Mo Chen used the Green-Robed Cultivator he had just learned about from Qidiao Wenzhuan as a conversation starter.
"Fellow Daoists, do you happen to know that Green-Robed Cultivator's background? Why is everyone gathered around him?" Mo Chen asked, saluting the two people beside him.
"That one? I heard he's a younger relative of the steward of Emerging Cloud Peak's pill storehouse. He got in through that connection. He has no real skills at all."
"I see. No wonder there's a whole crowd around him."
Mo Chen had experienced that feeling firsthand when he came down from the arena.
"Might I ask your honorable name, fellow Daoist? When traveling far from home, one can never have too many friends." The man saluted him.
"I'm Mo Chen."
"Mo Chen from the Darkening of the Light Group?" The other man's eyes lit up.
"A pleasure, a pleasure! I'm Liu Le, also a new disciple in the Darkening of the Light Group. I have no idea which part of my performance caught the examiner's eye, but my name was marked down and I was kept on as well. Unlike you, fellow Daoist, achieving so much at such a young age. You put me to shame."
Hearing Liu Le say this, the other cultivator chuckled as well. "You may not know this, fellow Daoist Mo, but Liu Le is already thirty. This was his third time taking part in the Immortal Alliance's grand competition."
"My apologies. I've been rather presumptuous." Mo Chen offered Liu Le an apologetic smile.
"Not at all. It's a blessing to be in the same group as you. Besides, there's no blame for an unwitting offense." Liu Le waved a hand, signaling that Mo Chen should not worry about it.
"By the way, don't the two remaining groups for each hexagram