What exactly had Your Majesty Jade Emperor come down for?
Watching the Jade Emperor's Incarnation ride a cloud back into the heavens, layer upon layer of doubt piled up in Li Changshou's heart.
What had he accompanied the Jade Emperor in doing over these past two days?
Strolling through streets, chatting, discussing heaven and earth, touring mountains, playing in the waters, galloping on horseback.
He, a newly advanced Primordial Immortal Realm junior disciple of the Du Xian Sect, the Dragon Clan's cowardly chief strategist, the South Sea Sea God, and a Human Teachings Lesser Mage, had spent two days as a male companion-for-hire?
This...
Could it be that before he took up an office in Heaven, the Heavenly Court's ultimate test was whether he could accompany the Jade Emperor sightseeing?
There truly were far too many baffling things in this day and age...
"Three years from now."
Li Changshou pondered for a while and began carefully working through the matter.
This was the sole valuable piece of information the Jade Emperor had provided during this descent to "inspect."
The decree would arrive three years from now, far earlier than he had expected.
Hadn't it been said before that the decree would need one or two hundred years to take shape? Could it be that they had opened a Heavenly Dao download acceleration channel for him and arranged it ahead of schedule?
Still, having the Heavenly Court formally intervene in the Dragon Clan's affairs at this time was a fine turning point.
A small plan he had prepared decades ago could now be put to use ahead of time...
After Li Changshou waited for a while, the mosquito that had been hiding far away cautiously flew over and landed on his shoulder.
"My lord, that merit incarnation just now was..."
"Some