Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 364 Stargazing, Appointment

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Li Wushou cursed under his breath and then said quickly:

“I asked Scholar Wu for the Twelve Continents. From now on, the incense offerings of the Twelve Continents will belong to us. You will receive three parts of the incense offerings, and I will receive seven.”

Upon hearing this, the old beggar looked at Li Wushou with a hint of surprise. Had he finally figured out how to curry favor with someone powerful?
good! good!
A strange smile appeared on his face, and the old beggar mocked:

"So, isn't being a kept man more appealing? Haha."

Li Wushou glanced at the old beggar and said to himself, "I can make this incense myself."

As Li Wushou spoke, he reached out to take the Ziwei Destiny Star back into his hand. Seeing this, the old beggar turned slightly and stuffed the Ziwei Destiny Star into his bosom, along with the three Heavenly Destiny Stars on the three-legged square table.

His smile remained, but he stopped joking and simply said:
"You're doing this job too roughly; it'll leave marks easily. It'll be more appropriate for me to do it!"

After saying that, he turned around and went to the incense table, placing the four life stars one by one on the incense table.

Li Wushou followed beside him and began to explain which continents he suspected might be the lands of the Immortal Mountain God.

The old beggar listened quietly, then nodded.

"Aren't you surprised?"

Seeing this, Li Wushou couldn't help but ask a question, and the old beggar chuckled:
"What's so surprising about that? The gods raised high on Mount Immortality, although they all use the incense from the twelve continents, have different locations where their destiny stars are hidden. The other party's methods of manipulating the gods are also quite straightforward. After all, Venerable Porcelain is not a Venerable of the Divine Path, and the methods of the Divine Path are very crude!"

Li Wushou fell silent upon hearing this. He didn't quite understand how the location of the so-called destiny star and the methods of manipulating the gods were determined.

But judging from the old beggar's words, he already knew which people were from the Immortal Mountain.

Before Li Wushou could even ask, the old beggar confidently added:
"That Second Heavenly God of Qionghua Continent is also from the Immortal Mountain!"

After saying this, seeing Li Wushou's blank expression, the old beggar pointed a finger at the Ziwei Destiny Star, and the twelve continent gods, including Chi Xiu, appeared one by one.

Originally, the spirits of the six continents' gods were residing within the Yin spirit of the Water Dragon King, but now they were separated with a single finger from the old beggar.

Suspended silently amidst the incense smoke of the Three Immortals Hall, these celestial deities, each the size of a palm, had their eyes tightly closed.

The old beggar summoned a burst of incense, then opened his mouth and spat it out to the gods of the twelve continents.

The incense smoke fluctuated violently, giving rise to two layers of celestial curtains. The twelve continental gods simultaneously transformed into tiny stars, disappearing into the celestial curtains and scattering in all directions.

Qionghua, Lanhai, and Chixiu are located in the second layer of the sky, while the rest of the Nine Continents are located in the first layer of the sky.

Li Wushou looked up and suddenly felt something in his heart.

Qionghua, Jinsha, Jubao, Yinbai, Bibo, and the Far East, though scattered across different locations in the sky, appear as a vertical straight line when viewed from a macroscopic perspective.

This straight line pierces through two layers of sky!

The other celestial deities are scattered and follow no particular pattern.

Seeing that Li Wushou had noticed this, the old beggar reached out and touched the two layers of sky. The incense smoke flickered, and the two layers of sky slowly merged. At a glance, the destiny stars of the six continents actually converged at one point.

"This is just a tiny ferry crossing for the Porcelain Venerable. It exists between reality and illusion and is used as a channel to control these gods. How crude is that!"

Looking at the somewhat arrogant old beggar, Li Wushou was speechless.

He didn't actually find it vulgar; even with this map, he couldn't find the locations of those destiny stars or the location of the Porcelain Venerable's Mustard Seed Ferry.

Leaving aside the Mustard Seed Ferry, why are the gods so difficult to deal with?
Isn't it because the sky is so vast that it's difficult for people to find their hiding place?
If everyone demonstrated it like the old beggar, it would indeed be clear and intuitive.

But whose gaze can penetrate two layers of sky and accurately pinpoint the location of each celestial star?

How did the old beggar manage to do that?
Li Wushou, who had initially felt somewhat pleased with his mastery of some divine techniques and the acquisition of several destiny stars, once again felt a sense of defeat.

Seeing this, the old beggar chuckled and leaned closer to Li Wushou, asking:
"This divine art is called Star Gazing. Want to learn it? One offering of incense, and I guarantee you'll be able to roam freely among the stars."

Li Wushou's eyes lit up, but he did not agree.

He walked slowly to the incense table, picked up a stick of incense, lit it, and placed it in the incense burner. After offering the incense, he casually took out a pinch of ash and asked the old beggar with a puzzled look:
"I don't know why, but the incense ash has been acting strangely lately. It accumulates very quickly after I burn incense. You see, I just came back and took some, and now it looks like it's about to swell up again."

