An opportunity...
No, that's not right...
Li Changshou, who had been kneeling on the ground, slowly rose to his feet. With his hands behind his back, he gazed at the short grass beneath him, his mind calculating without pause.
Even if his heart was ashes, his will ice, and his heart aching, his immortal senses still did not forget to monitor the surroundings.
Missing this opportunity did not seem to be purely a bad thing.
Everything had its good side and its bad side. Entering Tushita Palace now was not, in a sense, entirely a good thing.
If he had followed the Great Mage's wishes earlier, he would have gone against the Human Teaching's doctrine. Instead, he might have lost the "Saint Lord's familiar regard"...
If that happened, his future path might be to become the Great Mage's disciple, or the disciple of Taishang Laojun, the Grand Pure Sage's incarnation.
Then, when the future Investiture of the Gods Calamity came, might he become one of the Human Teaching's people destined to face the calamity?
Before the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, a single sentence from the Grand Pure Sage—"I have only one disciple"—had kept Grand Master Xuandu's name off the Investiture of the Gods Scroll.
If he entered Tushita Palace now, perhaps the great calamity of the Daoist Sect's Three Teachings would fall upon him!
"Ah..."
For now, he could only console himself this way.
Li Changshou naturally knew that if he entered Tushita Palace at this moment, he could also pledge his loyalty to the Jade Emperor in advance and seek the position of an Orthodox Heavenly Court God. Furthermore, after entering Tushita Palace, his life's safety factor would rise tremendously...
It was merely that looking at it from this angle eased more than half the disappointment in his