"Taiping, this is a register of all the cultivators who have reached the Mysterious Wasteland Tower Eighth Layer over the past three years. Keep it safe."
Inside the Discussion Hall on the Azure Profound Sect's Main Peak, Sect Master Zhao Qian handed Xu Taiping a jade slip.
"Sorry for the trouble, Sect Master."
Xu Taiping accepted the jade slip with both hands.
He merely scanned it with his divine sense, and faces, each with a name attached, surfaced in his mind.
Among those faces were none other than his Second Senior Brother Dugu Qingxiao and his senior sisters Jiang Zhi and Zhao Linglong.
"Senior Brother and my senior sisters actually all reached the eighth layer."
Xu Taiping gave a bitter smile.
"Ah..."
Sect Master Zhao Qian sighed, then waved a hand and said:
"Everyone has their own fate. Since they insisted on braving danger to seek opportunities, it was not my place to stop them."
Despite those words, Xu Taiping could still see deep worry in Zhao Qian's eyes.
"Rest assured, Sect Master. Senior Brother and my senior sisters will be fine. Even if something happens, I will bring them back."
Xu Taiping put away the jade slip, then gave Zhao Qian his assurance.
"Taiping."
Zhao Qian reached out and patted Xu Taiping's shoulder, then shook his head.
"As I just said, since they chose to enter the tower to temper themselves, they must take responsibility for their own lives and deaths."
Xu Taiping naturally understood that Zhao Qian only said this because he did not want to put too much pressure on him.
"Sect Master, wait for our good news." Xu Taiping smiled at Zhao Qian. "Don't forget, I'm the Golden Scale Champion, protected by the strongest fortune in the Five Heavens."
"Hahaha!..."
Zhao Qian laughed heartily at that,