Xu Taiping asked in confusion:
"What's different about it?"
Fairy Lingyue explained:
"Because the previous Abyssal Pavilion Thirteenth Seat died in battle so suddenly, he was unable to leave behind a Scroll of Time in advance to test his successor."
"The Scroll of Time in your hands was actually left behind in haste just before he died."
"Because only someone qualified to succeed to the Abyssal Pavilion Thirteenth Seat can open it, even Heavenly Lord Cangzhu doesn't know what exactly lies within this Scroll of Time."
"But one thing is certain: the scenes within this Scroll of Time must be exceedingly perilous."
"After all, the previous holder of the Thirteen Seats died in there."
At those words, Xu Taiping immediately knitted his brows and murmured:
"Even you think it's perilous, Sister Lingyue..."
A place as the Abyssal Pavilion Thirteenth Seat was certainly precious, but if this trial truly was as perilous as Fairy Lingyue said, he might turn it down no matter how precious it was.
Fairy Lingyue continued:
"So when Heavenly Lord Cangzhu handed me this scroll, I didn't agree right away."
Xu Taiping nodded, then placed the Scroll of Time, with its seal still attached, back on the ground before Fairy Lingyue.
He had decided against becoming the Abyssal Pavilion Thirteenth Seat.
Seeing that Xu Taiping had made his decision, Fairy Lingyue reached toward the Scroll of Time, ready to pick it up and put it away.
But just as she was about to grasp the Scroll of Time, her hand suddenly stopped.
Looking somewhat conflicted, she frowned and sighed before raising her head to look at Xu Taiping.
"Although I still don't recommend that you accept this trial, I think you should know the terms Heavenly Lord Cangzhu offered you."
Xu Taiping asked in surprise:
"Sister Lingyue,