The one who called out to stop Zhunnti was, of course, Qingling Celestial Venerable. Seeing Zhunnti freeze in place, both Goddess Nuwa and Lady Pingxin found it rather amusing, while Zhenyuanzi felt deeply vindicated. For a Heavenly Dao Saint to be frightened to such a state by a cultivator who had not even attained the position of a Saint was truly unprecedented throughout the Primordial World.
Zhunnti turned around stiffly, a look of awkwardness on his face, and forced a smile as he asked, "I wonder what other business... Celestial Venerable Qingling has with poor Daoist?" He deliberately lowered his status to the extreme, not even daring to address Qingling Celestial Venerable as a fellow Daoist anymore.
After all, he had been beaten into a miserable state by Qingling Celestial Venerable in several previous clashes, and he had long harbored a deep fear of him. Every single encounter with Qingling Celestial Venerable had brought him losses, and even the Bitter Bamboo, which he used as an avatar, had once been snatched away. Therefore, he had no choice but to bow his head and yield.
Chapter 421