Hui Mian was rather more active than Yi Shuyuan. The last Starwoven Dharma Assembly had also brought together all the paths of cultivation under heaven, but it had been a different sort of occasion.
And once the Starwoven Dharma Assembly began, Yi Shuyuan had no interest in staying beside the Celestial River. Instead, he went home, so Hui Mian had not stayed at the assembly for long either.
There were even more people at this Dragon-Transformation Ceremony, and far fewer restrictions than in the Heavenly Realm. Hui Mian wandered and roamed everywhere, taking in the novelty. Sometimes, being recognized was entertaining too.
When Hui Mian sensed a large gray snake from far away, he knew almost immediately that it was She Changlai. He came over to look, and sure enough, it was.
Hui Mian returned the greeting of the fellow Dragonkind cultivator, patting the giant snake's head beneath him with his tail.
"Among everyone who came to the North Sea Dragon Palace's ceremony with an invitation, you really are one of a kind. There's practically no one with a lower cultivation than yours!"
Hui Mian teased him, and She Changlai replied awkwardly.
"Senior Gray, please don't flatter me."
What do you mean, practically no one lower than me? Every single one of them is far above me!
"You do know your own limits. And yet you dared come here all on your own?"
"An opportunity like this might never come again in my lifetime, and my sister happened to have an invitation. If I didn't come, I'd regret it for the rest of my life. I had to make this journey, even if it meant throwing caution to the winds!"
Only then did the Dragonkind cultivator beside them realize that this Snake Demon, who had yet to take human form,