As Fang Shu sat in the main hall, waiting for the people from the Inspection Hall to arrive, they had yet to show up. Instead, the sound-transmission talisman he had sent out received a response first—with a hum!
A streak of golden light flew above the Beast Hall, then transformed into the form of a talisman and landed in Fang Shu's hand.
This sound-transmission talisman had been sent by Song Mo, one of the few close friends Fang Shu had among the direct disciples of the prefecture.
Fang Shu lowered his eyelids and immediately sent his divine sense into it, reading through its contents.
When he raised his head again and looked at those Immortal Mountain youths, a few traces of understanding immediately appeared in his eyes.
According to what Song Mo had explained in the sound-transmission talisman, these Immortal Mountain youths truly had extraordinary origins. Every one of them had been raised on the immortal mountains since childhood and was a favorite before the True Immortal Dancheng.
Some of the more outstanding ones would even be bestowed by the True Immortal Dancheng upon disciples under their command, to serve as concubines or Dao companions.
Thus, ordinary people—even clansmen from the Upper Nine Gates—generally did not dare look down on these Immortal Mountain youths, for fear of offending someone formidable through a moment's carelessness.
For instance, within the Immortal Prefecture, direct disciples had once sparked a dispute over the Dao because of a concubine born among the Immortal Mountain youths.
Although such conflicts chiefly arose from the pride and reputation of both sides, with the concubines merely serving as the fuse, they nevertheless proved the lofty status held by Immortal Mountain youths within the Immortal Prefecture.
Upon learning this, Fang Shu secretly thought, *If direct disciples are like court-appointed officials