Chapter 885 – The Grand Ceremony Begins (1/2)
Chapter 885 – The Grand Ceremony Begins
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The Eldest Brother of the Mount Li Sword Sect, Qiushan Jun, had vanished for five years and only recently returned to the mountain, the reason for which no one knew.
Gou Hanshi bitterly smiled and shook his head, thinking, Scholartree Manor still can't stand to be in the inferior position and want to use this matter to gain some advantages. In what way is this similar to Wang Po?
At this moment, he sensed that someone was looking at him. He turned to face this person, froze for a moment, then faintly smiled and bowed.
Chen Changsheng smiled and returned the bow. Now that he thought about it, it had been almost four years since he had last seen Gou Hanshi, and there were times when he would miss him.
South Stream Temple exalted the southern direction, so he sat on the high platform on the south face of the plateau, only ten-some zhang from where the disciples of the Mount Li Sword Sect were seated. However, it was inconvenient for him to rise and go over.
He noticed a somewhat clumsy-looking and naive youth at Gou Hanshi's side, and then looked at Gou Hanshi with a curious gaze.
All the other Mount Li Sword Sect disciples were standing behind Gou Hanshi, with only that youth sitting on the same row as Gou Hanshi. It was clear that he had a rather high status in the sect.
Gou Hanshi had the youth stand up, and then he introduced, ”Sixth Junior Brother, Bai Cai.”
Chen Changsheng came to know that this was the only member of the Divine Kingdom's Seven Laws that he had not yet met. He gave a warm smile and nodded.
However, Bai Cai kept his head held high, his face carrying a stubborn and aloof expression as he completely ignored Chen Changsheng. Even Gou Hanshi's increasingly stern gaze failed to make him lower his head.
Chen Changsheng was somewhat puzzled, then realized what was wrong and felt rather helpless.
He suddenly felt that Bai Cai's name sounded rather familiar, and then he remembered that that fellow's alias was Luo Bu… which made him feel even more helpless.
Radish and cabbage1—that fellow truly was lazy, or perhaps easygoing.
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Chen Changsheng might have felt inconvenienced, but Tang Thirty-Six had never felt anything to be inconvenient in his entire life, and walked straight over to the Mount Li Sword Sect disciples.
Seeing him come over, all the people from the sects seated in this area began to rise and bow. Some knew his identity, while others had been reminded by the people seated near them.
Tang Thirty-Six waved his hand, indicating that he understood. He walked up to Gou Hanshi and asked, ”Did that fellow come back?”
Gou Hanshi knew that he was asking about Guan Feibai and said, ”He only got back two days ago. Oh, and congratulations.”
The struggle over the succession of the Tang clan, Tang Thirty-Six's imprisonment in the ancestral hall for half a year, and the ensuing events had already been spread to the entire continent.
Tang Thirty-Six asked, ”Who am I? Such trivial matters can't possibly hold me.”
Gou Hanshi chuckled but said nothing. On the side, Bai Cai felt like he had heard these words somewhere before… Although it had not been many times, they had left a deep impression.
”Martial Granduncle's favorite expression,” Gou Hanshi prompted.
Bai Cai was suddenly enlightened. He recalled the sight several years ago when his martial granduncle gathered all the disciples of Mount Li for a meeting, and repeatedly shook his head.
Tang Thirty-Six warned, ”Don't misunderstand, I didn't learn from him. We just happen to have the same interests.”
Bai Cai jeered, ”Esteemed Martial Granduncle has the strength to back up his words, while you would probably still be imprisoned if not for His Holiness the Pope's protection. Just how are you the same?”
Tang Thirty-Six raised his brows and shot back, ”That I have this sort of friend is due to my skill. To be impolite, just who has a better eye for talent than me?”
He was naturally speaking of how he had managed to get acquainted with Chen Changsheng in the Heavenly Dao Academy and later on in the Plum Garden Inn.