Tap, tap...
"Here so early?"
Before anyone appeared, their voice arrived first.
Immediately after, a handsome middle-aged man with a tall, slender build and a knife-carved face entered the private room, accompanied by a golden-robed youth with dazzling eyes and swordlike brows slanting into his temples.
"Brother Wan, it's been many years. You truly haven't lost any of your bearing. How have you been lately?" Li Xuanyin looked at the newcomer and said with a smile.
The newcomers were none other than Wan Cangyuan, the leading expert of the Ten Thousand Stars Imperial Gate, and Wan Yao, the genius from his sect who had successfully advanced.
With Wan Yao beside him, Wan Cangyuan smiled and cupped his hands. "At our age, we can already see the end of our own cultivation paths at a glance. How far we can go has long been decided. The future must be handed to these children—how can we still speak of bearing?"
"Indeed. Looking back, we were once children this size as well. Those inter-sect exchange competitions feel like they happened an eternity ago." Li Xuanyin smiled and nodded.
The two exchanged pleasantries as though they were close friends who had not seen each other in many years.
"Hehe, we fought until our heads were bloodied over that competition. I still remember how serious you looked—you nearly saw red and tried to kill me." Wan Cangyuan's expression was calm, as if he were recounting something utterly insignificant.
Li Xuanyin also smiled and shook his head. "And did you hold back back then? In the end, we were simply too young and hot-blooded. Let's not bring up these old debts. We should discuss the alliance later."
"That's true." Wan Cangyuan smiled and nodded.
After all, the two great sects were brother sects. The grudges of