When Xiang Yang first sensed the two auras outside the door, like primordial behemoths, he knew they belonged to two formidable experts of the Body Refining Path. Yet he had never expected them to be old acquaintances, and he was greatly delighted as he invited them in.
"Brother Xiang, you kept us brothers in the dark far too bitterly. Back in Little Lianyun Stockade, we never knew you were from the Divine Constable Gate and even foolishly tried to recruit you. Thinking of it now, my cheeks still burn like fire. It is truly shameful."
Chu Sai'en and Hu Yulu exchanged a glance, then reached back to shut the door. Together, they went around the screen and sat at the table with Xiang Yang. The three of them were like three lofty mountains standing side by side, their vital auras sensing and colliding with one another until the entire room brimmed with a savage atmosphere.
It was Chu Sai'en who spoke. His expression was strange and unreadable, revealing none of what lay in his heart.
"Back then, Xiang had been carrying out a mission for the Divine Constable Gate. Circumstances left me no choice but to act that way. Otherwise, I truly would have wished to befriend you two elder brothers under my real identity.
"But all things are governed by fate. After so many years apart, meeting again here can be considered a way of making up for that old regret."
Xiang Yang smiled. At the same time, he rose and brought drinking cups from the small cabinet beside the wooden bed. There was already a pot of fine wine on the table. He poured three cups and set them before each of them.
"Xiang Yang, you should know why we have come. Today, my second brother and I