Immediately afterward, a familiar figure entered the Nether Profound Grotto.
The newcomer was none other than Sect Master Zhao Qian.
Once Xu Taiping saw who it was, he inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and cupped his hands in greeting from afar.
"Taiping pays his respects to the Sect Master!"
Zhao Qian nodded to Xu Taiping, then immediately turned toward the Bronze Gate and bowed with cupped hands, his expression solemn.
"Junior Martial Uncle, this disciple has just received two pieces of bad news that I must report to you."
Hearing this, Lü Daoxuan, behind the Bronze Gate, immediately asked with an equally solemn expression:
"What news?"
Zhao Qian said at once:
"The first concerns those two strands of Yuyangzi's Corpse Demonic Qi."
"Although we have already sealed these two strands of Yuyangzi's Corpse Demonic Qi, they differ from ordinary Corpse Demonic Qi. Even sealed, Yuyangzi's Corpse Demonic Qi can still affect Demon Seeds within a radius of a hundred, or even a thousand, li."
"At present, the only solution is to shut it inside the Demon-Locking Well and seal it together with his true body. Only then can we stop him from bringing further calamity upon Qingxuan."
At this point, Zhao Qian suddenly sighed and shook his head somewhat helplessly.
"But to do that, we must open the seal on the Demon-Locking Well. Doing so, however, risks allowing Yuyangzi's true body to break free of the seal within the well."
"But if we do nothing..."
"More and more Demon Seeds will awaken because of those three strands of Corpse Demonic Qi, and Qingxuan's disciples will continue to suffer casualties."
Clearly, Zhao Qian found it extremely difficult to decide what to do.
After hearing Zhao Qian's account, Xu Taiping, standing nearby, gave it serious thought. Then an idea suddenly occurred