Upon hearing this, the disciple in the palace hurriedly said, "Reporting to Your Excellency, my teacher has been in secluded cultivation here for a hundred years. It is not yet time for him to emerge."
Daoist Lingdu said, "Call him out. I have matters to discuss with him."
The disciple was startled and said with great difficulty, "Your Excellency, I fear that would be inappropriate. My teacher is in secluded cultivation..."
Daoist Lingdu looked at him for a moment and said, "If Upper Firmament Heaven had no affairs, he could naturally cultivate in peace. But we are now preparing to face Celestial Xia and need Venerable Wei's strength. What is improper about calling him out to discuss our grand strategy?"
The disciple immediately felt the pressure mount and reluctantly said, "Your Excellency, this is Yanque Palace..."
Upper Firmament Heaven was not Celestial Xia. Every Profound Venerable was a power unto themselves, and matters between Profound Venerables had to be discussed.
Although Lone Yang, Tian Hong, and Lingdu were the main decision-makers in Upper Firmament Heaven, they could not simply do whatever they pleased. Otherwise, if they forcibly ordered someone to do something today, then tomorrow every Profound Venerable could pay lip service while acting against them.
But that was also because Daoist Lingdu had always been easy to speak with and would not punish lower disciples merely for offering a few objections. Had Daoist Tian Hong come here instead, that disciple would not have dared say another word.
Daoist Lingdu did not waste any more words on the disciple. He merely said flatly, "Someone, ring the waking bell. Call Venerable Wei out for me."
"Yes!"
The moment he gave the order, the disciples who had accompanied him stepped forward. Without a Profound Venerable to make decisions for them, the disciples