The Price of Overacting

"This really is troublesome now."

On Bai Ze's back, the Paper Daoist of Grand White Gold Star sat quietly, while his true body hid within the Paper Daoist's collar.

Li Changshou showed not the slightest hint of joy. Instead, he wore a worried frown, signaling Bai Ze not to fly too quickly as he murmured those words in a low voice.

Bai Ze, too, frowned slightly. Having watched from the sidelines all along, he now roughly understood why Li Changshou had called this troublesome.

How could today's matter be summed up by mere trouble?

It was an enormous trouble.

On the grand scale, this was the rise of the Heavenly Court, challenging the authority of the Dao Sect's Three Teachings. Caught in the middle, Li Changshou had to consider both the position of a Dao Sect disciple and the authority of the Heavenly Court.

Fortunately, Li Changshou had long thought of a solution. Before acting, he had first kowtowed and dropped several towering hats onto the matter, defining Ju Liusun's actions as his own private misconduct and doing his utmost to preserve Chan Teaching's reputation.

Yet Bai Ze could clearly sense...

Ju Liusun alone was far from enough to extinguish the fury throughout the Heavenly Court and among the Jie Teachings Immortals.

Though he was one of the Chan Teachings Twelve Golden Immortals, a figure of Great Divine Ability in the Primordial Wilderness, and though this matter had damaged Chan Teaching's prestige while bolstering the Heavenly Court's fortune...

It still fell just a little short.

And was Ju Liusun really to be killed?

That was unrealistic as well. He was a direct disciple of one of the Dao Sect's two Saints. If he were truly slain, the Saint's retaliation would inevitably follow.

Who could ensure that Ju Liusun did not