Dugu Qingxiao's gaze sharpened as he said:
"If that really can be done, then I won't be the only one going over. All the Ghost Wardens and Ghost Marshals under my command will go too!"
Xu Taiping's heart jolted.
He truly had not thought of that just now.
He nodded repeatedly and said:
"Then our chances of rescuing Master and the others will be even greater!"
Dugu Qingxiao took a deep breath. Only after his expression had calmed somewhat did he continue:
"But all of this hinges on my successfully merging with Mad Monk's Origin of the Great Dao Edict. Otherwise, we'll have to find another way."
Xu Taiping nodded solemnly and said:
"That's right."
He frowned and asked:
"Second Senior Brother, how long will you need to fully merge with Mad Monk's Origin of the Great Dao Edict?"
Dugu Qingxiao carefully worked it out, then said gravely:
"Between twenty and thirty years."
Xu Taiping breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"That would still be in time for the day the Taixuan Ghost Domain's seal first opens."
Dugu Qingxiao, however, shook his head and said:
"Merging only takes time, but how much of Mad Monk's Edict power I can obtain afterward remains unknown."
"Perhaps seventy percent, perhaps eighty."
"Under ordinary circumstances, even merging with only sixty percent would pose little problem for me."
"But right now, if I want to obtain his Buddha Domain power, I must merge with at least ninety percent."
"Otherwise, I certainly won't be able to wield his Buddha Domain power."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping's heart immediately tightened, and he said:
"In that case, there's actually a very good chance that the method of descending you just mentioned won't be possible."
Dugu Qingxiao nodded and said:
"Yes."
He immediately added:
"However, if we can find