What had left the deepest impression on Li Changshou at this Jade Lake Immortal Banquet was Laojun's praise.
Yet what Li Changshou remembered most was neither Fairy Heng'e's breathtakingly beautiful dance that had captivated the Heavenly Court when she arrived later, nor Lingzhu Zi and Jade Rabbit's rather splendid sword-and-saber dance, but...
This congratulatory gift from Gongming.
At the time, Chang'e was singing and dancing merrily, and the banquet's atmosphere was at its height; Lingzhu Zi and Jade Rabbit had yet to make their appearance.
Zhao Gongming hurried over. The battle armor he wore was not his usual set, and a faint bloody scent still lingered on the inner lapels beneath it.
Had Grandpa Zhao not raised his brows slightly and grinned upon seeing Li Changshou, Li Changshou would have thought something terrible had happened.
Just as Zhao Gongming was about to pass the dancing Chang'e and move forward, he suddenly sensed an extraordinary Dao rhythm in this place. Looking up, he immediately shuddered several times.
He had come in such haste that he had not noticed Laojun was here!
Zhao Gongming quickly detoured to the side of the high platform to pay his respects, then took the opportunity to give the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother a Daoist salute. Only then did he lower his head and walk to Li Changshou's side. Under the gazes of the surrounding immortals and gods, he sat beside Li Changshou, unable to suppress a smile.
"Chang Geng, your big brother got you a great treasure!"
Li Changshou: ...
That tone, that posture—it was exactly like those shady peddlers from his previous life selling little USB drives "loaded with study materials."
Zhao Gongming pulled a two-foot-long black rod from his sleeve and set it before Li Changshou.
The black rod had been sealed by