Chapter 1241: Why did Senior Brother Dai take sick leave?

“Buxiu, you’ve just been through a battle; you must be exhausted. Don’t trouble yourself.”

“Huh? But I’m not tired…”

“We appreciate the gesture, Buxiu. Please, get some good rest.”

“After all, the Buddhist Kingdom is my territory. It wouldn’t be right to have guests cook. Besides, I happen to have some offerings…” As he spoke, Lu Yang picked up the last piece of pastry, but seeing Immortal Yuesui looking at him, he guiltily put it back. Just now, while observing the chaotic battle among the three immortals, Lu Yang had been eating and watching, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Immortal Yuesui was speechless. “You really don’t treat yourself as an outsider, do you!”

“I’ll have food prepared immediately.” Immortal Yuesui sent a telepathic message to Abbot Mingyu, instructing him to bring exquisite spiritual food for the celebration.

Before long, various porridges were placed before them, bubbling and steaming, clearly freshly made. Immortal Yingtian and the others silently looked at Immortal Yuesui, wondering, “What on earth are you serving us?” Immortal Yuesui awkwardly coughed twice, sending another telepathic message to Abbot Mingyu: “I didn’t mean these! Bring some spiritual fruits and pastries or something!”

Fortunately, what mattered most was the atmosphere, not the food itself. The joyful ambiance quickly returned. The Five Ancient Immortals reminisced about the past, sharing frequent laughter. Lu Yang, influenced by the atmosphere, also smiled and occasionally interjected with comments.

Immortal Jiuchong felt a doubt: “Little friend Lu seems to know a lot about our experiences from ancient times?” Before Lu Yang could answer, Immortal Buxiu proudly stepped forward and declared, “Of course! I’ve told Xiaoyangzi everything about our ancient times!”

“For instance, Jiuchong, you spent massive amounts of heavenly materials and earthly treasures to create celestial phenomena during your ascension tribulation, just so people would remember you as the first to ascend.”

“And Yuesui, you asked me who among the many heroes in the world could ascend, then you ran everyone down, claimed you were the first to ascend, and then you got beaten up.”

“As for Qilin, that sword formation of yours that collapses at a touch, Immortal Yingtian refined it for you.”

Immortal Buxiu counted on her fingers, recalling what she had told Lu Yang. With each revelation, one of the immortals’ expressions drastically changed. Only Immortal Yingtian remained calm and bore no grudges. Lu Yang immediately felt that the previously harmonious atmosphere had shifted.

Immortal Yuesui stood up and, smiling, walked over to Lu Yang: “Little friend Lu, resurrecting Buxiu is a great deed indeed. Come, let me offer you a toast.” There was no alcohol in Xitian Temple, so Immortal Yuesui was holding a bowl of porridge. Although it was a thank you, Lu Yang felt there was something somewhat dangerous in Immortal Yuesui’s eyes.

“Little friend Lu, I’ll toast you too.”

“Me too.”

Immortal Jiuchong and Immortal Qilin successively stood up, taking turns to toast Lu Yang with their porridge. Lu Yang’s hand, holding the porridge, trembled. Fortunately, Immortal Yingtian had already settled his grievances with Lu Yang and now bore no ill will. He kindly intervened: “By the way, little friend Lu, have you encountered anything interesting outside the Box World?”

“Yes, yes, tell us what it’s like outside the Box World now?” The others were also very curious.

Lu Yang’s expression was a little strange: “It wasn’t exactly fun. At first, I was just hospitalized, seeing a doctor… then I encountered a zombie crisis… and later discovered that crisis was caused by a place called Zhutian Civilization…” Lu Yang truthfully recounted his experiences before coming to the Box World. The immortals listened with great interest; the outside world was vastly different from what they had imagined.

“Should we unseal it and open the Box?” Immortal Jiuchong proposed. They had refined stars into continents precisely to resurrect Immortal Buxiu and prevent the mastermind from escaping. Now that Immortal Buxiu had been resurrected and Yao Sheng had been eliminated, there was no longer a need to maintain the seal. They had all come from ancient times and knew how vast the starry sky was, but the people in the Box World didn’t know. It would be a good opportunity to let them witness the true starry sky. Furthermore, they had originally thought that when they set up the seal, they had brought in all living beings from the universe. Hearing Lu Yang’s account, there were still living beings outside, likely in remote areas beyond the scope of their collection.

