Violet Cloud Palace.
The Red-Dust Guests who had come to hear the Dao had long since taken their seats within the Violet Cloud Palace.
At the very front—
Upon the six Heavenly Dao Cushions that were clearly different from the rest sat the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
As for Kunpeng and Red Cloud, who had originally occupied the fifth and sixth seats—
One sat silently beside Zhen Yuanzi.
The other gritted his teeth, glaring resentfully at Jieyin and Zhunti while occasionally shooting Red Cloud a furious look as well!
Upon the elevated lecture platform—
The Sage had already appeared.
However, the old man had kept his eyes closed and had not begun expounding the Dao. After appearing, he had merely established the rule that no one's seat could be changed!
Likewise—
The gates of the Violet Cloud Palace, which had already been half-closed, stopped moving!
This scene—
In the eyes of the many Red-Dust Guests, clearly meant that they were waiting for an important guest!
Many of the Red-Dust Guests were puzzled.
But they did not dare ask—
As for a Sage's affairs, you had better not meddle!!!
The Sage and the gathered Red-Dust Guests did not have to wait long.
A mere dozen or so years later.
Buzz—
Accompanied by an urgent Golden Rainbow tearing through Chaos.
The next moment.
Dan Jing appeared at the half-closed gates of the Violet Cloud Palace. After glancing at the partially shut doors, the corners of his mouth rose.
He understood at once—
He had arrived more than ten years late for this lecture, yet the old man had still left the door open for him.
That was solid.
Dan Jing would remember this favor!
But whether he repaid it—
Would depend entirely on whether he felt like it.
How did that saying go again?
Brothers were held in the heart; when trouble came, the phone could not get through!
The words were crude, but the principle was sound.
This was merely a favor, not karma—karma had to either be repaid or severed, requiring some form of action. But a favor depended entirely on whether the one who owed it was a good person and what mood he was in.
Conveniently enough.
Dan Jing did not consider himself a good person!
Hehehe...
Walking into the Violet Cloud Palace.
Dan Jing's gaze fell upon the Sage seated on the elevated platform. Aside from his abyss-deep aura and ruddy complexion, he looked like an ordinary old man.
Dan Jing raised a hand in a greeting gesture like Brother Crow.
He said:
"Yo—"
"Thanks for leaving the door open for me, old man!"
The moment those words came out.
The mouths of the Red-Dust Guests already seated within the Violet Cloud Palace twitched, and some could barely hold themselves together.
Good heavens—
Being late was one thing.
But his greeting was so flippant, and he even dared call the Sage "old man"?
Did this guy's face have no limit?
"..."
The old Sage on the elevated platform also twitched the corner of his mouth imperceptibly when he heard Dan Jing's greeting.
Of course.
As a Sage—and a genuine senior—the old Sage was still extremely broad-minded.
Otherwise—
He would not have left the door open for Dan Jing for more than ten years.
Since Dan Jing, the last to arrive, had entered and was already acting familiar as he found himself a seat.
Then it was time to begin the lecture!
With that thought.
The Sage did not open his eyes and merely began expounding the Dao:
"When Chaos first opened, heaven and earth divided. The clear rose and the turbid sank, containing heaven and earth within. Yin and yang, the five elements—creation stemmed entirely from them."
"..."
A Sage's exposition of the Dao was naturally extraordinary.
Golden splendor falling from the heavens, golden lotuses surging forth, magnificent chapters of the Great Dao, and other phenomena and Dao sounds all manifested within the Violet Cloud Palace the instant the Sage began speaking.
Although the Red-Dust Guests were surprised by Dan Jing's identity.
The moment the Sage began expounding the Dao, they all focused intently on listening and comprehending the Great Dao.
Likewise.
Dan Jing, who had just taken his seat, entered a state of enlightenment in a single thought!
A free opportunity—
Even wasting the slightest bit of it made his heart ache terribly!
Gradually.
The only things remaining in the entire Violet Cloud Palace were the Sage's voice expounding the Dao, along with the various phenomena and magnificent chapters of the Great Dao.
This lecture—
Lasted only three thousand years!
The content was not particularly profound.
Most of it was a detailed inheritance concerning how to cultivate the immortal Dao realms below the Great Luo Realm and the Great Luo Realm itself. A small portion taught the Red-Dust Guests how to cultivate their own Great Luo Dao Fruits to perfection!
Therefore.
After listening for three thousand years, every Red-Dust Guest had gained something, and satisfied smiles of harvest filled their faces.
At this moment.
As the old Sage's exposition came to a stop, the various phenomena and Dao sounds within the Violet Cloud Palace also dispersed.
The Red-Dust Guests in the hall all emerged from their states of listening to the Dao and comprehending it.
Though satisfied, they still felt somewhat unfulfilled.
The lecture had ended.
The Sage on the elevated platform opened his eyes, his calm gaze resting upon the Red-Dust Guests below!
"Many thanks to the Sage for the grace of expounding the Dao!"
All the Red-Dust Guests bowed in thanks. Most of their manners were identical, and their words were proper and conventional.
Only Dan Jing was far more direct than the other Red-Dust Guests.
He opened his eyes, a flamboyant yet non-offensive smile on his face.
Then he said:
"Thanks, old man!"
After offering his thanks, Dan Jing paid no attention to the strange looks the surrounding Red-Dust Guests gave him.
Naturally, he knew that what he had done was somewhat at odds with the usual etiquette of the Primordial World.
But so what?
Just tell him whether he had expressed his thanks or not!
Dan Jing liked doing it this way, and the Sage had no objection either!
If you did not like it, go ask the Sage to kill me!
After thanking him, Dan Jing sat idly in his seat.
He roughly knew what would happen after the lecture—
The appointment of the chief male immortal and chief female immortal, the taking of disciples, and the distribution of Primordial Purple Qi and spirit treasures!
Dan Jing did not know the order of these three matters.
Nor did he care!
Because none of them had anything to do with Dan Jing—
Not in the slightest!
At this moment.
Rather than listening to the Sage's lengthy opening speech about "the renewal of all things" and the like before selecting leaders, Dan Jing lowered his head and examined the cushion beneath him.
It was said that the Violet Cloud Palace contained countless treasures—
Especially the cushions upon which the Red-Dust Guests sat, which were rare treasures that aided cultivation and Dao comprehension!
Right now.
Dan Jing was considering whether he should simply take away the cushion he had sat on.
After all, the Sage would not care about the whereabouts of a mere cushion. So long as the six cushions at the very front, representing the Sage Realm, were not lost, the rest were probably irrelevant.
"Take it!"
Feeling that the cushion beneath him truly possessed some mysterious properties, Dan Jing's eyes immediately lit up as he made his decision.
This rare treasure—
The Sage did not lack such things, and leaving it in the Violet Cloud Palace would only make it decoration. It would be better for Dan Jing to take it and sit on it!
That would count as making the best use of it, would it not?
If he had not been worried that the Sage would slap him across the face—
Dan Jing would have even wanted to carry off the cushion the Sage had sat upon!
At this moment.
What Dan Jing, absorbed in pondering the cushion beneath him, did not notice was—
On the two cushions beside him, two Great Luo goddesses were carefully studying him with curious gazes!
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