"Y-you weren't eaten by the Chi Dragon?!"
Xu San of the Three Corpses Cave also looked at Xu Taiping and his three companions in disbelief.
Qu Chao Ci said with a sly smile:
"Elder Xu, weren't you mistaken? We've been right beside you all along."
Xu San naturally did not believe her.
But just as he was about to retort, Bai Yue stomped on his face with a bang.
Then Bai Yue looked at Xu Taiping and said in a low voice:
"Daoist Taiping, it's getting late. Go and retrieve the inheritance."
Xu Taiping nodded slightly.
As they spoke, he leaped up and landed directly atop the floating Chi Dragon Skeleton's head.
He looked down.
The object giving off a dazzling light inside the dragon's head was none other than a Dragon Pearl.
But just as Xu Taiping reached out to take the Dragon Pearl, Supreme Venerable Xuanwei, who stood on the Ziwei Jade Pillar below, suddenly shouted furiously:
"Boy, if you take it, you'll be making an enemy of the Three Corpses Cave and me, Supreme Venerable Xuanwei!"
Although Supreme Venerable Xuanwei was struggling even to keep himself standing on the Ziwei Jade Pillar, his tone remained as overbearing as ever.
Xu Taiping, however, acted as though he had not heard him at all.
He merely raised his hand and grasped through the air, drawing the Dragon Pearl out of the Chi Dragon Skeleton's head and putting it straight into his gourd.
Rumble...
The instant he removed the Dragon Pearl.
The Chi Dragon Skeleton, which had been floating motionless in midair, actually began spiraling around the Ziwei Jade Pillar of its own accord.
It seemed about to return to the Ziwei Jade Pillar.
Seeing this, Xu Taiping flew back down onto the Ziwei Jade Pillar, then turned toward Qu