"You..."
"Greetings, Tributor Chen."
A guard was about to shout, but a Major Cultivator recognized Chen Che. He stopped the guard and quickly dropped to one knee.
If it were any other Loose Cultivator at the Golden Core Realm, he would never have knelt in greeting.
This man was a Tributor of the Sect, a station only half a rank below an Elder or Chief.
"You know me?"
Chen Che turned to look at him.
"My surname is Tang. Tang Linli is my older brother."
The Major Cultivator who had recognized Chen Che, Tang Lintao, answered respectfully, "We didn't know this was your Demon Beast. Please forgive us for unintentionally blocking its path..."
The very day Chen Che became a Tributor, Tang Linli had sent his portrait to his clansmen, terrified that one of them might one day fail to recognize someone of importance and act discourteously. He never imagined that despite all his caution, he would still end up blocking the man's Demon Beast.
"It's nothing."
