When Liu Zhiyan opened his eyes, he found that a group of strangers were surrounding him and staring at him. Liu Zhiyan immediately became nervous. Just as he was about to get up, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder blades on both sides.

Then with a muffled groan, Liu Zhiyan's body fell heavily back onto the bed.

"Don't move. Your scapula is pierced. You need to rest for a few days to recover." A young man on the left, wearing armor inside and a divine robe outside, spoke to Liu Zhiyan.

Liu Zhiyan gritted his teeth in pain. After a while, when the pain subsided, he asked, "Where is this? Who are you?"

The man who spoke smiled faintly and said, "I am Ke Mengqing, a guard of the Heavenly Court's Demon Suppression Army. This is the Immortal Palace of the Haolan Realm."

"Heaven. The Demon-Suppressing Army. The Haolan Realm Divine Palace." Liu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he completely relaxed. If he could still trust anyone unconditionally now, besides his sister and Jing Bing and the others, it would only be Heaven.

"Was it Lord Luo Tao who saved me?" Liu Zhiyan vaguely remembered that when he fainted, it was a beautiful girl who saved him, but he did not know her.

Hearing this, Ke Mengqing smiled and said, "Don't ask about this for now. Take good care of your injuries and you will know."

After saying this, Ke Mengqing ordered the heavenly soldiers beside him: "Take good care of him and feed him healing elixirs regularly."

"Yes, sir." The heavenly soldiers sang in unison.

Afterwards, Ke Mengqing left this place and headed all the way to the main hall of the shrine. But as soon as he arrived at the door of the hall, he saw Lin Zhongtian and seven others tied up with immortal ropes and being escorted to the steps of the hall by heavenly soldiers.

Luo Tao and Mei Xianzhang, the gods of the Haolan Realm, stood side by side on the steps and looked at Lin Zhongtian and others below.

Lin Zhongtian's face was pale at this moment, but when he saw Luo Tao and Mei Xianzhang on the steps, he suddenly felt that he understood everything. He immediately said, "Lord Luo, do you want to interfere in the internal affairs of my Tianshi Mansion?"

Luo Tao didn't say anything, but bowed to Ke Mengqing who was walking up the stairs.

Seeing that Luo Tao ignored him, Lin Zhongtian spoke again, "Lord Luo, my Tianshi Mansion is the Taoist tradition of the Four Heavenly Masters of Heaven. Are you trying to break the Heavenly Law by treating my Tianshi Mansion like this?"

Hearing Lin Zhongtian talking about the Heavenly Law, Ke Mengqing, who had been a judge in the proposal, became interested. He turned around and looked at Lin Zhongtian and said, "Heavenly Law? Come on, tell me a few Heavenly Laws."

Lin Zhongtian looked at Ke Mengqing with doubtful eyes. Seeing that his aura was also that of the Xuanxian realm, he couldn't help but wonder, when did a Xuanxian realm cultivator appear in the God's Palace?

So Lin Zhongtian looked at Ke Mengqing and asked, "Who are you?"

Ke Mengqing sneered, then shook his head, turned and walked into the main hall.

Seeing Ke Mengqing's disdain for him, Lin Zhongtian was furious. He turned to look at Luo Tao and said, "Lord Luo Tao, our Tianshi Mansion is not a nameless small sect. You should think carefully before treating our Tianshi Mansion cultivators like this."

Luo Tao still didn't say anything, but just looked at Lin Zhongtian quietly with his divine eyes, and there was even a trace of pity in his eyes?

Pity? He was pitying me? Why? Lin Zhongtian was puzzled and filled with doubts, but even more so, he was filled with anger.

I am the chief priest of the Tianshi Mansion, do I need you to pity me? Lin Zhongtian snorted coldly, looking at Luo Tao with a threatening tone: "Lord Luo Tao, you'd better have a reasonable explanation for what happened today, otherwise..."

"What else?" Before Lin Zhongtian could finish his words, a clear and sharp voice suddenly came from the main hall in front.

The next moment, Luo Tao turned around abruptly, and Mei Xianzhang also quickly turned around and looked towards the main hall.

Lin Zhongtian was startled at first when he heard the voice, and then his mind suddenly buzzed. The long-forgotten memory of this voice instantly transformed into a look of shock that appeared on Lin Zhongtian's face. He blurted out, "Master Hongqing!"

As Lin Zhongtian finished speaking, Fang Jian's majestic figure appeared on the steps. Luo Tao and the surrounding heavenly soldiers and generals immediately bowed and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Great Envoy."

"Master Hongqing, you...you." Lin Zhongtian stared at Fang Jian blankly, his lips trembling and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Fang Jian stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Lin Zhongtian and saying, "When I ordered you to be the chief priests and protect the people of this area, I hoped that you would not be obsessed with power and put the people first in your actions. Now it seems that you are truly hopeless. Now you even dare to show off your power in front of the gods of my heavenly court. Who gave you the power? Who gave you the courage? Hmm?"

When Lin Zhongtian heard Fang Jian's words, he calmed down immediately. Yes, Master Hongqing also had no right to interfere in the affairs of Tianshi Mansion!

Lin Zhongtian raised his head, looked at Fang Jian and said, "Master Hongqing, even if you are a deity in Heaven, you have no right to interfere in the affairs of the Tianshi Mansion. Our Tianshi Mansion is the place where the four great Heavenly Masters personally passed down their teachings!"

Fang Jian said, "Is this what you rely on? Very good. Since you want a reasonable explanation, then I will give you a reasonable explanation."

Hearing this, Lin Zhongtian's expression softened. He thought Fang Jian was being overwhelmed by the Four Heavenly Masters' reputation. Just as he was about to say something conciliatory, Fang Jian suddenly said to Ke Mengqing, "Drag Lin Zhongtian and the others away and behead them. Send their heads to the gate of the Heavenly Master's Mansion for public display."

Upon hearing this, Ke Mengqing immediately bowed and said, "I obey the order."

Then Ke Mengqing quickly walked down the stairs and said to the heavenly soldiers who were holding Lin Zhongtian and the others, "Take them away!"

Lin Zhongtian, having recovered from his daze, was instantly filled with horror. He immediately shouted at Fang Jian, "Master Hongqing! How could you do this?! I am the chief priest of the Heavenly Master's Mansion!"

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