Immortal Travel of Longevity

Mo Yuan sat in the pavilion, watching with great interest.

After a while, he lost interest.

He turned to Mister behind him. "Mister, there's a rather interesting snake demon here."

Chen Changsheng was asleep in his chair.

Hearing Mo Yuan's remark, he asked, "How so?"

Mo Yuan said, "She's clearly a snake demon, yet she insists on calling herself a Dragon Immortal. It seems she has grand ambitions."

That piqued Chen Changsheng's curiosity.

He thought it over and realized the snake demon certainly dared to dream. If she actually pulled it off, it wasn't entirely impossible.

Mo Yuan chuckled. "If she gets her way, who knows? She might actually achieve Dragon Transformation one day."

Mo Yuan said, "Now that the Dragon Palace's Second Crown Prince Ying Yuan and Dragon Maiden Ying En are both undergoing Dragon Transformation, the Old Dragon King has dumped his affairs on them. Not to mention the Grand Crown Prince—I watched him advance step by step. The Mortal World is fine, but the Dragon Palace will eventually have to look toward the Desolate Sea. Once this snake demon receives the Investiture Scroll, she might just find an opportunity to exploit."

Mo Yuan was not wrong.

If she truly obtained the Investiture Scroll and was sustained by offerings of incense, the Old Dragon King might not necessarily strike at her. After all, killing the snake demon would cause him to suffer the karma of the human dao, which clearly wasn't worth it.

Chen Changsheng asked, "In your view, what are her chances?"

"At least ninety percent!"

"You think that highly of her?"

Mo Yuan said, "This snake demon is extraordinary. Reaching this stage is incredibly difficult. Among the demons at this Investiture of Immortals Assembly, I doubt anyone can handle her. Furthermore, she is competing under the guise of a Dragon Immortal. With a slight manifestation of her power, she could fool them all."

He thought for a moment, then shook his head. "However, she is stained with heavy karma. I suspect she hasn't skimped on eating people in the past."

Chen Changsheng said, "If she wishes to traverse the waters and achieve Dragon Transformation, she must use the opportunity of the Investiture Scroll to gather incense and forge a golden body. It is also a way to seek protection for herself. But how could an invested immortal spirit receive incense for free? If she commits evil acts, karma will bind her, and she will never attain a golden body. She can only succeed by performing good deeds and sheltering the people."

"Although she committed evil in the past, if she does more good deeds in the future and brings blessings to the Mortal World, she still has a chance."

Mo Yuan was momentarily stunned. "That..."

Chen Changsheng said, "This Chen does not mean her past evil deeds can be written off completely. The sins she committed must eventually be repaid. Heaven and earth will naturally claim their due."

Mo Yuan paused. "The Heavenly Tribulation..."

That was it!

Heaven and earth were not unreasonable. Amid the intertwining of good and evil, retribution would eventually fall.

When the time came and the snake demon truly seized the opportunity for Dragon Transformation, her Heavenly Tribulation would certainly be difficult to survive.

"What if she survives it?" Mo Yuan asked.

Chen Changsheng simply shook his head and said nothing.

Mo Yuan opened his mouth, then suddenly understood.

A moment of silence passed.

Mo Yuan said, "That year when traversing the waters, I was actually supposed to take another waterway and bypass Qiuyue Fang. But as coincidence would have it, a valley collapsed, sealing off that route. Thinking back on it now, it still feels like a fluke."

"If I hadn't gone through Qiuyue Fang, would I still have survived that Heavenly Tribulation? And even after going through Qiuyue Fang, if I hadn't met Mister, I probably would have died beneath West Bridge all the same, wouldn't I?"

Mo Yuan thought for a moment. "No matter how I look at it, it was a situation of certain death. It wasn't due to my incompetence; perhaps heaven and earth simply did not permit it."

Listening to him, Chen Changsheng said, "This Chen has lost all Magical Power at the moment. It would be best to speak less of such things."

Mo Yuan chuckled. "As expected, Mister can determine the will of heaven."

If he hadn't pleaded for help time and again back then, how could he be here today?

To die by the will of heaven—how could he ever have resigned himself to that?

He kept Mister's grace in his heart, never forgetting it for a single moment. To Mo Yuan, this was a debt of gratitude he could not fully repay even with his life.

Chen Changsheng said, "Where would This Chen get such an ability?"

Mo Yuan didn't argue. He knew Mister had many excuses to avoid talking about such things.

He looked toward the snake demon walking away in the distance and couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow for her.

Perhaps right now, she also believed that as long as she devoted herself to Cultivation, she would one day traverse the waters and achieve Dragon Transformation, just like Mo Yuan had.

In truth, it wasn't their own limitations standing in their way, but rather certain rules in the unseen workings of fate.

The will of heaven was unfair.

Mo Yuan had seen much and reflected for a long time before finally understanding this truth.

Mo Yuan let out a breath. "We all have our own destinies. It was only because we met Mister that we broke free from those tragic fates."

Chen Changsheng merely said, "I think you didn't sleep well last night. You're speaking nonsense."

Mo Yuan stared blankly for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Mister is right to scold me."

The two chatted for a long time, though the rest was mostly uninteresting idle talk.

Sometime later, out of the corner of his eye, Mo Yuan spotted a woman holding Mao'er. She was taking a Waist Token and a piece of Broken Silver from an official's hand.

"Mister, is that Ruyi?"

Chen Changsheng and Mo Yuan witnessed the entire process of Ruyi swindling half a silver tael from the official.

Watching this, Mo Yuan let out a laugh. "The Mao'er God. How fun, how amusing."

Chen Changsheng said, "It's just children playing around."

Mo Yuan said, "Not at all. I actually find it very interesting. A Mao'er God is so fascinating—isn't that much more interesting than those mountain gods and earth deities?"

"What crooked ideas are you hatching now?"

"Great Xiang has Mister's protection, so its human dao qi fortune will definitely surge in the future. In fact, this moment could well serve as an opportunity for the human dao. Although that Mao'er is protected by the qi of the four seasons, it is ultimately a bit too weak. Since it accompanied Mister on your journey back then, I'll gift it a karmic opportunity."

Chen Changsheng said, "You really act on whatever whims pop into your head. Lihua is pure-hearted by nature and probably wouldn't want to do such a thing."

Mo Yuan smiled. "I'll go ask it later."

"Just don't trick it. Mao'er is foolish and easily deceived."

As they spoke, Mao'er sneezed down on the road.

It sniffed, wondering what sort of demonic wind had caused it to sneeze.

Hearing Mister say that, Mo Yuan realized Mister truly valued this Mao'er.

To be honest, he was quite envious.

From beginning to end, he had never been able to accompany Mister on a long journey.

"I won't mess around," Mo Yuan said.

Only then did Chen Changsheng nod.

Mo Yuan then asked, "By the way, there weren't many people who came to claim a Waist Token today."

Chen Changsheng said, "When the day of the Investiture of Immortals Assembly arrives, I'm afraid there will be far more than just these few."

Mo Yuan fully agreed with Mister.

Would truly capable cultivators or demons really follow the proper procedures? When the Investiture of Immortals Assembly arrived, they would just charge straight in. Who would care about the rules?

However, looking at it now.

It seemed the cultivators of the Mortal World didn't have much of a winning chance.

When the time came, the immortal positions granted through the Human Sovereign's Investiture Scroll would likely be dominated by demons.

It sounded a bit absurd.

But wasn't the essence of many things simply in the attempt?

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