"I remember hearing a scream from behind a door the last time I entered the Dragon-Trapping Tower. It seemed to come from this Geng Character Room, didn't it?"
On the second floor of the Dragon-Trapping Tower, Xu Taiping stopped before the Geng Character Room.
"This is the place."
Little Monkey Ping'an leaped onto Xu Taiping's shoulder and wrapped both arms around his neck. Watching the door to the Geng Character Room warily, he said, "Eldest Brother, when you were cultivating in seclusion here, screams came from several other rooms too."
Over ten years ago, while hiding from a demonic monk's pursuit in Blood Rain Forest, Xu Taiping had brought Ping'an and Bai Yu into the Dragon-Trapping Tower to take refuge.
Since he had not yet refined the Dragon-Trapping Tower then and could not open its entrance at will, they had been forced to seal themselves inside the Mysterious Wasteland Tower for nearly seven years.
"I remember the Jia, Ding, and Wu rooms seemed to be unlocked back then."
Fairy Lingyue's figure appeared beside Xu Taiping.
"That's right. I cultivated inside the Jia Character Room."
Xu Taiping nodded, then withdrew his gaze from the door of the Jia Character Room and returned it to the door of the Geng Character Room.
"Some changes must have occurred after I refined this Dragon-Trapping Tower into my Natal Treasure."
He offered his conjecture.
"Bang!..."
As the two spoke, a tremendous crash suddenly came from inside the Geng Character Room before them on the second floor.
At this, Xu Taiping instinctively took a step back, while Little Monkey Ping'an darted back into the Gourd.
Though Fairy Lingyue remained before the door, she had already summoned an immortal peach once borne by the Earth Treasury Fruit, ready to have Xu Taiping swallow it at any moment.