What kind of talk is that?
The newcomer seemed to completely ignore the implication of Commander Yuan's words and continued with a smile, "This Reception Hall is within the Five Dragons Mountain area, but you seem to have forgotten one thing."
Commander Yuan stared intently. "What?"
"Are you used to arresting people? I can remember all 361 laws of the Immortal Domain clearly: any ascendant has the right to choose to leave the Hall of Reception on their own."
They are not anyone's slaves. The Immortal Venerable Hao has decreed to save all living beings. This is to protect those who ascend from the Mortal Realm. Could it be... that your Five Dragons Mountain dares to disobey the Immortal Venerable's order?"
The man in white, whom Commander Yuan referred to as Yan Yuxing, had a mocking smile on his lips, "Those who ascend from the Mortal Realm have the first choice."
As he spoke, Yan Yuxing looked at the five old Daoist priests and asked, "Are you five willing to come with me? As long as those who ascend from the Mortal Realm are willing to join my Heavenly Derivation Sect, my Heavenly Derivation Sect will accept them without reservation."
Don't worry, with me here today, this guy can't touch you!
Yan Yuxing's face exuded a calm confidence.
One of the laws of the Immortal Domain was actually established to prevent those who ascended from the Mortal Realm from becoming slaves of other forces, or from falling into situations similar to today.
In this decree, the rights of the ascended beings are paramount; as long as an ascended being wishes to leave, no force around the Hall of Reception may forcibly arrest them.
As for why Commander Yuan and his men would so openly and fearlessly try to take the person away...
That's because this law is aimed at, or rather protects, those who ascend from the Mortal Realm. Although it's said that this law exists, it's only three parts real and seven parts just for show.
No one is really monitoring the implementation of this law.
Therefore, even if someone like Commander Yuan directly takes people away from the Reception Hall, these ascended beings cannot file a complaint.
No one would risk offending the native inhabitants of the Immortal Realm for the sake of a few ascended beings.
Unless things escalate significantly, those in power will only issue a token punishment.
From a certain perspective, the Heavenly Derivation Sect is actually somewhat like an enforcer of the 361 laws.
Because their people will go to the various reception halls to take people away, whether those people ultimately join the Heavenly Derivation Sect is not the most important thing.
The Heavenly Derivation Sect could not possibly accommodate so many ascendants.
At best, it can only be considered as safely bringing these ascendants away from the Hall of Reception; where those ascendants go to develop afterward is their own business.
However, most people will likely stay with the Heavenly Derivation Sect at first.
However, as the number of people increases and new ascendants enter, the previous batch may be forced to leave the sect.
The period between joining and leaving the Heavenly Derivation Sect Heavenly Derivation Sect these ascendants with time to learn about the Immortal Realm and cultivate to improve their strength.
Even if those people go their separate ways in the future and encounter difficulties, they can still return to the Heavenly Derivation Sect for help.
However, the number of people in the Heavenly Derivation Sect is limited, and it is impossible for everyone to stay at the Reception Hall and give up their own cultivation.
So quite a few people still ascended, but like the old Daoist priest and his companions, they were captured and forced to work as miners before they could truly set foot on the land of the Immortal Realm.
From this perspective, the five old Daoist priests were quite lucky.
Even without Su Chen and his group, they might have been able to avoid being taken away by Commander Yuan and his men.
"That's not something we need to worry about. If you have a problem, go talk to the master of Five Dragons Mountain!"
Seeing that Yan Yuxing was about to use the laws of the Immortal Domain to pressure him, Commander Yuan didn't seem to be bothered by the pressure.
They've been doing this for so long without any problems, which means there must be someone above them specifically suppressing this kind of thing.
All he had to do was take the person away and bring them back to use.
As soon as he finished speaking, Commander Yuan grinned maliciously, raised his broadsword, and was about to slash at the five old Daoist priests!
Didn't you say you wouldn't go with him?
He would kill them all; he couldn't use them, and he wouldn't let them bother him.
"Boom!"
In an instant, the aura of a peak Peak True Immortal erupted from Commander Yuan's body.
If it weren't for the Yan Yuxing of the Heavenly Derivation Sect from the Tianyan Sect standing in front of the five old Daoist priests, they would probably have perished before Commander Yuan's broadsword even fell.
Yan Yuxing of the Heavenly Derivation Sect is a former general of the Heavenly Derivation Sect, and his rank is the same as that of the deputy commander.
Both of them were Ninth Heaven True Immortal!
If a fight really breaks out, he won't be afraid of Yan Yuxing.
"You don't seem to have heard me clearly!"
Facing the descending broadsword, Yan Yuxing's lips curled into a smile, and the next second, he slowly raised his right hand.
He aimed at the blade of the large sword.
clang!
The instant the blade made contact with the palm, a wave of energy swept outwards.
As energy splashed, several shallow knife marks appeared on the pillars inside the hall.
What truly shocked Commander Yuan was not that Yan Yuxing caught his attack, but that she caught his Immortal Weapon with her bare hands.
In an instant, Commander Yuan's eyes shrank to almost the size of pinholes.
"You..."
Before he could speak, Yan Yuxing flicked the broadsword up and slammed his palm onto the blade.
The broadsword, imbued with the Immortal Yuan Power of Yan Yuxing, slammed into Commander Yuan's chest in an instant.
Bang!
In a split second, Commander Yuan flying backward, crashing into a pillar behind him before coming to a stop.
A trickle of blood slowly seeped from the corner of his mouth.
"I told you, with me here today, you can't take them away!"
As the last word fell, an aura even stronger than that of Commander Yuan erupted from Yan Yuxing.
" Human Immortal? No... Half-Step Human Immortal?"
Commander Yuan stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at him with deep fear.
Above the True Immortal Realm realm lies the Human Immortal realm.
Even within the same realm, there can be significant differences between minor realms, let alone the vast gap between two major realms.
Therefore, although Yan Yuxing has not truly stepped into the Human Immortal, he has already taken one foot in the door.
No wonder he dared to assert today that Commander Yuan would not be able to take the man away from him.
Commander Yuan coldly remarked, "They really got lucky!"
When Yan Yuxing displayed his Half-Step Human Immortal cultivation, he already knew that he couldn't harm anyone present today.
However, Yan Yuxing didn't dare to kill him.
"Sour grapes, Yuan Feng, you're hilarious!" Yan Yuxing chuckled, showing no intention of continuing the attack.
This is, after all, Five Dragons Mountain's territory, and killing a deputy commander here is indeed not very justifiable.
Unless he can ensure that not a single clue is leaked.
Even if he were Half-Step Human Immortal, he couldn't do it. Who knows if Commander Yuan had secretly recorded what happened here through the image stone and transmitted it to others?
Fortunately, he was able to disrupt Commander Yuan's plans and take these people away, so his trip wasn't entirely in vain.
"Hmph! Just you wait!"
At this point, there was nothing that could be done, so Commander Yuan remotely put away the large sword on the ground, intending to leave immediately.
Just as he turned around, the slightly flippant voice of the Source of All Spirits rang out again.
"Hey! What's going on? Your business is over, but ours isn't!"