Ji Yuan said to wait a moment, so the Foundation Establishment Cultivator naturally did not dare say anything else.
He waited where he stood for about two breaths before Hundred-Blossom Immortal's voice came from the jade token. "Someone is coming to meet you."
Since someone was coming, Ji Yuan put the jade token away.
"We have a few cups of tea inside the sect gates. Senior, you could rest a while."
The Foundation Establishment Cultivator remained unfailingly courteous.
"No need. I'll wait here."
One did not strike a smiling face, and the man had been thinking of his comfort all along. Ji Yuan smiled back.
With a Core Formation Cultivator coming to meet him, it would not take long.
Sure enough, after only a short wait, Ji Yuan spotted a streak of azure light flying straight toward the gates from deep within the Cloud-Rain Sect.
He swept out his Divine Sense—well, an old acquaintance!
"Huh? Fellow Daoist Xu, it's you?"
The newcomer was Daoist Carefree, whom Ji Yuan had met once before. He had been handling miscellaneous sect affairs when a message suddenly arrived from Supreme Elder Hundred Flowers Maiden: a rogue cultivator at the Golden Core Late Stage wanted to join the Cloud-Rain Sect and was already outside its gates.
Golden Core Late Stage. A rogue cultivator. Joining the Cloud-Rain Sect!
For any of the Star-River Three Sects, this was a matter of the highest importance. Daoist Carefree had hurriedly set aside his work and rushed to the gates.
Yet when they met—he found an old acquaintance!
Ji Yuan looked at him and could not help laughing. "A man fallen on hard times can only come seeking your protection, Fellow Daoist Carefree."
"What are you saying, Fellow Daoist Xu?"
Daoist Carefree hurried forward, clapped Ji Yuan on the shoulder,