Dan Chanyu smiled and bowed to an old man with a white beard: "Madam Dan Chanyu greets the immortal, may I ask your name?"
"Haha." The white-bearded old man laughed before he spoke, saying cheerfully, "Old fellow here is the Western Star of Tai Bai. I've long heard of the young master's literary and martial prowess, deep blessings, and being a disciple of a sage. Upon meeting you today, indeed you are extraordinary. In my opinion, your spiritual cultivation is complete, and your meritorious virtue has descended upon you, signifying an excellent fortune. May I ask if the young master would like to ascend to serve as an official in heaven?"
Dan Chanyu quickly rejected, "Being an official? Ha-ha, the Star Lord joked. Chanyu's cultivation is shallow, virtue is insufficient, and most importantly, I have a quick temper. I fear I wouldn't be able to fulfill the duties of an official."
With the support of the sage, small offices like the size of sesame or bean cannot satisfy her.
To simply agree upon the first offer would be too low-class. It should at least require three refusals and three offers before she accepts.
The Western Star assumed a serious and concerned attitude, "Young friend, you must understand that there is much wisdom in the balance between action and stillness. Fastness corresponds to slowness, and quickness to slowness. The two complement each other. Fastness is not necessarily bad, while slowness may easily miss good opportunities."
His words imply a bit of early enjoyment, early to early, but if you come late, there will be no good positions.
Dan Chanyu isn't afraid of that at all. Know the Chinese Goddess of Creation, Nuwa?
The appearance of the kind and wise Western Star has some element of disguise.
In reality, the Old Man's deity is the God of War, which is very capable of fighting!
At present, it has turned from hard to soft, which is also something that had to be done unwillingly. The Tao does not encourage things like war and killing. If you continue to kill, can you possibly defeat the Heavenly River? The Heavenly River has become so crazy with killing!
Dan Chanyu is quite perceptive, flattering the elder man on his flexibility and resilience.
"Star Elder, your teaching is very correct. Chanyu had the honor of meeting the Saint of Taiqing last time, and then I spoke with the Saint of Taiqing..."
Although the Western Star has Taotian as his thigh, he also knows Taotian's position in the eyes of all the saints. At this moment, hearing Dan Chanyu mention Taiqing, he couldn't help but perk up his ears and listen more eagerly.
He doesn't have the opportunity to listen to teachings from the sage himself, but by relying on others to recount, he might still be able to catch a glimpse of the sage's path.
The Tao of Taiqing Saint's Yinyang Great Dao is much higher than the relatively immature "Yin-Yang Unity" of the Western Star. He very much wants to hear what the saint has said.
Dan Chanyu then turned the conversation: "Then I had a brief chat with the Cow of Taiqing Saint."
Nuwa in the Palace of Nuwa almost laughed out loud, and the Western Star's expression was also quite peculiar. He mouthed, "Don't look down on them. It's okay to be a cow. The cow of the sage, in their understanding of the Tao, is far beyond mine."
Dan Chanyu didn't continue to tease the old man, and directly got to the point: "The Green Bull disciple said at that time, 'The reason why the heaven and earth can be long-lasting is because they don't seek self-life, so they can achieve longevity.'" Don't seek immortality and longevity without end, so you can achieve immortality and longevity without end. When it's time to breakthrough, just breakthrough, don't deliberately pursue so-called perfected states. Eat when you should eat, follow nature, don't contradict your true nature."
The Western Star frowned and pondered for a moment: "Young friend's meaning is that the old man too pursues Yin-Yang unity, but walks into the wrong path?"
Dan Chanyu kept waving her hands: "I don't understand the Tao of the Star Lord, I'm just recounting the conversation I had with the Green Bull Disciple that day."
In reality, from her perspective, the Western Star's path is definitely wrong. Following nature is the foundation of cultivation in the Taoist Way. If you don't even care about your own foundation, what is the point of cultivating in the first place? It's better to be reincarnated and born again.
