Fairy Lingyue gave Zhao Linglong a long look, then shook her head helplessly.
"After leaving the Withered Stone Sea, we did encounter some more trouble, but we cannot tell you about it yet, Linglong."
The matter of the Primordial Lord had far-reaching implications. With the Sword Champion Assembly about to begin, this was clearly not a good time to tell Zhao Linglong everything.
Hearing Fairy Lingyue say this, Zhao Linglong merely nodded and asked no more questions.
She fixed her gaze on Xu Taiping in the Spirit Mirror's projection again, then murmured:
"There will be time to ask about these things after Taiping reaches the summit of Ten Thousand Evils Peak."
Although Zhao Linglong still had little confidence in whether Xu Taiping could reach the summit of Ten Thousand Evils Peak, that did not stop her from hoping for it.
Rumble...
Just then, after he passed through the Great Treachery Pavilion and climbed another hundred-odd steps, a blast of gang wind formed from sword qi came howling down from the summit.
It was clear that the higher he climbed, the fiercer the sword gang descending from Ten Thousand Evils Peak became.
This time, Xu Taiping stopped in his tracks, a rare occurrence.
With one foot forward and the other back, he "nailed" himself to the steps in a bow stance. Then, gripping the hilt of his bone blade, No Edge, with both hands, he faced the surging sword gang rushing down and took a stance to meet it with his blade.
At this sight, Zhao Linglong inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Taiping is finally willing to stop and slowly neutralize this sword qi."
The previous few times he had faced the impact of sword gang gathering from the summit, Xu Taiping had chosen to withstand it with