The reason they could tell at a glance that it was a Yin God was that halos formed from divine power spread out from time to time around the shriveled, lanky monster.
And when this monster appeared, the banks of clouds formed from Heavenly Might around Vulture Peak showed no unusual movement.
Xiahou You frowned as well and said:
"It seems Vulture Peak is now very different from the Vulture Peak you once knew, Third Uncle."
Heavenly Lord Shihu nodded gravely and said:
"The restrictions on Vulture Peak probably weakened after its Buddha Fate was severed."
As the two spoke, the Yin God had already caught hold of the cliff and leaped up, landing on the ancient, moss-covered stone steps.
Seeing this, Xiahou Qingyuan folded his arms and said coldly:
"Now we can see whether this Xu Taiping really has comprehended the fifth form of Heavenly Might, as you suspected, Third Uncle."
Heavenly Lord Shihu, however, said with great confidence:
"There's no need to look. Xu Taiping must have comprehended the fifth form of Heavenly Might. Otherwise, he would already have returned to the entrance of Vulture Peak to find the Guiding White Maitreya."
The people before the Spirit Mirrors and the Moonshadow Stone projection had been able to hear the first few exchanges between White Maitreya and Xu Taiping.
That was precisely why Heavenly Lord Shihu knew that Xu Taiping could leave the forbidden grounds of the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mist through the Guiding White Maitreya.
In fact, as he and Xiahou You saw it,
Xu Taiping had only entertained the idea of exploring Vulture Peak and tempering himself there because he had known this all along.
Though Xiahou Qingyuan refused to admit it aloud, inwardly, he had gradually begun to accept Third Uncle's conjecture that Xu Taiping had comprehended five