Old Dragon Court.
First-Rank Pavilion Teahouse.
"Young Master Taiping is finally ready to leave the Wilderness!"
When Xiahou You saw Xu Taiping leap down from the upturned eaves and bid farewell to the abbot of Jiaye Temple, she was immediately overjoyed.
As she saw it.
As long as Xu Taiping left the Wilderness, even if he encountered danger again, she could at least lend a hand, rather than merely watching helplessly here as she did now.
Heavenly Lord Shihu also let out a long breath and said:
"He's done everything he ought to and everything he could. It's time he came out."
As he said this, he silently added to himself:
"Just as well. Since we didn't intervene to rescue him before all the cultivators under heaven this time, Old Ox and I can approach Xu Taiping in secret and guide him toward the Heaven-Demon Battlefield step by step."
Had they intervened before all the cultivators under heaven, he and Old Ox would not only have incurred the enmity of forces such as Ningchan Cave, but, more troubling still, would have drawn the attention of the Nine Abysses.
In that case, Xu Taiping would inevitably be hunted by the Nine Abysses.
Although Xu Taiping was already on the Nine Abysses' assassination roster, if the Nine Abysses learned that the two of them had contacted him, his assassination priority would certainly become much higher than it was now.
After all, the Heaven-Demon War concerned the very survival of the Nine Abysses and the Human Race.
"Huh?"
Just as Heavenly Lord Shihu was considering how to guide Xu Taiping, step by step, into accompanying them to the Heaven-Demon Battlefield before the next Heavenly Demon War began, Xiahou You's startled, puzzled exclamation beside him suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
Then he heard Xiahou You