Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned again.
What was going on with Dragon King?
He had just confidently declared he would kill Yang Zhen, but now he was acting so respectfully towards him?
Let alone others, even Yang Zhen himself was utterly bewildered, completely failing to understand the situation.
His gaze narrowed slightly: "What do you mean by this?"
"Uh, this..."
Facing Yang Zhen's question, the usually decisive Dragon King hesitated.
However, he couldn't be blamed for acting this way, as he was simply too shocked!
He had never expected that the supremely honored Heavenly Dao Supreme would appear in such a small place as Dragon City.
It was important to know that the Heavenly Dao Alliance was the most powerful and also the most mysterious organization in the world today.
The Heavenly Dao Alliance was structured into three councils, six halls, and seventy-two branches. Dragon King's sworn brother hall was one of those seventy-two branches.
The Heavenly Dao Alliance had a strict hierarchy and was extremely secretive.
Moreover, individuals of Dragon King's caliber normally didn't even have the qualification to meet the Heavenly Dao Supreme.
Therefore, he dared not address Yang Zhen as Supreme.
On the other hand, Old Madam Xiao was not pleased to witness this.
Dragon King was clearly the savior she had invited, yet he was dithering and not acting.
Now, he was even becoming respectful towards Yang Zhen. How could this be allowed to continue?
She let out a sharp reprimand:
"Dragon King, what do you mean by this? Today is my eighty-first birthday banquet!"
"I invited you to kill someone, but you are delaying. By doing this, where does that leave the Xiao family's reputation? How am I supposed to proceed with this banquet!"
Dragon King stood up, his gaze chilling, and said in a deep voice, "If you can't proceed, then don't!"
"What did you say? You want me to cancel the banquet?"
Old Madam Xiao clutched her chest, so angry her heart felt like it would burst.
"You, you, you have truly angered me to death! Dragon King, ask yourself, are you worthy of your father? Are you worthy of my Xiao family?"
The Xiao family had already suffered continuous blows today. If their birthday banquet were to be canceled in the end, they would truly become the laughingstock of Dragon City!
Dragon King sneered:
"Back then, when my father was in trouble, I did receive the favor of half a meat bun from your Xiao family. But haven't I helped your Xiao family enough over the past three years?"
"Greed knows no bounds. Since you are not satisfied, fine, then I shall repay the favor I received back then a hundredfold!"
"Guards, bring me a hundred meat buns! Old Madam Xiao, if you do not eat these hundred meat buns today, you will not be allowed to leave this place!"
Old Madam Xiao's face instantly turned ashen with fear. A hundred meat buns could form a small mountain.
If she were to eat all of them, wouldn't she be stuffed to death?
Xiao Li quickly pleaded, "Dragon King, we know we were wrong. We implore you to be magnanimous and show mercy!"
Dragon King snorted coldly, "Hmph, you know you were wrong, then why aren't you leaving quickly?"
"Let's go, we're leaving now, leaving now..."
Xiao Li helped Old Madam Xiao, almost scrambling and crawling as they made their way out.
Liu Yun and everyone from the Xiao family followed closely behind.
Like stray dogs, they walked out dejectedly.
After this incident, the Xiao family's morale was bound to be severely hit.
More seriously, their backer, Dragon King, had now turned against them!
After all the Xiao family members had left, Dragon King waved his hand and said, "Clear the area. No idle people shall remain!"
At Dragon King's command, his subordinates immediately acted.
Before they could even make a move, the guests were already terrified and fled.
Within five minutes, besides Yang Zhen and the people from the sworn brother hall, there was no one else in the banquet hall.
Even the Yu family members were asked to leave.
Yang Zhen stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Dragon King with a detached gaze: "Speak, what exactly do you mean?"
Yang Zhen had already found the matter suspicious. After Dragon King had driven everyone away, he felt even more peculiar, sensing that Dragon King was plotting something.
However, what he never expected was that as soon as he finished speaking.
Dragon King, with a thud, knelt on one knee before him.
Following him, hundreds of people from the sworn brother hall all knelt on one knee.
In the vast banquet hall, only Yang Zhen stood there, utterly bewildered.
Around him, a dense crowd knelt.
Yang Zhen was completely dumbfounded. What were these people doing?
"Your subordinate, Dragon King of the Sworn Brother Hall, welcomes the Supreme!"
"Welcome the Supreme..."
As Yang Zhen was still in a daze, these people bowed to him in unison again, startling him.
"What Heavenly Dao Supreme? Dragon King, what are you all talking about? Have you gone mad?"
Dragon King, kneeling on one knee, explained, "Supreme, you are wearing the Heavenly Dao Token, and you are the Supreme of the Heavenly Dao Alliance!"
Yang Zhen touched the green jade thumb ring and asked doubtfully, "Are you talking about this thing?"
Dragon King's expression tightened, and he quickly nodded in affirmation.
He thought to himself that in this world, only the person before him would dare to call the Heavenly Dao Token 'this thing'.
It was then that Yang Zhen finally understood. He hadn't expected the green jade thumb ring the old recluse had given him to be such an incredible item.
He looked at the people around him and asked Dragon King, "So, you are the Heavenly Dao Alliance?"
Dragon King respectfully replied, "Reporting to the Supreme, the Heavenly Dao Alliance is structured into three councils, six halls, and seventy-two branches. Our Sworn Brother Hall is merely one of them."
Yang Zhen was stunned: "You mean to say, there are seventy-one branches as powerful as yours?"
Dragon King stated cautiously:
"Reporting to the Supreme, the Heavenly Dao Alliance has a rule that brother branches are not allowed to interact too closely. Therefore, I am not clear about the specific strength of the other brother branches."
"However, I believe they are likely stronger than us."
Whether Dragon King's final addition was a show of humility or not, his words were enough to surprise Yang Zhen.
A single Sworn Brother Hall was already dominant in Dragon City. If there were seventy-one more such branches, what would that mean?
Furthermore, above them were the three councils and six halls! Their strength would only be greater.
What kind of colossal entity was this Heavenly Dao Alliance? Yang Zhen could no longer imagine it!
Recalling now, the old recluse who lived in seclusion in prison was likely the previous Supreme of the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
But why would such a powerful figure, who could command the wind and rain, be willing to live in seclusion within the prison?
Yang Zhen was utterly baffled. The old recluse held too many secrets.
Perhaps on the summit of Mount Jiuyi on the fifteenth of August, he might find some answers.
After his shock subsided, Yang Zhen looked at the people before him and asked, "Do you have anything else? If not, you can all leave. I should be going home too."
Dragon King was surprised again. So the Supreme's home was actually in Dragon City!
"What are you all standing around for? Get up. I'll contact you again if needed. You can all go!"
Yang Zhen impatiently began to dismiss them.
"Your subordinate obeys!"
Dragon King then stood up and led his men away grandly.
After they left, Yang Zhen slumped into a chair.
The Supreme of the Heavenly Dao Alliance!
This identity was simply too explosive; he still couldn't accept it!