When she looked ahead, she saw that half the cultivators of North Lunnan Sect had gathered before the sect gates. Five Spirit Transformation Dao Lords stood at the very front, their gazes fixed warily on Fellow Daoist Sui Yuan.
This lineup seemed even more severe than when Lunnan Sect had split apart and the two sects had fought each other years ago.
Golden Osmanthus Dao Lord braced himself and stepped forward to ask, "Fellow Daoist Sui, what exactly has happened?"
Lin Qi's usually calm voice now carried a chilling edge.
"Step back first. Don't interfere."
Before Golden Osmanthus Dao Lord could react, he had already retreated several steps, vividly demonstrating that his body reacted faster than his brain.
Lin Qi's cold voice rang out. "Hand over that Eighth-grade Array Master!"
Anyone familiar with Lin Qi would have noticed that she was somewhat angered.
Do not be fooled by how she usually smiled amiably, never liked meddling in others' disputes, and appeared easy to get along with.
That was only because no one had touched her interests.
She had received Ten Directions Venerate's inheritance inside the Five Gods Pagoda, so she could be considered half a disciple of Ten Directions Venerate.
After learning of Ten Directions Venerate's life, she had been moved by the bond between mother and daughter, master and disciple, and even the grudges between senior brother and junior sister. She had also gained a measure of respect for Ten Directions Venerate.
That was why, after returning from the Netherworld, she had not hurried back to Tianyi Sect in the Southern Continent, but had instead made a special trip to Mount Lunnan to fulfill Ten Directions Venerate's final wish.
She had also expended no small amount of effort to arrange Ten Directions Venerate's cenotaph.
And now, some damned Eighth-grade