"Fellow Daoist, you've preached your teachings right onto your own Cult Master."
At that moment, though Li Changshou dearly wanted to reply with that, he merely smiled faintly and said, "I revere the Human Teaching of Virtue."
With that, he cupped his hands and walked deeper into the street, fly whisk in hand.
The old Daoist preaching on the street did not press him further. He simply returned the salute, said, "My apologies for disturbing you," and went back to his seat in the corner.
Li Changshou naturally knew the full story behind this.
Ao Yi had discussed it with him through the divine statue before, and he had agreed.
Seeing how vigorously the Sea God Cult's merit had flourished and how swiftly it had grown, the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace behind Ao Yi wanted to promote it along the Eastern Sea coast of the Southern Continent as well.
Li Changshou had agreed, but he reiterated the old rule: the Sea God Cult could not leave the seashore.
He sensed things inwardly and found that the Dragon Palace truly moved quickly. More than a hundred divine statues had already been erected on this side of the Eastern Sea.
What put Li Changshou somewhat at ease was that, whether the statues were newly built or had been there before, his features were now exceedingly blurry. One could barely make out the outline of his facial features, and they no longer possessed that same "divine essence."
However, the smaller Azure Dragon Great Protector statue standing beside his own was clearly different.
Especially here by the Eastern Sea, among the paired statues first erected in those villages—
Li Changshou's statues were made from superior stone and painstakingly carved by artisans of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. Aside from their faces, every detail was