Aid to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace

"Who dares trespass through Heavenly City?"

The moment Lin Langtian appeared, furious shouts suddenly rang out across Heavenly City.

Then came sharp whistling sounds as elderly figures rose into the sky. They shouted in unison, "Freeze!"

With the furious shout of these nearly ten elders, a section of space in the sky rapidly solidified.

Yet just as everyone thought that figure would be halted, they watched in astonishment as the flowing light not only failed to stop, but abruptly accelerated instead.

Under countless stunned gazes, it shattered through the frozen space without the slightest obstruction and appeared behind those elders like a ghost.

"Hehe, I've only been gone for a year. I never expected the defenses to become this tight."

Amid the many watching eyes, the flowing light came to a halt. A handsome young man dressed in green slowly emerged, speaking with a soft laugh.

"You are?"

The elders who had tried to stop him stared solemnly at Lin Langtian. After what had just happened, they did not dare underestimate this exceptionally handsome green-robed youth in the slightest.

Moreover, they could sense a faint but imposing pressure from him. Within Heavenly Mansion, only the Great Elder had ever given them such a feeling.

The disturbance in the sky also drew the attention of the Heavenly Mansion disciples training below. Countless astonished gazes turned toward Lin Langtian in the sky, while exclamations of amazement sounded from their mouths.

This was their first time seeing more than a dozen guest elders join forces, only to gain not the slightest advantage.

Seeing the puzzled looks in the elders' eyes, Lin Langtian could only smile wryly. He had merely been gone for a year, yet people were already close to forgetting him.

"Palace Lord!"

As Lin Langtian stood there helplessly, several elderly figures