A furious shout rang out from the temple, shattering the stillness of the night. Li Qinghe was beside himself with rage. "Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! He has no respect for Flying Cloud Temple whatsoever. Does he really think we're so easy to bully?"
"Senior Brother," Daoist Wang urged, "don't lose your temper. Tang Changsheng is one of the Imperial Court's Three Elders, after all..."
He would have been better off not mentioning it. The moment he did, Li Qinghe sneered even more coldly. "He's one of the Imperial Court's Three Elders, but isn't he also a disciple of the Daoist Tradition? Flying Cloud Temple oversees the Daoist Register. Does he really think I wouldn't dare touch him?"
With a sharp shout, he slammed the Ruler of Law down on the desk with a thunderous crack. "Guardian Wandering Deity, where are you? Seize that Daoist thief's soul and bring it to me! Take this Dragon-Binding Daoist Register..."
As he spoke, a talisman paper stamped with the Seal of Authority flew out. Wind roared beyond the window, and a deep voice answered, "Yes!"
The wind abruptly died away as the deity sped into the distance.
Meanwhile, Tang Changsheng was getting intimate with the two women. He startled when wind suddenly roared outside the window.
Then the lights throughout the room began to flicker, as though the voltage were unstable.
Between one flicker and the next, a Divine General appeared in Tang Changsheng's room. Its face was blue, its fangs were bared, and its silver body was covered in strange talismanic patterns.
Before it had even fully materialized, it cried out in exasperation, "You're actually committing lewd acts..."
The patterns of Dragon-Binding Talismans covering the Divine General vanished without a trace, like mist under the sun.
As soon as that protective layer of Dragon-Binding