The seventy-year-old elder's hair was silver-gray, his face wore a smile, and his features were covered with the traces of wind and frost left by the years, yet his pair of eyes were incomparably bright, like two stars in the night sky, glittering and shining, adding a few degrees of brilliance to the entire great hall.
His steps moved along the jade platform as if treading upon a calm water surface; a faint ripple could be seen spreading out from beneath his feet, drawing everyone's gaze, and the last trace of liveliness in the hall gradually faded away.
"Everyone, welcome to the Business Alliance Hall. I am Hall Master Diao Chaoyuan. I believe many among you present already know me."
The silver-haired elder walked to the jade dais at the center of the platform, his gaze sweeping around the great hall, a smile on his face.
"Senior Diao is a man of great virtue and prestige; how could we possibly not know you?"
"Indeed."
