Lin Rui’s face sank when he saw that Huang Xiaolong neither knelt down nor bowed in salute, but merely cupped his fists in greeting.

With his identity and status as the Creed Patriarch of Blue Lotus Creed, only young patriarchs from top creeds such as the Dragon Fish Creed, Divination Creed, and Red Fox Creed could be exempted from kneeling and bowing in salute. Obviously, Huang Xiaolong was not a young patriarch from any of these top creeds!

Zhu Hui smiled when he saw this. “Brat, which creed’s young patriarch are you? You neither knelt down nor bowed in salute after seeing Brother Lin Rui.” 

However, his smile was thinly veiled malice. 

As expected, having Huang Xiaolong’s action pointed out by Zhu Hui, the way Lin Rui looked at Huang Xiaolong turned slightly hostile.

Just as Long Jianfei rushed to explain, Huang Xiaolong was one step ahead of him. “There...