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While Yun Bingxin and I were discussing our respective Dao lineages and cultivation, a commotion soon broke out outside. I frowned as soon as I heard it. Perfected Haoyang had arrived with his nephew, Huang Lichen. The two wanted to visit me, but the attendants refused to let them in, and an argument had broken out.
Although Perfected Haoyang was a Daoist priest with a sinister disposition, he specialized in close combat with spears and deliberately acted impulsive to conceal his true nature and mislead others. I disliked that sort of person, so I had never warmed to him.
Before the maid could announce them, the martial uncle and nephew barged in together. Seeing me chatting happily with Yun Bingxin, both looked rather awkward. The maid was furious that they had ignored all propriety and forced their way inside. "How can you behave like this? I told you Emperor Xia was entertaining a guest!"
"It's fine. Let them in." Shameless people often got more out of life. By barging in, Perfected Haoyang had spared himself the need to wait for an announcement. Yet seeing Yun Bingxin here with me made their expressions shift slightly. They did not know what it meant.
"Emperor Xia, we just received some news from Wanzhou and rushed straight here. In our haste, we forgot ourselves and intruded. Please don't hold it against us!" Perfected Haoyang put on an apologetic expression, though who knew what he was really thinking?
"Then I..." Seeing the two arrive, Yun Bingxin started to get up and leave. I gestured for her to stay seated. We were about to hear news from Wanzhou, after all. Taking that information back to the Queen Mother of the West might bring unexpected benefits.
"Go ahead. No one here is uninvolved. If what you