At the sight of Si Hanhai's expression,
Qin Shujian suddenly laughed and said, "Don't take offense, Brother Hanhai. I was only joking. How could I really force you to fight?"
"You are magnanimous, Sect Master Qin."
Si Hanhai spoke with a smile.
He had no objection whatsoever to Qin Shujian calling him Brother Hanhai, despite being several thousand years younger than him.
In the cultivation world,
seniority had never been determined by age. Strength was all that mattered.
Qin Shujian was powerful.
That gave him the right to associate with Si Hanhai as an equal.
If Qin Shujian had merely been a Divine Martial Realm cultivator, presumptuously calling him Brother Hanhai would have been disrespectful.
Qin Shujian smiled. "My main purpose in coming today was to have a chat with you, Brother Hanhai."
"What would you like to discuss, Sect Master Qin?"
"Are you going to leave me standing here, Brother Hanhai? Why not invite me inside so we can sit down and talk at leisure? This is rather poor hospitality."
"How thoughtless of me. Please, Sect Master Qin!"
Si Hanhai nodded and, after speaking, led the way.
He took a single step and vanished from where he stood.
Qin Shujian did not fall behind, following Si Hanhai away.
The two appeared on the mountaintop almost simultaneously.
Looking down at the sea of clouds below, Qin Shujian exclaimed in admiration, "The scenery of the Sea-Covering Sect truly is magnificent. With clouds swirling all around, it looks like an immortal paradise. It certainly deserves its reputation as the foremost great sect of Eastern Pattern Prefecture."
That praise
was not merely empty flattery.
Both were mountaintops.
But after looking at the Sea-Covering Sect's mountaintop and comparing it with his own, Qin Shujian could hardly bear to look at his.
Without a comparison,