Upon learning that the reinforcements from the Azure Cloud Sect's Violet Glow Mountain had arrived, Tan Ming, the city lord of Tanzhou City, personally led the Foundation Establishment disciples of the City Lord's Manor to the square outside the teleportation hall to welcome Liu Changxu and his companions. He was a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator dressed in black robes, with snow-white hair and beard.
When he saw Liu Changxu's party emerge from the teleportation hall, he stepped forward and declared in a booming voice:
"A warm welcome to Junior Sister Zhang, Junior Brother Wang, and all our martial nephews and nieces! I've prepared a modest banquet for you today!"
Before this senior brother of their sect, Zhang Yuyan and Wang Jinhu dared not put on airs. They stepped forward and said:
"Thank you for coming to welcome us, Senior Brother. We've come on the sect's orders. Sorry for the trouble!"
"What trouble? You've come to support us! With you joining us, our offensive will go much more smoothly!"
Tan Ming spoke with great courtesy.
"Have Senior Sister Wu and the others from Azure Lotus Island arrived?"
Zhang Yuyan asked.
She was deeply concerned about the reinforcements coming from the Azure Cloud Sect's other territories. The Azure Lotus Island she mentioned housed the sect branch responsible for overseeing the cultivation powers of the Great Tang Dynasty's Thousand Lakes Circuit. Beneath it lay a fourth-tier top-grade spirit vein, and its standing within the sect equaled that of Violet Glow Mountain. It had once been the headquarters of the Azure Lotus Sect, a Nascent Soul sect.
As for Senior Sister Wu, she was a Golden Core Late Stage female cultivator on Azure Lotus Island, and a very close fellow disciple of both Zhang Yuyan and Liu Changxu's master's wife, Jiang Yuqing!
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