"Eldest Senior Sister, pinch me."
In the bamboo grove at Profound Seclusion Abode, Azure Profound Sect.
Zhao Linglong stared unblinkingly at the Spirit Mirror on the table and lightly nudged her Eldest Senior Sister Jiang Zhi beside her.
At that moment, the Spirit Mirror happened to show Xu Taiping standing on the Golden Scale Platform.
"Well? Does it feel like a dream?"
Jiang Zhi smiled and put an arm around Zhao Linglong, reaching from behind to pinch her cheek.
"It does... Ow! Senior Sister, why did you actually pinch me?"
Zhao Linglong cried out in pain.
"After today's battle, win or lose, Taiping will at least be among the top eight on the Golden Scale Ranking. He can rightly be called the foremost of True Martial Heaven's younger generation in a thousand years."
Senior Sister Ziyan of the Sixth Peak also looked deeply moved.
"Senior Brother Qingxiao, has there been any news from the Nine Prefectures about Senior Brother Taiping being threatened last time?"
Lin Buyu, who had been sitting quietly all this time, saw that Dugu Qingxiao had finished adjusting the Spirit Mirror and asked.
"Oh, Junior Sister Buyu, if you hadn't asked, I would almost have forgotten."
Dugu Qingxiao immediately took out a Communication Jade Slip and activated it in front of everyone.
The voice of Huang Que from the Nine Prefectures promptly rang out from the Communication Jade Slip-
"Qingxiao, there are findings on Taiping being threatened. According to Youyun Prefecture, someone was indeed threatening Taiping at the time, but they're still investigating whether the Mystic Blade Sect was responsible. And the person they used to threaten Taiping was indeed Duan Xiaoyu of the Heavenly Blade Sect."
At this, everyone's heart tightened.
But soon, as Dugu Qingxiao infused True Essence into it again, Huang Que's voice rang