"Yes, Xu Taiping will probably lose this wager with the Eight Views Dao Palace."
Hearing this, Mu Yun beside him first sighed, then nodded somewhat helplessly.
"He is indeed a martial artist rarely seen in a hundred years. Our Eight Views Dao Palace could summon him and pay a price to remove his Bone-Shattering Curse. Perhaps he could be of use during the Heaven-Demon War."
Inside a palace floating amid a sea of clouds at the Eight Views Dao Palace, an old man with white hair and beard stood with his hands behind his back, frowning at a projection cast from the Spirit Mirror before him.
"Elder Guangyuan, we have no shortage of martial artists like this in the lower realm. There is no need to waste time on him."
A middle-aged Daoist in blue robes standing beside the old man shook his head, his words brimming with disdain.
Guangyuanzi gave the blue-robed Daoist a long look, but ultimately nodded and said:
"You are right, Vice Palace Master Liu."
This middle-aged Daoist in blue robes was Liu Qingyuan, one of the Eight Views Dao Palace's several Vice Palace Masters.
"This boy cannot even handle a mere two Ghost Kings, yet he dares call out to the Five Heavens, gathering young cultivators to go to their deaths in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. Such arrogance and ignorance. Elder Guangyuan, arrange for someone to visit the Azure Profound Sect later and give their sect master a stern warning. Tell him to keep his disciples in line."
Liu Qingyuan gave Guangyuanzi another instruction.
Guangyuanzi's brow furrowed slightly at these words, but he ultimately nodded and said:
"Yes."
Although he, too, disliked Xu Taiping's reckless actions, he had never considered punishing him.
"Bang!..."
As the two spoke, Xu Taiping, bound in Dragon Tendon within