At those words, Xu Taiping gave a helpless smile and said:
"Master Xuanzhi, this journey is hardly anything good. Why would you need to trade that credit for it?"
Then his expression immediately grew serious again as he said:
"In that case, Master Xuanzhi, come along with us."
As he saw it, with Master Xuanzhi there, he and Dongfang Yuejian would have someone to look out for them.
In fact, given Xuanzhi's and Dongfang Yuejian's cultivation and combat strength, not only would they not hold Xu Taiping back, they would very likely be a great help to him.
Xu Taiping had been unwilling to let the two accompany him solely because he did not want to implicate them.
But now it seemed the karma of this journey had long since been settled. Even if he insisted on refusing, the two of them would surely head to the Wilderness on their own.
Since that was the case, the three of them might as well travel together.
Seeing Xu Taiping finally relent and agree, Master Xuanzhi immediately brightened, pressed his palms together, and recited a Buddhist invocation.
Beside him, Dongfang Yuejian was likewise delighted to see that Master Xuanzhi could come along too.
Over the years, the two had remained in the Withered Stone Sea to help Xu Taiping guard the Dragon-Slaying Stele, training together and developing seamless cooperation.
Were it not for that, they could not have held up those three from Ningchan Cave for so long earlier.
Boom!
Just then, Xu Taiping put away the Dragon-Slaying Stele.
As the master of the Dragon-Trapping Tower, he could store the Dragon-Slaying Stele directly inside it.
After putting away the Dragon-Slaying Stele, Xu Taiping looked at the White Bodhi Tree again. Then he pressed his hand against its trunk and spoke to the