Within a stone-built watchpost of a Profound Residence outside Auspicious Light City, Eastern Court Prefecture, Cui Yue stood atop the watchtower, gazing over the Open Plain to the south. After a moment, three rays of light lit up behind him.
He turned around and looked at the three Turbid Canon cultivators standing before him.
All three possessed the cultivation of the Mysterious Union Realm, equivalent to the Fourth Chapter Book. Such cultivation was rare even across an entire prefecture. One had to know that among the cultivators of the Mysterious Union Realm who had come from the homeland to reinforce Eastern Court Prefecture, there were only four in total.
At that moment, one cultivator asked, "Why did Profound Rectifier Cui summon us here in such haste?"
Cui Yue raised a hand, and three streaks of light flew out. "Please catch these, fellow Daoists."
The three caught the lights and discovered that each was a jade talisman. The man who had spoken earlier looked up and asked, "Profound Rectifier Cui, may I ask what these are?"
Cui Yue said, "Eastern Court differs from other places. Several Turbid Canon cultivators have successively fallen into the Great Chaos here and become chaotic monsters. These talismans were bestowed by Profound Chief Zhang. You must carry them on your persons; they can prevent such a thing from happening."
No sooner had he finished speaking than one of them gave a cold snort. "When all is said and done, you simply do not trust us..." But he abruptly stopped, for he saw Cui Yue take an identical jade talisman from his sleeve.
Cui Yue said, "Like you all, I am a Turbid Canon cultivator, and I too carry this talisman. For I know full well that in Turbid Canon cultivation, whenever one encounters obstacles and hardships,