As Zuo Song, Luo Feng, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from Peach Mountain arrived at the great hall,
the excitement reached a fever pitch.
Even the likes of Zhou Qing went over to make themselves known.
Those two were genuine Great Cultivators at Late-Stage Foundation Establishment!
And each led a sect or family of his own.
A Foundation Establishment True Cultivator from a small family who had been invited could not squeeze into their circle. He stood outside, looking on with envy.
Nangong Jin and the others were even more shaken.
"The Chen Family of Heavenly Robe Workshop, the Luo Family of Rakshasa Market, Iron Sword Hall... Add our Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance, and that makes four Late-Stage Foundation Establishment powers."
"Even Peach Mountain, under a Golden Core Immortal, came especially for this."
"How did Luo Chen build connections like these in just a few years?"
Li Yixian looked astonished too.
None of them could make sense of it.
Even if he had done nothing but cultivate connections, how could he have come to know so many people?
Among the crowd,
the cultivators did not all huddle together. They spoke in groups of two or three.
Take the visitor from Peach Mountain.
She had come under Xuan Yu's banner, but Xuan Yu himself was not there.
Instead, the visitor was a female cultivator at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage named Qiao Xiyue.
"I came uninvited. I hope the Fire Spirit Lord won't turn me away!"
Luo Chen smiled broadly at her alluring expression.
"Of course not!"
"Peach Mountain's decision to come and offer congratulations is an honor for the Luo Tian Association. Your arrival adds another splash of color to Scarlet Clouds."
Qiao Xiyue covered her mouth and laughed softly.
"You have such a way with words, Fellow Daoist. But