By the time we reached Long City Hotel, it was already six in the evening. Li Qinghe called me and told me the private room number. [Burning^Literature^Bookstore]
I opened the door. Everyone from Dalong County who was taking part in the Arcane Sect Aristocratic Clan Tournament had arrived. They were all familiar faces, except for the four of us who had come from the Rogue Cultivator qualifiers. Zhao Qian had actually come too. It was surprising at first, but understandable after a moment of thought. The Zhao Family had become one of the Four Aristocratic Clans, so it was only natural for them to represent the clans in the competition. The Zhao Family had money and had hired a whole host of Attendants, but Zhao Qian was the only capable one among the family itself.
The Kong Family patriarch, Kong De, had not come. Representing the Kong Family was his eldest son, Kong Li.
The Zhang Family's representative had been changed to Zhang Xiaofei, who was simply there to join in the excitement.
"Qinghe, you've already reached the late stage?" The moment I saw Li Qinghe, I was startled. I swept him with my Yin-Yang Eyes and saw that his blue aura was extremely dense. He had reached the late Seeking the Dao stage. Before this, he had been at about the same level as me.
"I've been working harder lately. I already had signs of a breakthrough before, and after taking that trip to Yinfeng Town with you, the feeling became especially strong. Then that incident happened recently, and I just broke through." Li Qinghe smiled and hurriedly invited me to sit.
"Then congratulations are certainly in order. You truly deserve to be called the outstanding figure of Dalong County's younger generation now." This clearly wasn't a coincidence. Li