"Ah, Master, Jiao Zhanshan pays his respects to you."
Just as everyone was celebrating, the gloomy old man in black robes at the head suddenly noticed Qin Fengming beside Fairy Cai Lian. His expression froze, and with a flicker of his body, he arrived before Qin Fengming. Without the slightest hesitation, he knelt down.
For a mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator to offer such a grand salute to a young man truly shocked the several hundred cultivators present. The people of Azure Nether Sect knew that Elder Jiao had once single-handedly withstood the sneak attack of one mid-Nascent Soul cultivator and two early-Nascent Soul cultivators from Dan Yue Sect. His methods were extraordinarily formidable.
Yet at that moment, he was actually offering such a grand salute to a young man in the Early Nascent Soul stage. How could that not leave everyone shaken?
"Daoist Friend Jiao, so you also came to Azure Nether Sect. This truly makes this Qin happy. You needn't do this." Before the gloomy old man in black robes could fully kneel, Qin Fengming had already extended a hand. A gentle, supple force immediately caught Jiao Zhanshan by both arms.
The gloomy old man merely felt a tremendous force surging through him, one he found impossible to resist. His body unexpectedly rose back to its feet against his will.
Feeling that immense force, Jiao Zhanshan was greatly astonished as well. This was absolutely not something an Early Nascent Soul cultivator could possess. Even he would have found it difficult to unleash such boundless power without a sound or trace.
If the other party had wanted to harm him just now, then with his mid Nascent Soul strength, he would have had absolutely no power to resist.
"Master, I'm truly delighted that you returned safely from the Ghost Realm."