Confronting Them Head-On

Someone angrily said, "What's so great about the Ancestral Return Realm? In Langtian City, Ancestral Return Realm cultivators are as numerous as the hairs on an ox! My household ancestor is Ancestral Return Stage Two!"

Someone else said in a strange, mocking tone, "A mere Merfolk Demon of the Ancestral Return Realm dares to shout and make trouble in the sacred ground of a continental temple?"

Another said indignantly, "Lords Jiang and Ran merely went with the three Domain Lords ahead just now. Otherwise, how would some Eastern Desolation subordinate god dare flaunt his strength..."

Amid the clamor, Li Qingyun deliberately let his expression turn cold.

He showed a trace of displeasure, as though they were beating a dog without considering its master.

"Say no more!" Daoist Lord Feng Ji was exceptionally adept at reading faces and immediately rebuked the temple attendants, neither too harshly nor too lightly.

He formed a hand seal, and blossoms of Xuanhuang Earth Lotus immediately emerged from the blue-brick floor, carrying Li Qingyun and the merfolk Quan Lei.

"Saint Venerable is urging us. Let us hurry over!"

As a subordinate god of the continental temple, Daoist Lord Feng Ji could evidently also mobilize a portion of Langtian City's Xuanhuang Earth Qi.

Li Qingyun did not refuse. Standing atop the earthen-qi yellow lotus, he whooshed through the layers of pavilions and towers.

With a thought, his vision brightened, and he had arrived before that magnificently lavish and immense main hall.

"Domain Lord Qingyun, please ascend the steps. Saint Venerable is waiting inside!"

"Lord Quan, do not follow him in. Wait outside..."

Daoist Lord Feng Ji pointed to the long jade stairs before the main hall, indicating for Li Qingyun to enter alone, then stopped the uncouth merfolk from following with a look.

"Sorry for the trouble,