On a broad stone platform halfway up a crimson cliff on the outskirts of Nirvana Peak, a modest yet lively welcoming banquet was underway.
Looking up from the platform, one could see the magnificent, unbroken mountain ranges of Buzhou Mountain. Scorching rivers of lava flowed below, while dazzling Undying Rosy Clouds that never dispersed drifted through the sky. The sight was truly breathtaking.
Unfortunately, farther away, more than a dozen enormous pillars of Gray-black Sha Qi silently told everyone present that several million Fierce Beast Army troops were eyeing them from nearby, ready to charge at any moment.
The banquet had been arranged by Xuan Yi, Jin Hao, and Bai Yu. Besides them, there were more than a dozen former Phoenix Clan members and affiliated clansmen who had once fought shoulder to shoulder in the Northern Darkness Sharp Blade Camp.
Although Bi Fang Xuan of the Bi Fang Clan had not served under Lin Yan, he was seated among them as well. This Bi Fang Clan genius, who had once mocked Lin Yan at Liuyan Flat, now had less arrogance in his brows and more composure. Upon seeing Lin Yan, he was the first to raise his cup and offer a solemn salute, apologizing for what had happened back then. Naturally, Lin Yan did not hold it against him, and a smile wiped away their old enmity.
After several rounds of drinks, the atmosphere gradually grew livelier. Once Lin Yan took the initiative to bring up old events from the Northern Darkness Ice Plain and teased several of them over their embarrassing past, everyone lost their initial restraint and began laughing, bickering, and cursing at one another. For a moment, it felt as if they had returned to those days when they ambushed fierce beasts together amid ice and snow,