Xue Ziwen and Xiang Zimei looked at their younger brother in surprise, vaguely guessing that this most likely had something to do with him. Otherwise, things could not possibly have taken such a bizarre turn.
Xiang Zizai looked toward the entrance in confusion and saw Li Qingxian, Xue Heshan, and the others emerging through the main gate.
"Master!" The Xue Family stewards and servants at the entrance all bowed.
The people at the rolling banquet nearby rose in unison, like a surging tide.
Chatting and laughing, Li Qingxian, Xue Heshan, and the others headed toward the Hundred-Crane Skyship's docking point.
"Did you come with Alliance Leader Li?" Xue Yihuai asked quietly, watching their receding backs.
Xiang Zizai hurriedly replied, "I came aboard the alliance leader's Aerial Pavilion this morning."
Xue Yihuai looked at Xiang Zizai and smiled, patting his shoulder. "You have a bright future. Go on inside. I'm off to welcome our honored guest."
With that, he employed his lightness skill and sped through the crowd, heading ahead to the Hundred-Crane Skyship to make arrangements.
Only after Li Qingxian and Xue Heshan had gone some distance did everyone sit down again. The people on either side of the long street quietly discussed which personage from Ancient Profound Mountain had come.
Meanwhile, many wondered just who the young man standing beside Xue Heshan was.
Having only just recovered from their fright, Xue Ziwen and Xiang Zimei looked at the two fourth-rank experts from the Gods and Devils Alliance, then at the younger brother who had amounted to nothing for so many years. A hundred mingled feelings welled up in their hearts.
Xiang Zizai watched Li Qingxian and the others slowly disappear into the distance, his gaze dazed. Only now did he begin to understand that he had underestimated this Li