The Summons Begin Again

The tarmac fell quiet for a moment. Shen Jin came up from behind, his left hand unconsciously touching the hilt at his waist. A rare expression showed on his hardened face. "You did it?"

"I did part of it," Xu Wuyi said calmly. "But I'm still far from becoming a Celestial Being."

Lu Shaoyuan turned and walked toward the airport terminal.

After a few steps, he stopped and glanced sideways at Xu Wuyi, who was still standing where he was. "Come on. To the conference room. Tell us in detail about what you experienced in Azure, and the direction you found."

Xu Wuyi nodded and followed.

Shen Jin walked beside Xu Wuyi, the longsword at his waist swaying as he strode briskly. His gaze kept sweeping over Xu Wuyi, as if he were looking at a comrade who had just returned from the battlefield.

"Kid, when you went to Azure this time, you nearly crippled all three of their Celestial Being candidates?" Shen Jin asked hoarsely, an indescribable smile on his lips.

Xu Wuyi glanced at Shen Jin.

"It was just a spar."

"A spar." Shen Jin repeated it, then shook his head. "A spar that ended like this. Those old geezers of the Azure Council must regret it until their guts have turned green. They invited a plague god over, and he knocked all their own Celestial Being candidates flat."

"They don't regret it," Xu Wuyi said. "Chairman Herman said it was Azure's honor."

Shen Jin fell silent for a moment, his pace slowing by half a beat. "An honor?"

"They saw the height of the second-order pinnacle," Xu Wuyi said. "Now they know where that height is."

Shen Jin said nothing more. His left hand tightened around the hilt, then loosened, then tightened again. His knuckles made faint