Hearing Deng Yici's teasing remarks, Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun remained expressionless. They were already used to this and simply pretended not to hear, chalking it up to another bout of pent-up frustration on her part.
"No fun."
Deng Yici did not look at Zhang Yuan. Instead, she watched Xiao Yuanjun's expression beside him. Seeing that she showed no reaction either, Deng Yici was sorely disappointed and sighed repeatedly inwardly.
These lines don't work anymore. Next time we meet, I'll have to come up with something new.
Deng Yici stepped aside and smiled. "You two fellow Daoists have traveled thousands of miles to visit our Wen River Deng Clan. You are honored guests among honored guests. Our House Elders have already prepared a banquet within the clan and are waiting for you."
"Please follow me, fellow Daoists."
Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun followed Deng Yici without hesitation.
They were mortal enemies of the Wen River Deng Clan. This supposed banquet within the clan was almost certainly a feast concealing murderous intent. Once they entered, they would inevitably face an encirclement by the Wen River Deng Clan's Celestial Persons.
But they were no longer who they had once been. Zhang Yuan had anticipated this situation long ago. As long as the Wen River Deng Clan's two True Lords did not intervene, none of this would be a problem.
He might still be unable to defeat someone at Celestial Person Perfection like Deng Qiuzhi, but slaughtering a couple of the Wen River Deng Clan's Celestial Person Early Stage or Celestial Mid-Stage cultivators, snatching a few pre-heaven artifact treasures, and leaving would pose no difficulty.
Hongde City.
An immortal city beside the Wen River, it was several times larger than a kingdom's Capital City, filled with jade palaces, jeweled towers, and countless