On the other side.
Li Zhōujūn and Jiang Xiaobai sat by the lake.
Jiang Xiaobai told Li Zhōujūn everything he had seen in the Sea-Gazing Secret Realm, including the treasure and all his experiences afterward, without holding anything back.
After all, at present, Li Zhōujūn was the person Jiang Xiaobai trusted most besides his father and Yao Tao.
As Li Zhōujūn listened to Jiang Xiaobai's various brushes with death, he couldn't help marveling at how lucky the boy was.
Perhaps his sudden whim to come looking for the boy had been fated all along.
"Take this Dao Tian Sect inner-disciple token. I can't possibly appear in time every time you run into danger."
As he spoke, Li Zhōujūn took out a jade token and handed it to Jiang Xiaobai.
"Thank you, Master."
After taking the jade token, Jiang Xiaobai spoke with a solemn expression.
"Mm." Li Zhōujūn nodded and smiled faintly.
Suddenly, his gaze turned to the side.
A moment later, an old man with his upper body bare and thorny branches strapped across his back emerged from the void.
The old man clasped his hands toward Li Zhōujūn and bowed. "Pan Family's old man, Pan Zhenshan, has come to apologize to Supreme Elder Li!"
"Pan Zhenshan?!"
When Jiang Xiaobai saw who had arrived, his eyes widened. Wasn't this the Pan Family's ancestor from the Virtual Immortal Realm?
"Ancestor Pan, there's no need for this."
Seeing the Pan Family ancestor's grand display, the corner of Li Zhōujūn's mouth twitched.
It was obvious that he had come to offer a humble apology.
He had killed someone's junior.
Yet that person's elder had come to apologize to him.
It looked utterly absurd.
But reality was often just that absurd.
No matter where one was, the strong stood above the weak. If they