"Is everyone here?"
Early morning, Shaoyin Mountain.
Outside the Quest Hall.
A deacon of Shaoyin Mountain surveyed the crowd below and asked loudly.
Xi Wushang, who was standing next to the deacon, also surveyed the crowd.
His gaze lingered for a moment on a newly arrived young cultivator who seemed preoccupied, then subtly shifted away.
But in his mind, he thought:
"Is this Wang Ba? He doesn't look so special."
Hearing the deacon's question, a slightly dark-skinned yet heroic-looking young cultivator couldn't help but say, "Deacon Shi, if someone is late, can we just forget about them? There are so many of us waiting for just him..."
Before the deacon could speak, Xi Wushang immediately scowled and reprimanded in a low voice:
"Zhong Kang, mind your words!"
Deacon Shi had intended to scold Zhong Kang but seeing Xi Wushang had spoken, he glared at Liang Zhongkang and then turned his gaze elsewhere, sensing something.