Chen Shi looked toward the source of the voice, only to see that the newcomers were Zhang You and another young man of tender years, only seventeen or eighteen years of age.
The young man possessed both fine character and quality, bearing an imposing manner like an abyss in the deep and mountains standing tall. Even standing beside Zhang You, his aura was not the least bit weak.
Zhang You had the sort of unassuming temperament, standing there like a ball of gentle light, detached and calm, yet this person was like a great spear, possessing a tenacity and unyielding grit.
Li Qianyun said, "This is Xia Tianjie of the Xia family, who also entered the Upper Realm to cultivate."
Xia Tianjie bowed in greeting, saying, "Tianjie greets Scholar Child. I have long since heard of Your Excellency's great name, and Brother Zhang has repeatedly mentioned to me Your Excellency's decapitation of the young master in West Capital, which filled me with admiration. Now that I see you in the flesh, I cannot help but feel disappointed."
His words were quite sharp, akin to an expert executing a move, pressing relentlessly as he looked straight at Chen Shi and said, "Yang Shaohu cordially invited Your Excellency to come here for a duel in the Upper Realm, yet Your Excellency sustained injuries twice, inevitably arousing suspicion of fighting shy of battle. Now you bring up Li Tianqing of the Li outer sect with exaggerated speech, which inevitably carries the suspicion of boasting. All talk and no substance, Your Excellency fails to live up to the names of Scholar Child and Scholar Chen!"
The Upper Realm was clearly utterly safe, and the moment Chen Shi arrived in the Upper Realm, he had sustained injuries twice, which in the eyes of others truly