After the Four Eccentrics of Juxian left, two days flew by in the blink of an eye.
Over those two days, all manner of people came in an endless stream seeking to visit Zhang Tie for various reasons. There were even quite a few barbarian knights from the Southern Frontier who wished to pay him their respects. Yet Zhang Tie received none of them. Instead, he cultivated the Great Wilderness Scripture peacefully within his tent while enjoying Bai Suxian's infinitely charming tenderness. If not for the strife outside, such days would have been as carefree as those of an immortal.
Two days later, the twin moons in the sky were full. This was also the day the second level of the Great Wilderness Grotto-Heaven opened. By dusk the following evening, as the sun on the ground sank beyond the mountains and the Hour of the Rooster passed, the atmosphere throughout the underground grotto-heaven grew restless. Knights gathered within the grotto-heaven began massing in great waves near the several Celestial Phenomena Gates.
When Zhang Tie emerged from his tent, Bai Suxian, Bai Runshan, and True Lord Deyang of the Celestial Mechanism Sect, who had come here merely to make up the numbers, were just heading over to find him.
Prince of Guangnan's Mansion's camp was not far from the nearest Celestial Phenomena Gate. By the time Zhang Tie stepped out of the tent, the sky was already dark with knights packed densely overhead.
Zhang Tie looked up at the sky and let out a helpless sigh. At a time like this, no matter how great his prestige, if he said there might be unfathomable danger inside, probably no one would listen to him. Instead, they would think he had some scheme and wanted to keep the spoils for himself. He turned