Disappointed Once Again!

Yan Qinyu took a deep breath, gathered his sleeves, and gave Diwu Chijin a slight bow. "I have yet to ask your honored name, sir?"

Inside and outside the hall, thousands of eyes snapped toward them in unison.

Some were terrified, some bewildered, and some were quietly sizing up the situation.

As for the craftsmen kneeling on the ground, they lowered their heads even further, their noses nearly brushing the shattered brick fragments...

Diwu Chijin tilted his head to glance at Yan Qinyu and said lazily, "You may address me as Immortal Master."

The instant the words "Immortal Master" reached Yan Qinyu's ears, the ruler of Great Yan Kingdom was visibly stunned.

"Immortal Master"? This is the first time I've ever heard such a form of address! Hmph, this Monster Person truly is arrogant!

"But... circumstances are stronger than men. Showing him some respect won't cost me a piece of flesh!"

Having prepared himself mentally, Yan Qinyu quietly put on an appropriately respectful expression. "Immortal Master, Yan Qinyu, ruler of Great Yan Kingdom, pays his respects!

"Immortal Master has come from afar. I should have hosted a welcoming banquet. But this place, at present..."

He looked at the shattered stone platform and the corpses strewn haphazardly throughout and beyond the Sunlit Open-Air Hall, then could not help but give a bitter smile. "It truly is an improper sight."

Diwu Chijin waved a hand, and a scorching current of air stirred from his sleeve. "No matter. I'm not particular about such things."

This was exactly what Yan Qinyu had been waiting to hear.

He immediately turned toward the outside of the hall. His voice abruptly rose, once more carrying the tone unique to a sovereign of a nation. "Convey my decree! Draft an edict at once and send it to Prosperous