"It's fine. If Daoist Friend Dongfang ever wants to go to Tianluo City, you can let me or Brother Shentu know at any time," Nie Tianhou said.
Lu Xiaotian thanked him and floated over to a solitary peak that Nie Tianhou had arranged for him. He did not enter the elegant little courtyard. Two pretty women who looked like maidservants had already been waiting at the entrance, but after waiting half the day, they had not seen even a ghost.
"Big Brother Nie, aren't you being a little too courteous to this Dongfang?" Bai Rushuang had barely spoken to Lu Xiaotian during the latter half of the journey. After all, she had status of her own, and putting on airs before bowing and scraping still weighed somewhat on her conscience.
"Lin Shiqing's attainments in alchemy aren't low either, yet he was so easily suppressed by Daoist Friend Dongfang. No matter how much importance we attach to him, it won't be too much. Daoist Friend Dongfang is definitely not merely an ordinary third-grade Alchemy Saint." Nie Tianhou's expression was solemn. "Didn't you see how, whether facing Lin Shiqing or us, he always advanced and retreated with composure? He had clearly guessed that our identities were no ordinary ones, yet he never showed the slightest sign of panic. Even when he heard the name of Daoist Yihua, aside from a little surprise at first, didn't he grow accustomed to it afterward?" Nie Tianhou said.
"So what? No matter how formidable a third-grade Alchemy Saint is, he is still only a third-grade Alchemy Saint. Even if his status is comparable to that of a Heavenly Immortal, in truth, it isn't much higher than ours. We all have our own Lineages, or backing from our teachers," Bai Ruxue said indignantly.
"I've seen a fourth-grade