The Profound Teaching aura enveloping the immortal surnamed Yang dispersed like bubbles.
He had taken Fang Shu's palm strike squarely. Though he remained steady on his feet and suffered no injury, the humiliation far outweighed any wound.
The immortal surnamed Yang's face visibly twisted with shame and anger, his blood roiling.
Yet shock also filled his eyes. He stared hard at Fang Shu and forced out, "You wretch, how can you defy the authority of my Inspection Hall?"
The other Golden Core immortals around them looked equally bewildered. Chu Qingxuan, in particular, was examining Fang Shu from head to toe, astonished beyond measure.
Having already struck, Fang Shu saw no need to keep concealing things.
Standing in the middle of the gathering, he opened his palm to reveal the object held within. It was only palm-sized, radiating golden light, wondrous beyond comprehension and precious beyond measure.
Fang Shu smiled at the furious immortal surnamed Yang. "With a Divine Immortal's decree before you, what does your Inspection Hall's authority amount to?"
At those words, the already bewildered crowd's expressions changed dramatically.
"A Divine Immortal's decree?!"
The immortal surnamed Yang stared incredulously at Fang Shu's hand, instinctively wanting to deny it. Yet the talisman in Fang Shu's palm unmistakably radiated the aura of the Profound Teaching, and its design and specifications matched the Divine Immortal decrees in the hall exactly.
Most tellingly, the Inspection Hall authority he had summoned just now had dispersed at the slightest contact with this talisman. There was simply no faking that!
Even so, though he was already certain in his heart and knew he had kicked an iron plate today, he refused to yield.
His expression stiffened, but the immortal surnamed Yang still held his neck rigid and said, "If it is a Divine Immortal's decree, why