"Xu Taiping!"
"Enjoy these days of being hunted to your heart's content!"
"If you manage to claim a Half-Immortal Seat alive!
"I, Dong Cangzi, will be waiting in Yanggu Heaven for you to take your revenge!"
Above the Sword Platform of Xuān Pǔ Palace, Dong Cangzi's insubstantial voice laughed without restraint and shouted his taunts.
"Boom...!"
After that, the phantom image above the Sword Platform abruptly shattered.
Dead silence fell over the world.
"Whew..."
After standing frozen for a long while, Xu Taiping let out a long breath, then nodded gently in relief.
"Thankfully, the secret of the Spirit Bone Pills wasn't exposed."
In truth, he had long since prepared himself for the secrets he carried to be exposed.
Though the timing was not the best, at least it was not too bad.
Now that he was in the Dao-Integration Heavenly Communion Realm, he should have no trouble protecting himself unless he encountered a Half-Immortal Realm expert.
At that moment, Xu Taiping raised his head and looked toward Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and the other Dharma Protectors.
He could clearly sense that all of them now looked at him with deeply complicated gazes.
If even these few reacted this way, there was no need to speak of the cultivators outside.
Xu Taiping murmured inwardly:
It seems that from now on, nowhere in the Upper Realm will be absolutely safe for me.
Just then, Kang Cangzi, hidden in the mass of golden light overhead, suddenly said in a clear voice:
"Those of you who served as Xu Taiping's Dharma Protectors, please withdraw for a moment. I have a few words I would like to say privately to Xu Taiping and his companions."
Xu Taiping's heart jolted.
He had not expected Kang Cangzi to want to speak with them alone.
Upon hearing this,