Two months later.
Chenglong Heaven.
Dragon's Hidden Immortal Abode.
Dragonwhisker Town.
"Dragonwhisker Town here in our Dragon's Hidden Immortal Abode is a necessary stop on the way to the Profound Elixir Palace, the greatest sect in Chenglong Heaven. With the Dragon-Slaying Assembly about to begin, immortal houses from all quarters have gathered here. Naturally, it's bustling like never before."
"So, honored guest."
"If you keep hesitating like this, I'm afraid someone else will book this last room too!"
At the entrance to a decidedly imposing inn, a shop assistant stopped three cultivators by the street and launched into a torrent of introductions.
Among the three cultivators, a woman with delicate, pretty features promptly waved her hands and said,
"No, no, innkeeper, we're not staying. Once the Teleportation Array at the West Gate opens in a little while, we'll head straight to the Profound Elixir Palace!"
Hearing this, the tall, slender female cultivator beside her, whose hair was tied high and who carried a spear on her back, radiating martial vigor, pulled the woman over and said,
"Princess Tiancheng, don't say so much."
At this, the woman with delicate, pretty features immediately patted her mouth and shrank back her neck.
"Thank you for the reminder, Older Sister Moyan."
The other female cultivator beside them, carrying a long vermilion saber, asked curiously as she walked,
"Older Brother Moyan, why can't we even tell people that?"
The black-robed man explained as he walked,
"Xiaoyu, you don't know this, but not every cultivator can enter the Profound Elixir Palace to watch this Dragon-Slaying Assembly. We only received a few invitations from the Dongfang Household thanks to Daoist Taiping. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to get in either."
"Quite a few factions are willing to pay enormous sums for these invitations."
"Some cultivators even stake