Azure Rosy Clouds Offered Alchemy Notes in Exchange for Aid; Unprovoked Disaster Led to a Wondrous Treasure

[Azure Rosy Clouds Temple], in its quiet, elegant Guest Reception Hall.

"Tap, tap, tap-"

Footsteps sounded outside the hall. Though slow, soft, and cautious, they were perfectly clear to the two Core Formation True Persons seated within.

Both turned to look. The young Daoist attendant approaching the doorway was already nervous. When he looked up and saw both True Persons watching him, his heart jolted. His foot caught on the threshold, and he pitched forward, the purple sandalwood box in his hands flying out of his grasp.

I'm done for-

That was the only thought that flashed through the attendant's mind. His despair could not have been greater.

Anyone who had ever botched an assignment would have felt better about their own failures upon seeing this. He was facing two Core Formation True Persons, after all, and had fallen so spectacularly. Surely he would be expelled from the temple outright-

Just then, a force suddenly caught the attendant before he hit the ground. At the same time, the box containing the essence blood intended for their honored guest changed course in midair and floated into the green-robed True Person's hand.

"Young friend, there's no need to be nervous. Do I look like some ancient monster with a blue face and fangs, ready to eat people?"

The green-robed True Person smiled at the attendant. Clearly, he was the one who had intervened.

"Not at all, not at all! Senior Ten Thousand Longevity is handsome, dashing, young, and accomplished. You even look younger than my mortal elder brother did when he came of age!"

The attendant shook his head like a rattle drum and waved his hands repeatedly as he corrected him.

"Hahaha!"

Lin Changheng burst out laughing. Turning to Daoist True Heart, he praised, "Fellow Daoist True Heart, this young friend