At the Myriad Immortals Alliance Headquarters, atop an immortal mountain floating among the clouds.
Green Lotus Immortal Monarch was frowning slightly, his fingers moving as he performed divination.
Just moments earlier, his spiritual sense had suddenly stirred faintly, as though dimly sensing something inauspicious.
After calculating for a while, he murmured:
"This ill omen actually points to Immortal Monarch Jingting.
Could some misfortune have befallen him?"
After another stretch of contemplation, Green Lotus Immortal Monarch turned his hand over and took out an invitation.
With a gentle push, he sent the invitation drifting into the hands of the door attendant who had been standing guard outside the great hall.
Just as the attendant paused in surprise, Green Lotus Immortal Monarch's voice sounded in his ears.
"Deliver this invitation to Immortal Monarch Jingting personally. Invite him to my Daoist Field to sample this freshly harvested Longevity Tea."
The boy holding the invitation was clearly somewhat puzzled. After all, it was not yet the time for tea tasting.
Still, he naturally dared not disobey his master's instructions.
The boy bowed toward the great hall from afar, then mounted his Auspicious Clouds and flew toward Immortal Monarch Jingting's Daoist Field.
A short while later, the boy's Auspicious Clouds returned to Green Lotus Immortal Monarch's Daoist Field.
Green Lotus Immortal Monarch immediately asked, "Well? Did Jingting receive the invitation?"
The boy replied, "Master, Immortal Monarch Jingting was not at his residence.
Just half an hour ago, several Golden Immortals suddenly visited his residence.
Afterward, the Immortal Monarch left with them."
At this, Green Lotus Immortal Monarch frowned slightly again.
He increasingly felt that something was amiss.
Just as he was about to employ further means to perform a more detailed divination, a streak of escape light suddenly lit up beyond the mountain and flew