The leader was a young man in a green robe. It was Liu Bai.
Beside him stood Xiao Yi Xian, dressed in white as snow, and Qing Lin, with her emerald-green eyes.
"Liu Bai, you brat!"
Hai Bodong's eyes lit up.
Fa Ma hurriedly cupped his hands in greeting, his manner respectful.
The heads of the other great families hurriedly bowed as well, not daring to show the slightest negligence.
Liu Bai waved a hand and said calmly.
"No need for such ceremony, everyone. I'm only here to watch the show."
Hai Bodong laughed heartily.
"You brat actually came too. This Three-Year Agreement is going to be even livelier now."
Stroking his beard, Fa Ma smiled.
"I never expected Grandmaster Liu Bai to be interested in this duel."
Liu Bai smiled without saying more. Jia Xingtian also came over and sat down beside Liu Bai to wait.
"You seem quite interested in this fellow named Xiao Yan, brat. What, do you think highly of him?"
Liu Bai smiled.
"His talent is decent. In the future, he'll be able to stand alongside me."
Jia Xingtian was startled. Stand alongside Liu Bai? Was that for real?
That Xiao Yan who had been useless for three years?
Though he found it hard to believe, he began paying attention. Since Liu Bai had said so, this Xiao Yan was surely no ordinary person.
The broad plaza was silent. Time passed quietly amid the stillness.
High above, the enormous sun slowly climbed to its peak.
Warm sunlight poured down, spreading across the entire mountaintop.
At a certain moment, faint footsteps suddenly sounded from below the bluestone steps beyond the plaza.
The soft sound slowly traveled upward, causing a slight change in the unified aura permeating the plaza.
Every Misty Cloud Sect disciple in the arena