Seeing that the Great Pagoda Edict still hadn't accepted the jade slip, the Grand Elder couldn't help urging him, "Great Pagoda Edict, this matter is of utmost importance. Please make a decision as soon as possible!"
"Of the Five Sects of the False Dao, at least three are now leaderless, plagued by uncertainty over their young ruler, or have seen their former leaders' cultivation greatly diminished. Such a rare opportunity comes once in a thousand years. We absolutely cannot let it slip by!"
Pei Ling didn't dare look at Senior Sister Li beside him and immediately said, "As far as I know, Holy Son Pei is a man of deep feeling and loyalty, steadfast and true. He is devoted to his Dao Companion, Li Lieyue, and wholeheartedly faithful to her. He is nothing like the person you claim he is!"
"Those two concubines he received from our Holy Tower were arranged by the Jiu A Li Clan."
"As the Holy Son supported by the Li Clan, he simply didn't dare refuse."
"To think that a man so devoted and true could be bought over with a few female cultivators is pure wishful thinking. We'll have to discuss this matter at greater length..."
As he spoke, he didn't wait for the Tower of Reincarnation's Grand Elders to object. He quickly continued, "I have another urgent matter to attend to, one that concerns the safety of the world! Return to the Holy Tower first. I must go somewhere immediately."
Before his voice had even faded, Pei Ling tore open a long, narrow spatial rift. Then he grabbed Li Lieyue by the wrist and vanished inside it in an instant.
The moment they entered the spatial rift, the Grand Elders of the Tower of Reincarnation called after them again: "Great Pagoda Edict, that's