Riding a cloud through green mountains and clear waters, Li Changshou felt quite refreshed. Even his back seemed straighter than before.
He absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, breathed in the splendor of sun and moon;
The Primordial World, once dark, cold, and endlessly bleak, had suddenly been pierced by a ray of warm sunlight...
"My path is no longer lonely."
At last, he had found a rare sense of kinship!
A touch of poetic feeling rose in Li Changshou's heart. After pondering for a moment, he said:
"Even with a thigh to cling to, one must not slacken one's vigilance."
Grand Master Xuandu's arrival had indeed given him a shot in the arm. There was now an umbrella over his head; he had truly clung to a thigh and boarded the sturdy, spacious ship of the Human Teaching.
But the core of the Human Teaching consisted of only two people, and from its leader to its chief disciple, both followed Purity, Stillness, and Non-Action.
Grand Master Xuandu's warning had been meant to keep Li Changshou from becoming arrogant or complacent merely because he had gained Saint Lord's favor...
In truth, that warning held little meaning for Li Changshou.
Even just after parting from the Great Mage, Li Changshou was already considering a question...
Why had he gained Saint Lord's favor?
Li Changshou pondered quietly, sorting through his thoughts.
First, it was because the South Sea God Cult had become entangled in the karmic threads of the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Clan that he had entered his own Sage's sight.
Second, his previous conduct had likely suited Saint Lord's wishes. That was why Saint Lord had helped conceal the Heavenly Secrets for him and placed the task of Dragons Entering Heaven upon his shoulders.
Several tangled clues slowly