Zhao Yanran had been extremely pampered by her father since childhood, and their relationship was very deep.
When she was fifteen, her father participated in the Zongshi War on Right Eyebrow Peak and won, becoming a Sect Knight, but he was never heard from again after that.
The one who competed with Zhao Yanran's father for the Sect Knight position was Zeng Zifang's father.
Zhao Yanran believed that her father's disappearance was the doing of Ancestor Zeng, the peak master of Right Eyebrow Peak.
Zeng Zifang's father lost and never walked out of Zongshi Hall, which made Zeng Zifang deeply resent Zhao Yanran.
The animosity of the previous generation was completely passed down to the next.
Today, twenty-eight years later, the Zeng Family and Zhao Family were staging another Zongshi competition.
Zhao Yanran's father reached out his right hand and gently stroked her head, smiling as he said,
“Don’t cry. I didn’t expect my Yanran to also become a Sect Knight.”
As he spoke the words “Sect Knight,” his body stiffened, and his eyes looked towards Qian Duoduo.
In Zongshi Hall, the eight seats were for the eight Sect Knights.
The throne in the very center belonged to Ba Zu.
When Qian Duoduo returned to Zongshi Hall, he already knew all the information about Zongshi Hall.
The throne was connected to the eight seats; when a Sect Knight sat on a Sect Knight seat, he had to accept the Sect Knight Legacy and swear loyalty to Ba Zu. Ba Zu, on the other hand, was the Cultivator who could sit on the throne.
When Zhao Yanran's father became a Sect Knight, the throne was empty, but now Qian Duoduo was sitting on it, and it was clearly Qian Duoduo who had saved him from his blackening.
Zhao Yanran's father gently pushed Zhao Yanran away, took a large step forward, and came to the center of the main hall, half-kneeling in salute to Qian Duoduo:
“Sect Knight Zhao Baixiao of Right Eyebrow Peak greets Ba Zu!”
The Golden Winged Bird continued to purify the other Sect Knights with purple light, while Qian Duoduo sat steadily, Spiritual Qi pouring into the throne, and a gentle force supported Zhao Baixiao.
“We are family, Sect Knight Zhao, there’s no need to be so polite.”
When Zhao Baixiao entered Zongshi Hall and became a Sect Knight, his cultivation was at the Golden Core Middle Stage.
He had been blackened for twenty-eight years, and his cultivation had not progressed.
He clearly knew that the person sitting on the throne was at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, but he still unhesitatingly performed the grand salute of greeting Ba Zu.
This showed that he was a very rule-abiding and decisive person.
Qian Duoduo effortlessly lifted him, a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator, with the help of the throne, which also indicated that Ba Zu's strength was not as simple as it appeared.
However, Zhao Baixiao, who had stood up again, was stunned when he heard the words “We are family” and looked back at Zhao Yanran.
Qian Duoduo saw that Zhao Baixiao clearly had some misunderstanding, thinking of him and Zhao Yanran as a married couple.
He smiled bitterly to himself; twenty-odd years of blackening would inevitably have some impact on one's mind.
Zhao Yanran was exceptionally intelligent; from Zhao Baixiao's glance back, she immediately realized her father was thinking in the wrong direction.
Her face flushed, and after standing properly, she cupped her hands towards Qian Duoduo: “Thank you, Elder Qian, for your help in saving me and my father.”
“Elder Qian?” Zhao Baixiao blurted out, his eyes filled with many question marks.
Could this Elder Qian be a nickname between his daughter and Ba Zu?
“My name is Qian Duoduo. Before entering Zongshi Hall, I was the Elder of Magic Treasures at Nose Peak.”
Seeing Zhao Baixiao continue to look at him with the eyes of a prospective son-in-law, Qian Duoduo's head ached, and he began to explain.
Zhao Yanran, as a Sect Knight of Nose Peak, actually understood that Qian Duoduo, who could sit on the throne, was Ba Zu.
However, she chose not to believe it. In her opinion, Qian Duoduo's cultivation was suspicious, and he could bring a Spirit Beast into the Zongshi War, so he must be an enemy spy from another sect.
“A hero is not judged by his origin, and Ba Zu is not defined by his position.”
Zhao Baixiao had a look of sudden realization, as if he wanted to confirm the relationship between Qian Duoduo and Zhao Yanran from the keyword “Nose Peak”.
His reaction made both Qian Duoduo and Zhao Yanran feel a headache simultaneously.
