Qin Ming had just stepped out of the alley when he saw someone approaching him with graceful steps. It was unexpectedly Lu Wan-jun.
She came forward and performed a courteous bow. "Greetings, Senior Long. The City Lord requests your presence."
After giving it some thought, Qin Ming guessed it was because of what had happened outside the shop today. With the legendary cultivator Long Taoist making an appearance, the news had likely already reached the upper ranks of Azure Sea Immortal City. He had not expected them to seek him out so quickly.
"Mm. Lead the way." The bearded man Qin Ming had transformed into answered in a deep, rumbling voice, without deliberately putting up any resistance.
He had promptly delivered news from within the Beast Cry Mountain Range, a deed of great merit. The higher-ups presumably would not make things difficult for him.
This was also Lu Wan-jun's first time dealing with a famed cultivator from Wei Kingdom, and she could not help feeling a little nervous.
A moment later.
Lu Wan-jun directly used the teleportation function of the Immortal City's grand formation and brought Qin Ming before the Great Hall atop Azure Sea Peak.
Upon entering the Great Hall, Qin Ming discovered that aside from Nalan Xi, the Azure Sea Adept seated in the high seat, there were also four Golden Core Ancestors of profound cultivation, as well as several Pseudo-Core Ancestors.
Wei Wuyai was absent. He had presumably returned to the Thunder Origin Sect.
Those present should all have come from the other four kingdoms to support Azure Sea Immortal City. They were Ancestors from the foremost sects of their respective kingdoms' Immortal Cultivation Worlds.
Although the Ancestors had deliberately restrained their auras, immense Spiritual Pressure still filled the entire Great Hall.
Were an ordinary low-level cultivator