"Young friend Taiping, have you made up your mind?"
At that moment, the voice of the Heartless Demon Emperor of the Nine Abysses once again echoed across the firmament above Vulture Peak.
Xiahou Qingyuan gazed at Xu Taiping's back in the Moonshadow Stone projection, let out a long breath with a grave expression, and murmured:
"If he refuses, not only will his cultivation suffer, but he will also face endless assassination attempts from the Nine Abysses. From now on, whether in the upper or lower realms of the Shangqing Realm, every step will be a struggle."
"If he accepts, although his cultivation will be unaffected, he is certain to be spurned by the Shangqing Cultivation World."
At this point, he folded his arms across his chest, sighed, and continued:
"If it were my choice, I would choose the latter without hesitation, but that may not be the case for Xu Taiping."
Xiahou You knitted her brows tightly and said with some reluctance:
"Is there no choice besides those two?"
Just after she said this, Xu Taiping in the Moonshadow Stone projection looked up again, as though he had made his decision.
What was rather strange, however, was that as Xu Taiping looked up at the sky, he was also holding up a painting.
Just as everyone was wondering what that painting was, Xu Taiping finally spoke:
"Heartless Demon Emperor, you needn't trouble yourself over my future."
As he spoke, the painting he held abruptly unfurled with a rustle.
Tap!
Almost at the very moment the scroll unfurled, a figure dressed as a Confucian scholar actually stepped out of it.
Boom!
The instant the scholar's foot touched the ground, the whole of Vulture Peak shuddered violently. Even the clouds surrounding the peak were swept away by the vast, majestic fluctuations of