The newcomer was a middle-aged Confucian scholar with an extraordinary bearing. He glanced left and right, then fixed his eyes on the Shi Family Ancestor.
He raised a hand in salute. "Might I be facing Elder Shi? I am Zhongxuan's third senior brother, Zhongming!"
"So it is Dao Brother Zhongming. I have long heard of your great name," the Shi Family Ancestor said, instantly delighted.
He addressed his grandson's senior brother as Dao Brother, which showed that in the Cultivation World, seniority really could not always be calculated too precisely.
Then he glanced at Mu Guang. "Dao Brother, please wait a moment. Let me finish the matter at hand first, and then we can talk at length."
The middle-aged scholar naturally also knew what so many Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were doing outside the plate, clearly divided into factions.
He would not interfere directly, because even if his junior brother Shi Zhongxuan were present, he might not necessarily get involved.
The Lingyun Sect did not place particular emphasis on severing emotion and cutting off desire, but this was ultimately still a taboo in the sect. Once one entered the sect, one was supposed to meddle less in clan affairs.
Especially when the Shi family's weight was not exactly light; that made it even more necessary to avoid suspicion.
True Immortal Zhongming had come this time to handle business. He was only coming over to take a look at the Shi family at his junior brother's request.
And the Shi family's influence here was not small. Perhaps they could help with something too.
Running into a situation like this the moment he arrived made him feel rather awkward.
Strictly speaking, it would have been more convenient for Junior Brother Zhongxuan to come to Yanfeng Three to handle business. He knew more