"Taiping, you didn't run into any danger along the way, did you?"
"If you hadn't come back soon, I would have sent people out to find you."
As Xu Taiping entered the tent, Dugu Qingxiao and Huang Que immediately came forward to greet him, both their faces filled with concern.
"Everything went smoothly along the way."
Xu Taiping nodded to them, then turned his gaze toward the Wang You Valley disciple impersonating Xu Taichong and asked, his expression as still as an ancient well:
"Second Senior Brother, Brother Huang Que, who is this?"
He was in no hurry to expose Lü Qiu of Wang You Valley.
"You're Xu Taiping?"
Before Huang Que and Dugu Qingxiao could answer, Lü Qiu, the Wang You Valley disciple impersonating Xu Taichong, suddenly looked at Xu Taiping in surprise.
"Well, I never expected to meet our Golden Qilin Champion here."
After a brief moment of surprise, the Wang You Valley disciple gave Xu Taiping a mocking smile.
Although disciples of the Secluded Sects within the Five Heavens could not participate in the Golden Scale Assembly, they paid it no less attention than ordinary sects did.
For in their eyes, only disciples who made it onto the Golden Scale Ranking were worthy of becoming their opponents in the future.
Thus, many of the younger disciples of the Secluded Sects recognized Xu Taiping.
"Taiping, this man impersonated a surviving commoner of Great Liang to come here and assassinate the little princess. We suspect he's one of the three Wang You Valley disciples who set the fires."
Huang Que frowned, looking coldly at Lü Qiu of Wang You Valley.
"Suspect?" Lü Qiu smiled slyly at those words. "Brother Qingxiao, suspicion without evidence is called slander."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and lightly tapped the talisman hovering