Hearing the voice from the sky, Senior Brother Shi hurried outside.
He had never heard of any Heavenly Venerate Lu, but anyone who dared to use "Heavenly Venerate" as a title had to be a mighty cultivator at the Mahayana stage.
The ancestor of his own Stone Seeking Sect was only at the Nascent Soul stage. How could a minor Qi Refining cultivator from some remote region like him dare offend such an exalted being?
"Shi Xuan, stationed at the Stone Seeking Sect's Barren City marketplace, respectfully welcomes the Heavenly Venerate's decree!"
As Senior Brother Shi stumbled along, he did not forget to call out loudly.
In the sky, two figures emerged from the clouds.
Senior Brother Shi had been fortunate enough to see the old man before, when he first joined the sect. He recognized the figure trailing half a step behind in the clouds as the ancestor of the Stone Seeking Sect.
Judging by their positions, it was obvious that the younger man at the front was the leader of the two.
The young man had an extraordinary bearing and handsome features, yet wore an outfit of rather peculiar style.
It was not a loose Taoist robe, but a black top and trousers of moderate thickness. A zipper ran from the center of the top's hem all the way to the collar, and there was a square pocket over the left chest.
Senior Brother Shi found the outfit strange, but did not dare ask about it.
Mu Xin, who had come out of the office with Senior Brother Shi, reacted quite differently. When he saw the young man's outfit, he stared in stunned disbelief.
As a deathmatch participant, he knew this style of clothing. He remembered plenty of people in government organizations liked to dress this way. It