Yang Lingyan and the others were utterly stunned by Xiao Yan's formidable strength. They asked again and again, as though afraid they had misheard.
"Eight-Star Dou Saint—good heavens, what kind of concept is that?"
"It means being invincible across the entire continent, doesn't it?"
"Now I understand. Even if you told me an Eight-Star Dou Saint could smash open the heavens, I'd believe it..."
Seeing their shocked expressions, Xiao Yan merely shook his head with a faint smile. Their disbelief was perfectly normal. Xiao Yan himself knew best that his current strength was largely due to fortunate coincidences, not quite as exaggerated as they imagined.
It was not only the three of them who were surprised by Xiao Yan's arrival. Yang Yue, the master of the Heavenly Snake Mansion; Yang Zhishuang, the Heavenly Snake Mansion's Dou Zun ancestor; He Kui of the Gold Alliance Chamber of Commerce; and Xiao Yan's senior brother Su Zhang all came one after another. Xiao Yan's arrival had been far too sudden, so these old acquaintances naturally sought him out.
They were all astonished by Xiao Yan's arrival, and even more astonished by his current strength.
That night, the higher-ups of the Heavenly Snake Mansion held an exceptionally grand welcome banquet for Xiao Yan. Though Xiao Yan repeatedly tried to decline, he could not refuse their earnest requests.
Over the years, the Heavenly Snake Mansion had continued expanding, and its overall strength had steadily grown. Yet neither Yang Yue nor Yang Lingyan, the two generations of mansion masters, had forgotten Xiao Yan, a benefactor who could be said to have made immense contributions to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
Tonight, many newcomers who had joined after the Heavenly Snake Mansion's rise finally met the renowned Elder Xiao Yan for the first time.
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