His tone was fairly even—not overly familiar, yet not distant either, like that of ordinary friends.
"I only won by luck, which is why I can enter the central district with Brother Tianyin and broaden my horizons." Li Tianming smiled.
"Mm." An Tianyin nodded, then glanced at An Qing. "You'll also need to protect Qing'er well."
From those words, An Tianyin indeed seemed more like an elder brother than An Tianyi.
"Yes." Li Tianming nodded.
Ye Yuxuan stood with her hands behind her back, shallow dimples showing as she smiled at Li Tianming and the others. After they finished talking, she waved at Li Tianming. "Hello, Li Tianming. Such a famous person."
"Hello, Sister Yuxuan," Li Tianming said.
"Tch, don't call me old!" Ye Yuxuan did not know whether to laugh or cry. Then she continued, "Yushu keeps thinking about you. When you have time, come visit our Ye Heavenly Emperor Manor."
"Definitely!" Li Tianming nodded.
He still greatly admired the Ye Clan. Judging from all their connections, the Ye Clan might have been the most principled among the Imperial Clan's network. The brothers within their clan got along well and did not split apart, and they rarely married into outside clans.
So far, among the elders he had met were Ye Yu King and Ye Sheng, while among the younger generation were Ye Yuxuan, Ye Yuqing, and Ye Yushu. They all seemed rather decent—not overly arrogant, and strong enough at heart.
For the younger generation to maintain the same bearing, it surely had much to do with the elders' upbringing and the inheritance of the clan's soul.
In any case, they made people feel very comfortable.
Unlike the An Clan, where there was Mu Dongyuan, the young clan emperor's wife from the Divine Tomb Cult. She had kept bringing