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Because I was using the transportation vehicle gifted by the Great Ghost Emperor, it would only take a few days to reach the Ghost Path's central hub. However, for a Dao Body of my grade, even a distance that took several days was extremely far. I could infer from this that the Great Ghost Emperor intended for both my wife and me to stay far away from the central hub—preferably not meddling in anything at all! That way, he wouldn't feel uncomfortable being emperor over there!
But I had no intention of making things easy for him, so I headed straight for the imperial palace. However, as soon as I reached the palace gates, a group of palace guards stopped me.
The leading guard looked me up and down. Seeing that I held no official position—and that, since I had not displayed my cultivation, he could not tell the rank of my Dao Body—his expression immediately darkened. "Which immortal family are you from? Do you think this is somewhere you can barge into?"
I pulled out my calling card and waved it in front of them.
The guard snorted and snatched the card with one hand. "Xia Yi... You're Xia Yitian?"
After reading only a few words, the guard's expression immediately tightened. Clearly, he had already heard of my reputation. After all, merely being the Supreme Venerable's retainer was enough to frighten them, let alone the fact that I had caused a commotion outside the imperial palace before.
"The genuine article. I'm here to see the Great Ghost Emperor. Hurry inside and report this. I have important business and wish to see him." I looked at the guards, my expression unchanged.
"Immortal Xia, please wait a moment." The guard did not dare delay. He took two companions and my