Sword Immortal Xu Xie left the western coast of Tongye Continent, crossed the sea to another continent and landed on Treasure Bottle Continent, arriving at Great Li Capital City to visit the National Teacher's Manor.
According to the rules established by the Great Li Dynasty, an Ascension Realm cultivator landing on Treasure Bottle Continent had to first report to that White Jade Capital imitation.
Xu Xie put Du Hanling's head and headless corpse, a portion of Spiritual Energy containing Dao intent, several fragments of Destiny Items, and more away using his Sleeve Universe technique. When making a deal with someone, one had to have "a head and a tail," with money and goods exchanged, everything clean and settled.
He could not possibly come all the way to Great Li Capital City empty-handed, say a few weightless words to Chen Ping'an, and leave it at that. Whether Chen Ping'an believed him was one matter; Xu Xie himself could not get past that hurdle in his heart.
Xu Xie passed through the Thousand Pace Corridor, lined on both sides with government offices, and arrived outside the street gate of the National Teacher's Manor. He had come a quarter-hour earlier than their appointed time. A beautiful woman slowly emerged from the main gate, cupped her hands in greeting, and said apologetically, "Xu Jun, the National Teacher is still receiving guests in the official hall and cannot get away for the moment. Please wait a little while. My name is Rong Yu, and I am a maidservant of the National Teacher's Manor. The National Teacher asked me to invite Xu Jun to his study first for a cup of tea."
Xu Xie smiled. "The National Teacher has weighty duties. I understand."
In the plaza between the street gate and manor gate stood a screen