Venerable Jiaye immediately shook his head again and said:
"Daoist Taiping, it is not that I am unwilling to help. The road to Vulture Peak is simply too perilous. I would not advise you to take such a risk."
At this point, he immediately added:
"Moreover, though I do not know how you learned that Buddha Fate could be requested from Vulture Peak, judging by what I have sensed over these years, no trace of Buddha Fate remains on the peak."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping was not disappointed in the slightest. Instead, a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes as he said:
"Venerable Jiaye, does that mean someone really has requested Buddha Fate Power from Vulture Peak before?"
Venerable Jiaye nodded and said:
"Those experts in your sect sensed correctly. Vulture Peak was indeed once a Buddhist path connecting Shangqing to a Buddhist Kingdom Beyond the Domain. Every eminent monk of great virtue had one chance in his lifetime to ascend Vulture Peak and request Buddha Fate."
Xu Taiping was overjoyed at these words.
For Venerable Jiaye's words undoubtedly corroborated the Five Elders of the Taixuan Sect's conjecture.
After all, their discovery that Buddha Fate existed on Vulture Peak had relied primarily on their perceptions, deductions, and conjectures.
Venerable Jiaye gave a helpless smile and said:
"Daoist Taiping, do not rejoice too soon."
Xu Taiping immediately cupped his hands toward Venerable Jiaye with a serious expression and said:
"Please enlighten me, Venerable Jiaye."
Venerable Jiaye glanced at the window to the west, then turned back to Xu Taiping and continued:
"As I said just now, in all these years since I awoke, I have not sensed even a trace of Buddha Fate on Vulture Peak."
"Furthermore, Vulture Peak is no ordinary mountain. In essence, it is a passage connected