Xu Taiping smiled and said:
"Some cultivator probably thought a treasure was emerging here and sold the information to Horse-Rat."
Understanding immediately dawned on Heavenly Lord Xuanbei's face when he heard this, and he said:
"So that was it."
Daoist Fengzhu said with some distaste:
"Why do we run into these rats everywhere we go?"
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei frowned and said:
"Horse-Rat lets anyone join, with no requirements whatsoever for a cultivator's character. Now they really are a pack of rats."
Blade Ghost gave a few light coughs and said:
"Never mind those rats. Taiping, hurry and activate this Teleportation Array."
Xu Taiping nodded, then looked at Xuanbei and Fengzhu:
"Elders, if you go to the Lower Realm, you may very well never return. Please think this through."
Heavenly Lord Fengzhu said nothing.
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei rolled his eyes at Xu Taiping and said:
"What sort of people do you take us for, boy? Since we gave you our word, we certainly won't go back on it."
Xu Taiping smiled and said:
"In that case, please come onto the Teleportation Array with me."
As he spoke, he lightly tapped his toes against the ground, and his figure landed on the enormous Teleportation Platform with exceptional lightness.
Daoist Fengzhu, Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, Bai Yu, and the others followed close behind.
Once everyone was on the Teleportation Platform, Heavenly Lord Xuanbei suddenly looked curiously at Xu Taiping and said:
"Xu Taiping, don't tell me you intend to use this Teleportation Platform to send us straight to the Lower Realm."
Daoist Fengzhu also looked puzzled as he said:
"Although this Teleportation Platform was handed down from ancient times, the passage between the upper and lower realms has already been severed by the technique that cuts off earth from heaven."
"This Teleportation Platform alone