After a moment's hesitation, Xiang Nantian finally sighed and said:
"Very well. Since you've already come here and stood before us, there's no point hiding anything anymore."
Qi Haitang also said:
"In that case, Eldest Brother Xiang, tell Taiping everything you know."
Xu Taiping's heart tightened, and he immediately held his breath and focused.
Daoist Lord Wangchen, standing nearby, seemed to guess that Xu Taiping was exchanging voice transmissions with Haitang and her husband. He silently tossed the wooden box in his hand into the furnace fire.
In an instant, the flames inside the Pill Furnace surged.
At the same time, Xiang Nantian's voice rang out in Xu Taiping's mind again:
"I imagine you already know why your Sister Haitang and I came to Tusita Palace."
Xu Taiping nodded and said:
"You and Sister Haitang came all this way, searching from place to place, to trace the whereabouts of your Third Watch Observatory Fellow Disciples."
The two had told Xu Taiping this when they ascended to the Upper Realm.
Xiang Nantian continued:
"After ascending to the Upper Realm, Haitang and I went through quite a few twists and turns. With help from the senior who guided our ascension to the Upper Realm, we finally located Tusita Palace."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping asked curiously:
"Eldest Brother Xiang, who exactly is this senior you speak of?"
Xiang Nantian answered:
"Dong Cangzi."
Hearing that name, Xu Taiping frowned and said:
"If he could guide you and Sister Haitang in ascending to the Upper Realm, his cultivation must be considerable, right?"
Xiang Nantian nodded and said:
"Although the clone that contacted us was in the Heaven-Connecting Realm."
"His true body is very likely in the Half-Immortal Realm."
"He simply couldn't appear because of some restriction."
Xu Taiping's heart shook violently as he said:
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