"To welcome you, young lord, we specially prepared these delicacies."
"Our preparations were lacking. We hope you will not disdain them."
Su Potian cupped his hands and spoke with considerable courtesy.
Utterly at ease, Ye Tian waved a hand. "No, no. When in another land, follow its customs."
"For your esteemed lineage to prepare all this is truly an immense honor for me."
His words felt like a warm spring breeze, making his company thoroughly pleasant and comfortable.
The elders inwardly marveled. As expected of a young prodigy from the Eternal Immortal Domain, his strength was extraordinary, and he had repeatedly worked divine miracles.
Beyond that, he was so humble and gentle with others that being around him was a pleasure.
Even Su Potian had been filled with trepidation, having assumed this would be a difficult guest to serve.
If he flew into a rage at the slightest provocation, they would simply have to endure it. After all, accepting another's gifts tied one's hands, and eating another's food softened one's tongue. How could they cling to a powerful patron's leg without swallowing some anger?
Yet he had never expected such an outstanding young man.
Humble, gentle, and friendly, he excelled in every respect, without the slightest airs of a lineage's young master.
"A gentleman on the country path, fair as jade; a young lord without equal in this world!"
"Here in this Great Thousand World, we have often heard legends of you, young lord. I admired you immensely and longed to meet you. To think that wish has now come true—it feels like a dream."
"Hearing a hundred times cannot compare to seeing once. Having met you today, my admiration flows like a mighty river, surging on without end."
Su Potian reeled off lavish praise without hesitation, flattering Ye Tian