The gathered elders chatted idly with Venerable Jin Wu, while Daoist Tian Hua occasionally chimed in.
As they talked, they waited for Su Mo to arrive.
But after waiting and waiting for the time it took to burn an incense stick, Su Mo was still nowhere to be seen.
"Elder Jin Wu, where is your disciple? Don't tell me he isn't in Taisheng City?" someone asked doubtfully.
"He is in the mansion!" Elder Jin Wu shook his head. Wu Shan had only returned not long ago; he knew that. In fact, no one could enter Jinwu Mansion without escaping his perception.
"Then why hasn't he come yet?" Venerable Tian Jue asked with a frown. He was not worried that Venerable Jin Wu was playing tricks. After all, no one could monopolize the Dao Xu Fruit Tree alone, or they would be courting death.
Hearing this, Venerable Jin Wu swept out with his divine consciousness and discovered Lin Ya standing before the secret chamber in Wu Shan's palace, waiting.
After giving it some thought, Venerable Jin Wu guessed the reason. Perhaps Wu Shan had consumed a Dao Xu Fruit and was comprehending Laws while attempting to break through his cultivation bottleneck, so Lin Ya had not immediately interrupted his cultivation.
"Everyone, Wu Shan is in seclusion. Please wait a moment," Venerable Jin Wu announced.
The moment those words fell, everyone was stunned. Then their faces darkened one after another.
They all felt deeply insulted.
They were all Chief Elders of major branches, Paragons of the Supreme Realm. Yet they were being made to wait here together for a Ninth-grade cultivation ant to emerge from seclusion.
This was simply humiliating them.
If Wu Shan remained in seclusion for three to five years, or even longer, were they supposed to wait here for