The captain was furious after being slapped, but he endured it, covering his cheek and remaining silent.0

The Cao Gang was not actually too afraid of the Wang Clan, but they might not want to escalate things over a minor scuffle involving their subordinates, so if he retaliated and got beaten up, nobody would do anything about it.0

The cavalryman’s gaze swept across the bow of the ship, and the first person he saw was Xuan Chong. “So you really were here, Daoist Priest Xuan Chong.”0

Xuan Chong was astonished. “From your words, it seems as if you expected me to be here?”0

“Yes, we went to Mount Tai a few days ago. Our master mentioned that you have been traveling around the southern regions for quite some time, so we went to look for you in the south. As we were moving around, we happened to hear someone say that they saw you on the bow of the Cao Gang’s ship, so we came to see if it was true.”1

Xuan Chong frowned slightly. “What’s so urgent for you to look for me so intently?”0

The cavalryman took out what seemed to be an invitation and said, “It will be our young master’s birthday soon, and he specially invited peers on the Ranking of Hidden Dragons to the banquet. Our group has been tasked with inviting ten or twenty distinguished individuals.”0

“That’s it? You intercepted...0