Before Xu Taiping could step forward, Dongfang Jing took a step forward and explained:
"This is a Buddha Fate Inheritance that Little Daoist Priest Taiping obtained for our Mysterious Wasteland Heaven from Vulture Peak in the Wilderness Thousand Buddha Kingdom."
As he spoke, Dongfang Jing gently tossed a maple leaf formed from a Divine Soul Mark toward the woman manifested by Zhong Ling, the spirit of the Heaven-Questioning Bell.
"One can still obtain Buddha Fate on Vulture Peak?"
Although Zhong Ling looked surprised, her trust in Dongfang Jing led her to extend a finger and lightly touch the approaching maple leaf.
The instant the maple leaf touched the woman's fingertip, it abruptly turned into a clear breeze, lifting her long hair.
As the breeze brushed past, the woman manifested by Zhong Ling suddenly trembled, and her burning gaze, filled with surprise and gratitude, fixed on Xu Taiping ahead.
Faced with that gaze, Xu Taiping merely nodded lightly to the woman, his expression unruffled.
The woman immediately bowed to Xu Taiping with the utmost solemnity and said with immense gratitude:
"Thank you for your righteousness, Daoist Taiping!"
Xu Taiping had not expected Zhong Ling, the spirit of the Heaven-Questioning Bell and an existence akin to a deity of mountains and rivers, to show such an expression for the sake of the ordinary living beings of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven.
So he smiled slightly at the woman and said:
"You give me too much credit, Fairy. I sought this Buddha Fate for my own sake as well."
Although he had sought this Buddha Fate Inheritance for Mysterious Wasteland Heaven from the very beginning, his principal motive had still been the scheme behind the Azure Profound Sect, so he did not want the people of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven to feel grateful to him for