"Daoist Taiping!"
"Taiping!"
Xu Taiping had only just stepped out of the Dragon-Trapping Tower when he saw Feng Tianxing and Jiang Xuanfeng hurrying toward him.
After a moment of surprise, Xu Taiping said apologetically:
"Elder Brother Feng, Palace Master Jiang, sorry to have kept you waiting!"
Behind him, Dongfang Yuejian also offered her greetings:
"Dongfang Yuejian pays her respects to Heavenly Journey Ancestor and Palace Master Jiang."
Jiang Xuanfeng and Feng Tianxing nodded lightly to Dongfang Yuejian.
Then Feng Tianxing actually walked straight up to Xu Taiping and clapped him hard on the shoulder:
"You brat, you've certainly kept me waiting!"
Xu Taiping immediately explained:
"You may not know this, Elder Brother Feng, but I've spent the past half month in secluded cultivation in Wilderness Heaven, completely cut off from the outside world."
Feng Tianxing immediately asked with great curiosity:
"You actually had the mind to cultivate in seclusion at a time like this?"
Xu Taiping asked quietly:
"Elder Brother Feng, have you heard of Buddhism's Three Thousand Lotus Mirror?"
Feng Tianxing froze for a moment, then his eyes lit up:
"Did that monk help you use the Three Thousand Lotus Mirror to create a Minor World resembling the Yaochi Sacred Land?"
Xu Taiping nodded with a smile:
"Nothing gets past you, Elder Brother Feng."
Feng Tianxing smiled smugly.
But a moment later, he frowned again:
"I heard the requirements for entering the Minor World inside the Three Thousand Lotus Mirror are extremely stringent. You probably didn't get in many times, did you?"
Xu Taiping nodded:
"That's true."
He continued:
"I accumulated quite a lot of merit at the Southern Heavenly Gate Ruins, but even that only let me enter thirty-six times."
Hearing this, Feng Tianxing froze for a moment before saying in astonishment:
"You brat, you went in thirty-six