However.
As Meng Guan, He Song, and the others chatted freely within the palace,
He Song noticed
that the Ancestor of Snow Wind from Snow Wind Palace seemed to be secretly observing him in an exceedingly cautious manner.
At this, He Song's heart stirred.
He immediately felt that his earlier decision to keep his distance from the Ancestor of Snow Wind had been entirely correct.
Otherwise,
two Nascent Soul Cultivators meeting for the first time could not possibly have one of them sneakily observing the other when they had only just become acquainted.
Unless one of them had already seen the other long ago.
Yet though this thought flashed through He Song's mind, his expression did not change in the slightest. He merely pretended not to notice the Ancestor of Snow Wind's little movements.
Instead, under Meng Guan's lead, he gradually began making small talk with the Ancestor of Snow Wind and the Ancestor of Purple Cloud.
As time continued to pass,
more and more Nascent Soul Cultivators arrived from outside.
The palace where He Song and the others sat also gained one Nascent Soul Cultivator after another.
Some of these Nascent Soul Cultivators came from nearby,
such as the Golden Snake Sect and the Nether Blade Sect.
Others came from more distant places.
However, those Nascent Soul Cultivators from farther away were generally followed by one or several young cultivators.
These young cultivators were not weak. Every one of them was at Foundation Establishment, or even Golden Core cultivation.
They had likely been brought here by their elders so they could broaden their horizons.
Yet He Song paid little attention to this.
He only occasionally exchanged a few words with the Ancestor of Purple Cloud, Meng Guan, and the Ancestor of Snow Wind beside him.
For the rest of