New Variables Emerge

The next day.

Before setting off for the Central Prefecture Temple, Li Qingyun called over Houtu, Tushan Wenshan, Qing Nu, Spider Two, and other subordinate gods to give them instructions and properly arrange internal and external matters.

The various halls of the regional temple already knew that he was going to the prefecture temple to report on his duties, and Tushan Wenshan and the others immediately wore solemn expressions, nodding repeatedly to indicate that they would closely secure the regional temple.

Li Qingyun secretly instructed Golden Deer Daoist and the other disciples of the Three Pure Ones at the Daoist temple outside the city to look after the jade body of the regional temple.

With such meticulous internal and external defenses, he was basically worry-free.

At this time of year, the prefecture temple would summon the four great regional lords of the Eastern Wastelands, South Sea, Western Mo, and Northern Desert for routine questioning.

Such a major event could basically not be hidden from those with discerning eyes.

The four great regional lords had to risk the jade body's Dao authority being seized and encroached upon while heading to the prefecture temple, so naturally, no one could truly rest easy, and no amount of preparation was too much.

Li Qingyun did not know why the prefecture temple summoned them for questioning every year, adding immense trouble to the major regional lords.

Was this truly an old precedent under the ancestral temple's Dao authority system, or was it the intentional or unintentional will of "Him"?

During the reporting period, the regional lords temporarily left their jade bodies and Daoist temples, and their commended Dao authority was like a vacant throne, exuding an insanely tempting allure that would inevitably draw all kinds of covetous gazes.

If the regional lord was not strong