Although Nanpu was the best alchemist in the Nine Heavens, he was lazy and unwilling to refine pills every day. When the immortals asked for pills, they would go to other alchemy immortals.

"Is this a good idea? Rumors are circulating that your alchemy skills have declined, and the title of Nine Heavens Alchemist is about to be taken away by someone else."

Si Ming and Nan Pu played chess, while Bei Xingxiu had no interest in the game and instead studied the horoscope by himself.

"I don't even know who gave it that title. Whoever wants it can have it." Nanpu frowned deeply. Playing chess with Siming was self-torture. He lost every time, but whenever he had a spare moment, he would drag Siming out of his work to play chess. He refused to believe he couldn't win at least once.

Si Ming smiled, not surprised by Nan Pu's answer. He picked up a chess piece, ignoring Nan Pu's wide eyes and his hints.

With a "click," the outcome of the game was decided by this chess piece.

With a flick of his sleeve, Nanpu made all the chess pieces disappear from the board. He glared and said, "This game doesn't count. Let's start over."

Si Ming raised her chin and glared at him, "Trying to cheat again?"

"Who cheated?" Upon hearing that he had cheated, Nanpu's voice immediately rose, "I'm just letting you have another round."

Si Ming glanced at him disdainfully, then continued playing chess with him, saying, "Did you know your son caused trouble in the Underworld?"

"Haven't he caused enough trouble around the world? That brat is just here to shorten my lifespan."

Nanpu carefully made each move, determined to beat Si Ming this time. As he touched a chess piece, he realized, "Don't you know what kind of person that kid is? He's caused trouble again and ended up at your place."

Si Ming shook his head, "No, it's because I overheard a bit more about that mortal."

“A mortal,” Nanpu didn’t understand, “which mortal?”

Si Ming made a move, and the teapot in the distance flew up on its own and filled the teacup with tea. He slightly grasped the teacup in his palm, and it flew from the table into his hand.

There are many gods and immortals in the Nine Heavens, and with so many people, all sorts of news circulate. Si Ming, Nan Pu, and the others cleared out the hall and sent away the little immortals who had been sent from the mortal realm to serve them, so that they wouldn't hear anything they shouldn't.

"It could be some mortal, the kid that you mentioned, the God of Shu Yun, might be a little tempted by."

Bei Xingxiu kept his ears perked up, listening to the commotion over there, occasionally interjecting, but he didn't want to move, staying there fiddling with his astrolabe.

Upon hearing that it was related to Shu Yun, Nanpu felt a headache coming on, thinking about Feng Ziyi's incorrigible character. "What does that have to do with my son?"

“The judge told me that your son asked them to temporarily keep a person named Jiang Yan out of reincarnation, and later asked them to keep an eye on Jiang Yan,” Si Ming took a sip of tea. “That’s when I remembered that Feng Ziyi was a prime minister in the mortal world during his tribulation, and that person named Jiang Yan was his superior, a human emperor. Your son probably wants to cause trouble for Jiang Yan.”

"You never do anything good!"

Nanpu slapped his thigh in anger.

Si Ming added fuel to the fire, fanning the flames and wishing Nan Pu would rush out and fight that little rascal Feng Ziyi right away. "That's right, he is, after all, the little disciple of the Goddess Shu Yun, and they might even be lovers in secret. Who knows what Feng Ziyi will do to Jiang Yan with his antics?"

As expected, Nanpu immediately summoned his magic weapon and began searching for his adopted son across the four seas and eight wastelands. Once he found him, he would give him a good beating, saying, "How old are you and still so childish?"

Bei Xingxiu glanced at Nanpu's angry back and said, "You and the judge did the same despicable things."

Si Ming waved his hand, "You don't understand. This is not a despicable thing. If Nanpu can subdue Feng Ziyi, then I will be a meritorious person thanked by all the gods and immortals in the world."

Bei Xingxiu shrugged. The Judge's words were exactly the same as Si Ming's. The Judge said in a sly tone: Although I promised Feng Ziyi to keep it a secret and not to tell Shu Yun, can't I tell anyone other than Shu Yun?

If someone else then tells Shu Yun, it won't be his fault as the judge, since he kept it a secret from Shu Yun.