"I'm sorry, Sect Master Luo. I failed to recognize the Mountain and didn't know you had come in person. I deserve to die!"
With that, Zhou Zeyu dropped to his knees without hesitation and bowed deeply toward Luo Yi.
The sudden display left everyone somewhat stunned. The atmosphere in the hall, already awkward, grew even more so.
After all, though Zhou Zeyu looked like a young farmer, he was an old monster who had lived for who knew how many years.
Yet faced with a genuine young man, that old monster showed not a shred of dignity.
For a moment, no one in the hall knew whether to praise his ability to endure humiliation or conclude that he simply had peculiar tastes.
"Hmm."
Luo Yi did not even glance at the kneeling Zhou Zeyu. Instead, he turned to Wei Beichen behind him.
Wei Beichen instantly understood what the young man's look meant and shook his head.
The person who had attacked the Tianyan Sect Disciple earlier was not among this group.
Luo Yi was not surprised.
Judging by the auras of those in the hall, the answer was plain enough.
The strongest among them hovered around the Great Vehicle Minor Accomplishment realm.
With strength like that, openly murdering a Tianyan Sect Disciple would be courting death.
Still unsure what this group intended with their performance, he suppressed the murderous intent surging within him.
He walked straight past them and sat in the seat of honor at the center of the hall.
At once, the people from the Heavenly Flower Sect and Heavenly Maiden Sect hurried to their feet.
Zhou Zeyu took a cup of hot tea from a maid and offered it to the young man with both hands, his face full of flattery.
At that moment, he bore no