"Your Excellency is seeing appearances where there are none. Among the Outer Sect disciples of the Firmament Sacred Land are juniors from several of our major forces as well. Moreover, Your Excellency's arrival on Yao Luo Star was never a secret to begin with. How could it be called planting spies?"
"Besides, no matter how unruly Yao Luo Star may be, we would never dare discuss rebellion under the very nose of the Firmament Sacred Land."
"This old man comes from Formless Mountain, one of Yao Luo Star's eight great powers. My Mountain Lord wishes to meet Your Excellency."
The old man had placed his own status extremely low. Ye Lin before him was the personal disciple of Elder Zhuge of the Firmament Sacred Land; his status stood above that of the entirety of Yao Luo Star.
Even the masters of the eight great powers would have to behave themselves before him, let alone someone like the old man.
Ye Lin's eyes flickered with an unusual light. It had taken him only a few seconds to travel here from the Firmament Sacred Land, yet this old man seemed to have been waiting for him for quite some time.
And he had seen through both Ye Lin's identity and purpose at a glance. Tsk, tsk, tsk—far from simple.
"Then lead the way."
Ye Lin waved a hand. Even if a peak Earth Immortal made a move now, they would not be able to keep him here.
"Please follow me, Your Excellency."
The old man bowed, then casually struck at the distant void. The void shattered, and from its depths stretched a sky-piercing stairway. With his hands clasped behind his back, Ye Lin followed behind the old man, step by step, toward its end.
At the end of the stairway stood a