"W-what is he saying?"
"He actually refused the terms offered by Great Emperor Zongyun of Chenglong Heaven? And he even said that, from beginning to end, he sought this Buddha Fate Inheritance for Mysterious Wasteland Heaven?"
"Does this Xu Taiping even know what he's saying?"
Whether in the teahouse or before the Spirit Mirrors, the spectating cultivators all looked incredulous when they heard that Xu Taiping had not only refused the generous terms offered by Great Emperor Zongyun of Chenglong Heaven, but also insisted on giving Mysterious Wasteland Heaven this Buddha Fate Inheritance, which he had all but traded his life to obtain.
Some cultivators even thought they had misheard and kept calling out through the Spirit Mirrors to confirm whether they had heard correctly.
Even the Old City Lord of Thousand Mechanisms City thought he had misheard. Once again, he drew on the power of the Incomplete Imperial Seal in his hand and used the Moonshadow Stone to transmit his voice to Xu Taiping in the Wilderness:
"Daoist Taiping, did this old man... did this old man hear you correctly?"
As he spoke, the battle-hardened Old City Lord's voice actually trembled a little.
At the same time, Great Emperor Zongyun of Chenglong Heaven spoke again:
"Xu Taiping, I know what you wish to do, but I must still urge you to think this through carefully. After all, this is the closest you have ever come to Ascension-Proof Dao."
Xu Taiping cupped his hands toward the direction from which the Chenglong Great Emperor's voice had come.
"Thank you, Chenglong Great Emperor."
Xu Taiping lowered his hands and looked once again toward the direction from which the Old City Lord of Thousand Mechanisms City's voice had come, speaking with a smile:
"Old City Lord, you heard correctly. I sought this Buddha