I appeared above the marketplace, and Li Yushuang soon flew over with Soft Red Lady and Kind Dao.
"Ah, Young Friend Xia... no, I should call you Daoist Friend Xia. You've finally emerged from seclusion." Soft Red Lady wore a charming smile, without the slightest sense of danger. Li Yushuang could not help frowning and said, "Big Brother Xia, Junior Sister Liuli and Xiner have already taken the various immortals outside to establish defenses. Senior Kind Dao and I are holding down the marketplace to prevent any sudden riot by spies, but this is only a stopgap measure. What should we do now?"
"You two should continue guarding this place. I'll go out on my own. I'd like to see what they're capable of, surrounding us like this." I gave a cold laugh.
"They aren't merely trying to surround us. They should be buying time to bring in forces from all sides and hunt us down together. Isn't that what the saying about the Gourd Immortal hunt means—that everyone divides up the benefits? The various forces that were invited are already on their way. I'm afraid not a single one of the Nine Immortal Lands will be absent!" Soft Red Lady giggled.
Kind Dao said, "From what I hear, their Immortal Venerables are still guarding the rift region in the Three Immortal Realms. The people coming now should be the second-in-command figures of the various forces, and I'm afraid none of them will be easy to deal with. Besides, we have only four immortals in the Dao-Ascension Transformation Realm. If their second-in-command figures—or perhaps the various patriarchs—have come as well, there may be at least a dozen Dao-Ascension Transformation Realm experts, and certainly no fewer than a hundred in the Dao-Ascension Realm."
"That many? Including those defending against the Three