Gu Duanhe went to seek out Dao Ancestor Jueyi, while Yang Chen waited there in silence.
After Gu Duanhe left, a group of servants came to serve tea and water, attending to him with impeccable care. Even with Yang Chen's discerning and exacting eye, he could find no fault with the servants of the Shenye Sect.
Not much time passed—only three days.
To Yang Chen, those three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Having accepted Yang Chen's payment, Gu Duanhe proved remarkably efficient. Three days later, he returned in high spirits and said with a chuckle, "Yang Chen, Elder Jueyi has agreed to see you. However, Elder Jueyi is in the Heavenly Extreme Realm, and his temperament is somewhat eccentric. When you meet him, you know what should and should not be said, don't you?"
He had accepted Yang Chen's gift, which was why he offered a few extra words. Under ordinary circumstances, he could not be bothered to remind anyone of such things.
How could Yang Chen not understand? He clasped his hands and said, "I naturally understand. Speaking of which, I must trouble Brother Gu to put in a good word for me before Elder Jueyi."
"That is only proper, only proper." Gu Duanhe stroked his beard. Having taken someone's gift, how could he fail to put his heart and soul into the matter? "Daoist Friend Yang Chen, this way."
Yang Chen and Gu Duanhe headed together toward Elder Jueyi's place of secluded cultivation.
Elder Jueyi's cultivation grounds lay amid a chain of mountain ranges. Many guards stood watch nearby, and all of them possessed Heavenly Separation Realm cultivation or higher.
"Fellow Daoists, I have brought Yang Chen. Elder Jueyi agreed to this beforehand, so please grant us passage," Gu Duanhe said with a smile.
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