Shattered Moon, Falling Frost had barely drawn near when a golden barrier lit up atop the mountain peak. At a glance, it was some kind of defensive formation.
Then a flying shuttle shot out from within the barrier, with two men standing atop it.
One was a middle-aged cultivator in a gray cloth Daoist robe, accompanied by a tall, thin young cultivator.
The middle-aged cultivator scrutinized the strangely shaped flying vessel before him with a wary expression and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Halt, visitors. State your identities!"
Xu Changqing stopped Shattered Moon, Falling Frost in midair, then replied, "Xu Changqing of the Dongting Immortal Sect, leading reinforcements to the Central Region.
"We are merely passing through and mean no harm."
Dongting Immortal Sect?
The moment those words were spoken, the two men aboard the flying shuttle exchanged glances.
Each saw a flicker of shock in the other's eyes.
But they quickly recovered and lost their hostility at the same time.
Xu Changqing gave Ling Chenye and Lu Wu a look, and the three flew out together.
Lin Shan hurriedly clasped his hands. "I am Lin Shan of the Azure Mountain Sect, currently in charge of the sect.
"I was presumptuous just now. I hope you fellow Daoists will be magnanimous."
The young cultivator behind him hurriedly introduced himself, looking quite excited. "Greetings, fellow Daoists. My name is Zhao He.
"It is truly fortunate to encounter people from the Dongting Immortal Sect!"
Xu Changqing looked through the formation and saw many ordinary people watching from within. He could not help asking, "What happened here?"
Lin Shan sighed. "Half a month ago, a group of demons appeared at the foot of the mountain. Since similar incidents had happened more than once before, we immediately organized our members to hunt them