Tongmingzi raised his head.
He was smiling politely, yet for some reason, the smile felt as though it were meant for ants, cockroaches, or something of the sort.
There was no warmth one would show another person, only contempt from the bottom of his heart.
And yet...
The feeling vanished in an instant, so quickly that it seemed like an illusion.
When they looked again, Tongmingzi was already speaking gently.
"May I ask which friend just said there was a problem?"
Someone on the cloud terrace raised a hand.
He belonged to one of the Thirty-Six Sects, though he was neither its sect master nor even a core member. Still, he spoke up.
"I did."
"And what is the problem?"
"Sir, may I ask whether only those of distinguished status may sit here on the Ascension Platform?" "Naturally."
"If someone sits there without permission, how should they be dealt with?"
"Nothing of the sort has happened since the Tianyuan Conference began. But if someone did dare to do so... the Immortal Palace would handle their punishment."
"In that case..." The man suddenly extended a hand and pointed.
Straight at where Zhou You was sitting!
In an instant, everyone with eyes, whether above or below the platform, looked his way.
The people below had noticed earlier, but few had dared say a word. Those above, even if they recognized him, had tacitly chosen not to expose him.
But now...
With that one shout, the man had dragged the matter into the open.
Yet despite all those eyes on him, Zhou You calmly sipped his tea, as unmoved as if he had entered meditation.
To be fair, he did not know the speaker. But with two shrewd people beside him, he quickly learned the man's identity: he was from Pine-Glow Studio, a