It was noon.
In the largest Dao Field within the Ten Evils Monastery, disciples waiting for the matches to begin had already crowded around the raised platform in its center, where the disciples fought.
Xu Taiping, seated on his Flying Sword, now counted as one of them.
After demonstrating the Blood Qi Tempering Method to Lin Buyu in detail and verbally explaining its key points, Xu Taiping had left the courtyard, leaving Lin Buyu alone to cultivate.
Although he could have stayed unnoticed to check on Lin Buyu's progress, Xu Taiping felt there was no need.
First, regardless of whether Lin Buyu could master the Blood Qi Tempering Technique, what ultimately mattered was whether she won or lost this match.
Second, by evening, the power of time within the Kunwu Sword would be exhausted. Even if he did nothing, he would still be expelled from the River of Time and returned to reality.
So, rather than waste this precious opportunity, Xu Taiping wanted to explore the Ten Evils Monastery some more and see whether he could learn Junior Sister Buyu's true relationship with the Taihao Sect, as well as exactly when in the Shangqing Realm's history this stretch of the River of Time belonged.
Fortunately, effort did not fail the determined.
After a morning of inquiries, Xu Taiping had finally cleared up both questions.
"Although most of it matches what Sister Lingyue and I guessed, there are still things I need to confirm with her when I get back."
Xu Taiping gazed at the empty platform and murmured to himself.
Judging by what he had learned, Lin Buyu and the Taihao Sect's current sect master were very likely father and daughter.
Yet that sect master's attitude toward Lin Buyu was extremely strange.
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