In the hall, none of the three had taken a seat. They stood at the stairway entrance, with Wu Yan facing the main hall's doors and Qin Fengming standing with his back to them.
After the young man from the Bai Household entered the hall, he noticed that another cultivator was present. However, since he was in the Bai Household, he did not pay it much heed. Instead, his face lit up with delight as he hurried straight to Wu Yan and spoke.
Only as he spoke did he finally catch sight of Qin Fengming's face.
At first glance, the thirty-something young cultivator's expression jolted. The look in his eyes froze, and a startled cry suddenly burst from his mouth.
"Hehe, so Fellow Daoist Bai still recognizes this Qin. Back then, this Qin concealed his cultivation level. I hope Fellow Daoist won't take offense."
This young cultivator was one of the two Bai Household cultivators Qin Fengming had met before.
Qin Fengming had already held a favorable impression of those two Bai Household cultivators. Now that he saw the one before him, a smile also spread across his face.
"So Yun Jie knows Fellow Daoist Qin. That's excellent."
Hearing the exchange between Qin Fengming and Bai Yun Jie, Wu Yan's expression flickered slightly as a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. He looked at the Nascent Soul cultivator with a questioning air.
As a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, Bai Yun Jing naturally understood Wu Yan's unspoken inquiry.
"Senior Wu, my clan brother and I once encountered Senior Qin. At the time, the two of us were pursued by three Nascent Soul cultivators from Ice Separation Palace. If Senior Qin hadn't intervened, we would certainly have been in dire straits. It could be said that Senior Qin saved our