"Wasn't Zhenwu's Black-Eagle Banner lost on the Gods and Devils Battlefield? How could it appear here?"
Fairy Lingyue had clearly heard of the renowned True Martial Black-Eagle Banner as well.
"According to the Lotus Eye, this True Martial Black-Eagle Banner is actually one of the formation nodes of the True Martial Barrier."
Xu Taiping answered.
Then, as he rode the wind toward Green Ox Village, he recounted to Fairy Lingyue everything the Lotus Eye had told him.
"In other words, the Faceless Tower, Wang You Valley, and all the other Arsonists actually came this time for the treasures the True Martial Great Emperor buried within the Great Liang Kingdom."
"Setting fires is very likely their means of searching for those treasures."
Fairy Lingyue's tone grew increasingly grave.
"That's what I think, too."
Xu Taiping nodded.
"But Taiping, anyone who dares covet treasures passed down by the True Martial Great Emperor himself must have cultivation and methods far beyond those ordinary cultivators of the Faceless Tower. Going alone may not be wise."
Fairy Lingyue spoke with some concern.
If he were facing only the thirteen Arsonists out in the open, she would not have been too worried. But clearly, those retrieving the True Martial Great Emperor's treasures in Green Ox Village were not those thirteen, but the masterminds behind them.
And barring anything unexpected, those masterminds should all have strength comparable to the Faceless Tower's Fourth Tower Lord.
Xu Taiping might not be able to handle even one Fourth Floor Lord alone. With several more, even escaping unscathed would be difficult.
"Sister Lingyue, when the Lotus Eye told me to investigate, it taught me a method it said could deal with those people."
Xu Taiping glanced at the ruins of Green Ox Village in the mountains ahead as he spoke to