Inside a private room in the tea house.
Li Ping sank his divine sense into the jade slip in his hand and carefully read its contents.
A short while later, when he finished reading, magic power erupted from his palm, shattering the jade slip into dust. His expression darkened in an instant.
Seeing what Li Ping had done, the gray-robed young man immediately lowered his head and stood with his hands at his sides, too frightened to say another word.
I must never deliver things or letters for strangers again. He was filled with regret, wishing he had never coveted those spirit stones offered for delivering the message.
Fighting was indeed forbidden within Spirit Firmament City, but the formations had to detect it first. If a Core Formation Cultivator attacked a Qi Refining Stage cultivator like him in an enclosed space, not the slightest disturbance would escape.
All he could do now was pray that this Core Formation senior would not take his anger out on him.
Fortunately-
Creak!
The sound that reached the gray-robed young man's ears was like music from heaven. Then the pressure that had left him struggling to breathe slowly receded, as though it had never existed.
"Whew!"
Realizing that the Core Formation senior had left, he let out a long breath. His whole body relaxed at once, filled with the relief of someone who had narrowly escaped disaster.
Naturally, Li Ping had no idea what the gray-robed young man was thinking.
Walking along the bustling street, he pondered the contents of the jade slip the Eastern Sea Four Fiends had sent him through a messenger.
It was precisely the message in that jade slip that had enraged him earlier.
Instead of the terms for trading Golden Dawn Dew he had expected, the jade slip