At the thought that Su Chan was about to face such an opponent, Witch Su Xue began to lose control of herself. Looking somewhat crazed, she shouted from inside the gourd:
"Impossible."
"There can't possibly be anyone in the lower realm who can threaten Emperor Su!"
"You must be bluffing!"
As Xu Taiping surveyed the layout of the Liuhe Pagoda's fifth floor, he sent his voice to Witch Su Xue:
"You needn't blame yourself."
Xu Taiping continued:
"Even without you showing the way, I could have found this place."
Trapped inside the gourd, Witch Su Xue frowned in disbelief. "That's impossible!"
Xu Taiping offered no explanation. Instead, he looked toward the corridor lined with side rooms on the fifth floor, his gaze finally settling on the door of one particular room.
The wooden plaque hanging there was clearly inscribed with the words "Heavenly Character Number Five."
Then, without turning his head, Xu Taiping said to Fairy Lingyue beside him, "Sister Lingyue, I see it. He should be inside Heavenly Character Number Five."
To anyone else, Heavenly Character Number Five looked no different from the other rooms. But Xu Taiping could clearly see a thread on its door, connected to Witch Su Xue.
This was precisely the wondrous aspect of Xu Taiping's "lotus root broken, yet its fibers remain power."
When an event laden with karma occurred, as long as he could find one of the perpetrators involved, this lotus root broken, yet its fibers remain power could follow the vine to the melon, ultimately finding the mastermind behind it.
When Witch Su Xue heard Xu Taiping identify Su Chan's room with perfect accuracy, her face froze.
Had Fairy Lingyue not already placed layer upon layer of restrictions on her, she would probably have used a life-sacrificing technique to warn Su