Pressure and Scrutiny

For several days in a row, the Saint Venerables of the neighboring continent temples' various branch halls had been summoned one after another to "report on their duties." Even Mei Rui and Guanchao had gone out several times.

Li Qingyun alone seemed to have been deliberately left out in the cold, with invitations from the various halls slow to arrive.

This was a warning tap.

Li Qingyun did not care. He simply sat in meditation and contemplated the profound truths of the Great Dao.

After observing in secret for a long while, he discovered that in the vast ancestral temple, there was not a single licefolk temple priest above the Roaring Heaven Realm in sight. They were all Moon Embracing Realm cultivators, merely making up the numbers.

The reason was naturally plain to see. Top-grade ingredients from the Ancestral Return Realm were rarely seen in ordinary times. Whenever the Saint Ancestors' appetites were stirred, they could not help devouring even those Roaring Heaven Realm temple priests wandering before their eyes.

Over time, the Roaring Heaven Realm licefolk temple priests of Ancient Saint Continent had grown wary and were utterly unwilling to come to the ancestral temple to serve lightly.

These licefolk powerhouses had seen much and knew at least some of the truth. Naturally, they were not as easily fooled as ordinary licefolk.

That day, at the Seal Conferring Hall.

Within the main hall, seven Saint Ancestors sat in their appointed places, radiating authority without anger.

Seated at the center of the foremost position was an old Daoist with silver-white hair and beard and an indifferent face. He was Saint Ancestor Chou Shou, the Chief Seal Master of the Seal Conferring Hall.

On the divine seats to either side sat three Saint Ancestors each.

Su Han occupied the highest seat