Heavenly music drifted through the air, striking awe into their souls.
While the Earthly Fiend Refiners stood stunned, Xingyuanzi and Mister Under the Moon exchanged a glance, both sighing inwardly. They stepped forward and bowed. "We pay our respects to the Dao Lord!"
As their voices fell, the others woke as though from a dream and hurried to offer their respects.
Even their combined strength had failed to withstand a single palm strike from Myriad Calamities Daoist. Such immense power was truly staggering. The gulf between them was as vast as heaven and earth, as clouds and mud, and it had utterly extinguished their desire to resist.
Had the deaths of Long-Brow Monk and the others from the Heavenly Heart Zen Monastery not been a case of killing the chicken to frighten the monkeys? If they still failed to appreciate what was good for them, they would likely follow those old monks to the grave.
Again, most of the Earthly Fiend experts present did not fear death, but that did not mean they were willing to die.
Those were two different things.
"Excellent! My Myriad Calamities Dao Court was established only two years ago. Everything is beginning anew, and we need talented people like yourselves!"
Hong Yuan swept his gaze over them and smiled. "You are all important figures with busy schedules. I imagine you have little time to spare. Why not hold a position in my Dao Court as Dao Patrollers? Ordinarily, when nothing is happening, you may do as you please. But when trouble arises, you must fulfill your duty to patrol the world and defend the Dao Court."
Some lowered their eyes, their expressions unchanged, while inwardly grumbling. Was this not just working for free?
Hong Yuan needed no divine perception to guess their thoughts. Unconcerned, he