"Jiaming..." After Lei Xue and Wang Xiaoluo left, Old Master Lei looked at this grandson he had once doted on most, his expression complicated...
Lei Jiaming met the old master's scrutinizing gaze and immediately knew he had to pay for everything he had done just now. He hurriedly knelt and admitted his mistake. "Grandpa, your grandson was rash, but I was desperate to seek immortality. I really... I really couldn't control myself..."
Old Lei looked at his grandson and sighed after a long while. "Get up. A man has gold beneath his knees. Don't kneel so easily when there's no need..."
Lei Jiaming looked at his grandfather in confusion. Could Grandpa be blaming me for easily performing such a grand gesture before outsiders? How old-fashioned. With such an opportunity right in front of me, what was the big deal about kneeling once? Han Xin had even endured the humiliation of crawling between someone's legs. Besides, I was paying respects to an Immortal Master. How could that be embarrassing?
Seeing the confusion on Lei Jiaming's face, Old Lei also somewhat understood that this misunderstanding had been caused by an information gap. Who could have known that most of those Luofu Immortal Masters had merely been ordinary citizens of Central China one or two years ago?
"Jiaming, let me ask you something. Putting aside how desperately you wanted to seek immortality, why did you undermine your eldest female cousin in front of everyone just now? Do you know that if you hadn't caused that disruption, your eldest female cousin would have secured the spot by now?"
"I..." Lei Jiaming's face went pale. He glanced at his cold-eyed uncle beside him, well aware that he had indeed acted impulsively just now, but he still stubbornly argued, "Grandpa... I was only indignant. The Dragon