After a very long moment of silence, someone amid the crowd exclaimed, "Wait! Have you noticed that they addressed Zhang shi as 'Master' in their congratulations?"
Overwhelmed by the shock of the gifts, none of them had really noticed it. However, now that they were given some time to process what had just happened, realization suddenly dawned upon them.
"Indeed! They did say 'congratulations to Master'!"
"For them to call Zhang shi their master, there can only be one possibility… they are his tamed beasts!"
"Wait, doesn't that mean that Zhang shi… has managed to tame all of the kings of the Cloudmist Ridge? Is that the reason they cleared out their den to prepare these gifts to offer to him during the inauguration ceremony?"
As if a stone dropped into a tranquil lake, a commotion swiftly rippled across the crowd.