Su Mo ignored Qiu Yuanshan, looking at his nose with his mouth, at his heart with his nose, and stood quietly at the back.
Qiu Yuanshan sized Su Mo up a few times but made no move. In a setting like this, he did not dare cause trouble.
As time passed, more and more elders arrived at the courtyard square with their disciples.
The square grew increasingly lively, filled with endless laughter and conversation.
Su Mo also heard many novel things, such as where the Guyun Starry Sky Alliance's territory held treasured lands and where dangerous lands lay.
Su Mo noticed that the elders who had come to attend the birthday banquet were all extraordinarily powerful. The weakest were probably at the late Supreme Realm. Of course, his cultivation was too low for him to see their exact realms.
Before long, the long tables were nearly full, with only the dozen or so seats at the very front remaining vacant.
Clearly, those seats belonged to the Chief Elders from the other branches.
More than half an hour later, a large group of people strode in through the entrance to the rear courtyard.
There were no fewer than forty or fifty of them. At the front stood two old men. One wore a gray robe and had a solemn expression—it was Venerable Jin Wu.
The other old man wore a crimson robe. He was tall, with a somewhat withered complexion and streaks of white in his hair. He was presumably Daoist Tian Hua.
Several dozen powerful figures stood beside them, some appearing elderly and others middle-aged. They were presumably the Chief Elders of the other branches.
Following behind the elders were more than thirty young men and women, including Lin Ya and Ling Shang, Venerable Jin Wu's disciples, as well as