As Chu Mu's figure appeared, the sounds of weeping in the hall abruptly ceased.
Confusion, terror... A multitude of gazes gathered upon him.
The silence lasted only a moment. The middle-aged housekeeper, who had been kneeling by the main hall's entrance, immediately scurried over and prostrated himself before Chu Mu.
"This humble servant respectfully welcomes the Immortal Master!"
His cry jolted everyone in the hall from their stupor.
"We respectfully welcome the Immortal Master's arrival!"
One cry followed another as everyone in the hall dropped to their knees.
Chu Mu was surprised, but then he remembered the far-reaching influence of the Longevity Sect in the Northern Border and Elder Li's own status as a Cultivator, and it all made sense.
"Chu is an old friend of Elder Li. There is no need for this, everyone."
He spoke slowly, his gaze lingering for a moment on a young boy before returning to the wooden coffin before him.
