"With my current situation, I'm afraid I can't simply decide what happens to me." Lu Xiaotian shook his head with a smile. "Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. As for how the Jade Mystic Celestial Court will deal with me from here on, I can only leave it to fate."
"Fellow Daoist Dongfang, you're too pessimistic. You shouldn't think that way. Though you did considerable damage to our Jade Mystic Celestial Court's reputation in the past, that was because we stood on opposing sides. We're not so narrow-minded as to hold that against you. Now that Fellow Daoist Dongfang's alchemy has reached heights far beyond what it once was, your standing should rise accordingly. With your strength, even if you went to our Jade Mystic Celestial Court, let alone the Southern Pill Celestial Court, which has relatively friendly relations with Honghao, they might not hand you over."
Kuang Ziyou said, "This time, I won't hide anything from you. Fellow Daoist Dongfang and I know each other, and I'd like to invite you to Nebula City. I admit I have a personal motive. If you go to Nebula City, the resources of the local Alchemy Pavilion naturally won't be devoted to you alone. My main reason is that it would make it easier for me to discuss the Dao of alchemy with you. If you went to another immortal city without a fourth-grade Pill Saint, you'd receive more attention.
"After this, many other immortal cities will invite you as well. There won't be much difference between them. You'll enter the Jade Pill Palace either way; the only difference is which city you're assigned to."
"I'd certainly be willing to go to Nebula City, but Venerable Xuanhu brought me to Shuiyun City. I doubt he'll let me leave so