"You're actually still alive?" Bai Qi couldn't help asking.
The others were surprised that Bai Qi knew him, but everyone, including Ban Chao and Long Qie, walked toward the elderly man who had pushed open the door and entered.
Xu Kun could clearly sense that the elderly man, whose body radiated the aura of the Sacred Path, was already steeped in the air of decay. He was likely at the end of his life, with little time left.
"We pay our respects to Mister Yi!"
This man was a reclusive elder from Great Wall Base City. Whenever Great Wall Base City encountered difficulties, he would appear and offer effective assistance.
Yet Great Wall Base City had suffered repeated disasters this time, and this elusive old man had never appeared. Now that he had come alone to the command headquarters, everyone felt a surge of delight.
"Forget it. This decaying body of mine is not worth such grand courtesy from you. I came to meet the idol I spent my entire life striving toward, yet never came close to matching."
An idol?
For an old Sacred Realm expert to regard someone as an idol, just how extraordinary did that person have to be?
The old man known as Mister Yi leaned on his cane and shuffled forward, heading straight for Bai Qi.
He first nodded to Xu Kun, who had risen to greet him. Then, before everyone's horrified eyes, he trembled as he knelt before Bai Qi.
"My lord, I thought I would never see you again in this lifetime!"
Bai Qi did not help up the elderly man, who was respected by all and now knelt before him in the manner of a junior. He deserved the man's kneeling.
"I never expected that there would still be someone in this