Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
After a bout of wind and snow, the weather grew colder still, yet Songyang Commandery's capital only became livelier as more and more people from the martial world gathered there.
The gates of Vajra Temple's outer courtyard reopened. Along the bustling street outside, carriages and horses streamed like a dragon, and voices seethed like water in a boiling cauldron.
Distinguished figures of imposing bearing and illustrious status filled the street, obediently forming two lines to wait respectfully outside the temple gates.
Almost all had servants accompanying them and lavish gifts prepared.
An elegant, handsome young man with an air of otherworldly grace stood at the front of the line. Looking at the scene, he sighed.
Even the least remarkable of those waiting in line was a local gang leader or the scion of a powerful clan. They had gathered here for one purpose alone.
To present gifts to the Myriad Calamities Daoist.
He himself was no exception.
The handsome young man was Xie Lingjun of the Jiangling Xie Family, known as the "Jade Tree of the Xie Family."
In the battle half a month earlier, the Myriad Calamities Daoist had faced the Red Lotus Cult, sweeping aside hundreds of its armored soldiers with a single hand, slaying the Red Lotus Holy Lord alone, and capturing the two envoys, Pianzhao and Jiemie. Such a record was utterly terrifying, and with so many martial artists having witnessed it, news had now thundered throughout the martial world.
Everyone under heaven who heard of it was shaken to the core.
The fearsome reputation the Red Lotus Cult had built over centuries had become nothing more than an embellishment to the Myriad Calamities Daoist's unparalleled might.
Xie Lingjun scanned the crowd, discovering quite a few