"That's more like it. All right, let's go. I'll personally see you out."
"Don't be afraid. With me here, my father wouldn't dare do anything to you."
Lin Qiyu patted Ye Lin's arm and personally stayed by his side, leading the way for him.
"What a misfortune for the family, what a misfortune for the family."
"What a sin."
After the two had left, Lin Zhenxiong covered his face, looking as though he were badly constipated.
What a misfortune for the family.
It took him quite a while to recover.
He took a jade box from the drawer beneath the table and placed it on the tabletop.
Slowly opening it, he revealed a round pill lying quietly inside.
"I've never seen this method of pill refinement before. Even Elder Yao couldn't make sense of it."
"Just where did that guy come from?"
"Such a precious pill, and he simply said he didn't want it."
"How strange."
"Do you want to keep looking around the city? If not, I'll see you out."
Within the city, Lin Qiyu stuck to him every step of the way.
Yet before Ye Lin could answer, a middle-aged man in a white, gold-trimmed robe stepped through the distant Void, a smile on his face as he descended toward the ground one step at a time.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist. I am Wang Feng, an imperial attendant by the Heavenward Emperor's side. By order of my Imperial Lord, I have come to invite you to the Imperial Capital. The Imperial Lord wishes to meet you and hopes you will honor him with your presence."
Wang Feng came before Ye Lin, bowed slightly in greeting, and spoke in a gentle voice.
The moment those words were spoken, the pedestrians on the surrounding streets froze, then immediately dropped to their