The six of them came before Immortal Emperor Xunlei together.
"This junior, Longsword, pays his respects to Senior Xun Lei!"
Longsword respectfully cupped his hands toward Immortal Emperor Xunlei, then bowed.
"Oh?" Xun Lei did not notice He Pingsheng at first. He focused all his attention on Longsword, smiled, then realized who he was. "I remember now. You're... you're Immortal Emperor Fire Source's disciple. Impressive... already at the supreme unity golden immortal twelfth layer. You must not be far from becoming a great all-encompassing golden immortal, right?"
"I never expected you to recognize me, Senior. It is truly my honor!"
"This is my Dao Companion, and also my junior sister, Liu Ruyan!"
"Greetings, Senior!"
The others also paid their respects to Xun Lei.
Only He Pingsheng stood at the very back of the group with his arms folded, planted there like a wooden pole.
"Hmm?" Immortal Emperor Xunlei frowned slightly and looked at He Pingsheng.
At his first glimpse of He Pingsheng, his eyelid twitched. He kept feeling that he had seen him somewhere before, but could not recall where just then.
"He Pingsheng... what are you doing?" Daoist Longsword's face darkened at the front. Good grief, we agreed to come pay our respects to Senior Xun Lei, and this is how you behave once we get here?
Are you trying to get us killed?
Not only Daoist Longsword, but Jin Wuyuan, Zheng Yi, and Immortal Maiden Zi Yuan beside him all trembled in fright.
"Ahem, ahem..." As they spoke, Immortal Emperor Xunlei finally remembered who the fellow before him was. He gave a couple of dry coughs and said, "It's fine, it's fine... this young friend is an old acquaintance of mine!"
His words left the others bewildered.
"Young friend, have you been well since we last met?" Immortal