What a vicious scheme.
Li Changshou split his focus in two. One Paper Daoist took Longji on a tour of the Dragon Palace, while another remained in the Back Hall of the Great Sea God Temple, where he sent away the "Blah Blah" mosquito that had just delivered a message.
He then began considering countermeasures.
Come to think of it, he himself was partly to blame. Perhaps he had hidden too thoroughly, leaving the Western Teachings unable to find a suitable opening. They had actually shifted their attention to the very structure of the Sea God Cult.
A grand sect with two Saint Lords overseeing it, a second-rate yet top-tier power in the Primordial Wilderness, had spent all that time scheming only to wipe out the tiny Bear Stockade of the Witch-Humans and assassinate the Sea God Cult's Xiong Village Divine Emissaries across various regions!
Vent their anger—this was pure retaliation and spite!
Though the method was somewhat absurd, it truly made Li Changshou feel deeply uncomfortable...
Upon careful reflection, he had not been quite "steady" enough himself.
In his youthful recklessness, he had always believed that being "steady" meant being comprehensive—leaving no flaws in any direction.
Now that his mindset had matured somewhat, he realized belatedly that when managing a force, true steadiness meant deliberately exposing a false flaw, guiding one's enemies through it, drawing their efforts toward that flaw, and thus gaining more time to respond.
This was not the time for self-reflection. He still had to swiftly devise a response.
If the Western Teachings wanted to destroy the Sea God Cult, they only needed to dispatch a few vicious beasts to slaughter the Cult's Divine Emissaries and Temple Officials everywhere. They could achieve astonishing results in a short time.
Fortunately, Li Changshou had...
Prepared for this long