At this moment, Li Jing had already come out to greet this old immortal who had descended from the heavens.
"May I ask what brings this immortal here?"
Li Jing saluted Taiyi Zhenren. Though his attitude was good and exceedingly polite, he remained neither servile nor overbearing.
Taiyi Zhenren frowned slightly. The attitudes of both the commoners and Li Jing displeased him greatly.
"It seems the human race has indeed lost its reverence for immortals. No wonder your tribulation has fallen upon humanity. You have only yourselves to blame!"
However, when he thought of how humanity's respect for immortals would naturally return after the tribulation, Taiyi Zhenren felt much better.
Sure enough, the human race still needed to be taught a lesson.
Otherwise, did they truly think that having a human emperor of heaven-reaching power meant their race had nothing to fear?
Heh, such arrogance would naturally be punished by Heaven!
Seeing Li Jing question him like this, Taiyi Zhenren, eager to complete his task quickly, did not waste words and went straight to the point.
"You are Li Jing, Commandant of Chentang Pass? Very good."
"I am Taiyi Zhenren, a disciple of the Chan Sect, disciple of the saint Primordial Lord of Heaven, and one of the Twelve Golden Immortals."
Li Jing waved a hand. "Sorry, I can't remember all those titles. You're Taiyi Zhenren?"
Taiyi Zhenren froze slightly, then nodded instinctively.
"Then may I ask what brings you here, Senior?"
Li Jing's string of moves left Taiyi Zhenren somewhat bewildered. Shouldn't this man have been utterly shocked upon hearing his name, then fallen to the ground in submission?
But since matters had come to this, he did not delay any longer and directly explained his purpose.
"I came today because I sensed that someone has been born in