"Young Master Meng, it's been three years since we last met, hasn't it? I often hear tales of your exploits from storytellers in the Imperial City."
The Second Prince, Jiang Zhu, stood tall and striking. Smiling, he lightly patted Meng Jingzhou on the shoulder, like a friend he hadn't seen in ages.
"You two know each other?" Lu Yang thought about it. Who in the Imperial City didn't know Meng Jingzhou?
Meng Jingzhou sent Lu Yang a voice transmission. "Back when I was making waves in the Imperial City, I beat up his younger brother—his full brother. That's how we met."
Lu Yang thought, Good grief. He really is the Imperial City's local bully. He even beats up princes.
"I presume these two are Tao Yaoye, who invented Dreamlike Bubbles, and Man Gu of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe. And this gentleman is..." When the Second Prince saw Li Haoran, he hesitated.
Tao Yaoye and Man Gu often went out on missions, so the Second Prince could easily keep track of them. Li Haoran, however, rarely left the sect, and the Second Prince didn't know him.
At the Immortal Appraisal Conference, Su Yiren had called him "Haoran," not by his full name.
"I am Li Haoran, a disciple of Ask Dao Sect."
"So you're Fellow Daoist Li Haoran. I've long admired you."
"And this must be Fellow Daoist Su Yiren, the reclusive cultivator. Please, everyone, have a seat."
The Second Prince saw Su Yiren holding Li Haoran by the wrist and recalled the news he'd heard at the Immortal Appraisal Conference. His gaze toward Li Haoran turned a little strange, but his excellent manners helped him conceal it at once.
"May I ask why Your Highness invited us here?" Meng Jingzhou had dealt with the Second Prince before and knew there