The Azure Lotus Sword Sect.
Yun Qing suddenly recalled Sword Venerable Azure Sky Lu Qingxiao's unusual reaction upon hearing the words "order of the Thirty-Three Heavens" at the Nine Heavens Gathering.
Could it be?
Yun Huang rested his chin on one hand. "The Azure Lotus Sword Sect won't surrender this heaven easily. Aren't they allies of the Yun Clan? I'm sending you instead of taking it myself."
"Ah, what painstaking consideration." Yun Huang shook his head.
"Brother Huang, you've truly thought of everything."
Yun Qing maintained a polite smile, while the little kitten in his heart swore up a storm.
Yun Huang said, "You flatter me, Brother."
Yun Qing: "..."
He wasn't praising him. He really wasn't.
When it came to sheer shamelessness, even ten twenty-year-old Eldest Young Master Yuns were no match for that old cucumber, Immortal Emperor Yuanhuang.
And so, half an hour later.
Light and shadow shifted before Yun Qing's eyes, and he found himself standing beside the lake in Cloud Dream Marsh's inner city.
Yun Lan was talking with his second son. Hearing the noise, he turned sharply.
Father and son froze together, both blinking as they looked at Yun Qing, who had abruptly appeared before them.
Yun Qing also blinked all four of his eyes, forcing a smile as he faced Yun Lan and Yun Baojian.
For a moment, the three stared at one another in silence, an indescribable mixture of awkwardness and bewilderment hanging in the air.
Yun Lan recovered first. His brows and eyes softened as he asked warmly:
"Eldest Young Master? Have you come looking for Bao Jian about something?"
Yun Baojian stood with his sword cradled in his arms, a rare trace of confusion showing on his cool, stern face.
Clearly, his eldest brother's arrival surprised him too. The fact that