After being delayed on the mountain for two hours, Emperor Da Yu hurried over.
Having temporarily resolved the discord within his household, Da Yu was refreshed and full of vigor, practically walking on air. He took Li Changshou to pay three successive respects at several immortal mountains, visiting the retired Human Emperors in Huoyun Cave and delivering a small gift from the Heavenly Court.
True care came from the thoughtfulness of the younger generation.
It was just a pity they could not visit Emperor Xuanyuan's home. Li Changshou found that rather regrettable.
—Emperor Xuanyuan was already waiting inside Fu Xi's cave abode. At Li Changshou's next stop, he would meet Fu Xi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan, three of the Human Race's Ancient Sages, all at once.
Clearly, he had come out ahead!
Along the way, Da Yu lavishly praised Li Changshou. Whenever they met a senior Human Emperor, he called Li Changshou "a man of great wisdom," introducing him as "the most intelligent and talented person in the Heavenly Court."
Li Changshou was becoming rather embarrassed from all the praise...
Yet he could tell that Emperor Da Yu was truly in high spirits. If the gap in their seniority had not been too great, and if a Human Emperor's karmic ties had not been too weighty, Da Yu probably would have slung an arm around his shoulders and said:
"Sea God, you are my brother!"
Li Changshou thought it over carefully. At present, Senior Da Yu's only trouble was his romantic problems after retirement, a difficult matter he needed to resolve each day.
With Li Changshou's help this time, Da Yu's life should be as lovely as flowers beneath a full moon for quite some time to come...
And so long as he diligently studied the Sea God Scriptures, household harmony