Several days later.
Li Ping arrived punctually at the Golden Goblet Tower.
Xu Guike was likewise an ascetic cultivator devoted to cultivation, unconcerned with worldly possessions. Even his wedding banquet was a simple affair.
There were only two tables in all, with a dozen or so guests.
One table seated the friends Xu Guike and Lin Yue had made over their years in Snowflight City.
The other seated Li Ping and Ji Shuxuan's family.
It was worth mentioning that Ji Shuxuan's eldest son had married a female cultivator two years earlier, so the family now numbered six.
"Uncle Li!"
"Grandpa Li!"
"Fellow Daoist Li!"
"Pill Refiner Li!"
Li Ping drew everyone's attention the moment he entered the private room. Ji Shuxuan, who was serving as the host welcoming guests, hurried to invite him to take a seat.
As he made his way to his seat, Ji Shuxuan's family and the Foundation Establishment cultivators at the other table greeted him warmly.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators attending as friends of Xu Guike and Lin Yue looked especially eager once they recognized Li Ping.
This was not merely because Li Ping had reached the Foundation Establishment late stage, but also because he was a high-level Pill Refiner.
Who would not want to befriend a high-level Pill Refiner?
Besides, rumors claimed that Pill Refiner Li's younger sister was a Core Formation True Person.
How exalted was the standing of a Core Formation True Person's elder brother? Who would dare provoke him?
Li Ping smiled and nodded to each cultivator who greeted him, then settled into his seat.
Once seated, Li Ping swept his gaze over Ji Shuxuan's family.
When Li Ping first arrived in Snowflight City twenty-two years ago, Ji Shuxuan's eldest son had been only ten and had yet to begin cultivating.
Now