"You... where have you been all these years?"
"After you returned from that new Secret Realm, I never saw you again. I thought something had happened to you."
The Gaunt Old Man's body trembled slightly. He had always treated Lu Xuan like a nephew, and when Lu Xuan had suddenly vanished back then, he had been unable to calm his heart for a long time.
"Old He, back then in the Secret Realm, I caught the eye of a Sect Disciple from a major sect and was given an opportunity to join it. Then there was the incident with the Evil Spirit attack in the Secret Realm. To stay away from the Wang Family's whirlpool, I hurried off to the sect."
Feeling the deep concern in the old man's voice, Lu Xuan replied with a trace of apology.
His keen Spiritual Sense detected a ripple, and he immediately said to the Gaunt Old Man.
"Old He, let's go somewhere else to catch up. It's a little too noisy here."
"It's him! He deliberately brought Spirit Plants to Hundred Herbs Hall to cause trouble! Throw him out!"
The middle-aged cultivator, who had his nose in the air, approached the main hall with two Qi Refining High Stage cultivators.
After hearing Lu Xuan's words, he immediately realized Lu Xuan had been playing him for a fool. Burning with shame and anger, he went to summon the two Qi Refining High Stage cultivators responsible for maintaining order at Hundred Herbs Hall and preventing troublemakers.
Lu Xuan snorted coldly as he watched the two men pounce toward him.
Then, spiritual energy surged within him, and a snow-white Sword Qi, icy to the bone, shot from his fingertips.
The Sword Qi wrapped around the two Qi Refining High Stage cultivators and the middle-aged cultivator like