Inside the hall.
Sect Master Tongtian was utterly speechless.
He had argued with that fair-skinned, jade-like woman for a long time.
Unfortunately.
Jade-Faced Pipa Yu Xin simply ignored Sect Master Tongtian. With an air of "my boss's boss isn't my boss," she nearly enraged Sect Master Tongtian to death.
"As the Master of Jie Sect, Sect Master Tongtian, there's nothing wrong with me going to see Qingyuan, is there?"
Sect Master Tongtian was helpless.
He began arguing with his own disciple's employee.
Yu Xin nodded. "You may go see him."
"Then why won't you take me there?"
Sect Master Tongtian put on a stern, angry face, but Yu Xin remained unmoved. She respectfully said, "Without an appointment, I truly cannot go there at all. You are the Master of Jie Sect and a Heavenly Dao Saint. Surely you won't make things difficult for a humble worker like me, will you?"
"..."
Sect Master Tongtian was truly speechless.
He sighed deeply within his heart.
Now he understood why Pingxin, despite being an Earthly Dao Saint, had sent people to search for Qingyuan for tens of thousands of years without finding him.
This receptionist was completely impervious to reason.
No matter what he said, she simply would not reveal Qingyuan's whereabouts.
Nor would she take him there.
Though he felt helpless and even somewhat irritated, Sect Master Tongtian genuinely admired this little immortal before him.
Neither servile nor overbearing, she would not yield even before a Heavenly Dao Saint. Such steadfastness and loyalty were rare in the world.
Sect Master Tongtian yielded and quietly said, "Then help me make an appointment, alright?"
"I'll give you the supreme teachings of the Interception Sect, teach you Divine Abilities, grant you immortal pills and Innate Spiritual Treasures, and bestow upon you wealth you could never