Dragon Abyss Great Hall.
Qin Ming and Cold Crow Reverend walked over and took seats beside Dragonwood True Monarch of the Penglai Sect.
"Fellow Daoist Qin, Fellow Daoist Hannya, you've arrived."
"Fellow Daoist Dragonwood."
"Fellow Daoist Chen."
Dragonwood True Monarch and Chen Muzhi rose from their seats and greeted the two.
The moment Qin Ming entered, more than twenty gazes in the hall fell upon him. Though no one sent out divine sense to probe him, he still felt distinctly uncomfortable.
Soon after, two more familiar Nascent Soul cultivators entered.
The two headed straight toward Qin Ming.
"Fellow Daoist Xia."
"Fellow Daoist Long Yangzi."
Upon seeing them, Qin Ming rose with a smile and greeted them. He did not forget to introduce, "This is Qin's friend despite the difference in our ages, Cold Crow Reverend of Mystic Clarity Temple in the Great Zhou Cultivation World."
"Friend despite the difference in our ages." Cold Crow Reverend's face could not help twitching at those words.
Cold Crow Reverend could only rise and greet the two as well.
Yet once he learned that the two men before him were elders of the Skysea Alliance—and the lord and deputy lord of Skywave Immortal City—Cold Crow Reverend nearly failed to sit steady.
He could not help secretly sending Qin Ming a voice transmission, then said with a bitter smile:
"Fellow Daoist Qin truly has connections everywhere. You even know Fellow Daoists from the Skysea Alliance."
Afterward.
The Nascent Soul Fellow Daoists in the hall all quietly observed the situation.
Qin Ming noticed that among those present were several obscure itinerant Nascent Soul cultivators, likely reclusive ascetics who had spent years hidden away in famous mountains and great marshes.
One of them was an elderly Nascent Soul cultivator dressed like an old fisherman. He had even