"How about it? Touched beyond words?" Wu Jiu rubbed his hands together, baring his teeth in a strange grin. "We chased you all the way here without daring to waste a moment, only to find you two had gone sightseeing..."
Li Yinhuan chimed in, "Sister A Xing's about to give birth. Sister Xie's been busy looking after her these past couple of days, or she definitely would've come along." Liu Wudi added, "I couldn't miss the big moment when my brother makes his name known throughout the world!"
Wu Jiu had been grinning foolishly, but his smile froze at that. "He and I are brothers, and you and he are brothers. Doesn't that put us in the same generation?" Liu Wudi drew his neck in. "Master, didn't you say we could each count our relationships separately?"
Seeing that everyone had actually made it here to cheer them on, Lian Youming could not help feeling warmth in his heart. After all, this was a critical moment, and his grievance was a private one. Even viewed more broadly, it was an internal affair of the Taiji Gate, and outsiders had no right to interfere.
Yang Shuang smiled too, eyes reddening.
Wu Jiu, however, said solemnly, "All right. I've seen the lineup on the Taiji Gate's side. It's something else. Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu, Sun, Wudang Zhaobao-the heirs of all those Taiji lineages have come. Add the Wudang Golden Toad School, and even I shuddered at the sight."
Zhu Wu, who had remained silent all this time, also spoke with a grave expression. "Besides those schools, some Daoist sword schools from the old Northern and Southern Sword Gates have come too. Some of their lineages were almost extinct. I never expected they still had people around. There may be further complications in this