Yuanshi Tianzun did not answer immediately. He merely put away the amplified prejudice in his heart in silence.
He began to reassess the three core figures of the Witch Clan before him with a scrutinizing gaze.
A keen light flashed in Sect Master Tongtian's eyes; he seemed rather taken with Di Jiang's directness.
Taiqing Laozi fell silent for a moment before speaking slowly. "We, too, sensed something of the Divine Dao System here on Kunlun Mountain.
"As for your proposal, fellow Daoist, allow us to consider it."
He neither refused nor agreed, saying only, "Allow us to consider it."
For two parties meeting for the first time, this was already a fairly good beginning.
After Di Jiang finished his opening remarks, neither servile nor overbearing, a brief silence settled over the Three Pure Ones Hall.
Taiqing Laozi's expression remained unchanged. He neither nodded nor shook his head.
Yuanshi Tianzun frowned slightly, seemingly weighing the significance of Di Jiang's words.
The corners of Sect Master Tongtian's lips lifted slightly, and the curiosity in his eyes grew stronger than before.
He had expected the visitors from the Witch Clan to be as rash and domineering as the rumors claimed. He had not expected Di Jiang to speak so clearly and with such a sense of propriety, a far cry from the image in his mind of brutes who knew only how to charge blindly ahead.
The silence did not last long.
Pan Xuan suddenly made a move that took everyone present somewhat by surprise.
He raised his right hand, and a streak of purple-gold light flew from his sleeve.
The Star Divine Dao Seal flew out of his sleeve and hovered beneath the hall's vaulted ceiling. Purple-gold Divine Dao light rippled outward in every direction like waves of water, enveloping the entire