After listening to Star Lord Xuanqing, Gu An neither agreed nor disagreed.
Star Lord Xuanqing thought he did not take it seriously, so he continued trying to persuade him, lowering his stance considerably.
In Star Lord Xuanqing's heart, Gu An was even stronger than the Heavenly Emperor. The main reason he thought this was that he somewhat underestimated the Heavenly Emperor, feeling that the current Heavenly Emperor was still far inferior to the previous one; otherwise, the Heavenly Court could not possibly be in such chaos.
Though his reasoning was wrong, the result of his guess was right.
After a long while, Gu An slowly said, "Could it be that the responsibility of the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch is to protect all Merit Immortals?"
His tone was calm, but it filled Star Lord Xuanqing with pressure.
Star Lord Xuanqing also knew that coming to Gu An over something like this was truly hard to justify, but he had no other choice.
"Heavenly Monarch, this poor Daoist can only seek you out. In this poor Daoist's eyes, the banner of the Merit Immortals can only be you, Senior, and the existence that can truly change the Heavenly Dao can only be you."
Star Lord Xuanqing spoke with utter sincerity, almost to the point of weeping as he spoke.
Even when facing the Heavenly Emperor, he had never had such an attitude, which made Gu An find it somewhat amusing.
This fellow's intuition really had something to it. He had clearly never seen Gu An's full strength, yet he was certain that Gu An was one of the foremost existences of the Heavenly Dao.
Intuition was a mysterious and unfathomable thing. Some people provoked Gu An time and again, always refusing to believe in his power, while others merely relied on