Zhangsun Zhize turned back and glared at Ge Yongshou again, sternly reprimanding, "Why don't you apologize to these fellow cultivators and ask for their forgiveness?"
"Cultivator Mei, Cultivator Yuan! I'm afraid we've been poor hosts and lost propriety. I ask for your forgiveness." Ge Yongshou stepped forward, humbly apologized without argument.
Such a cunning old man! With a few words, he brushed off the matter of making everyone wait for nearly two hours, cleverly shifting the blame onto the investigation team, implying it was not others being inconsiderate but rather this group being ignorant of the rules.
"Elder Ge, there's no need for such words. We are newcomers and did not understand the timing of the elders' routines. Our abrupt visit disturbed your peaceful cultivation, and indeed that was our fault." Knowing they were playing a duet, Mei Simiao had to play along and politely replied again.
