Sacred Hall Clan Territory.
The uppermost layer of the "gold"-shaped Great Cosmos.
There was only one incomparably enormous ancient divine hall here, like an independent small-to-medium cosmos.
At the peak of the divine hall's tower, an ancient character for "Jia" glimmered with a mysterious sheen. Like a giant eye, it calmly overlooked the densely packed layers of divine halls below.
Inside the Jia Clan's divine hall, Jia Zhou sat with his eyes closed in an ancient, gloomy chamber.
Secret Gold Little Persons kept jumping on his somber face, ready to fall at any moment, revealing just how unsettled he was within.
At this moment, Jia San's reverent voice came from outside the hall:
"Saint Disciple, the clan chief asks whether you will accept that arrogant man's challenge and personally go slay that Shangqing Heaven?"
At those words, more than a dozen Secret Gold Little Persons fell from Jia Zhou's face with a slap, scattering in all directions and fleeing chaotically through the hall.
After a moment of silence, he tried his best to suppress the fury in his heart and replied with cool disdain, "I am a Saint Disciple. How could I be someone Li Qingyun may meet whenever he wishes?
"Now is the critical moment for me to advance into Vacuum Realm Great Perfection. How can I let him ruin it!
"Tell the clan chief to send Jia Yuxu instead! Hadn't she once said regretfully that, since she was in the Hua Xuan Realm, it was inconvenient for her to bully those below her? Otherwise, she would have gone to suppress Li Qingyun herself..."
The image of a proud and aloof woman flashed through Jia Zhou's mind, and an inexplicable, strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
This woman belonged to the same generation as him and