She mainly focuses on the Western Star's enlightenment on the path of killing and warring.
The Western Star's path of killing and warring has something valuable and worth learning from, which is why she used the "cow of the Taiqing Saint" as a means to introduce the topic.
Knowledge is invaluable, especially when it comes from a saint. Even if the Western Star may not necessarily follow Dan Chanyu's advice to pursue "nature," he should not be stingy with it.
She immediately recited her understanding of war and killing back then in a simple manner.
Dan Chanyu didn't say much about the Tao of the saints, but instead shared many insights she had during the "Unity with the Tao" event with the Heavenly River, discussing them with the Western Star.
Even though the Heavenly River is crazy, the knowledge obtained from such craziness is still knowledge.
The Heavenly River's path in the realm of killing and warring is different from that of the Western Star. He has clearly walked much farther and deeper, and this knowledge is already very profound for the Western Star.
Dan Chanyu's interruption made the matter of serving as an official in heaven forgotten for the moment. When he tried to bring up the topic again, the celestial soldiers and generals entered, followed by Emperor of Heaven and Queen Mother of the West.
The two of them are disciples of the Heavenly Lord, and the saints must call them brothers and sisters. Their status within the three realms allows them to receive any cultivators without any issues.
Emperor Taotian sat in the main position, and Queen Mother Wang stood next to him. Below were numerous immortals.
Both hosts take their seats, and the immortals line up in unison.
The current rules can't be compared to the time in the "Bard Journey to the West."
In the Bard Journey to the West, Taixian Laojun stood in the middle, performed a traditional Chinese bow and salute with his right hand, while warriors were lined up on both sides in military formation and knelt to pay respects.
Nowadays, there's nothing like that. It's chaotic, and everyone just stands wherever they please.
The calls and chants are also very chaotic.
"Greetings to the Great Sage." This is said by Dan Chanyu and Yun Xiao, which is relatively formal.
There's someone who casually says "Met with my uncle," which is Zhao Gongming.
There's someone who loudly says "See the Supreme Heavenly Lord, the Supreme King without Equals, the Most Excellent Nature, the All-Pure, All-True, All-Rays Jade Emperor," which is too sycophantic. It's possible that they don't know how to bow with their feet or touch the ground, but according to Dan Chanyu's observation, Heaven himself doesn't like to be addressed in this manner at this occasion.
The rest are muttering to themselves, which is Bixiao.
And there are a few who remain silent altogether. This represents the immortal, Qing Luan (Blue Dragon).
Whatever they shout, the scene becomes chaotic and disorganized.
Emperor Taotian didn't mind and smiled, waving his hand to signal: "The immortals may rise."
At this moment, there were no attendants serving wine, pouring it, or bringing dishes to the table in the heavenly court. Fortunately, the number of guests wasn't many, and they could still manage with the few celestial soldiers and generals they had.
The nine-thousand-year-old Peach Fruit was brought out. Dan Chanyu saw the Immortal with Big Foot picking it up and eating it, she didn't hesitate, and took a big bite.
To be honest, the nine-thousand-year-old Peach Fruit is much better than the three-thousand-year-old one in terms of taste and qi. However, it's a pity that there is only one fruit per immortal.
She looked around and noticed that the fairyland of the Jade Pool didn't seem to be a banquet where peaches were abundant.
She now burps with a peach flavor, and since there's only one per immortal, she takes it in three or two mouthfuls. After that, she practices the Ling Mountain Elder Mother's profound scripture.
With eyes closed, she transformed the qi within the peach into a new form, this time adding half of her power. By the time she opened her eyes, some immortals were still practicing their qi and others had started drinking.
The heavenly court's dance troupe hasn't been established yet, so it's only the Moon Goddess and two celestial maidens who come forward to perform.
The three celestial maidens dancing together seem a bit monotonous.
The Immortal with Big Feet cheered on the sidelines, and even the Giants looked like they were mesmerized, displaying an expression of delight that it had been eight lifetimes since they last saw a dance.
