Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan hurriedly bowed as well, their expressions uneasy.
They did not know the other party's intentions. Her surname was Lin—could she be a descendant of Old Ghost Lin, whom the Artifact Spirit had mentioned?
The blue-robed maiden held a pale-blue, nine-cornered Formation Plate in her hand. Her willow brows were tightly furrowed as she looked at Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan and asked sternly, "What are your names, and how did you appear on the territory of our Townsea Palace?"
Generally speaking, only Spirit Transformation Mid-Stage cultivators could ascend from the Lower Realm. Since Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were merely at the Spirit Transformation Early Stage, she subconsciously assumed they had deliberately hidden themselves on Mystic Light Island.
"Senior Lin, we ascended from the Lower Realm."
Wang Changsheng spoke calmly. According to what Liu Yang had said, ascenders from the Lower Realm were highly valued, weren't they? Yet the blue-robed maiden did not seem to like them very much.
"What? You ascended from the Lower Realm?"
The blue-robed maiden cried out in shock, her face filled with disbelief.
Liu Yang hurriedly explained, "Senior Uncle Lin, they really are cultivators who ascended from the Lower Realm. By the way, they ascended to the Spirit Realm from the Eastern Fence World. They're from the Townsea Sect."
The blue-robed maiden and the Red Robe Youth froze. So the flood had washed into the Dragon King's temple?
"Lin Youxin, Lin Youyan, you've gone too far! You trespassed into Mystic Light Island without permission. What are you trying to do?"
A voice brimming with authority suddenly rang out from the horizon.
A deafening beast roar echoed, and a golden streak of light appeared in the distant sky. After flashing several times, it suddenly appeared above Bluestone Plaza.
The golden streak