Many such "old immortals" had come to celebrate Dumbledore's advancement to Legend.
Su Shijun's earlier claim that "there was no place for her in the family viewing party" had not been entirely an excuse—among the ancient families in The Alliance that had Legends, including Qingqiu, whose ancestral halls did not contain a dozen or so sleeping Grand Wizards clinging to life through secret arts and placing their hopes in the future? That was also why Su Shijun had been rather impolite in her choice of words toward that Sunbird.
Of course, she could only speak so freely in front of Zheng Qing and the others.
In a different setting, an Upper Councilor of the Moonlit Parliament still had to maintain a measure of superficial respect and courtesy toward The Alliance's elders.
"They were also just born at the wrong time. Those who became top-tier Grand Wizards—when they were young, which one of them was not a favored prodigy, a hero of their age?"
Zheng Qing took a small sip of Butterbeer. After vaguely speaking up for those old men, he shifted the subject and said thoughtfully, "But have you noticed that there really are quite a few top-tier Grand Wizards whose true forms are like that of the Sunbird...?"
There was no need to calculate carefully.
Relying solely on his impressions, Zheng Qing could list a whole string of names.
Nearby, for instance, Professor Emma, the Deputy Headmaster of First University, whose true form was a Fire Phoenix; or Bennu, the High Priest of the Nile who had just landed at Hogwarts Castle, whose true form was a Sunbird. Farther away were Phoenix of Europa, Anqa of Arabia, Siz of the Darkness Three Great Beasts, Jade and Jean Grey of North America, and so on. The true forms condensed by