Inviting the Xiao Family

The next day, Chen Fan stepped out of a Teleportation Array in the Ancient City of the Xiao Family.

He had come to the Ancient City where he had last seen Xiao Si Qing and Xiao Tianfang years ago. The moment he stepped out of the Teleportation Array, quite a few cultivators in the city stirred in commotion as they recognized him.

Some were filled with surprise and excitement, while others frowned tightly, feeling that nothing good ever happened wherever Chen Fan went. Some who had once harbored ill intentions immediately changed expression upon seeing him and turned to leave.

Chen Fan paid them no heed. His gaze fell upon the City Lord's Manor at the center of the Ancient City, and his Divine Sense had already detected Xiao Tianfang walking out from within.

"Senior Xiao!" Chen Fan's lips moved slightly as he sent a voice transmission.

Xiao Tianfang's figure had already swept over from several thousand meters away, appearing before Chen Fan with a faint smile on his face. "Chen Fan, our realms are now equal. I hardly dare accept being called senior anymore."

"You are too modest, Senior. Calling you senior is merely a sign of respect, not a division of realms," Chen Fan said quietly.

Upon hearing this, genuine amusement finally appeared in Xiao Tianfang's eyes. He nodded and said, "Your character is indeed excellent. I was not wrong to think highly of you back then. But one does not visit the Three Treasures Hall without cause. Tell me, did you come looking for me this time, or for... that girl Si Qing?"

Chen Fan paused, then shook his head. "Senior, I came this time hoping to ask, through you, for the Xiao Family Head to lend us his aid. Would that be possible?"

"What? You wish