Immortal Father
Chapter 809 - 809 282 Helplessness of the Calamity Elder 【Three Updates Request for Votes】_2

809: Chapter 282: Helplessness of the Calamity Elder 【Three Updates, Request for Votes】_2 809: Chapter 282: Helplessness of the Calamity Elder 【Three Updates, Request for Votes】_2 Qing Su said, “I merely noticed that her gaze towards you was somewhat complex earlier, as if she saw you as a rival.

Her cultivation is unfathomably deep, so I wanted to remind you.”

“That’s fine,” Ningning Mu softly said, “I thought you had seen through her identity…

The Holy Mother had not spoken directly before but hinted at me many times.”

“Who is she?”

“The owner of the Qingluan bird.”

“Hmm?” Qing Su nodded slightly, “No wonder she possesses such profound and mysterious Dao Realm.”

Yet Ningning could not help but sigh, “The Holy Mother wished for me to suppress her, which really puts me under a lot of pressure.

Had I known that the woman competing with me for affection would be the renowned Queen Mother of the West, I would rather not have married and just been a confidante, content with sweet nothings.”

A gentle expression appeared on Qing Su’s beautiful face, consoling, “Do not be afraid, your senior brother will not let you down.”

“As for the character and conduct of my senior brother, I trust him completely.”

Ningning smiled and said,

“But deep down, there’s still some frustration.

“Who doesn’t want to stay forever with their loved one?

Yet in my case, why must I consider the grand scheme of the Human Race, the structure of the Heavenly Court?

“However, this support is also quite significant for senior brother.

“Just standing by senior brother’s side, hiding in the Holy Mother Palace, I can feel such pressure, not to mention how much senior brother himself must be bearing…

I also need to think about how I can help him.”

Qing Su looked thoughtful.

“My uncle, I just wanted to vent to you; please don’t mention this to senior brother.”

Ningning clenched her fist to motivate herself:

“I’ve reflected recently, my presence by senior brother’s side is indeed too insignificant; I need to do more in the future.

“Uncle, do you think it’s better for me to be a Military General or a civil official?”

Qing Su spoke softly, “Recently ascended immortals can only serve as immortal soldiers.”

Ningning immediately looked dejected.

Qing Su smiled and pinched Ningning’s nose tip, “I will take a walk up front, if the Demon Race causes trouble again, someone will need to take action.”

“Ah,” Ningning said despondently, “I’ll continue to wait then.”

Qing Su lifted his sword and rode the clouds, circling nearby to the gate of the Holy Mother Palace.

Ningning stood behind, lost in thought for a while, then upon hearing Nüwa’s summoning, she quickly got up and rushed to Nüwa’s side, sitting obediently by her.

‘Is senior brother cultivating?’

Ningning sensed the mysterious Dao Charm floating around Li Ping’an.

A certain feeling inexplicably grew stronger in her heart.

‘Senior brother is so diligent, yet I am so lax, it’s truly improper.’

‘If I fall too far behind senior brother, I might not be able to provide much support in our dual cultivation later.’

‘Hmm…

In the short term, I can’t increase my cultivation much, but it would be great to learn some knowledge from the human propagation treasure record.’

She felt a bit bashful.

Thus, three or four hours passed, and the eastern sky began to lighten.

The first phase of the assessment was not yet halfway done, and many Yuan Immortals who were Qi Cultivators had just arrived.

On the central platform in the palace of Nüwa.

Li Ping’an slowly opened his eyes, a realization flashing through them, as wisps of blue-green Dao Charm dispersed around him.

Beside him, Xuan Du Da Fa Shi remarked via spiritual voice, “Teacher said you have astonishing comprehension, and indeed it is so.”

“Great Mage Uncle flatters me.”

Li Ping’an felt inspired and looked toward the northwest, frowning and asking,

“Great Mage Uncle, is there something in the northwest?”

“Ah, there are several hundred weak members of the Hundred Tribes’ Creatures whose lifespans are nearly up, seemingly coming to cause trouble, but a high-ranking expert deployed by the Human Emperor has secretly suppressed them.”

Xuan Du Da Fa Shi laughed:

“The little schemes of the Hundred Clans are somewhat funny.

“They dare not forsake everything to face the Human Race in direct combat, thus gradually losing all advantages.

“First, they sent a group of the young, now they’re trying to send a group of the old, always plotting in squalor and acting shamefully, unable to achieve great things.”

Li Ping’an nodded, looked at Xuanyuan Huangdi beside him, and asked through spiritual transmission about the matter.

Xuanyuan Huangdi smiled, “Don’t worry, it’s already been handled.”

Li Ping’an asked, “Uncle, how did you handle it?”

“Buried them generously.”

Xuanyuan Huangdi slowly uttered two words.

Li Ping’an slightly nodded, his Dao heart undisturbed as he continued pondering the question he had before.

[How to nurture several capable officials].

At the very least, those who could be called ‘capable officials’ must not perform worse than when he was in the Eastern Alliance.

…

The conference at the Holy Mother Palace was advancing smoothly, seeking innovation while maintaining stability.

Elder Tianli and Li Dazhi were busy marking down several hundred fairly talented youths; later, when absorbed into the Heavenly Court, they could start from minor celestial officers and, with sufficient cultivation and merits, gradually rise up.

If high-level experts surpassing Heavenly Immortals and possessing outstanding talents were discovered later, naturally, their starting points would be higher than those of the younger talents.

There’s no helping it; in the Vast Wilderness Heaven and Earth, in the end, it still depends on who has the bigger fist.

Cultivation is a highly precious resource.

While the Holy Mother Palace was bustling with joy, in a great hall on a sacred mountain in the Western Continent, the atmosphere was bleak.

The Calamity Sage sat there quietly sipping tea, listening to a demon’s report beside him.

“The Hundred Tribes’ Creatures we sent were suppressed in secret by the Human Race’s experts?”

“Yes, Sage, it was the Human Emperor’s trusted aides, who acted very ruthlessly, annihilating all those creatures and burying them nearby.”

The kneeling demon quickly reported,

“Now along the road leading to the Holy Mother Palace, there are Human Emperor’s trusted aides stationed!”

The Calamity Sage laughed lightly, raised his hand to stroke his beard, and said, “Xuanyuan Huangdi’s methods are still as simple as they were in the ancient times, truly difficult to deal with.”

The few elders seated beside chimed in: