"Eldest Brother, that Old Daoist Mao actually agreed?!"
Ping'an looked at the hidden path ahead, his face full of wonder.
Xu Taiping gently brushed a hand over his left eye, putting away the Lotus Eye, before letting out a long breath and secretly transmitting his voice:
"It was all thanks to your Mind-Heart Communication letting us hear his thoughts."
Ping'an scratched his head and said:
"If not for your Divine Marrow Power, Eldest Brother, I wouldn't have dared use Mind-Heart Communication like that."
He immediately added:
"But no matter what I do, I can't hear that Mad Monk's thoughts."
Xu Taiping's expression turned grave as he said:
"That Mad Monk's cultivation and combat strength should already be very close to a half-immortal's."
With Ping'an's current cultivation and combat strength, and with the two of them working together, probably only a half-immortal's thoughts would remain beyond his hearing.
With that thought, Xu Taiping immediately commanded in a ringing voice:
"All troops, heed my command! Follow me!"
With that, he sprinted toward the entrance to the western courtyard.
Ping'an and the Clay Effigies behind him hurried after him.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...!
After that, almost every time Xu Taiping and the others found their way blocked, a fierce gust of wind would sweep past.
The trees or buildings blown down by the wind became their signposts.
"Eldest Brother, aren't you afraid Old Daoist Mao will deliberately lead us astray?"
Ping'an asked through voice transmission as he ran after Xu Taiping.
With his Left-Eye Lotus Pupil glowing once more, Xu Taiping answered Ping'an with great certainty through voice transmission:
"At least for now, Old Daoist Mao hasn't deceived us."
The Lotus Eye's divine power had now reached the third stage. If Xu Taiping truly encountered danger, it would certainly react.
Boom...!
Just then, amid