Chapter 997
Hearing Shou He's tone of keeping people at arm's length, Shou Cheng gave two dry laughs.
The atmosphere was rather awkward.
Fortunately, the relationship between the two families had not completely frozen over, and they had not quarreled so badly that they would never associate again.
Truth be told, they mostly did not want to come, and the other side did not want to go either.
Neither family wished to have much to do with the other.
If it had been in the past, Shou Cheng would have been happy to see it.
But now that His Majesty had summoned him, he could only come and ask for help.
"Brother is straightforward, so naturally I should speak frankly."
"At the court meeting a few days ago, they said that so many immortal cultivators from elsewhere had come here. They feared that heaven and earth might undergo some change, and they were discussing countermeasures."
At this, the previously indifferent Shou He did show a little more interest.
He knew that this half-brother of his held a high official post.
As for exactly how high, he had not asked around, nor could he be bothered to ask anyone, lest he make himself disliked.
If he had not wanted to give Canghua a stable home, he would not even have accepted the post of Waning Chief Constable that the old master had secured for him.
This younger brother had probably played no small part in arranging it.
Shou Cheng organized his words before finally revealing the true purpose of his visit. "I was thinking that we ought to have some backup prepared. I heard that Brother knows cultivators as immortal as gods. Could Brother introduce one or two to me, so that the two children may take them as masters and