A hurried set of footsteps sounded outside the door again, but this time, the visitors were clearly being polite.
"Knock, knock, knock." A knock sounded at the door.
Hearing it, Ya Fei said, "Come in."
The door opened. When Ya Fei saw the people entering, she was startled.
Several figures from the Mittel Family, people rarely seen on ordinary days, had unexpectedly appeared here under the lead of a white-haired elder.
"Elder Hai, it really is you!" The leading elder looked somewhat excited as he gazed at Hai Bodong, who was calmly drinking tea. "I recognized that Dou Qi. I knew it had to be you, sir."
"Tengshan, after all these years, I never expected you to reach the Dou King realm. You haven't wasted my training from back then." Hai Bodong looked at Mittel Tengshan and chuckled.
"Hehe, you flatter me, Elder Hai." Mittel Tengshan scratched his head, sounding unexpectedly nervous.
Xiao Yan looked at Mittel Tengshan with some amusement. Could an old man in his sixties actually get nervous?
The people beside Mittel Tengshan were stunned to see their usually stern and unsmiling First Elder showing such a respectful expression.
They all began guessing Hai Bodong's identity, though one person grew more and more terrified the longer he looked.
"Lei Ou, get out here!" Mittel Tengshan turned and shouted sharply at the crowd.
A bedraggled figure hurriedly emerged from the crowd. It was the elder who had caused trouble earlier. His whole body trembled as he dropped directly to his knees.
"Spare me, First Elder!"
"You offended Elder Hai and should have been severely punished. But in consideration of your contributions to the family, you will be stripped of your elder position and sent to manage one of the family branches at the border." Mittel Tengshan was utterly