Just as everyone was filled with emotion.
Something suddenly occurred to Xu Taiping, and he asked in bewilderment:
"Sister Haitang, Eldest Brother Xiang, didn't you give Dong Cangzi a Ten-Thousand Souls Banner earlier? How was that banner different from the one Third Watch Observatory guarded?"
Qi Haitang said with grief and indignation:
"From the looks of it now, that must have been the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner our Third Watch Observatory guarded!"
Xiang Nantian, too, spoke with profound regret:
"Looking back now, Dong Cangzi lured us into Tusita Palace step by step precisely to use our identities as Third Watch Observatory disciples to obtain that Ten-Thousand Souls Banner."
After hearing them, Xu Taiping, still looking puzzled, raised his head toward Daoist Lord Wangchen:
"But you clearly said just now, Dao Lord, that there was another Ten-Thousand Souls Banner in the Impure Land below."
At these words, everyone's heart tightened, including Xiang Nantian and his wife.
Daoist Lord Wangchen slowly rose and spoke toward the Pill Furnace in an indifferent tone:
"So long as the Divine Sense of Third Watch Observatory's disciples remains undying."
"Even if Dong Cangzi obtains that Ten-Thousand Souls Banner, possessing it is all he can do."
"Without you two, he cannot undo its seal, much less wield it."
Understanding immediately dawned on everyone in the Alchemy Chamber.
Then Daoist Lord Wangchen suddenly continued:
"In fact, the reason you husband and wife were able to obtain that Ten-Thousand Souls Banner was that those stone statues of Third Watch Observatory took pity on you."
"Otherwise, even as disciples of Third Watch Observatory, you could not have pulled that Ten-Thousand Souls Banner free."
Hearing this, Haitang and her husband felt both astonished and ashamed.
Neither had imagined that, without their knowledge.
Their fellow disciples of Third Watch Observatory had already secretly