Outside Shrek City, forces from every side arrived one after another.
The imperial families of the Dou Ling Snow Family, Star Dou Xu Family, and Heaven Soul Wei Family were the first to arrive. After presenting their invitations, they entered.
Next came the Nine-Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Profound Nether Sect, and other sects of varying sizes that had received invitations.
Only two people came from the Body Sect: Qian Xunyi and Du Busi. They did not put on much of a display, so they attracted little attention.
When Du Busi saw Xuan Zi in the corner still stuffing meat-filled pancakes into his mouth, he was immediately drawn to that human-shaped ball of flesh. At first, he did not recognize Xuan Zi. Only after taking a closer look did he realize he had found an old acquaintance.
Du Busi stepped forward and patted that ball of flesh.
Xuan Zi jumped in fright and nearly choked on the braised snack in his mouth. He snapped angrily, "I told you, don't disturb me while I'm eating unless it's something important. Didn't you hear me?"
Xuan Zi turned around and, upon seeing Du Busi, immediately thought of unpleasant things. "It's you..."
Du Busi teased, "Well, if it isn't Xuan Zi. We haven't seen each other for just a few days, and you've become like this? You're so fat. Last time, if I wanted to use you as a ball, I had to roll you into one first. Now there's no need—I could kick you the moment I got my hands on you." As he spoke, he patted Xuan Zi's stomach, sending ripples rolling across it.
"I-I'm not fat. This is called a big stomach pouch," Xuan Zi retorted stubbornly. "Why are you here?"
As he spoke, Xuan Zi shot Yan Shaozhe a resentful