The Yaochi Grand Gathering's proceedings were not complicated.
The invitees arrived at Jade Lake one after another and took their seats in successive tiers.
At the very top sat Ji Lianxing and the other two Immortals, alongside the Queen Mother of the West.
Although the Queen Mother of the West was less powerful than the Three Immortals, this was the Yaochi Grand Gathering. Naturally, she needed a place of honor.
At an occasion like this, even the person in charge of Jade Lake in the Immortal Domain could not sit as an equal with the Three Immortals.
Meng Chuan and his two companions slipped into the crowd and found seats where it was busiest.
The atmosphere below was naturally nothing like the one above. It was far livelier.
Meng Chuan and his companions made themselves visible, but no one recognized them.
Meng Chuan held Xiao Nannan in his arms. She kept turning her little head this way and that, looking around at everything, full of energy.
A Human Race Saint beside them looked over and said kindly:
"Fellow Daoist, you brought your whole family to the Yaochi Grand Gathering? Even your daughter?"
Meng Chuan paused. She isn't my daughter, though I do think of her as one.
And we aren't a family, either.
"We brought her to have a look around. We heard the Yaochi Grand Gathering was quite the occasion, so we came to broaden our horizons," Meng Chuan replied.
The Human Race Saint smiled and nodded. "The Yaochi Grand Gathering is indeed renowned across the realms."
"Did you come by yourself, Uncle?" Xiao Nannan was no longer shy around strangers and chatted readily with the Human Race Saint.
"Yes. Places at the Yaochi Grand Gathering are precious, and your uncle only managed to get one invi—" His voice