Li Xian had encountered no ambushes on his way to the Flowing Wind Residence, but while passing through the Yuhua Immortal Dynasty, he ran into a minor problem with the All Heavens Hall's Void Space Teleportation Array. It was nothing serious.
It had simply seen frequent use recently and needed to be shut down for a day.
This was fairly normal for the Void Space Teleportation Arrays the All Heavens Hall had set up across the land.
They also had several days to spare before their appointment with the Flowing Wind Residence, so they could afford the delay.
But the precise location of this mishap made Leng Qishuang keenly aware that something was wrong.
Sure enough...
After the group took temporary lodgings at a nearby restaurant, a figure appeared silently inside Li Xian's cave abode.
The moment the figure appeared, Li Xian sensed something.
They're here already?!
They had only just set out!
There was still a long way to go before they reached the Flowing Wind Residence!
Were the foreign races already too impatient to wait?
A surprise!
A delight!
Reaching the top of the Heavenly Venerable Tower really did draw the foreign races' attention!
But just as he was about to burn his immortal power and activate the power of the Great Dao within his grotto-heaven to strike back, his exceptionally keen mental perception picked out the visitor's whereabouts and identity first.
At once, the smile he had barely been able to suppress faded from his lips.
"Oh, it's you."
There was unmistakable disappointment in his voice.
The visitor was not an assassin from the foreign races, but Fang Juexia, princess of the Yuhua Immortal Dynasty, formerly second on the Heavenly Venerable Tower and now third.
Fang Juexia clearly had no idea she had nearly been mistaken for