"Ignore them for now, just keep an eye on them and make sure they don't do anything under our noses." With his own people around, Shang Xiye didn't have many reservations and directly gave orders.

"Alright!" Cao Xiaosi received the order and turned to run away as if someone was about to eat him.

Last night, Lucheng.

The eldest elder of the Zhou family, Zhou Zhaolong, led the two most talented direct descendants of the Zhou family, Zhou Xuan and Zhou Bo, along with several other elders and descendants of the Zhou family, into a small courtyard that the Zhou family had temporarily rented in Tongcheng.

The eldest elder of the Dongdan family, Dongdan Fuji, and the second elder, Dongdan Fu Fa, along with the young master of the Dongdan family, Dongdan Jinghong, and a group of direct and collateral descendants, entered the small courtyard that the Dongdan family had temporarily rented.

The two rented courtyards were adjacent to each other, and the two groups of people arrived one after the other.

Upon entering, the two groups nodded to each other in a friendly manner, indicating that they were quite familiar with each other and that the two families had frequent interactions.

The next morning, both families sent visiting cards to the Dan Sect without prior arrangement, but they waited until nightfall without receiving a reply from the Dan Sect.

When they sent someone to inquire again, the reply was always the same: "The acting sect leader is currently focused on breaking through to the Dan Sheng realm and has no time to receive guests." After waiting a few more days, they sent another visiting card, but received the same reply.

Zhou Zhaolong and several elders from Dongdan Fuji and Dongdan Fufa remained relatively calm, but the members of the Zhou and Dongdan families were furious.

On this day, the two families had just gathered together when they immediately began to complain about the Pill Sect.

"It's one thing that Yun Yao is busy trying to become a Pill Saint and has no time to receive guests, but are the elders of the Pill Sect also trying to become Pill Saints and not one of them has come out to take charge and respond? What kind of hospitality is this?" Dong Dan Jin Ying slammed her hand on the table, her arrogant and domineering attitude overflowing.

"Forget about hospitality. Didn't you hear the elders say that they didn't let the Dongdan family and the Zhou family in at the last seven-day pill auction of the Pill Sect?" Dongdan Jingzhe said slowly, "They clearly did it on purpose to give the Dongdan family and the Zhou family a hard time. I think this matter will be difficult to resolve."

"I wonder which unlucky bastards offended the Pill Sect, causing them to disregard their clan's reputation and embarrass us like this," Zhou Xuan said through gritted teeth. "If I find out who it is, I will skin them alive!"

Zhou Bo and Dong Dan Jinghong, relying on their status as the young masters of their respective families, did not easily participate in their frivolous remarks, but the expressions in their eyes clearly showed that they agreed with them.

At this moment, a flamboyant young man at the next table suddenly chimed in, teasing Zhou Xuan with a grin, "Miss, you're being too presumptuous. Judging from your young age, you must be a junior from the Zhou or Dongdan families. If it were your parents who offended the Dan Sect, you could skin them alive too!"

Upon hearing this, the audience immediately suppressed their laughter.

Zhou Xuan's face flushed instantly. She stood up and turned around, seeing that the flamboyant young master who had spoken was quite handsome. And the young master in blue behind him was even more handsome and otherworldly, like a banished immortal. The angry shout that was about to come out of her mouth fell silent.

Finally, it shrunk to a lukewarm question: "Who...who are you?"

He sounded somewhat annoyed, but far from being accusatory.

"We're just a bunch of rogue cultivators. We heard that the acting sect leader of the Pill Sect is going to try to become a Pill Saint, so we came to watch the excitement," the young master said with a roguish grin.