Chapter 140: Chapter 136: The Taoist Temple in the Building: True Immortal Taoist Temple! Chapter 140: Chapter 136: The Taoist Temple in the Building: True Immortal Taoist Temple! So, he kept the Hundred Plays Nuo Mask and the Hundred Plays Steel Rod hidden inside the storage gourd, but he didn’t seal it completely, ready to grab a weapon and carve a bloody path at any moment!

Once everything was prepared, Li Ping’an opened the door and left, which confused the man in sunglasses:

“Immortal Li, are you planning to perform in a play or cosplay?”

“I like ancient armor, and I figured that since I, a common man, am going to meet the most powerful person in Yan Kingdom, I couldn’t dress too shabbily. I must wear the most expensive thing I have, which happens to be this pricey ancient armor. Is that alright? If not, forget it.”

“Totally fine, totally fine!”

The man in sunglasses quickly grabbed hold of Li Ping’an and ushered him forward, taking the opportunity to examine the ancient armor that had suddenly appeared on Li Ping’an:

“Immortal Li, this bone armor really makes you look imposing. If one didn’t know better, they might think you were an ancient general, especially with this Coin Armor that has a bit of a Taoist vibe to it. But why haven’t I seen it before?”

“Would you have let me wear it if you had seen it?”

Li Ping’an muttered under his breath.

“Huh? Immortal Li, what did you say?”

“Nothing, nothing.”

Li Ping’an chuckled, also feeling relieved that he hadn’t worn this ancient armor when he had faced the Ghost Mother Yaksha at the Jiuyan Spring in Hehuang City; otherwise, the man in sunglasses definitely wouldn’t have allowed him to wear it.

The two of them then reached a transparent elevator, and the man in sunglasses pressed the button for the ninety-ninth floor. The elevator then took Li Ping’an and the man in sunglasses up to the top of the Dragon Capital Sky Tower.

Li Ping’an took the opportunity to adjust his hair, clothes, and equipment, as he was about to meet the President of the Bright Council in Yan Kingdom. As long as the opposite party didn’t harbor ill intentions, he at least wanted to make a good impression.

But while he was tidying up, a casual glance downwards through the transparent elevator revealed the normally bustling and crowded lowest-level mall completely shut down, darkened, and observed other elevators packed with people, including the waiter who had served him his meal. Only, they were descending instead of ascending.

Every floor Li Ping’an could see had packed elevator lobbies, some with people holding luggage, all looking down with furrowed brows, as if they were trying to flee the building. Faced with this eerie situation, Li Ping’an couldn’t help but wonder:

“Why does it feel like everyone in the building wants to leave?”

“Maybe they’ve finished work for the day.”

“Finished work? Even the hotel staff? Are you kidding me?”

“Haha, I wouldn’t know about that.”

Watching the man in sunglasses talking nonsense again, Li Ping’an couldn’t help but recall his previous speculation: Extermination. The reason the Bright Council President had invited him to the capital was to exterminate, to kill him. Before killing him, the area was cleared to prevent innocent casualties!

“Yes! It must be so! Otherwise, how could everything I’m seeing be explained?”

Li Ping’an suddenly became stern and slowly moved to stand behind the man in sunglasses, fearful that as soon as the elevator door opened, there would be police or soldiers with guns waiting at the door!

The atmosphere gradually tensed under Li Ping’an’s wild speculations, but the man in sunglasses seemed very relaxed, not noticing Li Ping’an’s positioning behind him. He occasionally turned around, smiled, and comforted Li Ping’an not to be nervous, reminding him that Bright Council President Ye Wenjie was just a regular person.

Now, Li Ping’an wasn’t listening at all, his eyes fixed on the elevator’s floor display buttons.

Ninety-sixth floor, ninety-seventh floor, ninety-eighth floor…Ding, the elevator finally reached the ninety-ninth floor.

As the elevator doors opened, a supremely tense Li Ping’an could only see up to three meters ahead; beyond that, everything faded into pitch blackness, obscure and indiscernible.

“Immortal Li, this way, please!”

The man in sunglasses stood at the elevator door, gesturing invitingly.

“Is the Council President really meeting me in this ghostly place?”

Seeing no armed police or soldiers at the door, Li Ping’an finally felt relieved.

But humans always harbored an inexplicable fear of the dark, and Li Ping’an, an Earth Immortal, was no exception. Although he was relieved, he still did not dare to let his guard down, wondering who might be lurking in the darkness.

“Yes, the Council President insisted on meeting here, Immortal Li. Please, let’s not waste any time.”

Urged by the man in sunglasses, Li Ping’an finally stepped out of the elevator but, cautious as ever, he chose to position himself behind the man in sunglasses, thinking that if someone attacked him, he could immediately take the man hostage, considering the man was also one of the top ten councilors of the Bright Council with considerable authority.

“Isn’t it, why are the lights off in this place?”

Li Ping’an carefully surveyed his surroundings, and to further ensure that no one was hidden in the darkness to harm him, he quietly used his Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden to scrutinize the dark.

He hadn’t thought it necessary, but upon scrutinizing, he saw that the darkness hid many people, at least eighty.

“This is bad! They really are out to kill me!”

Li Ping’an suddenly felt uneasy. Just when he was about to take out the Hundred Plays Steel Rod to take the man in sunglasses hostage, suddenly it became as bright as day, revealing a scene Li Ping’an would never forget!

Unexpectedly, at the very top of the Dragon Capital Sky Dragon, there was a Daoist temple, a genuine Daoist temple!

Its scale occupied the entire ninety-ninth floor, unimaginable that such a quaint Daoist temple was hidden within this bustling commercial building!

The immense contrast and visual shock not only stunned Li Ping’an but also made him feel a bit physically unwell, somewhat panicking!

This was like finding an execution platform in a temple bustling with worshippers, both shocking and eerie!

“Immortal Li, this poor Daoist bows to you!”

To the left of the Daoist temple stood male cultivators, and to the right stood female cultivators, forty-nine of each. The moment the lights were turned on, they all bowed in unison to Li Ping’an.

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“This…”

Li Ping’an was totally baffled and shocked, but the surprises didn’t stop there. He then saw that in front of the Daoist temple named True Immortal Taoist Temple, many candles were burning in an arrangement of the Big Dipper and Yinyang Eight Trigrams.

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In the middle of this strange formation, there were two meditation mats, and next to one mat, there was a pistol lying, truly bizarre!

“It’s not the police or soldiers who want to kill me?”

Suddenly embarrassed by being watched by so many people, Li Ping’an glanced at the man in sunglasses:

“Hey, hey, what exactly is going on here? How come there’s a secretly built Daoist temple inside the building?”

“Just walk inside, sit on the meditation mat in the middle, and the Council President will come to see you soon!”

After saying this, the man in sunglasses respectfully made another inviting gesture and his eyes encouraged Li Ping’an to continue forward.

“Is it about seeking immortality, cultivating immortality, or destroying immortality?”