Yang Mei Acts to Settle Karma
Houtu suddenly turned her head and looked toward Xuandu.
"Why is Fellow Daoist Yang Mei here?"
"He has always remained detached from worldly affairs and never involved himself in the disputes of the Great Wilderness. He did not act even during the Ferocious Beast Tribulation or the Witch-Demon Tribulation."
"Why would he help you?"
Luohu also looked over, his blood-red eyes filled with wariness.
He had crossed paths with Yang Mei once in the past. That Chaos Demon God who had attained the Dao from the Empty Willow was the most unrestrained and carefree of beings.
He never entangled himself in Karma, never took sides, never formed alliances.
Would such a man help Xuandu?
Luohu did not believe it.
Yet Xuandu's expression remained calm. His gaze stayed fixed on that stretch of void, his voice low but clear and composed.
"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, come out."
"I know you are there."
"You have been there since the moment the Chaos rift was opened."
His words fell.
Silence hung over the void.
A moment later.
"Buzz..."
The void rippled soundlessly, and an exceedingly faint spatial fluctuation slowly spread outward.
The ripples spread like rings on water as a figure slowly stepped out from within them.
The man had a lean face and a tall, slender frame. His blue-gray Daoist robe hung loose in the void. There was not the slightest pressure around him, yet the void beneath his feet automatically solidified into substance.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze tranquil. His eyes swept over Xuandu, Houtu, and Luohu before finally settling on the Grey Clad Figure shrouded by the light screen of the Chaos Bead.
Daoist Yang Mei.
He had come.
He simply stood there, neither to one side nor the