An old man dressed entirely in white, his beard graying and talismans hanging all over his body, stepped forward on the eagle's back and jumped down. With an expressionless face, he said, "So it's Fellow Daoist Chen! I've long heard of you! Something happened on the road and delayed us." With that, he stood off to one side, his face still stern.
"Oh! Fellow Daoist Huang Tiangu. A pleasure to meet you!" Chen Ping seemed familiar with this cold-faced Heavenly Spirit Church cultivator's temperament. He smiled faintly in greeting and did not ask what had happened to Huang Tiangu. The demonic and righteous paths had never been on particularly good terms, so naturally, Chen Ping had no intention of making small talk with him.
Dozens of male and female cultivators dressed in white then leaped down from the eagle's back, each standing silently behind the Heavenly Spirit Church cultivator with an expressionless face.
Once Huang Tiangu saw that all the disciples had dismounted, he formed a hand seal with one hand and pointed at the giant eagle. A stream of black mist sprayed from his hand toward it. The moment the mist touched the giant eagle, blackish-gray vapor rose all over its body. The entire eagle rapidly shrank, finally turning into a wisp of blackish-gray vapor that shot into Huang Tiangu's sleeve and vanished.
Ah! As expected of a Golden Core Stage cultivator from the Heavenly Spirit Church-he can actually summon such a huge eagle! Li Xiaoya marveled inwardly at the sight. Back in the Heavenly Gang Illusory Demon Formation, he had already witnessed the Heavenly Spirit Church's spells and divine abilities for summoning all sorts of living creatures, but those had only been at the level of Core Condensation Stage cultivators. This was his first time seeing someone summon