After Jin Shique and Lü E left one after another, a flicker crossed the Lotus Avatar's eyes. The news spread by the Corrosion-Killing Heart Demon had first surfaced around Nine Central City. The Lotus Avatar had naturally heard about it long ago, but the Celestial Punishment Palace had moved even faster than he had expected.
The Celestial Punishment Palace wanted the Lotus Avatar to mobilize the Immortal Army and support them. Unless Nine-Ren Mountain himself gave the order, how could the Lotus Avatar possibly agree? Even if Nine-Ren Mountain did give the order, he would still carry it out with some reservations. After all, Nine-Ren Mountain was currently chiefly responsible for commanding the Immortal Army around Luoyang Prison, while the entire rear of Nine Central City was under the control of him, the Lord of Nine Central City.
As the Lord of Nine Central City, the Lotus Avatar figured that only Nine-Ren Mountain, the city lord, had access to information faster than he did. Still, the Lotus Avatar reckoned that, since he knew little about the Buddhist formation, most people—including Jin Shique and Lü E, whom he had met earlier, as well as people in Nine Central City and beyond—already knew that the Eastern Pill Saint of Nine Central City had killed and wounded large numbers of Immortal Army soldiers after being hounded by the Celestial Punishment Palace, before fleeing into Luoyang Prison.
Then word had spread from within Luoyang Prison: shortly after Lu Xiaotian arrived, he clashed with the Ba Mo Tribe, who had gone to intercept him, and killed several thousand of them, including their leader. Before that, back when Lu Xiaotian had still been a Profound Immortal, he had entered Luoyang Prison with Mu Xia, Nie Tianhou, Bai Ruxue, and Shen Tu Zhanfeng. He had clashed with