At first...
Li Ping had been listening with a smile as his younger brothers and sisters reminisced about the past and looked ahead to the future. The mood had been harmonious and warm.
But that snide voice shattered the warmth inside the private room.
He looked up at the newcomer with a trace of displeasure. Although the man's appearance had changed somewhat and he looked older, Li Ping recognized him immediately.
This was Ye Chen, Windmist True Person's disciple-the man who had once used a Demon Cultivator to kill the Wang Family Ancestor and plunge the Wang Family into the abyss.
Back then, Dai Sangyu had also sent him and Xiong Pohai to "invite" Li Ping to Azure Dragon Mountain. Their attitude throughout had been quite rude, and Li Ping had quietly remembered their offense ever since.
However, Li Ping recalled that after Windmist True Person and his disciple underwent Liberation by Violence, Meng Qingyi had bundled Ye Chen off to the Yan Kingdom battlefield as a remnant of Dai Sangyu's faction.
He had not expected Ye Chen to survive, much less to be doing so well, looking utterly pleased with himself.
In truth, by killing the Wang Family Ancestor, Ye Chen had indirectly helped Li Ping avenge himself. Moreover, the Third-Tier Pill Refiner legacy he had traded to the Demon Cultivator had also fallen into Li Ping's hands through that same Demon Cultivator.
Later, Li Ping had used the Jade Slip left by the Demon Cultivator to give Ye Chen a nasty fall into a trap. That had settled the debt between them, and he had not pursued the matter further.
Now Ye Chen had come knocking of his own accord?
Did he know there was a Core Formation True Person in this private room?
Li Ping set down