A short while later.
Fan Tower, Moon Perching Pavilion.
"Taiping, you're back?"
Fairy Lingyue, who had been keeping watch beside him, immediately stepped forward to ask when she sensed Xu Taiping's aura return.
Although he had gone to the Zhenwu Martial Armory, his Primordial Spirit had left his body, after all. Anything could happen.
"Hiss... whew..."
Xu Taiping, who had been sitting motionless, first drew a deep breath, then slowly exhaled through his mouth.
Only then did he open his eyes and say:
"Sister Lingyue, I'm fine. Nothing went wrong."
Hearing this, Fairy Lingyue finally let the taut string in her heart relax.
Fairy Lingyue immediately asked:
"Did it go smoothly?"
Xu Taiping naturally knew what Fairy Lingyue meant, so he smiled and nodded.
"Very smoothly!"
Fairy Lingyue's eyes instantly lit up.
"You got them?"
"How many?"
Faced with Fairy Lingyue's questions in quick succession, Xu Taiping did not answer directly. Instead, he tightened his grip on the Sword Champion Token, took three Thunder Sound Banners out of it, and presented them to Fairy Lingyue with both hands.
At the sight of the three Thunder Sound Banners in Xu Taiping's hands, Fairy Lingyue exclaimed in delight:
"You actually brought back three Thunder Sound Banners?!"
Just as Fairy Lingyue took the Thunder Sound Banners and prepared to examine them closely, Xu Taiping took the Commandant-Rank Thunder Sound Banner out of the Sword Champion Token as well.
A surging might of thunder flooded the entire Fan Tower like a tide.
Fairy Lingyue instinctively stepped back, then looked at the Thunder Sound Banner in Xu Taiping's hand in disbelief. "Taiping, could this be a Thunder Sound Banner that only a Heavenly Thunder Commandant can lift?"
Xu Taiping smiled and nodded.
"That's right, Sister Lingyue."
As he spoke, he handed the Commandant-Rank Thunder