Jun Tianlin led the Abe Clan members to the entrance of a massive hall at last, where two young attendants stood guard.
"Who goes there?" one of the attendants shouted.
Both of them were early-stage God Emperors, yet they were merely gatekeepers in Dew Country? Jun Tianlin could not help wondering.
"The Abe Clan's former patriarch, Abe Lingtian, requests an audience with the King of Dew Country," the Abe Clan's former patriarch said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Wait here. I will report your arrival." The attendant knocked on the door and entered the hall.
Before long, a dignified voice rang out from within the hall.
"So it is the Abe Clan's former patriarch. Come in."
"You may enter. They may not." The attendant spoke to the former patriarch, then turned toward Jun Tianlin and the others.
The plaza before the hall was packed with people, all of them Abe Clan disciples.
"I have come here together with this young friend. I hope you can make an exception."
"In that case, you may all enter." Unlike the gatekeeper, this attendant was neither arrogant nor discourteous.
The attendant lowered the arm blocking their path and opened the hall doors. Abe Aoki, Abe Huairen, Abe Lingtian—the Abe Clan's former patriarch—as well as Jun Tianlin, Wang Yu, and the others slowly entered.
The attendant frowned as he watched so many people enter together, wondering whether it would displease His Majesty. But they had already gone in; he could hardly drag a few of them back out. He shut the doors behind them and coldly watched the Abe Clan members outside.
As everyone entered the hall, they saw a middle-aged man in a black robe seated upon the high throne in the center. A streak of white ran through his left temple, making his air