Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Seeing this, Zhao Changdu patted him on the shoulder and urged, “Qiong Tian, aren’t you going to offer salutations to your seniors?”

With an understanding smile, Zhao Sheng clasped his fists and saluted the crowd: “Junior Zhao Qiong Tian greets the seniors.”

No sooner had he finished speaking, Zhao Changdu immediately laughed heartily and boasted, “Fellow Taoists, this child of mine has been lurking in the Netherworld for the past few centuries, thus he was seldom seen in our realm. But this return, he has indeed brought great honor to the Zhao Family. To be hunted by several Nascent Soul members of the Heavenly Dao Sect and yet survive unscathed—he alone has achieved such a feat in a thousand years!”

“Brother Zhao, you can’t expect to gloss over the matter. Why did you withdraw the troops early? If it was just for this youngster… You must give us a satisfactory explanation!” At this moment, a white-faced old Taoist dressed in a crane robe and wearing a crane-feathered crown suddenly questioned.

“Heh, an explanation? What explanation? I’ve given all the reasons for withdrawing the troops that I can give, it’s only you who do not believe them. If you want to keep harping on this, Master Chen, why don’t you follow me to see Ancestor Jing for a true explanation—if you dare?”

Zhao Changdu seemed to have little regard for the white-faced old Taoist, his words laced with barbs.

But as soon as he mentioned the name ‘Ancestor Jing’, the atmosphere in the hall instantly became heavy. Many Nascent Souls quickly changed their minds, no longer willing to probe further.

As one of the two Divinity Transformation True Immortals in Central Continent, known as the ‘Dragon-subduing Demon-suppressing Great Master’ Zhao Xuanjing, who was not even two thousand years old and also had the Mountain Dragon as a pet, was expected to live another four or five thousand years.

Who in the Tianzhu Realm would dare to provoke such a ‘long-lived’ Divinity Transformation True Immortal, and who would want to offend him lightly?

And so, this “inquisitive” gathering of Nascent Soul Ancestors ended abruptly, and Zhao Sheng, riding on the coattails of Zhao Xuanjing’s prestige, emerged unscathed.