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"What? What did you say?"
Everyone present, including Li Ping'an, the Ghost Taoist, the Night Traveler Muqiang Baoshan, and Wang Tianran, was shocked.
Li Ping'an, rubbing his chin, pondered the words of Orthodox Zhengyi Temple Cultivator Nangong Zhidao:
No, that's not right! Normally, a small faction like Zhengyi Temple would be desperate to win an appointment as an Imperial Court Offering. Why would he give it up just like that?
It seems the Ghost Taoist was right!
This man is unorthodox!
And extremely so at that!
"This unorthodox fellow is finally about to show his true colors!"
The Ghost Taoist squinted his eyes and stared fiercely at Orthodox Zhengyi Temple Cultivator Nangong Zhidao, his intuition telling him that this man would be the biggest stumbling block in Li Ping'an's path to winning the court appointment. He was ready to strike and kill him at any moment should this heretical Zhengyi cultivator dare to cause trouble!
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