A sudden realization struck him, and the old beggar's smile froze. He glanced at the incense burner, then reached out and touched the Ziwei star (a star in Chinese astrology), finding the residue indeed to be his own incense ash!

He had sensed something was amiss earlier, feeling that the Ziwei Destiny Star was being far too docile. It wouldn't be difficult for Li Wushou's soul to subdue the Destiny Star, but to suppress it with the help of the twelve continental gods and do so so calmly was clearly impossible.

But he didn't think much of it and assumed that Wu Zhuangyuan had suppressed Li Wushou after he demanded the Twelve Continents!
Now it seems that the thief dug up his own incense ash before leaving?
That damn thing!
The old beggar gritted his teeth inwardly, but a fawning smile crept onto his face.

In the end, Li Wushou got his wish to observe the stars, and the old beggar also got his wish to receive 40% of the incense offerings. The price was that he had to leave some of the incense ash he secretly collected for Li Wushou.

Both were satisfied with the consensus reached.

The dog, fast asleep on the bed, got nothing.

While Li Wushou was dividing the spoils with the old beggar, Wu Zhuangyuan also gave instructions to all the gods and sea patrolmen in Tianzhiya!

One by one, the gods disappeared into the horizon. This time, they left Zhenhai City directly and returned to their respective regions. They needed to implement the matter of offering sacrifices to the Water God as soon as possible.

The Grand Master's sea patrol envoy also received new instructions, ordering:
The maritime patrol envoys of the East and South Seas intensified their patrols of the outer seas.

The maritime patrol envoys of the West and North Seas were instructed to focus their patrols on the Fubo area.

Upon hearing of Wu Zhuangyuan's appointment, Yu Moyan, the patrol envoy of the Western Sea Vein, was somewhat excited, as the Western Sea Vein was finally no longer isolated from the Four Sea Veins.

Although the cost of this is quite high!
Everyone sensed a sense of urgency from this appointment.

The Grand Master's appointment undoubtedly tells everyone:
Major changes are imminent; both the Fubo region and the open sea are likely to descend into chaos!
However, what puzzled everyone was that the position of the West Sea Vein Guardian had not yet been appointed. Wu Zhuangyuan had only assigned Sang You, the North Sea Vein Guardian, to temporarily station a fragment of his primordial spirit in the West Sea Realm.

Although Liao Si and Jiu An were somewhat disappointed, they didn't show any particular emotion.

Although they each held the titles of Northern and Southern Sea Envoys, they were often stationed at the corner of the sea, responsible for the affairs of the Great Venerable lineage.

In terms of power alone, he is no less powerful than the Garrison Commander of the Four Seas.

However, their strength is not comparable to that of the guardians who control the four seas, which is why they are a pity.

In addition, Wu Zhuangyuan will hand over the Initial Divine Path Diagram, which was created by all the gods in and around the Fubo Domain, to Li Xing, the Water God, for management.

Li Xing was also appointed to centrally coordinate the deities and fully assist the Sea Patrol Envoy of the Four Seas in maintaining stability within and outside the Fubo Domain.

Once an anomaly is detected, Li Xing can even independently convene the five Nascent Soul cultivators to jointly decide how to handle it.

Such power is truly at its zenith!

Especially when Wu Zhuangyuan was absent, Li Xing, to some extent, almost replaced Wu Zhuangyuan.

After making some arrangements, everyone accepted their orders and left.

Li Wushou followed behind the crowd, preparing to leave Tianzhiya, but in his mind he heard Wu Zhuangyuan's private voice transmission.

The main topic was the matter of the Twelve Continents Gods, urging him to release them as soon as possible and help Li Xing maintain the stability of the Fubo Domain.

After a brief exchange, Li Wushou guessed the reason why Wu Zhuangyuan had made such an arrangement.

Next, Wu Zhuangyuan should leave Fubo Domain for a period of time.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Li Wushou could still sense something from his special instruction to Li Wushou not to cause trouble during this period.

Although it is unknown how Li Xing's "Dao Fruit" will help Wu Qinghe, judging from Wu Zhuangyuan's mood, he is obviously quite satisfied.

Moreover, Wu Zhuangyuan's departure from Fubo Domain at this time was definitely aimed at Wu Qinghe.

Since it concerned Wu Qinghe's path, Li Wushou did not inquire about it.

Given Wu Zhuangyuan's wariness of him, even if he found out, Wu Zhuangyuan wouldn't tell him, and he might even get a beating!

It's better to avoid trouble!
Therefore, although he had reservations about "causing trouble," he still nodded in agreement.

This can be considered the consequence of him receiving incense offerings from the twelve continents.

What he didn't expect was that, although he didn't inquire much, news about Wu Qinghe soon came to him.

(End of this chapter)