Seeing that the Great Elder was in the middle of a rage, no one dared to speak again. One by one, they lowered their heads in silence.
The Great Elder was one of the two highest-ranking figures in the Boundless Sacred Land. Ordinarily, no one dared defy his will.
"Great Elder, then let's ask the Ancestor to come out of seclusion. The longer we delay, the more danger the Saintess will be in."
"Besides, that fellow's techniques are far too bizarre. We can't catch him at all—we can't delay any longer."
Still fuming, the Great Elder was jolted awake by those words. That was right, there was little time left. Every moment wasted put the Saintess in greater danger. If anything happened to her, he did not even know how furious the Sect Master would become.
After all, she was the Sect Master's most beloved youngest daughter—and his only child.
There was a saying in the Star River Cosmos: better to provoke a great power than a Golden Immortal's descendant.
Once one's cultivation reached the Golden Immortal realm, bearing offspring was harder than climbing to heaven. Thus, the children of a Golden Immortal—or even a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal—held incomparably noble status.
Whoever dared provoke them would die. No one could save them.
"Finally, they stopped chasing me. Those old bastards are seriously annoying. What the fuck does your Saintess's safety have to do with me?"
Elsewhere, Liu Bai glanced behind him. Only after sensing no trace of any aura did he finally let out a breath of relief.
"What is wrong with those old bastards? I only stole one thing from your sacred land. Did they really have to hunt me down day and night?"
Liu Bai stopped in the middle of a great canyon, wiping his forehead as