Ma Mingli who saw their jealous expression puffed out his chest in pride, all of dissatisfaction turned into a pleased smile after he saw their expression. He could not help but feel that those 100,000 spirit stones he just used were worth it..
Seeing her husband's antics Shi Jie rolled her eyes, she was very much aware of what was going on his mind but she did not bother him and let him enjoy his paper pride.
Seeing the ship Descending, Noah and Xin Yan activated the mask on their face, puzzling the rest of the people except Elysia and Yu Ming.
But then City Lord's eyes fell on the sect leader of the Soaring Heaven Sect and a knowing glint flashed through his eyes. He had naturally found out what happened between Long Tian and Lin Feng.
"Brother Tian, what is this mask for?" Ma Li, who was not aware of what happened, came near Noah and asked with a curious look on her face.
"The sect master of the soaring heaven sect is here. There are also some disciples among them who are from the same place as I come from. I don't want my identity to be revealed so soon." Noah did not explain much and said plainly looking at the disciples from the different sect from the edge of the ship.
When his eyes landed on a Familiar girl sitting cross-legged in the back they paused for a while before moving.
The girl in question opened her eyes feeling a gaze on her but it disappeared as soon as it came making it look like an illusion. She did not even have the tie to find the source of the gaze.
As Noah was observing the others, the whole crowd was observing them as well. There were nearly twenty participants from each sect that met the requirements of the domain.
All of their cultivation fluctuated from Qi Gathering to Qi Condensation Realm. Noah did not spare a second glance to any of them.
*Thud*
As soon as the ship touched the ground, all the three sect leaders flew over towards Ma Mingli.
"Greetings City Lord!"x3
Noah scanned the three people in front of them with a quick glance. One of them was a good looking man with sharp features and expensive clothing. His looks had resemblance with Lin Feng.
He was Lin Dan!
Beside him was an old man with a gentle look on his face but his whole being was screaming 'scheming bastard' to Noah.
He turned towards the last person, Who was also the strongest of them all. It was a woman with a beautiful face and a well proportioned body.
The cold look in her eyes was enough to freeze some weak enemies in fear. There was a hint of arrogance hidden deep beneath her cold emotionless almost puppet-like eyes. Her long blue hair was partially tied with a jade hairpin while the rest flowed down freely.
He did not know if it was conscious action or unconscious action but she was an inch above the ground, floating. It was like she did not want to touch the dirty ground with her feet.
Seeing her Noah immediately guessed her identity like the other two. She was none other than the sect master of the Frozen heart sect.
Unlike the first two bowing men, she just cupped her hands slightly as a mock-up form of greeting. Had she been the one with higher authority and control, she might have not even bothered approaching him.
Her eyes scanned everyone with a quick glance and they stopped on the three unknown people accompanying the city lord for just a second before she ignored them.
Seeing her Ma Mingli's eyes flashed for a second before he felt a chill down his spine and also cupped his hands while greeting them along with his wife.
""Greetings three sect leaders!""
"Greetings Lady Shi!"
They then greeted Shi Jie with obvious more respect.
Seeing this scene Ma Mingli's lips twitched but who told him to be weak.
Even though the three of them were stronger than the City they still had to greet him politely because of two reasons.
One being his wife who was at the level of the sec leaders and the other being the fact that Ma Mingli had the backing of the royal family.
Since Golden Edge City was a goose that laid golden eggs for the empire for obvious reasons, the Emperor has a good relationship with him and favors him.
Having a branch of the Eternal Jade Guild in their city is a much bigger thing than some people can imagine.
There were only two branches of the guild in the empire and none of these two made less than the royal family could make in total.
The eyes of the two male sect leaders went past Ma Li and shifted to the three guests accompanying them one by one.
"We should get ready, It seems the auspicious time has arrived and the domain is about to open."
Seeing their curious gaze, the City Lord reminded them, causing them to turn their attention back at him.
They saw that the portal in the middle of the field was fluctuating at regular intervals and the time gap of the intervals reduced with each passing second. It was an indication that the portal might open soon.
This sign was enough to make everyone's hearts tremble in ecstasy.
"Then, let's take our seats, please follow us city lord."
The old man suggested with a warm smile, leading them towards the area where seating arrangements were made specially for them. His enthusiastic approach did not gain anyone's attention as they were aware of his real nature.
As he Turned, Lin Dan, the sect leader of the Soaring Heaven Sect, felt a chill down his spine, he looked around only to find that everyone was looking at him with a weird look on their face.
His back was drenched in sweat and he could feel that he was in a moment of crisis just for a second, like he was being targeted by someone but that turned out to be an illusion.
What he did not know was that he was already under the radar of a certain mommy 'dragon'.
Xin Yan's blue reptile-like eyes glowed under the mask as if they could not wait to tear the guy apart but she held herself back not wanting to waste the perfect time to savor her revenge.
'Just a little bit more…'