At those words, Xu Taiping first stared steadily at Witch Su Xue, then gripped his saber's hilt and sheathed it with a clink.
At once, the mass of thunderflame enveloping Stone Demon seemed to freeze, hovering motionlessly over the surface of his body.
Then Xu Taiping looked at Witch Su Xue and said:
"What is it?"
After a brief hesitation, Witch Su Xue finally spoke:
"Although I don't know what Emperor Su is planning, I can tell you where he's hiding right now."
Witch Su Xue added with a sneer:
"If you dare to meet him."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping's eyes immediately lit up.
But he did not answer at once. Instead, he relayed his conversation with Witch Su Xue to Fairy Lingyue word for word through voice transmission.
Before long, he heard Fairy Lingyue's reply-
"If we really can find where Su Chan is hiding, we could indeed eliminate this lurking threat once and for all."
As Fairy Lingyue spoke, her words carried the confidence to slay any Buddha or god that stood in her way.
Xu Taiping immediately nodded and said:
"I'll sound her out."
The very reason he had risked entering this Stone Prison was to use himself as bait to find information about Su Chan.
Now that Witch Su Xue might know where Su Chan was hiding, he naturally would not let this opportunity pass.
Then Xu Taiping asked Witch Su Xue bluntly:
"Where is Su Chan?"
Witch Su Xue did not answer. Instead, she glanced at Stone Demon, whose entire body had been burned to charcoal, before saying coldly:
"Release him first."
But to Witch Su Xue's surprise, after hearing her words, not only did Xu Taiping refuse to release him, he instead pushed Water-Cutting a few inches out of the scabbard at his waist