"Greetings, Senior!"
Sikong Lai bowed to Elder Hao from midair. Elder Hao and the other two also rose to their feet.
"Fellow Daoist Sikong, no need for such courtesy!"
Elder Hao clasped his hands toward the sky as well, and so did Master Lan and Li Yan. However, none of them flew into the air. They merely faced him from afar.
Elder Hao's words were not mere empty politeness. Since Sikong Lai had come in person, he already knew the likely outcome.
"Before answering your question, I have a few questions of my own. Would that be acceptable?"
Sikong Lai stood suspended in the air. The space behind him continued to ripple and distort without vanishing, and his voice had turned solemn.
At the same time, upon seeing the three of them again, he genuinely felt respect for them. The strength of these three had already surpassed his imagination.
After heading to the Azure Continent these past few days, he had indeed obtained some information. The informants there had specifically been watching the "Sunshade Clan."
Every few days, they would gather intelligence at designated locations, waiting for someone to come inquire after it or retrieve it.
Although they knew that, after the intelligence had been gathered, perhaps no one would come for years or even more than a decade, as Wind Messengers, they had always upheld the principle that credibility came first.
Yet after Sikong Lai went there this time, some of the information he swiftly received left him beside himself with joy.
The informants who had been watching the "Sunshade Clan" discovered that the clan had suddenly become heavily guarded during this period. This made it exceedingly difficult for them to gather further intelligence.
The members of the "Sunshade Clan" whom they saw were all grave-faced as well, coming