"Eldest Brother, was it really all right to tell Ninth Madam about the Yellow Springs Entrance?"
After seeing Xu Taiping finish speaking with Ninth Madam, Ping'an suddenly asked with some concern.
Xu Taiping put away the Black Prison Token and said solemnly:
"It isn't Ninth Madam I trust. It's the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage."
When the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage had bid him farewell, the only others from whom he had not concealed his whereabouts were Heavenly Lord Hanjian and Ninth Madam.
Ping'an nodded gently and said:
"That puts my mind at ease, Eldest Brother."
Old Daoist Huang also nodded thoughtfully at this point and said:
"Taiping, your concerns are warranted. If the three of us alone went to receive your Second Senior Brother, Dugu Qing, the consequences would be unbearable if anything went wrong."
"If we could bring Ninth Madam in, things would indeed be much better."
Xu Taiping looked out the window, his expression grave.
"Most importantly, with Ninth Madam joining us, we can leave our physical bodies in Black Prison without worrying about them being destroyed."
"Exactly, exactly." Old Daoist Huang nodded repeatedly. "Otherwise, even finding a safe place in this Upper Realm would be extremely difficult for us."
"Oh, right, Eldest Brother." Ping'an suddenly asked curiously:
"What additional terms did Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu offer you in the end?"
Xu Taiping looked at Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang solemnly.
"Besides protecting me during my Tribulation Transcendence, they were willing to tell me a path of ascent to Half-Immortal."
Since Ping'an knew little about Half-Immortals, his reaction was unremarkable.
But Old Daoist Huang's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.
"A Dharma Method for ascending to Half-Immortal?! How could something like that be shown to others so casually?!"
Xu Taiping frowned.
"I was somewhat doubtful too, so