After Li Ping refused to attend the banquet, Master Hu left with a displeased expression.
Li Ping stood alone in the courtyard, a thoughtful look on his face.
"Perhaps I'm overthinking things?" Li Ping shook his head slightly. He seemed to have grown far too suspicious lately.
Fairy Miao Rou had asked him to escort a shipment, while Master Hu had invited him on an expedition and to a banquet. Surely they couldn't both be trying to lure him out of the city.
There shouldn't have been any connection between the two.
Li Ping felt no guilt whatsoever about refusing Miao Rou.
After all, he was the customer, and the customer was king.
But with Master Hu, he still hoped to acquire second-tier upper-grade alchemy techniques from him, and maintaining a friendly relationship was his only chance of doing so.
Offending him over a few suspicions spun from shadows and whispers really wasn't wise.
Master Hu had only just left. If he agreed to attend the banquet now, there should still be time...
Li Ping stood in the courtyard for a long while, his expression wavering, before finally letting out a soft sigh.
He still decided not to attend the banquet.
Master Hu wasn't the only one with a second-tier upper-grade pill refiner's legacy.
But Li Ping only had one life.
Risking his own life just to avoid damaging his relationship with Master Hu-that would make him a true fool.
Having thought it through, Li Ping's eyes held no further hesitation. He turned and headed toward the alchemy room.
Let the winds blow from north, south, east, or west; I shall stand unmoving as a mountain.
As he walked, his gaze fell on the Spirit Land beside the pond, where three figures were busy working.
They were his fourth sister,