The "Peerless Sacred Body" Who Needed the Divine Maiden's Help (5K Chapter, Please Subscribe!) (Continued)

Yet the Ancient Emperor Weapon belonging to her lineage, the Divine Mecha, remained sealed deep within Bauhinia Imperial City. Distant water could not quench a nearby fire.

Everything had happened so suddenly. She had never imagined that this incident would actually draw out the Lan Tuo Family's Quasi-Emperor.

Today, she might well fail to come out ahead...

"The ancestor has come in person?!"

Unlike Audishiya, Lantuo Yan's eyes blazed with excitement. All the frustration, resentment, and humiliation he had bottled up vanished in an instant.

All around them, everyone affiliated with the Lan Tuo Family bowed, their hearts trembling with utmost reverence.

Only Lan Tuo Xing, standing in a corner, froze as though struck by five bolts of heavenly lightning.

At that moment, boundless terror welled up in his heart!

It's over!

He, too, had never expected this affair to alarm their Quasi-Emperor ancestor, Lan Tuo Kang, who ought not to concern himself too much with worldly disputes!

To a Quasi-Emperor, reading a person's heart was as easy as studying the lines on his palm!

If Lan Tuo Kang uncovered his secret schemes and what he had done behind the scenes today, his fate would be unimaginable!

His thoughts churned...

Cold sweat instantly soaked his back. Lan Tuo Xing kept his head firmly lowered and prostrated himself alongside those around him, paying homage to the newcomer.

At that very moment, he wished he could strip away his own aura and hide completely in the shadows of the crowd.

Whoosh...

Ripples gently stirred the void within the private room. As a vast Dao domain erupted, an old man in golden Daoist robes slowly stepped out of those ripples.

His hair and beard were half white, his face profound and weathered. Every strand of his aura seemed engraved with the traces of