A short while later.
On the Demon-Slaying Platform.
"So, Senior Brother, between you and the True Martial Great Emperor, who took more punches?"
Lin Buyu looked at Xu Taiping curiously.
Both of them had only just emerged from the Treasury.
Xu Taiping, who had long been waiting for Lin Buyu to ask, answered with a hint of mystery in his eyes and a smile:
"The same as me. One hundred and eight thousand punches, not a single punch more or less."
At this, Lin Buyu's eyes also lit up, and she said in wonder:
"What a coincidence."
Xu Taiping smiled.
"To have taken the same number of punches as the True Martial Great Emperor is truly an honor for the likes of us."
Lin Buyu said earnestly:
"That also means your talent in the martial Dao is no worse than the Great Emperor's, Senior Brother."
Xu Taiping immediately looked quite alarmed.
"Junior Sister, you mustn't say that."
Seeing his panicked expression, Lin Buyu couldn't help giggling.
Standing behind them, Yan Xuanling rolled her eyes.
"Who said Fairy Buyu of Three Corpses Cave was so taciturn that she barely spoke a few words all year?"
Xu Taiping glanced back at Yan Xuanling.
"You must have misunderstood, Fellow Daoist Xuanling. My junior sister has never been taciturn or solemn."
Yan Xuanling replied irritably:
"She isn't taciturn or solemn with you, but she is with everyone else!"
Xu Taiping frowned and turned to Lin Buyu.
"Surely not?"
Lin Buyu nodded with a smile.
"Of course not."
The pair before her infuriated Yan Xuanling until her face turned ashen. Already thoroughly displeased at having failed to select a treasure she liked, she immediately cupped her hands.
"You two, may we never meet again!"
With that, she walked straight around them and strode toward the