"A mere... Mortal Bone?"
After hearing Xu Taiping's words, Mu Yun froze for a moment, then shook his head in deep disappointment.
"Xu Taiping, had you admitted it openly, I might have respected you a little. But even now, you're still quibbling. How truly disappointing."
As for the others.
Whether those on the Sword Platform or the Spectating Cultivators outside it, most thought no differently from Mu Yun.
The Mysterious Female True Lord shot Xu Taiping a look of outright disgust, then turned a cold gaze on Prefect Liu Chuxuan.
"Prefect Liu, if your Nine Prefectures still refuses to act, don't blame our Eight Views Dao Palace for taking over your duties!"
Liu Chuxuan frowned and looked at the elders beside him.
"Sorry for the trouble, elders. Take Xu Taiping to the Nine Prefectures Prison."
Clearly, he too had lost patience with Xu Taiping.
At that moment, Xu Taiping spoke again.
"Prefect Liu, if I didn't still have something extremely important to do, I could indeed go with you."
As he spoke, Xu Taiping suddenly interrupted the automatic circulation of the Cloud-Riding Scripture within him, stopping it from automatically refining his true essence.
Then, before everyone's eyes, he abruptly released the true essence within him that had not been refined by the Cloud-Riding Scripture.
Boom...!
Amid the thunderous tremor, a dark gray Qi Pillar suddenly rose from Xu Taiping's body.
At the same time, an aura much like that of hearth smoke suddenly emanated from within the dark gray Qi Pillar.
"This... this is..."
Seeing the chaos-like, dark gray Qi Pillar shooting skyward from Xu Taiping's body, Liu Chuxuan's expression suddenly stiffened. His mouth opened and closed for a long time, but he could not finish his sentence.
Beside him, the Mysterious Female True Lord and the others also froze