At that moment, Ling Taichu slowly set down the Jade Slip recording the progress of clearing the devil scourge in Tianya Prefecture.
He then rose and paced back and forth.
For some reason, he felt profoundly uneasy, as though something extremely detrimental to him was about to happen.
Ordinarily, when faced with such a situation, avoiding it in advance would naturally be the right choice.
But Ling Taichu was now, at least in name, the commander leading Taichang Realm's campaign against the Tian Luo Realm. Suddenly abandoning everyone and vanishing would be rather inappropriate.
Unable to make sense of it no matter how he pondered it, he decided to go out and inspect the situation in Tianya Prefecture.
Yet as Ling Taichu stepped outside, his unease only intensified, gradually turning into a warning from his very soul.
"Something's wrong! Could it be that the Tian Luo Realm has some unknown powerful enemy hidden away, and they've now come for me?"
But before Ling Taichu could react, a streak of light tore across the sky and landed directly before him.
"You are Ling Taichu? Your sword intent is deep and rather pure. You are fairly accomplished in the sword path.
"But that is all. There does not seem to be anything particularly remarkable about you.
"It seems you were merely lucky enough to take in a disciple of exceptional talent."
The newcomer was none other than Xuan Zhongtian.
Crossing the Immeasurable Sea and several prefectures might take a considerable amount of time for Deity Transformation Existences.
But for a half-step Void Refining cultivator like him, it took little more than a day.
Xuan Zhongtian's sudden appearance, however, left Ling Taichu utterly shocked.
"A True Demon?!! Peak Deity Transformation?!!
"No, half-step Void Refining."
"It seems I must take back what I just