Zhang Yuan and the others had arrived very early, and the hall was empty.
Never mind the guests attending the assembly-not even one of the Cui Clan's Celestial Persons hosting the event was present. There were only a handful of maids from the Aohai Cui Clan.
But that was normal. After all, few people stayed at the Aohai Cui Clan's immortal estate as soon as they arrived on Life Continent Island. Most of those coming with invitations would arrive together just as the event was about to begin.
Zhang Yuan found his seat and sat down first. After looking around, he suddenly understood.
It was not actually that the Eastern Bian Li Clan's and Eastern Ya Cui Clan's tables had been placed together. Rather, his seat had been positioned between the two clans, somewhat closer to the Eastern Ya Cui Clan.
He was indeed Cui Yuanxi's benefactor, but he had no aristocratic clan affiliation. Sitting beside Cui Zhaowei, who had come with him, would keep him from appearing too conspicuous. Anyone who saw him would simply take him for a Celestial Person serving as a guest elder of the Eastern Ya Cui Clan.
This arrangement would neither relegate her benefactor to a seat too far back nor make him stand out like a crane among chickens amid the many aristocratic clans attending the inner gathering.
Clearly, [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] had put some thought into it.
Cui Zhaowei sat to Zhang Yuan's right, while Li Huixi and Li Zhongshuang sat at the table to his left.
Cui Zhaowei and Li Zhongshuang sat upright before their tables, poised and pleasing to the eye.
By contrast, Li Huixi was nowhere near as dignified. She could not even be bothered to sit properly, sitting loosely cross-legged beside Zhang Yuan with her feet almost