"I told you, there was no way the Kong family would recruit Sun Tao."
Zhang Hanzhou breathed a sigh of relief. He had truly feared the Kong family would recruit Sun Tao; he would have lost sleep and his appetite over that.
Qi Xuancheng and Ye Qiuling wore much the same expression, both afraid Sun Tao would become one of the Kong family's people.
In truth, none of the three really accepted Sun Tao's standing. Xu Yang at least had victories over Li Chuyang and Lin Jingyu to his name, while Sun Tao had no accomplishments whatsoever.
Disappointment showed on Sun Tao's face. Who would not want to cling to the mighty thigh of a Millennium Family?
Unfortunately, even if he climbed a few more places in the Cloud Ascension Rankings, he still would not catch a Millennium Family's eye. Anything outside the top twenty was useless.
Still, Xu Yang had said it was not entirely hopeless. At a banquet like this, the Kong family might observe them in secret.
"Huh? You still have invitations?" Qi Xuancheng stared fixedly at the two invitations remaining in Xu Yang's hand, his breathing suddenly quickening.
Two solid-gold invitations from the Kong family remained. Could one of them be his?
Attending the Kong family's banquet for geniuses was unquestionably a special honor.
"To think I got one too!" Zhang Hanzhou was overjoyed.
Of the two remaining invitations, one had to be Ye Qiuling's, so the last naturally belonged to him. In terms of talent, he surpassed Qi Xuancheng.
As for Xu Yang, the major Lineages of Cloud Province City wanted nothing to do with him because of the incident involving Huo Xiaochेन.
Xu Yang gave Zhang Hanzhou an indifferent glance and handed over Ye Qiuling's invitation. "Senior Sister Ye, this one is yours."
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