Apart from the Heavenly Dawn Sect, the master and disciple had made the rounds of all seven other great sects on the Azure Tide Continent.
Only at the very end did Sect Leader Li bring Ming Yun to the Azure Tide Sect's table.
Sect Leader Li first nodded to Long Aotian, then turned to the Fifth Elder.
The Fifth Elder had not chosen to preserve his youthful appearance. By now, he sported a full beard and looked rather like an ethereal immortal.
Sect Leader Li gave the Fifth Elder an inscrutable smile. "I never imagined that the famously handsome man of those days would look like this now."
Indeed, before Sect Leader Li became the leader of the Heavenly Dawn Sect, and before the Fifth Elder became an elder of the Azure Tide Sect, the two had once been close friends.
But in the end, their conflicting beliefs had still sent them down opposing paths.
After that, they rarely met, and when they did, it was usually with swords drawn and bows bent.
The Fifth Elder smiled too. "Yes, I never imagined that the beauty who was once like a fresh breeze and a bright moon would now have the bearing of the Extinction Nun."
Extinction Nun was the teasing nickname her disciples had given her after she became sect leader. Although she had already punished a batch of disciples over it, word had spread all the same.
She had never expected this old man to bring it up as a talking point today.
Sect Leader Li gritted her teeth and even flicked the whisk in her hand before she could restrain herself.
What did this old man mean? Was he reminding her that she was no longer young either?
*But so what? As far as she knew, if this