Heaven Has a Will, Calamity Is Hard to Escape

"Everyone, rise! I am a cultivator devoted to quiet practice and have little patience for worldly formalities. From now on, dispense with such cumbersome rituals whenever possible," Zhao Sheng said lightly, extending a hand to gesture for them to rise.

Chen DanWang's heart stirred at this. Without revealing anything, he rose again, though he still wore a solemn expression that never smiled.

The other Nascent Soul Cultivators also rose one after another and stepped aside. As for what they were thinking at that moment, only they themselves knew.

At this moment, the old man in the jade crown said with a smile, "Institute Master, we have prepared a welcoming banquet to cleanse you of travel dust. We wonder if you..."

Zhao Sheng glanced at him and instantly recalled the relevant information about this man.

His real name was Dai YiPing, his Daoist title was Fu Dai Shan Ren, and he was at the Nascent Soul Ninth Level. He had been the former Institute Master's capable assistant. Apart from helping the Institute Master manage the Dao Institute's affairs, he also oversaw all of the North Sea Dao Institute's properties.

Though he was nominally ranked first among the three Deputy Institute Masters, Chen DanWang was the true leader of the three.

The Brocade Wave Chen Family was the uncrowned king of the Brocade Orchid Spirit Domain. Experts filled the clan like clouds, and its strength was unfathomable.

Of the North Sea Dao Institute's eight Institute Masters, four had actually borne the surname Chen. Chen DanWang was precisely a pawn the Chen Family had put forth to "remotely control" the Dao Institute.

As for Qing Nian Dao Ren, a cultivation genius who had risen from the very bottom of the mortal world...

A flood of information flowed through Zhao Sheng's mind. In an