Aid for the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace

"Who dares barge recklessly through Heavenly City?"

The moment Lin Langtian appeared, furious shouts suddenly rang out across the skies of Heavenly City.

Immediately afterward, sharp whooshing sounds filled the air as elderly figures rose into the sky. Then, they shouted in unison, "Freeze!"

Following the shouts of these nearly ten old men, a stretch of space in the sky rapidly solidified.

Yet just as everyone thought that figure would be stopped, they watched in astonishment as the streak of light not only failed to slow down, but abruptly accelerated instead.

Under countless stunned gazes, it shattered through the frozen space without obstruction and appeared behind the old men like a ghost.

"Hehe, I'd only been gone for a year. I never expected the defenses to become this tight."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the streak of light came to a stop. A handsome young man dressed in green slowly emerged and spoke with a soft laugh.

"You are?"

The old men who had tried to stop him earlier stared gravely at Lin Langtian. After what had just happened, they did not dare underestimate this exceptionally handsome green-clad youth in the slightest.

Moreover, they could sense a faint yet imposing pressure from him. Within Heavenly Mansion, only the Great Elder had ever given them such a feeling.

The commotion in the sky also caught the attention of the Heavenly Mansion disciples training below. Countless astonished eyes turned toward Lin Langtian as they clicked their tongues in wonder.

This was the first time they had seen more than a dozen guest elders join forces and still fail to gain even the slightest advantage.

Seeing the puzzled looks in the old men's eyes, Lin Langtian could only smile helplessly. He had merely been gone for a year, yet people were