Though he had received no direct answer, Cangzhou's words undoubtedly confirmed Xu Taiping's conjecture from another angle.
For a moment, Xu Taiping's heart grew inexplicably heavy.
After studying Xu Taiping for a moment, a trace of sympathy suddenly appeared in Cangzhou's eyes. He gently shook his head and said:
"How alike you are today to us yesterday, when we intended to take our entire clan to the Land of Chaos in Outer Heaven to seek a way out of our predicament."
As he spoke, he suddenly turned his gaze toward Master Xuanzhi beside them, then instructed him expressionlessly:
"Little monk, if you still have strength to spare, help conceal us."
Master Xuanzhi understood at once. Without another word, he took out the Golden Alms Bowl and the Golden Pestle, then struck the bowl hard with the pestle as he had before.
"Clang!"
With that clear ringing strike, golden mist enveloped the area for more than ten zhang around the three of them.
Seeing Cangzhou suddenly become so cautious, Xu Taiping grew even more curious about what he would do next.
Just then, after confirming that the outside world could no longer perceive what happened here, Cangzhou suddenly took a brocade box from his broad sleeve and held it out to Xu Taiping, explaining:
"A star map is carved on the tortoise shell inside this brocade box. You need only follow that map to find our Dragon Clan's Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury."
Xu Taiping froze at those words, thinking he had misheard, and asked Cangzhou for confirmation:
"You mean there's a star map in here showing the location of the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury?"
Cangzhou smiled and nodded.
With disbelief written across his face, Xu Taiping accepted the brocade box.
He opened it and found that, just as Cangzhou