Ascending, Do Not Disturb!

Chapter 105: Keep Me Company

Huan Zhong heard Ling Hui’s reminder and turned to look at Kong Hou, hs eyes shrouded beautifully in mysterious mist.

“Ling Hui Shijie, Huan Zhong is my good friend; we do not care about such courtesies.” Kong Hou pulled Huan Zhong into a corner and whispered, “How come you are not with Song He Shishu and the others?”

“Shishu and they have to socialize with other sects,” Huan Zhong said to Kong Hou. “You know I don’t like talking to other people.”

The “you know” showed all the closeness and trust between them. Kong Hou did not bear to criticize him. The two found a place with a good view and finished watching Cheng Yi’s entire ceremony.

When Cheng Yi thanked the guests, he said a few more words to Huan Zhong, and didn’t mention how Huan Zhong had concealed his identity.

After the ceremony there was a rich and elegant banquet. In terms of other things, Splendid Cloud Sect could not rival other sects, but in terms of banquets, the other nine sects together could not win over Splendid Cloud Sect.

Kong Hou took Huan Zhong, Tan Feng, Wu Chuan, Ling Hui and the other apprentices to sit together. The biggest trait of Splendid Cloud Sect was to watch spectacles. Their ability to accept new things was high. So after a while, they could face Huan Zhong normally.

Out of them, Tan Feng was the most shocked. Tan Feng’s original dream was to become an exceptionally talented sword cultivator. The one who inspired such an idea was Huan Zhong. Yet his talent with the sword was limited. While he still managed to call himself a sword cultivator, he was actually an energy cultivator. No matter what he did, he already had Core Formation fifth level cultivation while not yet two centuries old. He was a person favored by the heavens, and had no fear.

Huan Zhong thought the disciples of Splendid Cloud Sect would have many questions for him regarding cultivation and swordsmanship, but since he had sat down, no one mentioned a thing. But when they discussed the delicious food of each place, each of them had smiles on their faces and endless cheerful talk.

“The older disciples are all friendly and casual. They are not as reliable as your sect,” Kong Hou said in a whisper to Huan Zhong, “However, they are all well-intentioned people.”

Huan Zhong nodded with a smile. “Yes.”

The him of a hundred years ago would have felt that these cultivators of Splendid Cloud Sect were not attending to their duties and were unambitious. But the present him only felt that the disciples of Splendid Cloud Sect were sincere and lived honestly.

Maybe when people’s minds were different, their way of looking at things would also change enormously.

“Master, why is Shidi sitting among the apprentices of Splendid Cloud Sect?” Cang Hai pretended to take a sip of tea and whispered to Song He. “The members of Nine Phoenix Sect have been looking over there several times.”

“Let them do it.” Song He looked towards Huan Zhong’s table. His shizhi who used to say less than a dozen words in a decade was talking with Miss Kong Hou of Splendid Cloud Sect. The young girl was full of smiles, and he did not look like a stoic person.

So there was no one who wasn’t talkative—they just hadn’t encountered the person to make him talk. But thinking about how no one in the last few generations of Splendid Cloud Sect had married, Song He had a headache. Shizhi finally managed to find a girl to fall in love with. If the girl had no thoughts, what could Shizhi do?

As a sword cultivator, one would not easily fall in love. Once they did, they would never give up. He feared that his shizhi could not overcome this. Who, when seeing lovers together, wanted them to separate?