"Grand sect tournament..."
A fine drizzle fell over Lesser Qiong Peak.
Having finished sorting the pills in the pill room, Li Changshou headed toward the thatched cottage, mulling over this major sect matter that neither he nor his little junior sister could avoid.
His surface cultivation was now at the first stage of the Dao Attainment Realm, and his disciple ranking remained somewhere in the twenties.
To the sect, this immortal seedling of theirs had strayed a little from the path, preferring pill refinement and studying formations;
But to Li Changshou, this position was just right. It drew little attention while still granting him fairly good treatment within the sect.
Leaving behind a thread of immortal awareness to watch Daoist Kuai Si, who was in seclusion on Xianlin Peak, Li Changshou returned most of his focus to the small matters before him...
"It's time to see Poisonous off."
Youqin Xuanya had only arrived yesterday, so she should not have left yet.
Over the past dozen-odd years, Youqin Xuanya's visits to Lesser Qiong Peak had become remarkably regular;
Roughly once every two years, she would appear at Lesser Qiong Peak right on schedule.
As if it were a routine matter, maintaining their friendship.
And, incidentally, because when she went too long without seeing a certain senior brother, she felt a faint emptiness in her heart.
In her understanding, Senior Brother Changshou was the role model she should learn from. Only by seeing him more could she know whether she had strayed from her path...
Whenever she came, Li Changshou would avoid her, leaving Ling'e to chat, play, and drink tea with her;
Only when Youqin Xuanya was about to leave and return to Sky-Breaking Peak for further secluded cultivation would Li Changshou show himself, exchange a few words with her, and