Lu Yunxiao ignored him. His gaze paused on a mountain peak shrouded in mist, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
Only then did he take Gu Xun'er's hand and proceed forward at an unhurried pace, openly and without restraint.
"Creak!"
On a steep mountain peak, a figure stood with his hands behind his back. As he watched Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er in the distant sky, he could not help clenching his fists.
A lock of black-and-white hair drifted gently before his forehead. Beneath it was a pair of eyes as cold as an Asura's.
"Do not act recklessly. You should know Young Master Gu Xiao's status. You failed to welcome him today, and the clan is already deeply dissatisfied with you."
A somewhat aged voice rang out, carrying a faint warning.
The Four Great Commanders advanced and retreated together. Even Gu Qingyang had set aside his pride, yet the man before him remained stubborn and unrepentant.
If this continued, he feared the man would ultimately come to no good end.
"I refuse to accept it. Since he already left, why has he come back?"
"He is not of the Gu Clan, so he cannot be with Xun'er."
The black-and-white-haired man clenched his fists. Yet his voice was utterly calm, without the slightest ripple, as though he were discussing something trivial.
"Whether he can or cannot is not for you to decide."
The aged voice held a trace of mockery.
"This is the Gu Clan's rule. I will personally remind him of it."
The man's expression did not change as he spoke coldly.
"You?"
"Just you?"
"You should know your own limits."
The aged voice grew even more disdainful.
"Just wait and see."
The black-and-white-haired man closed his eyes, his voice calm, as though devoid