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At this moment, Xiao Lin, who had been captivated by the Spatial Wormhole in the capital of the Sky Serpent Empire, finally regained his senses under the faintly hostile gazes of the two Dou Zong experts.
"My apologies. In this part of the Northwestern Region, I rarely see things like Spatial Wormholes. I meant no offense."
Xiao Lin was well aware that his behavior could easily cause misunderstandings.
Therefore, he immediately cupped his fists to express his apologies.
He wasn't the type of person who enjoyed acting overbearing just because he possessed great strength. In Xiao Lin's understanding, people like that were usually nothing more than cannon fodder characters...
He had managed to awaken the memories of his past life with great difficulty, and he had no intention of following the old path of being a mere background character in the original story. Thus, if the fault was his, he would naturally apologize.
Upon seeing Xiao Lin's sincere apologetic attitude, the two Dou Zong experts guarding the Spatial Wormhole looked at each other and gradually let their guard down. To them, as long as Xiao Lin wasn't trying to destroy the Spatial Wormhole, it was fine.
Moreover, Xiao Lin hadn't actually done anything to the Spatial Wormhole; he had simply stared at it for a bit too long. It was only because Xiao Lin's strength was so formidable that these two Dou Zong experts had become so vigilant.
Seeing that Xiao Lin's attitude was so reasonable, they naturally wouldn't pursue the matter further.
"Don't mention it. Just as you said, things like Spatial Wormholes are indeed quite rare in the entire Northwestern Region. It's only natural for someone to look a bit longer; we were simply too tense."
One does not hit a smiling face.
Since Xiao Lin's attitude was good, the other party's attitude naturally wasn't bad either. They were all Dou Zong experts standing at the ceiling of the Northwestern Region. They weren't foolish enough to start a fight over something like this for no reason.
That would be pure brain damage!
Furthermore, in the eyes of these two Dou Zong experts, Xiao Lin was someone even stronger than themselves. With Xiao Lin being so polite, why would they refuse to give him face and choose to stupidly offend him?
If news of such a thing reached their home, even if they were Dou Zong experts, they would likely be scolded by their own Ancestor!
"If I'm not mistaken, you should also be here to participate in the Founding Ceremony held by the Sky Serpent Empire?"
At this time, the other elderly Dou Zong spoke up and asked.
"Indeed. I am Lin Xiao of Jia Nan Academy!"
Xiao Lin reported his name at this moment.
When these two Dou Zong experts heard the four words "Jia Nan Academy," their eyes couldn't help but brighten!
As representatives of another top-tier power in the Northwestern Region, how could these two Dou Zong experts not have heard of Jia Nan Academy? Or rather, in the entire Northwestern Region, how many people didn't know about Jia Nan Academy?
Perhaps if one excluded Xiao Lin and the Headmaster Mang Tianchi, Jia Nan Academy's strength would be a notch weaker than the Sky Serpent Empire. But in terms of fame alone, even that version of Jia Nan Academy was not something the Sky Serpent Empire could compare to!
It was no exaggeration to say that from Dou Zong experts down to those who had just begun their cultivation, no more than one percent of people in the entire Northwestern Region would be ignorant of Jia Nan Academy.
Such was the status of Jia Nan Academy in the Northwestern Region.
"So it's a friend from Jia Nan Academy, truly an esteemed guest! This old man is Shui She of the Sky Serpent Mansion!"
"Huo She of the Sky Serpent Mansion!"
After Xiao Lin introduced himself, the two elderly men in the Dou Zong realm followed suit and reported their names and the sect they belonged to. Hearing that these two Dou Zong experts came from the Sky Serpent Mansion, Xiao Lin did not show any surprised expression.
If anything, he had actually guessed it long ago.
After all, although the Sky Serpent Empire was the most powerful nation in the entire Northwestern Region, the number of forces within its borders that could produce two Dou Zong experts at once was actually few and far between.
Moreover, the qualification to control a Spatial Wormhole narrowed down the search range even further. In the end, Xiao Lin figured it could only be one of two powers: the Sky Serpent Imperial Family or the Sky Serpent Mansion.
Although Xiao Lin had only met Tian She and Di She among the Imperial Family's four great Dou Zong experts—and had not seen Xuan She and Huang She, who ranked third and fourth.
He could basically rule out the two men before him being Xuan She and Huang She based on the clothing of the other guards around the Black Stone Plaza.
After all, if they were guards from the Imperial Family, they should be wearing clothes similar to the palace guards Xiao Lin had seen when he entered the imperial palace a few days ago.
Of course, that wasn't the main point.
The main point was that although Xuan She and Huang She might not have met him, they should at least know that he, Xiao Lin, was representing Jia Nan Academy at the ceremony.
However, the two Dou Zong experts before him showed no sign of knowing this. Therefore, Xiao Lin could naturally rule out the possibility that they were the Imperial Family's Xuan She and Huang She.
Once the Sky Serpent Imperial Family was ruled out, the only force capable of producing two Dou Zong experts and controlling the only Spatial Wormhole in the capital was naturally the Sky Serpent Mansion, whose strength was even superior to the Imperial Family!
Similar to how the four strongest individuals in the Sky Serpent Imperial Family were named after Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang (Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow), the five strongest individuals in the Sky Serpent Mansion were named after Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
Namely: Jin She, Mu She, Shui She, Huo She, and Tu She!
The two Dou Zong experts responsible for guarding the Spatial Wormhole were Shui She and Huo She of the Sky Serpent Mansion.
The two of them wore blue and red robes, respectively.
The one in blue was naturally Shui She (Water Snake), and the one in red was Huo She (Fire Snake)!
That's right, the five people in the Sky Serpent Mansion who held the titles of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were all Dou Zong experts. This meant that, on the surface, the Sky Serpent Mansion had one more Dou Zong expert than the Sky Serpent Imperial Family.
Why say "on the surface"?
Because it was rumored that the previous generation's Jin She of the Sky Serpent Mansion—the old Mansion Master—had not perished. Over thirty years ago, that individual was already a peak Nine-Star Dou Zong expert.
Regarding this point, Jia Nan Academy's Grand Elder Su Qian had also mentioned it to Xiao Lin. The old Mansion Master of the Sky Serpent Mansion was said to be a figure from the same era as Jia Nan Academy's Headmaster, Mang Tianchi.
All of this information came from Jia Nan Academy's intelligence network.
Before Xiao Lin came to the Sky Serpent Empire to participate in the ceremony, he had naturally brushed up on his knowledge. However, there was one thing Jia Nan Academy's intelligence network had failed to ascertain.
That was whether the old Mansion Master of the Sky Serpent Mansion was actually dead.
Because ever since he abdicated over thirty years ago, he had not shown his face in public. People throughout the Sky Serpent Empire were spread rumors asking if the old Mansion Master had already fallen.
However, regarding this question, the people of the Sky Serpent Mansion chose to remain silent.
Therefore, this had become an unsolved mystery.
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