Zheng Xian was not only a capable martial artist. With the Divine Spear in hand, he could even kill Celestials. His strengths also lay in organizational skills and ideological work.
After all, the S.P.E.A.R. Agency was a massive organization. Someone capable of managing an institution like that naturally had an artful way with words.
Though he was Zhang Heng's disciple, he was clearly far more eloquent than his master. At the dinner table, he praised Ancient One from the standpoint of a junior, his words so flowery that "a lotus blooming from his tongue" would not have been an exaggeration.
Su Ming was willing to work with Old Zheng partly because he represented China, and partly because he was exceptionally good at getting things done.
Having just agreed to share research on Celestial Variant and Old One flesh and blood, Zheng Xian immediately returned the favor by helping Deathstroke persuade Ancient One to embrace life.
And judging by the look of it, even if Deathstroke had refused to cooperate earlier, he would still have helped persuade Ancient One. He had rushed from the Sky Ring base to Hong Kong in a short time and even brought funds to treat everyone to a meal, which showed that he had prepared in advance.
Throughout lunch, Zheng Xian barely ate anything seriously. He was either toasting the two Sorcerer Supremes or praising their achievements and the changes they had brought to the world.
And his praise was not empty flattery. It was sincere and well-founded. In summary, without the two Sorcerer Supremes, humanity would not have the good life it enjoyed today.
Ancient One had always been indifferent to fame and profit. In fact, because she simply did not care about her own interests, Kamar-Taj had seemed utterly out of place with the