"Who would have thought that the honored guest of the Black Tortoise Clan was the current First Sage? Cheng Hou, we meet again!" Zhong Shan shouted toward the void.
Cheng Hou?
The instant Zhong Shan called out that name, almost everyone's expression changed.
You Shan, You Shui, You Quan, and You Lan immediately guarded Zhong Shan from all sides. A sage—the First Sage! He had been hiding nearby all along?
Xuan Tianzong and Gui Shenwu's expressions also shifted slightly. Yet they did not seem particularly displeased, as though they had known from the start that Cheng Hou would come.
"Whoosh!"
The space before Xuan Tianzong rippled faintly, and a figure dressed entirely in purple robes appeared.
It was indeed Cheng Hou.
After appearing, Cheng Hou did not look toward Zhong Shan. Instead, he turned to Xuan Tianzong.
"Supreme Xuan Tianzong, I'll have to trouble you again this time!" Cheng Hou said courteously.
"It's nothing!" Xuan Tianzong immediately replied with equal courtesy.
Zhong Shan, however, revealed a puzzled look. Cheng Hou was being courteous to Xuan Tianzong?
After briefly exchanging greetings with Xuan Tianzong, Cheng Hou immediately turned to Zhong Shan.
"Sacred King Zhong, what a fine hand!" Cheng Hou said indifferently.
The "fine hand" naturally referred to Zhong Shan discovering Cheng Hou. No one else had noticed him—not even Purple Yang Jinghong, a Fate Usurper—but Zhong Shan had. Cheng Hou now attached even greater importance to him.
"The First Sage has been here for a while, hasn't he?" Zhong Shan asked blandly.
Cheng Hou looked at Zhong Shan and shook his head. "Doesn't Sacred King Zhong have important matters to attend to? Why haven't you left yet?"
Zhong Shan's expression shifted slightly.
Xuan Tianzong, standing to the side, also looked surprised, then grew anxious. Cheng Hou intended to let them