However.
As for the Nascent Soul Cultivators sent by the three great Nascent Soul Sects—Azure Water Sect, Cloudflow Pavilion, and Frost Sword Sect—
He Song merely received them properly and never mentioned any friendship.
After all, as the master of a Treasure Gathering Pavilion branch, every word and action of He Song now represented Treasure Gathering Pavilion's dignity.
If he truly formed an inseparable bond with one particular Nascent Soul Sect,
then if that Nascent Soul Sect were to suffer a calamity of annihilation someday,
how would he be able to keep himself apart?
Therefore, to avoid such a situation in the future, He Song naturally could not have any real friendship with cultivators from the several surrounding Nascent Soul Sects.
At most, they could exchange a few words whenever they happened to meet.
Anything beyond that was naturally out of the question.
Moreover.
Azure Water Sect, Cloudflow Pavilion, and Frost Sword Sect, the three great Nascent Soul Sects, had also sent He Song a great many gifts.
These gifts were exceedingly valuable.
Even in He Song's current eyes, they counted as lavish presents.
They had come to offer congratulations and brought generous gifts.
Naturally, He Song understood their intentions even more clearly.
These three great Nascent Soul Sects truly wished to befriend He Song.
That was why they had spared no expense in offering such bountiful gifts.
However, while these gifts already seemed exceptionally generous to other Nascent Soul Cultivators,
He Song, who had previously obtained the accumulations of a Nascent Soul demonic sect over many years and was already flush with wealth, did not care for them at all.
Thus, He Song decisively declined the generous gifts and merely treated the three Nascent Soul Cultivators well.
At the same time, He Song remained impartial throughout, favoring neither side.