"Taiping, you're back?!"
Half an incense stick later, Xu Taiping suddenly woke in the stone chamber at Fan Tower, giving Fairy Lingyue a fright.
Xu Taiping then gave Fairy Lingyue a rough account of how the Lotus Eye's spiritual consciousness had entered the Mysterious Wasteland Tower through a chance coincidence.
"It was actually that fellow!"
Fairy Lingyue looked astonished after hearing Xu Taiping's account.
Clearly, she had not expected the Lotus Eye's spiritual consciousness to be able to enter the Mysterious Wasteland Tower with its layers upon layers of restrictions either.
"Although this fellow's motives are hard to fathom, judging by the current situation, he at least bears you no ill will for now."
Although the Lotus Eye had helped Xu Taiping many times, Fairy Lingyue remained deeply wary of him. After all, this was something bestowed by the Wilderness's Yin God.
"That's what I think too."
Xu Taiping nodded.
Leaving aside the previous occasions, if the scenes the Lotus Eye had deduced for him this time were accurate, he would at least face no further obstacles before reaching the Ninth Layer.
That counted as an enormous favor.
"By the way, Sister Lingyue, what exactly happened to Senior Sister Linglong?"
Recalling the Lotus Eye's earlier warning, Xu Taiping hurriedly asked Fairy Lingyue.
"Here's what happened."
At his question, Fairy Lingyue's expression immediately grew serious, and she explained to Xu Taiping:
"After you entered the tower, your senior sister Zhao Linglong went to the Thousand Buddha Kingdom in the Wilderness to temper herself, together with Senior Sister Xu Ziyan of the Sixth Peak and several elders of the Azure Profound Sect."
"Originally, their cultivation was more than sufficient to venture through the Thousand Buddha Kingdom as it is now. But since the Faceless Tower is currently hiding in the Wilderness, I