"Senior Brother!"
Xiao Yan approached Xiao Fan, excitement written all over his face, and threw his arms around him.
"Haha, you rascal!"
Sensing Xiao Yan's excitement, Xiao Fan felt a gentle warmth in his own heart.
Throughout their journey, Xiao Fan had long since come to regard Yao Lao and Xiao Yan as family, rather than stiff, lifeless characters in a book.
So he could understand Xiao Yan's excitement.
"All right, let's go inside before we talk. There are still plenty of people here."
Xiao Fan nodded to Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and the others before speaking to Xiao Yan.
"Hehe, you're right."
Xiao Yan chuckled softly, only then remembering that he had gotten carried away while they were still outside.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan wore a mask, so the disciples farther away could not see his expression. All they could see was the two men briefly embracing.
Had they seen the look on Xiao Yan's face, they would probably have been stunned.
When had the Sect Master of the Deathless Gate, the man who gave the Earth Flame Sect and the Eight Gates such headaches, ever lost his composure like this?
After all, according to the rumors circulating outside, the Sect Master of the Deathless Gate was a fiend who killed without batting an eye.
His single-handed destruction of two sects was hardly a secret in the Black-Corner Region. Yet the Sect Master of the Deathless Gate always wore a mask, so despite the many versions of the rumors, no one knew what he looked like.
Inside the Deathless Gate's main hall.
Only Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan were there.
After a faint barrier was raised outside with a wave of a hand, an illusory figure floated out of Xiao Yan's Storage Ring.
"Teacher!"
Xiao Fan bowed respectfully to Yao