"Linglong!"
"Senior Sister Linglong!"
"Senior Sister Linglong, how are things outside?"
Xu Taiping, Zhao Linglong, and the others had only just entered the cavern when a group of Azure Profound Sect disciples gathered around them.
Among them, those Xu Taiping knew best were naturally the female disciples of Sixth Peak.
Every one of them looked braced for battle.
"Are you Taiping?"
Just then, Xu Ziyan of Sixth Peak recognized Xu Taiping and immediately stepped forward to ask, her face full of surprise.
"Xu Taiping of Seven Peaks greets Senior Sister Ziyan."
Xu Taiping smiled and paid his respects to Xu Ziyan.
Had the sect not suffered repeated upheavals over the past few years, Xu Ziyan would likely already have become Dao companions with Xu Taiping's Second Senior Brother, Dugu Qingxiao, making her his sister-in-law.
"No need to be so formal."
Xu Ziyan smiled and waved a hand, then let out a long breath. With some relief on her face, she looked at Xu Taiping and said, "With you and Linglong here this time, I can rest easy."
"Junior Sister Ziyan, is everything all right here?"
Huang Que also stepped forward at that moment and asked with concern.
"Eldest Brother Huang Que."
Xu Ziyan first cupped her hands to Huang Que, then glanced at the dozens of Azure Profound Sect disciples in the vast cavern behind her before saying gravely:
"There are no problems for now, but if Qingxiao and the reinforcements from your Nine Prefectures still haven't arrived by nightfall, we'll have no choice but to risk leaving the valley through the secret passage at the back of this cavern."
"But the problem is, if those arsonists discover us, we'll have no choice but to fight them head-on."
As she reached this point, a little more anxiety appeared on Xu