Lü Daoxuan's words left both of them aghast, but also resolved a question in their minds-
"Why did the Azure Profound Sect need only its sect master to guard an entire demon grotto?"
After all, to guard its demon grotto, the Sea-Calming Tower of Youyun Heaven had deployed not only a Martial God of peerless combat strength, but also three hundred thousand soldiers of the Sea-Calming Army.
"Rumble, rumble..."
Just then, with a rolling sound, a wine gourd rolled through the gap beneath the Bronze Gate and stopped at Xu Taiping's feet.
Then Lü Daoxuan said with a laugh:
"I'm out of wine. Talking's no fun without it."
Xu Taiping immediately picked up the wine gourd and pulled out its stopper.
But before he could pick up the wine jar and pour, Fairy Lingyue had already lifted it. Wine flowed out along with its fragrance, pouring unerringly into the wine gourd in Xu Taiping's hands.
Once the gourd was full, Xu Taiping once again rolled it, now filled with strong liquor, through the gap beneath the Bronze Gate toward Lü Daoxuan on the other side.
After taking the wine gourd, Lü Daoxuan suddenly spoke in a deeply nostalgic tone:
"Little fairy, Zhao Qian brewed this wine, didn't he?"
Fairy Lingyue nodded.
"Sect Master Zhao did indeed deliver it personally."
Lü Daoxuan chuckled.
"Once you're out, tell him to brew more this year. When the day comes that this old man regains his freedom, I'll go to his residence and drink for three days and nights."
At this, Fairy Lingyue and Xu Taiping exchanged smiles.
Judging by his tone alone, Lü Daoxuan was much more optimistic now than he had been before.
It felt as though someone who had lost all zest for life had found his direction anew.
"Gulp, gulp,