That assessment was hardly polite, but there was no contempt in it—only a statement of fact.
Not only was Xu Changqing not angered, he instead asked curiously, "May I ask the two sect masters, how do you plan to deal with that shell next?"
Mu Yunyi answered honestly, "We were preparing to report this matter to the Great Dao Venerable or the Nine Extremes Heavenly King."
Great Dao Venerable?
Nine Extremes Heavenly King?
Xu Changqing's brows rose slightly. This was the first time he had heard either of these titles.
Seeing this, Long Yuan explained, "Sect Master Xu, what you do not know is that the star region where you and I reside is collectively known as the Four Mortal Domains.
The Heavenly Origin Realm is one of the Four Domains.
The Great Dao Venerable is the overseer of the entire Four Mortal Domains. His cultivation is beyond anything we can fathom.
As for the Nine Extremes Heavenly King, he is a patrolling envoy personally appointed by the Great Dao Venerable, tasked specifically with guarding the Four Domains."
Four Mortal Domains?!
A strange glint flashed through Xu Changqing's eyes.
He had cultivated for two hundred years, rising from a Spirit Farmer all the way to sect master of the Azurewood Sect. He had considered himself intimately familiar with every secret, great and small, of the Heavenly Origin Realm.
Yet his mind was utterly blank when it came to these two powerful figures and the Four Mortal Domains.
That fact alone made Xu Changqing realize that his horizons were still too narrow.
The confidence that had gradually swelled after he killed the Lifeless Insect Mother vanished without a trace at this moment.
After a moment, Xu Changqing pressed on, "May I ask the two sect masters, what are the other three