Rain-Listening Tower stood in the inner city of Soul-Repelling City. Though it was no Venerable's grand hall, it had a vast spiritual lake, and atop the lake grew golden lotus leaves everywhere.
At this moment, one could still faintly see several lotus pods dotted among the golden leaves.
These golden lotus leaves were no minor thing. They were called the Golden Soul Primordial Jade Lotus.
This lotus was a peak sixth-tier spiritual lotus, and the lotus seeds it produced were sacred objects that strengthened the divine soul, no worse than the soul jade of the Jade Soul Race.
Moreover, after consuming these lotus seeds, one could also temporarily improve the divine soul's resistance against divine-soul divine abilities.
Ye Jingcheng guessed that Venerable Golden Swan had gathered them here so that, before the operation, they could swallow some lotus seeds.
That way, they could strengthen their divine-soul resistance a little.
"Fellow Daoist Haochen, you're here too?" To Ye Jingcheng's surprise, seven people had come to Rain-Listening Tower with him, and among the seven, one was none other than Tan Fengxing, a member of the Heaven-Divining Sect.
As for the remaining six, Ye Jingcheng also recognized them: three were from the City Lord's Estate, one from the Heavenly Sound Sect, and two from various Void Refining forces.
The one with the highest cultivation among them was Guo Qianren, a centurion of the Heavenly Sword City Guard and a peak Spirit Transformation sword cultivator.
Instead, he and Tan Fengxing counted as the ones with the least backing.
But after another thought, Ye Jingcheng understood. Tan Fengxing had likely been chosen because of the benefits of his divination. As for himself, his selection was somewhat thought-provoking.
"They're here!" At that very moment, Venerable Golden Swan also flew over from afar.
He led everyone into