"Elder Liu, could you let me think this over alone?"
Xu Taiping looked solemnly at the village head, Scholar Liu.
Seeing that Xu Taiping had not refused outright, Scholar Liu's face immediately lit up. "Of course!"
Scholar Liu promptly added:
"This is a matter of life and death. It does require careful consideration."
At this point, Scholar Liu paused, then looked at Xu Taiping with a serious expression.
"But I can only give you half an incense stick's time to consider."
"If you still feel this cannot be done by then, young brother Taiping, I won't force you."
"But you must leave Three Paths Village immediately, young brother Taiping."
"All right." Xu Taiping nodded.
Without further explanation, he strode toward the main hall ahead.
Gu Changming sent Xu Taiping a voice transmission just then.
"Brother Taiping, do you truly want to try?"
As he saw it, Xu Taiping certainly had a way to leave if he wanted to.
He must have had his reasons for not doing so.
After entering the main hall, Xu Taiping closed the door, found a chair, and sat down. Only then did he reply to Gu Changming through a voice transmission.
"Brother Changming, you're right. I'm growing more and more inclined to try."
Just as Gu Changming was feeling deeply puzzled, Xu Taiping sent another voice transmission.
"Though it's only intuition, I feel that, with the situation as it stands, we're already very close to uncovering the truth behind Three Paths Village's destruction."
"It would be too much of a pity to give up now."
Xu Taiping's words greatly tempted Gu Changming.
As one of the cultivators who had explored Three Paths Village several times, how could he not want to witness the truth behind this calamity?
After pondering briefly, Gu Changming sent Xu Taiping