Late the following night.
Cloudwater Residence, Dongfang Household Head's Residence.
"Household Head Dongfang, thank you for your hospitality tonight. We'll take our leave and retire now. Tomorrow, we'll head to the Profound Elixir Palace together to see you off to its secret realm, the Immortal-Burying Ruins!"
"Miss Moyan, there's no need to stand on ceremony. If anything at Cloudwater Residence proves inconvenient, you can contact Steward Zhou directly."
"..."
After a round of pleasantries, Dongfang Yuejian finally finished making arrangements for all the guests at that day's banquet, including Xu Taiping's friend Zhang Moyan.
Her nerves, taut all day, finally relaxed considerably.
Ever since the Profound Elixir Palace's Ranking Ascension gathering yesterday, word had spread throughout the various realms that Xu Taiping had turned the tables and killed the Three Corpses Cave expert, and would join the Dongfang Clan's team for the Dragon-Slaying Assembly as planned.
For a time, the cultivators from all quarters who came to pay their respects nearly wore through Cloudwater Residence's threshold.
Some came to befriend Xu Taiping, some to probe his true strength, and some to challenge him in blades or fists. There were all sorts.
Merely receiving these people left Dongfang Yuejian rather overwhelmed.
Yesterday, the Dongfang Household had even caught several assassins who had come to kill him.
Unfortunately, by the time these assassins were caught, they had all taken their own lives, so nothing could be learned from them.
It was precisely for this reason.
For safety's sake, the Dongfang Clan had politely turned away the vast majority of cultivators seeking an audience with Xu Taiping, inviting only his close friends to the banquet.
It had to be said that Xu Taiping today-
After enduring that Wilderness-like, arduous journey in pursuit of Buddha Fate, and the heart-stopping battle against Du Heng of