Although Chu Xiaoxiao's guess was rather too much of a flight of fancy, under the circumstances before them, Zhang Moyan found it hard to say anything in Xu Taiping's defense.
Duan Xiaoyu, however, who had looked tense before, suddenly could not help exclaiming in delighted surprise when she saw the rare, utterly relaxed expression on Xu Taiping's face in the image:
"This is the first time I've seen Eldest Brother Taiping look so relaxed since that Sword Cry on Jade Gourd Peak."
Although Duan Xiaoyu had rarely seen Xu Taiping since their trip to Jade Gourd Grotto-Heaven, she had collected quite a few Moonshadow Stones concerning him over the years.
And in those Moonshadow Stones, if not all of them, then at least eighty percent showed Xu Taiping looking tense and grave.
It was as though he had never relaxed once over all those years.
Hearing Duan Xiaoyu say this, Chu Tiancheng's eyes also lit up.
"Ever since the Golden Scale Assembly began, I don't think I've ever seen Junior Martial Uncle Taiping this relaxed in any of the images of him, either."
After Duan Xiaoyu and Chu Tiancheng said this in turn, everyone in the pavilion began thinking back, then realized it was indeed as the two had said: since the Golden Scale Assembly, every glimpse they had caught of Xu Taiping had shown him looking grave.
At this thought, the gazes everyone in the pavilion directed at Xu Taiping below suddenly softened again.
Lu Rushuang, who sat at the same table as Zhu Huai and Jiang Cuicui and had not spoken a word, suddenly smiled.
"Judging by Taiping's expression right now, he doesn't look as though he's been bewitched by a gu."
"The few of us should just settle down and watch. Whatever happens next, as long as