"Daoist Taiping, we can neither use true essence and divine soul power nor come into conflict with the living beings within these heavens."
"How can we lure Madam Lu out?"
Dongfang Yuejian was thoroughly puzzled by Xu Taiping's words.
Xu Taiping did not explain immediately. Instead, he raised the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror in his hand, turned to look behind him, and searched the surroundings.
At last, his gaze settled on the center of the vast swaths of sleeping corpses at the valley entrance.
"Crack..."
Just then, the sound of the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror cracking rang out again.
Without any further hesitation, Xu Taiping hurled the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror from his hand.
"Smack!"
The crack-covered Heaven-Illuminating Mirror landed right in the middle of that vast mass of sleeping corpses.
Utterly at sea at the sight, Dongfang Yuejian could not help asking again:
"Daoist Taiping, I remember you saying that two terrifying masses of demonic qi were sealed inside your Heaven-Illuminating Mirror. Is it really all right to just throw it out like that?"
Having thrown out the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror, Xu Taiping looked noticeably more relaxed.
When he heard Dongfang Yuejian's question, he kept his eyes on the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror and answered without turning his head:
"Elsewhere, it would indeed be a problem. But in the Wilderness, especially in this valley, not only is it no problem, it can actually help us resolve our present predicament."
Hearing this, Dongfang Yuejian murmured in bewilderment:
"The demonic qi inside this Heaven-Illuminating Mirror can resolve our present predicament?"
Though Dongfang Yuejian was utterly at sea, seeing Xu Taiping so confident left her no choice but to suppress her curiosity and join him in staring unblinkingly at the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror.
Crack, crack, crack...
In the deathly stillness of the deep, secluded valley, the sound of the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror cracking