222 Chapter 222 (2/2)

The man chuckled while moving closer, instead of a bow he offered Zhang Dong a handshake. This took him slightly back but he returned the gesture while gripping the other man's hand firmly. He was acting similar to an old English gentleman which was quite out of place.

This brought an idea to Matt. The man probably had similar roots to his lovely wife. She also had an ancestor that was probably from a different world. This man's ancestor had to be of British descent. He might be able to get more information about those cubic treasures.

He was still in the dark about the strange site where he started his adventure in this world. The person that shortly spoke to him told him to get more of those cubes. He wasn't able to find any other ones at all. Feng Lena's ancestor also came from another part of the empire or from a totally different country whatsoever.

He scanned his own land with his map and there were no other spots there. If he got this man to speak, maybe he could find one there? This was an unexpected encounter but maybe this trip here wouldn't be a total waste.

”Brother Tian?”

Zhang Dong raised an eyebrow after the full name got revealed. This only confirmed that he must have some kind of transmigrator or reincarnator ancestor that came from either his own earth or a similar one.

”Brother Dong ol' chap, you made a name for yourself since the last time I've seen you..”

”Ah, a couple of things happened and I got lucky.”

Zhang Dong replied while slightly smiling.

”Nonsense! There is no such thing as luck, only hard work, ol' chap!”

The man got even closer as the two chatted. The elders behind Zhang Dong didn't say anything and neither did the people that were standing behind Elder Tian. None of them had a say in this and they needed to remain in place and wait.

Their conversation continued for a couple of minutes before they finally decided to move into the city. The group of old cultivators that was behind Zhang Dong could finally move their old bones.

With the help of the top hat-wearing nascent soul master, they were able to enter without a problem. The man here wasn't there for only Zhang Dong but he took some time out of his day to guide them into the city.

The two masters exchanged some pleasantries after which Sebas Tian had to return.

”Brother Dong, I will see you at the banquet I'm sure we can discuss the dao there ol chap”

”That we can brother Tian, you'll have to tell me where you got that hat from....”

Matt was mostly interested in where this man had come from but he seemed like a nice guy. His alignment was also fine at lawful neutral.

After they split up a small group of servants came over. They were composed of good looking women and men only. This was probably a tactic to gain favor with the sects. They would keep them happy with small gifts and beauties.

Something like this would have probably worked on Zhang Jin like a charm. Zhang Dong on the other hand was the faithful type. He was even missing his little potato even more now.

The city was filled to the brim with people but the streets were empty. When he and his sect members were walking through the regular residents of the city had their heads down.

Everyone knew that many powerful people would be coming over. This also meant that offending one of them was a high possibility. Even with the city being protected by the Yinglong Pavilion they wouldn't help anyone of low status. This was the same in any city in this world.

The group was guided to one of the larger hotels that went by the name of Azure Phoenix Hotel'. They weren't the first group of cultivators to arrive though. Some other people were being guided by similar servants and already going inside.

Matt didn't know just how many other sects were coming. There were far less middle sized sects with nascent soul masters throughout the land.

This also wasn't the only hotel that the cultivators were guided to. Getting a worse place to stay at could also be a cause of fights breaking out. If one sect thought they should be the ones to stay at a more pricey hotel. It could be interpreted as a loss of face when they saw a similar sect as them getting preferential treatment.

He could already see two sects glaring at each other at the entrance to this hotel. They were composed of people of younger ages. The juniors were to the side glaring at each other and the two young masters were already picking fights with each other.

Matt was glad that he decided to bring the old fart group instead. Those just looked at the exchange with spite, those people were not conducting themselves with grace in their eyes.

Now a problem arose. The path towards his accommodations was right between the two sides. From the conversation, he was hearing these sects were rivals. Something about one of their senior members killing the other in some kind of competition or trial recently.

He had a decision to make, would he wait for them to stop fighting or would he just go through? Both decisions had their ups and downs, but the first one certainly would take more time as the shouting match was only getting louder and no one seemed to be interfering.