"Clang-clang-clang!"
"Boom-boom-boom!"
Golden bells rang and jade drums thundered, their mighty peals resounding like thunder throughout Swordpoint Mountain.
"The bells and drums are sounding!"
"Who's here?"
"Who's here!"
Voices boiled over within Swordpoint Mountain, erupting into a clamorous din.
"Report to the Sect Leader at once! The Grand Master is here!"
A shout came from outside the gates.
"Who's here?!"
"The Grand Master?!"
"Which Grand Master?"
"Is there a second Grand Master in this world?"
"Master Cheng is here!"
Then the uproar filled the heavens, drowning out the bells and drums. Busy or idle, high realm or low, old or young, everyone dropped whatever they were doing and took to the air like birds leaving a forest, then swarmed toward the mountain gates like bees seeking food.
Just then, the gate attendant was leading Cheng Xinzhan inside, and they ran straight into the crowd.
"It really is the Grand Master! I've seen him before!"
Someone cried out in delighted surprise.
"Hey, what are you saying? Every sect hangs the Grand Master's portrait, and shrines to him stand everywhere. Who hasn't seen him? But today we finally get to see him in the flesh, hahaha!" "Grand Master! Grand Master!"
"Grand Master! Grand Master!"
Once someone took the lead, everyone else began shouting in unison. The enormous crowd, together with those still streaming in behind them, surrounded Cheng Xinzhan so tightly that not even water could pass. Without meaning to, however, they blocked him at the mountain gates, leaving him unable to enter for quite some time. Even the Sect Leader and deputy leaders who arrived afterward could not squeeze their way to the front. Of course, perhaps they considered such enthusiastic support from their disciples the finest possible welcome, and so were in no hurry to approach, smiling as they watched