A bean-sized flame burned inside the teahouse, while wind and snow whistled outside the window.
Dressed as a saber-wielding wanderer of the Jianghu, Jiang Hehai lifted a pot of tea from the stove. Though he had once shaken the Eastern Sea coast with his might, faced with two true heavyweights renowned throughout the world, he remained quite humble, smiling as he poured tea and tried to smooth things over:
"I remember the last time I had tea with you two seniors. Great Qian had only just been founded, and I was barely twenty. A hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.
"I've grown old and decrepit, yet you two remain as splendid as ever."
Beside the tea table, Empress Dowager Guo sat upright in her Phoenix Skirt, her Wine-Red Hair pinned behind her head. She narrowed her eyes at the person opposite her, radiating an unrivaled sharpness that looked down upon the world.
On the other side of the table, Qixia True Person, clad in Golden Armor, had not taken a seat. Instead, she folded her arms and blinked her large eyes, as though saying, Go on, hit me. Hit me...
If these two really started fighting, Jiang Hehai knew he could not stop them. After pouring the tea, he tried again:
"Senior Qixia, why not sit down and talk?"
Empress Dowager Guo knew Old Devil Meconggao was hyperactive and simply could not stay still. She spoke:
"Thank you for helping me out of that predicament just now. I owed you those Heavenly Treasures to begin with, so you can take them back. But the Dragon Emperor, the armor, the Bracelet, the Jade Pendant, and the rest are very important. They're no use to you."
Among familiar faces, Qixia True Person naturally stopped posing as an aloof