The majestic, thunderous voice echoed back and forth through Snow Toad Palace's main hall, and the expressions of the Nascent Soul cultivators filling the hall immediately split into two extremes.
Nie Yushuang, Xu Tianlin, Zhou Yang, and the other cultivators of the pro-war faction were all overjoyed, as though they had heard the best news imaginable.
Meanwhile, the fourteen cultivators of the fleeing faction, such as True Person Feixue and True Person Hannya, who had wanted to flee without fighting, shuddered as if struck by lightning, their faces blank with terror.
Thud! Thud!
A succession of kneecaps striking the floor rang out as seven or eight cultivators from the fleeing faction, unable to withstand the immense psychological pressure, dropped to their knees.
At the same time, the sealed doors of the main hall suddenly swung inward with a bang.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Zhou Yang and the others all turned their gazes toward the opened doors.
Outside stood a tall, imposing, handsome, refined middle-aged man, walking slowly into the hall with his hands clasped behind his back.
"This junior, Nie Yushuang, together with Xu Tianlin, pays respects to Immortal Venerable Chongyang!"
Having previously seen this refined middle-aged man's appearance through the Void Sky Pearl, Nie Yushuang and Xu Tianlin immediately bowed to greet him.
With their personal confirmation, Zhou Yang and the others no longer had any doubts about the refined middle-aged man's identity. They hurriedly bowed as one and said, "Greetings, Immortal Venerable Chongyang!"
"No need for such formalities, fellow Daoists."
Du Chongyang waved his right hand from behind his back, signaling for the cultivators to rise.
Then, with a sweep of his gaze, his eyes fell upon True Person Feixue, True Person Hannya, and the others, who had their heads lowered and faces ashen.
He raised a brow and