Xu Taiping looked stunned at those words.
He had thought getting three items was already quite good. Who knew Lin Buyu had obtained five in one go?
Longyuan and Chengying seemed surprised as well. They circled Lin Buyu once before remarking with deep feeling:
"No wonder Junior Martial Uncle said you were someone blessed with great fortune."
Lin Buyu remained as calm as ever.
Perhaps I only got to come to Taixuan Hall this time by basking in Buyu's reflected glory.
Hearing Longyuan's words, Xu Taiping thought this to himself.
"Do not reveal anything that happened inside Taixuan Hall to outsiders. If anyone asks where your cultivation techniques and treasures came from, simply say you obtained them in the secret realm. Otherwise, you may invite disaster."
Longyuan reminded them again.
"Rest assured, Senior Longyuan. We certainly won't reveal this to anyone outside."
Xu Taiping answered earnestly.
Beside him, Lin Buyu nodded as well.
"Come. We'll take you both out."
Longyuan let out a sword cry, signaling for Xu Taiping to take hold of his hilt.
Chengying likewise flew over to Lin Buyu.
But just as the two were about to depart by sword flight, a wisp of black qi as fine as a strand of hair slipped unnoticed into the Ghost-Sealing Talisman in Xu Taiping's palm.
"Hiss..."
Xu Taiping could not help shivering.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Buyu asked Xu Taiping.
"Nothing. I must have simply depleted too much blood qi."
Xu Taiping shook his head, then tightened his grip on the Longyuan Sword's hilt and glanced at Lin Buyu beside him.
"Let's go."
Above the Taixuan Sect Immortal Mansions Ruins.
Longyuan and Chengying carried Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu side by side across the sky.
Looking down from above.
The unbroken stretches of shattered walls below, along with the