When Zhou Changqing arrived.
The other experts who had been invited all rose and cupped their hands.
"Master Zhou, you're here. Please, have a seat."
"It's been a few days, Brother Zhou, but you look as radiant as ever."
"..."
"Hehe, greetings, everyone."
Faced with their smiling faces, Zhou Changqing smiled and cupped his hands in return.
He was no stranger to those present, having already met them during the finals of the Alchemist Convention.
Among them were Fa Ma, president of the Alchemist Guild; Jia Xingtian, the retired emperor of the Jia Ma Imperial Family; Mu Chen, Clan Chief of the Mu Family; and Mu Zhan, whom he had taught a lesson.
Teng Shan had not come, however. Presumably, Hai Bodong was here to represent the Mittel Family.
As for Gu He, Zhou Changqing had not seen him and had no idea why he had failed to attend as he had in the original story.
What he did not know was that, because of him, Gu He was still running around to secure the rewards he had promised Yan Shi and Feng Li and to treat Feng Li's injuries, so he had yet to return to the Imperial Capital.
Had Gu He been present and seen Zhou Changqing and Medusa, he probably would have leaped out of his seat!
After exchanging a few pleasantries.
Zhou Changqing led Medusa to two empty seats and sat down, waiting for the Three-Year Agreement to begin.
At the far end of the right-hand row.
Mu Zhan, standing behind a stone chair, instinctively shuddered the moment he saw Zhou Changqing, his body beginning to tremble.
Even now, he had not forgotten how Zhou Changqing had personally crushed him some time ago, nearly killing him.
That scene had become a shadow he could not erase