"Yes, Sect Master!"
All the Deacon Hall elders answered in unison, then turned and flew toward the grand formation.
Within a few breaths, everyone had arrived above the grand formation.
"Just as I expected, Zhu Chuyuan has indeed come..."
Beneath the grand formation, inside a cave dwelling, Chen Changming had just finished drawing a fifth-tier fire talisman when he casually glanced outside.
"Tell your sect master to come see me!"
A man's deep voice suddenly rang out beyond the grand formation.
Having just arrived outside the formation, the Thunderfire Sect elders exchanged glances, their expressions complicated.
Some were indignant, while others were bewildered.
One elder with a higher cultivation level said angrily, "You coward who hides his head and shows his tail—our sect master is not someone you can demand to see whenever you please!"
"Say that again?"
Chen Changming's laughter rang out once more.
"You coward who hides your hea—"
Before the elder could finish, his entire body was suddenly flung backward. While still in midair, he coughed up blood.
This scene left all the Deacon Hall elders facing a great enemy.
In the distance.
"That voice... it sounds so familiar!" Zhu Chuyuan's expression suddenly changed.
"Sect Master, who is this person? How can he be so arrogant?" the Deacon Hall Master beside him asked with a frown.
Rather than answering, Zhu Chuyuan issued an extremely tense command: "Everyone, retreat at once!"
The elders felt as though a heavy burden had been lifted and hurriedly withdrew.
In a flash, Zhu Chuyuan also appeared outside the grand formation.
"Come in!"
The grand formation split open out of thin air, revealing a passage as Chen Changming's voice came from within.
"It truly is you, Senior!"
This time, Zhu Chuyuan heard it even more clearly. His legs went weak, and he nearly