The Vice Sect Master sighed, a little annoyed that he had to stand up to commence the little private ceremony the Sect Master proposed.
"Good morning, Long Wei," the Vice Sect Master jolted his voice, hoping to stray away from his usual droning tone.
The Vice Sect Master was a full-blooded human, one of the most powerful to date, and one of the few who held nigh-untouchable status within the Imperial Expanse.
At first glance, his appearance seemed no different from a middle-aged man slowly peaking past his prime. Greying black hair, a set of subtle wrinkles etched at the corners of his eyes, light brown skin that slowly faded into a much darker color, and an odd slump of his shoulders completed the illusion.
But a single glance at his piercing golden eyes tore away that illusion. Within them, the prowess of one of the strongest beings in the Imperial Expanse boiled incessantly.
