughts swept by in an instant, and Li Yang replied with a smile, "Of course. Don't you see who grilled it?"

"Right, right." Lan Ling'e nodded vigorously. "Way better than Senior Disciple Brother... there's an exam today."

Just as she was speaking, Lan Ling'e's mood suddenly sank. Senior Disciple Brother was great in every way, except these exams were such a pain.

And Li Yang seemed to have just realized it too. With a flicker, he cast his fishing line and his recliner began to sway gently.

He even covered his navel with a small... blanket.

The whole vibe screamed, 'Life is good.'

"Alright, today's exam. Who's first?"

Without warning, Li Changshou appeared behind Lan Ling'e, holding a bronze mirror.

"Ah!"

With a startled cry, the cheerful, bouncing Lan Ling'e instantly turned into a paper talisman and vanished.

"??? Huh??"

Li Changshou fell silent. Hearing the commotion, Li Yang craned his neck over the back of his chair, mouth wide open.

"Holy crap, a fake! Where's Ling'e's true body?"

Li Yang and Li Changshou exchanged bewildered glances.

This wasn't right.

Lan Ling'e had been right under their noses the whole time. Where had her true body gone?

"Hahaha, Senior Disciple Brothers, did I fool you?"

Just as they were lost in confusion, Lan Ling'e's crisp laughter came from below.

Her voice was full of smugness and schadenfreude.

The two looked down, and their faces instantly darkened.

The paper clone rapidly expanded, quickly returning to normal.

Just now... Lan Ling'e had actually used a Transformation Technique to turn herself into a paper talisman.

At this, Li Changshou's forehead veins bulged. A massive, dark hand descended from the sky and grabbed Lan Ling'e.

"I teach you the Steady Character Scripture, and you use it to show off your cleverness?

You think this makes you look smart?

You think the most dangerous place is the safest?

You idiot?

With a stunt like that, nine out of ten people would just pick up the paper talisman, and the last one would blow up both the talisman and the ground around it.

Tell me, how do you want to die?"

Li Changshou's roar was earth-shattering. He grabbed Lan Ling'e by the shoulders and shook her violently, rattling her already not-so-bright head until it was even more scrambled.

"S-Senior Disciple Brother, don't—gonna—gonna puke."

Lan Ling'e, dizzy and disoriented, opened her mouth. With a waugh, a torrent of supplies poured out like a waterfall, instantly burying the caught-off-guard Li Changshou and Li Yang, who was still on his recliner.

"Ouch!"

On top of the trash... supply mountain, Lan Ling'e tumbled out of the void, landing squarely on a sword. The sword guard jabbed her right in the rear, and she yelped in pain, clutching her backside.

"Lan! Ling'e!"

Two roars erupted from beneath the trash heap... supply mountain. Li Yang was the first to fly out.

"You can't even stabilize the space, and you still dared to live in it?"

Li Yang was the most furious of all.

The space opened by the Pot of Heaven Technique was normally meant for temporary rest, so it wasn't very stable, only good for being hidden.

In theory, the Pot of Heaven Technique wasn't even meant for Qi Practitioners who hadn't yet ascended to immortality. It was only because Li Yang relied on his traits that he managed to adapt the technique for Mortal Realm Cultivators.

But the stability of this space was even worse—the larger the space, the less stable it became.

To fix this, Li Yang later modified it, integrating numerous formations and pouring in a massive amount of resources before finally creating a stable space.

Even Li Yang's own space had required over three hundred Origin Immortal-level Immortal Artifact and Pill clones, a large number of Return to Dao and lower-level clones, plus many Immortal Artifacts and Magic Treasures, just to expand it enough and make it stable.

And Lan Ling'e being able to spew out so much trash in one go, and even getting dizzy from a simple shake, proved that the space she had opened up was far too large, the stable structure hadn't been properly set up, and the rest of the facilities were a complete mess.

If she were to fight an enemy, she'd get blown apart before even making a move. The power of shattered space would be enough to reduce a little girl who hadn't even become an immortal to ashes without a trace.

That was the real reason for Li Yang's anger. This little girl, how dare she??

"Senior Disciple Brother, Senior Disciple Brother, I was wrong."

Facing her furious Senior Disciple Brother, who wasn't even two months older than her, Lan Ling'e clung to Li Yang's arm, her face full of fawning flattery.

"My wonderful Senior Disciple Brother, my super invincible most handsome Senior Disciple Brother, you're so amazing, you'll forgive me, won't you?"

With that kind of cutesy act, Li Yang's fury instantly dissipated like smoke, leaving only the stifling frustration of disappointment. He sighed helplessly and scolded lightly, "Ling'e, spatial techniques are the most powerful, but also the most dangerous. If you're this careless, you'll suffer a great loss in the future."

Seeing her Senior Disciple Brother like this, Lan Ling'e knew he wasn't angry anymore, so she grew even more delighted, her voice turning syrupy sweet.

"Senior Disciple Brother, you're simply the best and most handsome Senior Disciple Brother under heaven."

Little did the cooing Lan Ling'e know that Li Changshou, having crawled out of the trash heap with fruit peels still on his head, was now standing behind her with a dark expression.

"Oh? He's the best and most handsome Senior Disciple Brother under heaven, then what about me???"

The bone-chilling voice made Lan Ling'e's spine run cold, as if she had fallen into an icy abyss. She stiffly twisted her neck and saw behind her the Senior Disciple Brother, covered in filth, barely suppressing a towering rage.

"Se-Se-Se-Se-Se-Se-Se..."

"Se your head!"

In a burst of fury, Li Changshou grabbed Lan Ling'e and, before she could react, stuffed her into the Bronze Mirror.

Then his voice, like the icy abyss of the Nine Netherworlds, drifted faintly into her ears.

"Exam difficulty... doubled!!!"

"No, don't!!!"

Ignoring Lan Ling'e's wails and pleas, Li Changshou heavily pressed the activation formation.

Then his fierce gaze swept toward Li... huh? Where was he?

By now, Li Yang had somehow already moved his reclining chair to the other side of the Spiritual Lake, even bringing his straight-hook fishing rod along.

Li Changshou's pupils contracted as he quickly calculated in his mind.

"None of my surveillance methods detected him. This Junior Brother's cultivation is probably already at Return to Dao Ninth Stage, and his combat power might rival an Origin Immortal.

In that case... this Sect Trial Tournament will be the perfect chance to take him along and have him draw some fire."

Six days later, Li Changshou said to Li Yang, who was lying on the reclining chair, "Junior Brother, let's go. Time for the Sect Trial Tournament."

Li Yang, still half-asleep, replied, "Senior Disciple Brother, you said the outside world is dangerous. Going out before I've reached Chaotic Origin is far too unsteady."

As Li Changshou looked on helplessly, Li Yang yawned, rolled over, and added, "Senior Disciple Brother, if there's nothing important, I'm going to sleep. Go early and return early. Wishing you a smooth journey!"

Seeing this, Li Changshou didn't waste any more words with Li Yang. He grabbed him by the scruff and started dragging him out, muttering all the while.

"Why sleep so much in life when you'll have all eternity to rest in death?

Sleeping—only trash sleeps.

I've never slept a wink, so what are you sleeping for?"