Sky Mountain Hall.
Immortal Lord Lingxiang hurried into the hall.
Inside, Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui and Immortal Lord Youhuang Miefa sat facing each other over a game of Go.
"Ancestors, that Return to True demon fiend has arrived. I have asked Liujing to hold him up. He should already be inside the mountain gates," Immortal Lord Lingxiang said gravely.
Immortal Lord Youhuang Miefa frowned at this, placing the black stone held between two fingers onto the board. "He certainly came quickly."
Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui shook his head. "Ah, Lingxiang, you have misspoken. I must correct you."
Bewildered, Immortal Lord Lingxiang said, "Please enlighten me, Ancestor."
Had he said something wrong?
No.
Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui said with a faint smile:
"The Return to True Celestial Person is a Divine Immortal of the Central Heaven, a disciple of the Great Beginning Heaven-Governing Primordial Lady. How could he possibly be called a demon fiend?"
Understanding dawned on Immortal Lord Lingxiang, and he corrected himself. "Fellow Daoist Zhang has come to visit."
With those words from Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui, he understood his Great Immortal Lord's attitude toward Zhang Yuan.
Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui nodded slightly.
The lad could be taught. Among the Mysterious Court's Immortal Lords, Immortal Lord Lingxiang possessed the greatest insight, and Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui thought highly of him.
"Since he has arrived, invite him here, Lingxiang. Young friend Return to True and I hit it off at our first meeting. It has been so long since we last met that I miss him dearly," Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui added.
Times had changed.
Zhang Yuan was now a genuine First Disciple of a True Lord-and a True Lord of the upper-grade golden position, at that. Coupled with his close ties to Qin Jieyu and True Lord Miaoling Duzhao,