Blocking the wooden-leaf flying boat was a middle-aged man dressed in purple brocade. He stood in midair with his hands behind his back, presumably having cultivated a special Beast Taming Skill that let him draw on his Pet Beast's power.
"We are."
"Qing Lianshan." Standing at the bow, City Lord Tian said in surprise when she saw him, "You've become a Legendary too."
"And you've kept such a low profile. There hasn't been any word of it outside."
"I only broke through recently," Qing Lianshan said. "So it really is City Lord Ye and City Lord Tian."
"My father is in seclusion," the Legendary surnamed Qing said. "I trust you won't mind having me receive you instead?"
"Why would we mind?" City Lord Tian said. "It's our honor to have a prodigy like you welcome us in person."
City Lord Ye, City Lord Tian, and Qing Lianshan's father belonged to the same generation. Although only his son had come out to welcome them, neither Ye nor Tian found anything inappropriate about it.
He was already a Legendary, so generational distinctions no longer mattered. They were all figures of the same rank.
"These must be your disciples."
Qing Lianshan was rather surprised as well. He hadn't expected both Legendaries to have recently taken disciples.
As for their bringing their disciples to experience the Tree King Ruins, he thought nothing of it. In fact, many geniuses confident in their own talent came here to take the challenge, but all of them ended in failure.
Over time, everyone had come to understand the difficulty of the Tree King Inheritance. They no longer expected to clear it themselves and simply used this place as a trial ground.
If he remembered correctly, City Lord Ye and City Lord Tian had also challenged the Tree King