"My friend, I just returned from Blood Rain Forest. I've been hunting demonic beasts and monsters in the mountains all this time, so I do look a little bedraggled, but I've also hunted down quite a few good things that I'm planning to sell at the Relic-Seeking Studio."
Xu Taiping earnestly explained this to the shop assistant.
He did not take much offense at being judged by his appearance. After all, the way he looked now really was not much like a normal person.
As for changing his clothes and washing up first, even if he could afford to wait, his Lotus Eye could not.
"My friend, on an ordinary day, I'd turn a blind eye and let you in, but today, you'd better change your clothes before coming back."
Seeing that Xu Taiping sounded sincere rather than pretending, the shop assistant softened his tone considerably.
"Mu Yuchen, the Divine Maiden of Peerless Nether Heaven, will be visiting our Relic-Seeking Studio in person today. The proprietor gave orders several days ago: anyone improperly dressed is not allowed inside today."
The shop assistant told Xu Taiping this with a look of pride.
"Divine Maiden Mu Yuchen?"
Xu Taiping knew absolutely nothing about Peerless Nether Heaven, so this was his first time hearing either that title or that name.
But judging by the shop assistant's expression, she was clearly someone important.
With the Golden Scale Assembly about to begin, experts from Several Heavens had all gathered here. It was perfectly normal for important figures to appear.
Left with a shadow over his heart by One-Leaf Book's Sevenfold Killing Tribulation, Xu Taiping instinctively grew wary. He thought he had better not go inside to join the bustle, lest one misstep bring disaster down on him again.
He glanced around the entrance to the