Pure Yang Palace.
The courtyard outside the palace.
Steps like white jade rose tier upon tier.
A figure silently materialized in the courtyard.
The instant the figure appeared, several others leaped out of the void and surrounded him.
Yet the moment they saw who it was, one of them exclaimed in surprise:
"Elder Du, what brings you here?"
The man had wrinkled skin and crane-white hair, yet stars seemed to revolve within his eyes.
He was none other than the Spirit Transformation elder, Du Wei.
Hearing this, he said gravely, "I have business with the Sect Master. Stand aside."
They exchanged glances, seemingly hesitant.
Just then, a warm, mellow voice came from inside the palace.
"Let Elder Du in."
"Yes."
They hastily bowed, then gradually vanished beneath the old man's gaze.
Du Wei glanced at them, then appeared before the palace doors in an instant and pushed his way inside.
A middle-aged cultivator with a long beard and a gentle face sat behind a desk, holding a messaging jade slip.
In the center of the hall, green smoke rose straight from the Ruinao Incense Burner and disappeared overhead.
The middle-aged cultivator raised his head, shifting his gaze from the jade slip in his hand to look over with a trace of puzzlement.
"What urgent business brings you here, Elder Du?"
Du Wei wasted no words. After bowing deeply, he could not help asking, his expression darkening slightly:
"Why did you send Wang Ba to the West Sea Kingdom, Sect Master?"
"Wang Ba?"
Shao Yangzi looked puzzled.
"That disciple of Wudi's? Isn't he still only in the Foundation Establishment Realm?"
Hearing this, Du Wei could not help saying, "So you do know he's only in the Foundation Establishment Realm? The West Sea Kingdom's Southern Coastline is so perilous. Sending a Foundation