“Alright, I have no objections.”

“I agree.”

“I agree too.” The Four Ancient Immortals stated their positions one by one.

“That’s great! Once we’re out, we can help Xiaoyangzi find his original planet, and I can look for my North Star too,” Immortal Buxiu said cheerfully. In fact, the Central Heavenly Emperor had always misunderstood the seal. Unsealing it required not just the combined effort of the Four Ancient Immortals, but of all Five Ancient Immortals.

Lu Yang’s heart yearned as he listened; he also wanted to see the outside world. When he first arrived in the cultivation world, he thought he would never see his past life again. Since it was out of reach, he stopped thinking about it and focused on enjoying his hard-won new life. Who would have thought that outside the Box World was his own world? There were many things he cared about out there, such as the state of Blue Star, or the Zhutian Civilization.

“However, since we’re talking about completely lifting the seal, there’s no rush right now. There’s a lot of preparatory work to be done,” Lu Yang said earnestly. Although he truly wanted to go outside, this kind of matter couldn’t be rushed. Unsealing and opening the Box World would be a massive change for the entire cultivation world, especially for cultivators capable of traversing the universe. While cultivators in Daxia were generally disciplined, those in the Buddhist Kingdom, Demon Realm, and East Sea were different. If they heard this news, they would swarm out like bees. Publicity methods, response plans, behavioral norms, and so on, all needed to be considered. Not to mention distant concerns, they couldn’t just sit here, have a meal, discuss unsealing, and then unseal it right after eating. At the very least, they needed to inform Senior Sister, Jiang Ping’an, and others beforehand.

“That’s right, then we’ll take it one step at a time,” Immortal Yingtian and the others chuckled. What they had most of now was time.

Seeing that they had finished eating, Immortal Buxiu asked, “What are your plans? Would you like to visit our Wen Dao Sect?”

“Sounds good.”

Immortal Yingtian and Immortal Jiuchong had both visited Wen Dao Sect before. After the timeline shift, Immortal Yuesui had made a quick trip there to look for Immortal Buxiu and Yunzhi. Immortal Qilin, however, had never been.

Before leaving Xitian Temple, Lu Yang visited Xinding. Xinding was very well-suited for Buddhism and was steadily cultivating. He had already made quite a name for himself in the Buddhist Kingdom. Lu Yang believed that with Xinding’s talent, becoming the new abbot in due time would be no problem. Only then did Lu Yang leave with peace of mind.

The group consisted of six people: five immortals and one Transcending Tribulation stage cultivator. Rounding up, that made six immortals. With six immortals traveling, their speed was unparalleled, and they quickly arrived at Wen Dao Sect.

“Senior Brother Dai, I’ve brought some guests to tour our sect…” Lu Yang skillfully went to the Mission Hall, pushed open Senior Brother Dai’s room, but found it empty. Upon inquiry, he learned that Senior Brother Dai had taken sick leave. Lu Yang felt quite regretful; what a great event it was for the Four Ancient Immortals to visit Wen Dao Sect, and Senior Brother Dai was unfortunate enough to miss out. He had no choice but to take the Five Ancient Immortals to Tianmen Peak to find Senior Sister.

“Senior Sister, I heard Senior Brother Dai took sick leave. What happened to him? I’d like to visit him.”

Yunzhi raised an eyebrow, also a little puzzled. “He’s sick? He was perfectly fine when I spoke to him earlier about some matters.”

“What did you talk to him about?”

“Nothing much. I just told him that the Nine Nether Sect and the Glorious Sun Sect surrendered to Junior Brother Man, that I captured the Central Heavenly Emperor, that the Four Ancient Immortals refined stars into continents to deal with Yao Sheng, that I helped the ancient immortals resolve Yao Sheng, and that the Four Ancient Immortals would likely visit our sect, so he should prepare.” Yunzhi thought for a moment: “Nothing else. That’s all I told him.”