You All Come at Once

By the Northflow River, a sea of dark-crowded people gathered.

This great river lay across the wilderness, a necessary route for transmitting the scriptures. With the Arhats' leg strength, crossing it would practically count as stepping into the Divine Dynasty.

So long as the true scriptures were delivered into the territory of the Great Southern Continent and entered the sight of the common people, no matter how dissatisfied the court might be,

it would have to hold its nose and ensure that these Arhats reached the imperial capital safely.

Otherwise, it would give people the impression that not even the Divine Dynasty itself was safe any longer.

"So many people?"

Two streams of Flowing Light swept into the crowd. Hong Jing looked around in surprise. Even he had not expected that, once the news spread, it would draw so many cultivators here to watch.

Apart from the familiar faces from the Three Immortals Sect, many Rogue Cultivators who had no way of involving themselves in this matter had also come to watch the excitement. They might not know about any great calamity, but they could surely sense some of the tension in the air and realize that this was a contest between Qi Refiners and those pilgrims.

Fairy Tiandong cupped her hands toward the side.

Golden Thunder Daoist returned the gesture with several fellow disciples. "The Fairy has come as well."

"I came to take a look."

Fairy Tiandong smiled faintly. She had no wish to involve herself in this matter, but she had been in seclusion for too long. Taking this opportunity to see how her peers had progressed and gain a clear understanding of it was still necessary.

"Tian Dong has long heard of the great name of your lineage's Grand Emperor of Void Alchemy. Might I have