Out of the Abyss, the Thunder Sound Earth-Splitting Millstone first revealed its divine might

"What... what is that?"

"What is that?!"

The instant the stone Buddha-like statue appeared, Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang, standing before the phantom image, asked almost in unison.

Xu Taiping hesitated, but ultimately answered truthfully:

"This is a Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse I happened to acquire."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the hairs on Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang stood on end. Both cried out in disbelief:

"A Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse?!"

Old Daoist Huang looked at Xu Taiping, his eyes filled with disbelief:

"Xu Taiping, surely you're joking? How could a Chaos Demonic Beast on the level of a Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse be something you can capture just because you want to?"

Xu Taiping offered no further explanation. Instead, he took the three stalks of Zhu Yu Grass he had prepared from his sleeve and handed one to each of the three.

Only after the three accepted the Zhu Yu Grass with bewildered expressions did Xu Taiping speak:

"This is Zhu Yu Grass. It happens to counter the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse. Keep it safe."

He had intended to give the Zhu Yu Grass to the three of them anyway.

Old Daoist Huang glanced at the Zhu Yu Grass in his hand, then back at Xu Taiping. Drawing a deep breath, he looked at Xu Taiping with burning eyes and said:

"Xu Taiping, from now on, this old man is sticking with you!!"

For a moment, Xu Taiping did not know how to respond.

"Thud, thud...!"

Just then, accompanied by two deafening crashes of heavy objects hitting the ground, two towering figures suddenly appeared in the image before them.

Those two-

Who else could they be but Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li of Xuandu Temple?

"Whoosh!"

At the same time, the Dragon-Trapping Tower turned into a streak of light and flew back into Xu