Jade-Cold Pool.
Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu were both there.
Among the younger generation, Xu Dezhao, Xu Deling, and Xu Deheng were present.
Xu Mingxian was still in seclusion studying formations and had not emerged for over half a month.
"Father, both the Chang Household and the Zhou Household have come. What could this be about?" Xu Mingxuan walked up beside Xu Chuan and asked softly.
Xu Chuan gazed down the mountain toward the Xu Household's Great Mansion. Without turning toward Xu Mingxuan, he said calmly, "Do you think their arrival is a good thing or a bad thing?"
"It's hard to say. The consequences won't become apparent in the short term."
Xu Chuan nodded slightly, then said, "Just wait for word from your eldest brother and the others."
He could more or less guess what this was about.
The Xu Household's main hall.
"What brings you here, Young Master Zhou? Brother Haowen's visit is understandable, since our households have dealings with each other, but we have none with the Zhou Household, do we?" Xu Mingwei asked, looking at him in puzzlement.
Zhou Shaocheng smiled faintly. "Indeed. In fact, I only recently heard of your Xu Household myself, and it was from the Chang Household."
Whether deliberately or not, his words pointed toward the Chang Household.
Chang Haowen knew he could no longer pretend to be deaf and mute. "So that's how it is. My father once asked Young Master Zhou about his household's Pill Dao Guest Elder—the very same Guest Elder you mentioned several years ago, Brother Mingyuan, who wished to take a disciple from your household."
"Do you mean Daoist San Shu? He once stayed with our Xu Household."
It really was him!
Chang Haowen and Zhou Shaocheng almost exclaimed in unison inwardly.
"Where is Daoist San Shu