Lu Ye looked up and hurriedly rose to his feet. "Brother Yan!"
Yan Hong had actually come.
This surprised him. When he had contacted Yan Hong earlier and received no reply, he had known Yan Hong was recuperating. Now, it seemed Yan Hong's injuries had not fully healed; his face was still pale, yet he had come all this way.
Perhaps he had received word through some channel.
"Big Brother Yan!" Zhou Gu and Sun Yun hurriedly stood as well. The smile vanished from Zhou Gu's face, replaced by visible unease. Even Sun Yun, who had always been rather arrogant, could not help shrinking her neck upon seeing Yan Hong.
Lu Ye watched coldly from the side, secretly finding it amusing.
What he did not know was that the three were of similar age and had practically grown up together. Yet from childhood to the present, Yan Hong had always been the most outstanding junior among the great families. Both Zhou Gu and Sun Yun had been beaten by him before.
However, ever since entering the Dao, Yan Hong had been active across the various war zones, tempering himself and earning Battle Merit. Zhou Gu and Sun Yun, meanwhile, had remained safely on their home star. Descendants of great families like them lacked nothing for cultivation and had no need to risk themselves.
Before coming here, the two had known Yan Hong was also at Blue Water. They had even specifically looked into it and learned that Yan Hong had been seriously injured and was now recovering. They had thought they would not see him.
Who could have imagined that Yan Hong would show up uninvited now?
The two family scions, who had been so lofty before Lu Ye, immediately became as meek as mice before a cat.
"Big Brother