Heavenly Pillar Peak, on the Sword Platform.
So this was what you were scheming, Su Chan, when you refused to let me reveal Chu Ping'an's identity.
Watching Yu Dan of the Seven Star Tower point his sword at him on the Sword Platform, Xu Taiping slowly rose and murmured those words to himself.
At the same time, Fairy Lingyue's voice sounded in his mind-
"Taiping, you've probably noticed too. Su Chan is convinced you broke the Bone-Shattering Curse through a demon cultivator's methods."
"He now plans to force you to display strength beyond your current cultivation, exposing your true form on the Sword Platform."
As she spoke, Fairy Lingyue's tone held a distinct trace of amusement.
For no one knew better than she did that the only reason Xu Taiping had been unaffected by the Bone-Shattering Curse was that he was a mortal bone to begin with.
The Bone-Shattering Curse had no effect on him whatsoever.
As Xu Taiping slowly walked toward the Sword Platform, he asked Fairy Lingyue in his mind:
"Sister Lingyue, there's probably no point in continuing to hide my identity as a mortal bone now, is there?"
Fairy Lingyue replied:
"You could say that."
Fairy Lingyue continued:
"During this Sword Inquiry, the Wang You Wind could be lifted at any moment. Your trial in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower will become public knowledge, and the Nine Abysses will stop at nothing to hunt you down."
"Even if you keep hiding your identity as a mortal bone, it won't do much good."
The main reason Xu Taiping had kept concealing his identity as a mortal bone was, in fact, to be targeted by the Nine Abysses.
For to the Nine Abysses, a Martial God who was a mortal bone posed an even greater threat than a Heaven Shocking