Bi Lingkong chatted on and on with Pan Long for nearly half an hour.
Most of the time, she talked and Pan Long listened, occasionally chiming in or asking a question.
If they had been performing a comedy routine, he would have been the straight man.
During their conversation, Pan Long learned that throughout the night, his teacher had received congratulations from Demon Gods, Immortals, and Buddhas of every stripe. She had amassed a great heap of gifts.
Compared with Ren Changsheng's reception, it was heaven and earth.
That was hardly surprising. Before this, Ren Changsheng had only been a Great Grandmaster at the very peak, barely able to trade blows with an ordinary Demon God. Even after becoming an Immortal or Buddha, his fighting strength would rank near the bottom among Longevity Bearers, at least for a while.
Bi Lingkong, on the other hand, had been a renowned expert since the Warring States era. Over the past several centuries, she had forged a reputation as Number One Under Heaven.
Now that she had become an Immortal or Buddha, she had overcome her last weakness. It was no exaggeration to say that she would hold the position of Number One Under Heaven for the foreseeable future. Who knew how long she would keep it?
As the saying went, adding flowers to brocade was easy; bringing charcoal in the snow was hard. It was only natural that far more people congratulated Bi Lingkong than Ren Changsheng.
Besides, Bi Lingkong was a senior figure herself, with friends aplenty among the Demon Gods, Immortals, and Buddhas. One could even say that she was at least on nodding terms with every Demon God, Immortal, or Buddha still active in the world. Even enemies would exchange a greeting when they met, unless they were about