A middle-aged man finally breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Since Priest Xia is willing to show me such favor, Tongyun is deeply grateful! I'll go notify the other fellow Daoists right away! Priest Xia, please give me some tokens as well, so we can identify them!"
I nodded and immediately used the Gold-Transforming Pouch to make thirty Heavenly Dao Palace entry tokens, each bearing my unique mark. Then I tossed them all to him. "Don't lose them. If there are more later, make up the difference."
Tongyun happily accepted them. After thanking me repeatedly, he finally flew out of sight. I didn't linger there either, flying back to the temple area without stopping. After being away for so long, I had no idea what the situation was there, and it would soon be time for the people from Windveil City to arrive through the teleportation array.
Besides, now that I had the Heavenly Dao Palace, I could invite Chenglie over as well. Although this little girl belonged to the Pig Demon clan, she was extraordinarily generous. Her emotional intelligence had developed in a somewhat bizarre direction, but she was indeed a good fellow Daoist.
As for that old man Meng Shuang, although he was greedy for money, he was a major cultivator of plants and had a good relationship with those wandering outsiders. I could invite him over to plant flowers and trees or something.
I also had to bring Yingyao over. Even if this little girl was a spy for the Demon Race, she still had the potential to become one of my own people if I turned her around.
As for Old Man Shanlin, Fairy Bai Ji, Fairy Danqing, and the others, it wouldn't be bad if I could recruit them as well. They were all