Unwelcome Visitors

Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable and Qin Huaian left the teahouse together with the two people accompanying the venerable.

"Huaian, these are two elders of Star Rainbow Sword Sect, Junior Sister Yu Su and Junior Brother Kong Zhang."

"This is Qin Huaian, Brother Qin, who ascended from the same Cultivation World as I did. From now on, he's my brother."

Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable introduced Qin Huaian and the other two to one another.

"Well met, Fellow Daoist Yu, Fellow Daoist Kong." Qin Huaian cupped his fists.

"Fellow Daoist Qin." The two returned the greeting, showing no disdain despite Qin Huaian's lower cultivation.

Clearly, that was because Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable had said Qin Huaian was his brother.

Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable was a living legend in Star Rainbow Sword Sect.

"Haha, now that everyone's acquainted, let's leave the city at once. The sooner we finish our business, the sooner we can set off for Meteorfall City," Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable said with a smile.

They headed swiftly toward the western city gate.

This great coastal city stretched nearly ten thousand li across, vast and magnificent.

None of them had a low cultivation level, and before long they were through the western gate.

Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable then brought out a flying vessel of Mid-Grade Dao Artifact rank. They boarded it and sped away in an instant.

Not long after they left, several more people emerged from the western gate.

"Senior, that's Huang Yue, the deputy sect master of Star Rainbow Sword Sect," a mid-stage Golden Immortal cultivator told a Perfect-stage Golden Immortal.

Both were Golden Immortals. Although a mid-stage cultivator was indeed somewhat weaker than one at the perfect stage, "Fellow Daoist" would ordinarily have sufficed. Yet the man addressed him as "Senior" with a hint of fawning.

The Perfect-stage