Penglai Envoys and the Strange woman (9,400-Character Mega Chapter)
Dragon Tiger Mountain, within the Shangqing Palace.
Zhang Daoyi had dismissed the many disciples and received the two envoys from Penglai Island alone.
Both men were very fat and looked remarkably alike. Sitting in the great hall, they resembled two small mountains. Yet although their faces and builds were extremely similar, they were easy to tell apart: one had a red face and a long beard, while the other had a black face and a thick beard.
Zhang Daoyi poured them tea and cupped his hands. "May I ask how the two envoys should be addressed?"
The Red-faced Envoy chuckled and returned the gesture. "I'm the elder brother, Dongwang." He pointed at the black-faced, bearded man and said, "He's the younger brother, Dongqu. The two of us only have given names, no surnames!"
"Don't listen to his nonsense," the Black-faced Envoy said. "I'm the elder brother. He's the younger one!"
The Red-faced Envoy immediately objected. "The Great Island Master said I was born first."
The Black-faced Envoy retorted, "The Second Island Master said the two of us were picked up by the roadside. How could the Great Island Master possibly know when we were born? But the Second Island Master said that when we were found, each of us had a scrap of cloth. Mine said 'elder brother,' and yours said 'younger brother'!"
"Bullshit," the Red-faced Envoy said. "The Great Island Master said she was sailing past a fishing village when she happened upon our mother struggling through a difficult birth. She helped deliver us, and that was how we were born."
The Black-faced Envoy said indignantly, "That's complete nonsense. The Great Island Master's divine powers are vast; there's nothing she can't do. If she had delivered us, how could our