The dinner took a rather different turn from what Chu Xingchen had expected.
He had thought it would be a questioning session with the Heavenly Derivation Sect's Sect Leader, or perhaps a discussion of mutual interests.
At the very least, it should have been a friendly exchange, with both sides discussing their future direction and looking ahead hand in hand.
After all, with Bai Xuanling there, even if their ideas and paths differed, they should still have been able to reach some degree of consensus.
But never in his wildest dreams had he expected a session of pure bootlicking.
The extent of the Heavenly Derivation Sect Leader's flattery reminded Chu Xingchen of Zheng Xiaofeng, the first Reception Elder he had met from the Clearwind Sect back in Yuzhou City.
This Sect Leader's tone was much the same as Zheng Xiaofeng's.
He praised everything from Chu Xingchen's handsome looks to his profound cultivation.
After chatting about practically everything under the sun, he began showering Chu Xingchen with praise for his broad knowledge and experience.
Once he had exhausted Chu Xingchen's virtues, he started praising Li Yingling and the others.
At least Little Zheng had focused his bootlicking on him alone. How was this Heavenly Derivation Sect Leader even better at it than Little Zheng?
He had practically licked everyone's boots.
Li Xingtian was indeed steeped in blood qi, yet the Sect Leader praised him as having the body of an asura but a truly kind heart, clearly a promising seedling of the righteous path.
Perhaps because he had been called an evil cultivator so often, this was Li Xingtian's first time being acknowledged as righteous. Judging by the look in his Second Junior Brother's eyes, he seemed quite pleased.
At least Li Xingtian took the initiative to offer Lü Xuan a