Wait a minute, where is my master?

Tianxing Taoist thought, "The ancestor spirit of Xuanxu Temple has manifested! No, wait, it looks like we might need to replace the ancestor statue in the main hall of Xuanxu Temple!"

Meanwhile, the inner thoughts of the puppet Ji Ye were, "It's over, those special products from the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm that were supposed to be for an apology can no longer be presented!!!"

"Ahem, everyone, if you're not busy, I'm going to check on Little White and Little Yu in the kitchen."

An overwhelmed Taoist used the "Fish-and-Dog Escape"

and vanished on the spot in a flash.

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Time continued to pass, and the days went by.

Since Ye Fudao had been dealt with, Jin Xu began to diligently recover the Origins of various small worlds.

During this journey, he also encountered quite some unique small worlds, like those devoid of any spiritual energy, dominated by spiritually intelligent magical treasures after being enlightened, completely oceanic without a single piece of land, and so on.

While he was busy collecting the Origins of the small worlds, the Nine Provinces Realm was keeping itself busy as well.

Delayed, the people improved and fortified the Protective Array of the Nine Provinces, giving the Nine Provinces a better chance against the celestial tides.

Moreover, the Four Great Divine Monarchs of the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm had once sent their avatars to the Nine Provinces Realm, but Jin Xu was not there at that time. Consequently, knowing that Tianxing Taoist was Jin Xu's master, they chose to visit Xuanxu Temple.

The Four Divine Monarchs stayed in Xuanxu Temple for half a day. No one knew what they discussed with the old Taoist.

But according to the eyewitness, Yan Chu,

when the Four Symbols and Tianxing left the temple, each of them was smiling like a blooming peony, and the dark circles under the exhausted Ten-thousand-year-old Heart Calming Willow's eyes had disappeared.

Besides these major events, there were also numerous smaller happenings, such as the day the Shui Clan Elder suddenly showed up and Tianxing Taoist quickly fled.

In Miao State, a cultivator was Crossing Tribulation, where 500 miles beneath, ruins of the Demon Sect were discovered.

A famous steamed bun shop was added in Shangjing City.

The night watchmen now included an extremely honest third-grade Xu named strongman.

After the return of the Demon Realm to the Nine Provinces, the West Pole Peak finally ended up in the west, and so on.

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The day the celestial tides arrived.

In Shangjing City.

Having calculated the time, it was found that the celestial tides would arrive at night.

So, after the sunset, the Taoist and his group gathered atop the Observatory Tower in Shangjing City, quietly waiting for the celestial tides to descend.

However, Jin Xu, after looking up at the stars for a long time, looked down, his eyes puzzled as he searched among the crowd for a moment and said in a questioning tone,

"Eh, why haven't my master and Senior Yan Chu arrived."

"Oh, I know, both of them mentioned that they forgot something in the old house where you, the young Taoist, used to live, so they went to fetch it and will be here soon."

The old residence of the young Taoist, which had too many spatial channels over the martial arts training ground, was truly turned into a transportation hub connecting various places throughout the Nine Provinces.

Xia Yunzhao then built a new house for Jin Xu on a street close to the royal city.

...

Inside the old mansion,

in a study with not a single real book,

the Old Dean casually picked up a book from the shelf and put it back, then turned to the old Taoist beside him and said,

"Old sniffer, what merits and abilities do you have to have received such a disciple with high talent and a good heart? You used to say that you wanted a disciple with an Innate Taoist Body, is the Cultivation speed of an Innate Taoist Body really that astonishing?"

It was Yan Chu who had dragged the old Taoist here; though fetching was the excuse, gossiping was the real intention.

Upon hearing his old friend's question, Tianxing Taoist's face first broke into a peony-like smile, then he coughed lightly and began speaking.

"Cough, I thought little Jin Xu was an Innate Taoist Body at first, but ever since those Four Great Divine Lords used avatars to descend to the Lower Realm and talked with me for a long time, I'd learned that my disciple was probably..."

As Tianxing Taoist reached this point, his tone suddenly paused; he then looked around, leaned in close to Yan Chu, and whispered in his ear.

"Little Jin Xu's constitution is likely..."

"What!!!"

After hearing this, the Old Dean exclaimed and then looked incredulously at the old Taoist.

Owing to his many years of acquaintance with the Tianxing Taoist and his travels to various Secret Realms and research in numerous ancient texts, he indeed had heard of such constitutions.

However, the ancient text he had read was also very vague, describing it only as the Heavenly Dao's darling, even seriously suspecting it was the Heavenly Dao's own child.

Thus, the Old Dean paced for a full three circles on the spot and, with a complicated expression, pointed at the Tianxing Taoist and cursed, "Old sniffer, what merits and abilities do you have!" Then, he quickly walked up to the other side, his face full of curiosity, and said,

"Quick, tell me what's so miraculous about that constitution, why has little Jin Xu..."

"Hehehe."

Tianxing Taoist was not annoyed by the scolding from his old friend, but only smiled foolishly with a grin and then started to slowly recount.

After about half a tea-time,

The Old Dean of Qingmu Academy, after hearing the simplification from his old friend, enviously found a chair in the study and sat down, saying,

"That means, after the celestial tide passes, is he going to take you to..."

Before he could finish, Tianxing interrupted,

"What old man, Yan Chu you old scholar, seeing my disciple's high cultivation, are you voluntarily reducing your seniority!?"

The old Taoist had long had complaints about the confusion of seniority between his group of old friends and disciple, so he seized this opportunity to get back at the other side.