After reviewing all the events he could remember, Li Xingkong and the system carefully put away the recorded light clusters.
Although not as many as Xiao Chongshan, the number of people one would need to interact with is still considerable. Visiting everyone on the list would obviously take a lot of time.
Before you depart, let's go and meet with Yuanjun.
After some deliberation, Li Xingkong decided to visit Yuanjun before returning.
After all, Yuanjun was his personal master, and he had only met her once when he ascended to immortality, so they were quite estranged.
This time, Li Xingkong was going back to the Primordial Universe to understand cause and effect, which could be considered a long journey. It was only natural for him to meet with Yuanjun. Moreover, Li Xingkong had accumulated a lot of cultivation problems and wanted to get an answer from Yuanjun.
"System, could you please ask Yuanjun if she's free?"
"Okay, wait a moment..."
Putting everything else aside, as a common communication tool for the Jade Void Palace, this system undoubtedly saves cultivators a great deal of time.
"Alright, Yuanjun is free now, shall we go?"
"Walk!"
Upon once again ascending to the palace of the Yuanjun, Li Xingkong and the system were quite familiar with the process.
Following the same route he took last time, Li Xingkong entered the hall and saw a scene completely different from before.
The large sphere of light inside the hall had vanished, as had the dense chains. When Li Xingkong and the system arrived, the hall seemed to have just finished a banquet.
Although the guests had left, the banquet decorations left on the venue had not yet been removed.
Besides Yuanjun, who was still in the main seat, there was another immortal leaning against the table beside Yuanjun, holding a pot of wine in one hand and a wine cup in the other, joking with Yuanjun.
This was the first time Li Xingkong had seen Yuanjun in this state. At this moment, she did not look as aloof as an immortal, but just like an ordinary person, exuding a joyful expression.
"Oh, you're here? See what I told you? This guy never comes unless he needs something."
The immortal carrying the wine jug turned his head, and Li Xingkong and the system immediately recognized him.
If this isn't Wan Chongshan, then who else could it be?
"Greetings, Yuanjun!"
Li Xingkong ignored Wan Chongshan's words and first bowed to Yuanjun.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you only bow to your good master? What about me?"
Wan Chongshan turned around and moved from the banquet to stand in front of Li Xingkong.
The wine in her hand was some kind of strange object. Li Xingkong only had to smell it once, and he felt as if his Divine Sense was being bombarded with all sorts of things. The orderly data stream that was originally displayed in his Divine Sense began to Distortion for a moment.
It was as if he was drunk.
Fortunately, Li Xingkong simply shook his head, dispelling the drunkenness and regaining his senses.
"Greetings, Senior Wan."
Under Wan Chongshan's gaze, Li Xingkong had no choice but to bow to her as well.
To be honest, despite being a senior, Li Xingkong felt absolutely no respect for Wan Chongshan.
Knowing her background made it impossible for Li Xingkong to show her any respect.
There's always a feeling that I've been taken advantage of.
"Good, good, you're so sensible, so sensible."
Wan Chongshan laughed, and with a flick of his hand, a ball of fine wine poured out of the wine pot, landing in a wine cup that appeared out of thin air.
"Here's a treat for you, drink slowly."
The wine glass flew towards Li Xingkong, and when Li Xingkong, he could smell the aroma of wine even more clearly.
This wine... is definitely not right.
Li Xingkong is Nascent Soul; theoretically, controlling his own body should be a minor issue for him, and it's impossible for him to be drunk.
But he only smelled the wine, and a feeling of intoxication had already crept into his heart.
Wan Chongshan was still smiling as he looked at him.
"Drink up, why aren't you drinking?"
Li Xingkong glanced at her, then at the wine, and downed it in one gulp.
Well, even I've been forced to drink one day...
However, Li Xingkong was no longer able to think about these things. After drinking that cup of wine, Li Xingkong felt as if he were floating up to the sky.
He seemed to be no longer alone, his body turned into clouds and mist, wandering in the vast heaven and earth.
The gentle breeze blew, thoroughly cleansing his entire body from the outside in.
It was exhilarating, an indescribable joy. I felt as if I had transformed into a wisp of wind, or a cloud, flowing freely and unrestrained.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Xingkong regained his senses and his consciousness returned.
He remained motionless, still sipping his drink, while the Wan Chongshan stood right before him, as if everything he had just experienced was an illusion.
"How does this ' Cloud-Piercing Wind' taste? I went to great lengths to get this pot from that old wine connoisseur. Giving you a taste is really a bargain."
"Amazing, this wine... is it a conceptual wine?"
Li Xingkong figured it out. The reason this wine could make him so drunk wasn't because he couldn't control his body, but because the intoxication in this wine was a concept in itself.
Even a robot, an inanimate object, would get drunk surrounded by this wine.
"You're smart enough to know what's good for you, kid. This is some good stuff, but there's only one cup, no more. Help yourself."
Wan Chongshan put away his wine cup, turned around, and returned to the banquet.
"You two have a deep bond, so go ahead and whisper your secrets. Just pretend I don't exist."
"Deep affection? I wonder who's the one with deep affection. Ever since the young apprentice came in, they've been rushing over to him without a second thought."
Yuanjun stood to the side, quietly watching Li Xingkong and Wan Chongshan, her eyes practically slits with laughter.
"Hey, Ni'er, you... fine, for the sake of your apprentice, I'll let you be arrogant for a while today."
"What Xingkong here, Xingkong?"
After exchanging a few jokes, perhaps because she genuinely considered Li Xingkong as one of her own, she didn't put on any airs when Yuanjun asked about him.
"My disciple has made progress in his Dharma Aspect and, after much deliberation, has finally decided to Human Immortal. I have come here to prepare for a trip to settle my karmic debts, and have come to see my master before my departure."
Although Yuanjun was quite kind, Li Xingkong still couldn't change his mind so quickly.
"By the way, I also have a few related questions I'd like to ask you, Master."
"What's the problem? Tell me about it."
Li Xingkong has a very high talent for cultivation. If he's holding back his questions, then he must really have no solution.
"That's related to cause and effect... There are still many things I don't understand."
Li Xingkong wanted to ask was naturally nothing else; what was currently pressing upon him was precisely this matter related to cause and effect.
"What is the connection between becoming an immortal and this cause and effect?"