No one in Central Province undergoing tribulation was practically a certainty.
Before Tian Yin underwent tribulation, no one in Dongsheng had dared to continue doing so either. The people of Central Province could only be more knowledgeable than those of Dongsheng.
On the fifth day after Qu Jianlei returned, a report came from below: Hall Master Jiang Hui of the Star Palace's Hall of Rites and Music had come to visit.
Though she was merely a hall master, her status in Central Province was faintly higher than that of the lords of the Thirty-Six Cities.
Thus, when she came to visit Red Leaf Ridge, she was accompanied by True Immortals from the Five Upper Sects, as well as two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from prominent families.
With True Immortal Hai He and True Immortal Zhiyuan included, there were nine Nascent Soul Realm cultivators among her entourage. The display was far from ordinary.
Yet it was precisely because she had needed to put on such a display that she arrived five days late.
There was no need to mention what she had been doing during that time.
Still, however one looked at it, more than ten Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had arrived. That was an enormous show of respect to Red Leaf Ridge.
Anyone with even a little sense had to come out and receive them solemnly.
People from Red Leaf Ridge did come out, but only Jing Yuexin appeared, accompanied by True Immortal Qi Ya.
To put it more bluntly, Red Leaf Ridge's First One had not shown himself. They had merely sent out one Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and one attendant! Although most people in Dongsheng knew that Jing Yuexin was likely Red Leaf Ridge's second-in-command, that had never been publicly announced.
A second-in-command without official confirmation was merely