Inside September Palace.
"Goddess, the Sovereign has ordered us to remain by your side at all times and serve you."
"Please do not grow tired of us, Goddess."
A group of young, beautiful Order Celestial Clan maidens stood neatly before Li Qingyu, speaking with their heads lowered.
"All right..."
The young woman pursed her lips helplessly.
"Goddess, the people escorting you have arrived."
As soon as the words fell, someone outside requested an audience.
After receiving permission, he stepped into September Palace. Like a plume of gray smoke, he arrived before Li Qingyu.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The gray mist condensed into a figure, becoming an elderly man in gray robes.
The old man's skin was grayish-black and covered in wrinkles. It somewhat resembled a frog's skin, yet it was dry as well; the skin on his fingers and face had already peeled away.
Skin like that was obviously not very pleasing to the eye.
He was an ugly, hunched old man!
By all rights, someone like him should have been intensely reclusive, or at least eccentric, yet he was neither.
After meeting Li Qingyu, his old, wrinkled face broke into a hearty smile. He half-knelt before her and said with a grin:
"Greetings, Goddess. This old man is called Apothecary Li. By the Sovereign's command, I have come specifically to escort you to the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect."
"This old man is a crude fellow. If I fail to attend to you properly along the way, I ask that the Goddess be forgiving."
Li Qingyu did not know him.
Yet upon seeing him, she clearly noticed that all the surrounding maidservants lowered their heads and involuntarily stepped back.
Some were even trembling in secret.
It was clear that this "Apothecary Li" was definitely a terrifying figure within the Order Celestial Clan.
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