Only then did everyone realize with a start.
The temple doors had opened at some point.
The old Taoist stood in the doorway. That hand just now had been his!
Everyone turned to look at the old Taoist at once.
He gave Yang Yong a faint smile, his tone calm yet carrying unquestionable weight.
"Young friend, I owe you a favor. If you ever need anything, you may come find me at Doushuai Palace."
Yang Yong froze, then instinctively said, "Taoist master, this..."
Before he could finish, the old Taoist flickered and leaped back into the Taoist Temple. The doors slowly closed.
The next second, a sight shook everyone present-
That towering, ancient Taoist Temple.
Under everyone's gaze, it shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
From an enormous structure, it shrank to the size of a grain of rice.
Then it turned into a streak of light and shot into the sky!
"A Curio! It's a top-tier Curio!"
Cao Xianming cried out involuntarily, his understanding of the world profoundly shaken.
That Taoist Temple had never been a building at all, but a supreme Curio that could grow or shrink and contain a world within!
The rice-sized Taoist Temple became a streak of light, shooting straight into the heavens as fast as lightning.
But.
Just as it was about to break through the clouds.
Four beams of brilliant light shot skyward simultaneously from the east, south, west, and north.
They were about to weave into an enormous heavenly net, completely blocking its path!
The heavenly net exerted immense pressure, bearing the power of laws, intent on trapping the Taoist Temple completely!
Just before the two collided.
A yellow light flew out of the Taoist Temple. It was the yellow talisman the old Taoist had taken earlier!
The yellow