"Is this the legendary Divine General Zhao Xuantan?"
As though he had not heard Zhao Xuantan's challenge, Xu Taiping looked down curiously.
Lü Daoxuan's voice suddenly came from behind Xu Taiping:
"You wouldn't have expected it, would you? Zhao Xuantan, once a Divine General under Zhenwu and Great Emperor of True Martial Heaven, has now become this creature, neither human nor ghost."
Xu Taiping turned around.
Seeing Lü Daoxuan unharmed, he immediately broke into a delighted smile and asked with concern:
"Master! How are your injuries?"
Lü Daoxuan smiled and shook his head.
"No vital areas were injured."
Xu Taiping finally felt completely at ease.
Lü Daoxuan looked Xu Taiping up and down, his eyes filled with indescribable excitement and gratification.
Although he could not ascertain Xu Taiping's current cultivation realm, that nearly perfect physique, brimming with immense vitality and strength, and that bearing as steady as a mountain all attested to Xu Taiping's astonishing growth in Outer Heaven.
"Sending you to the Upper Realm really was the right decision!"
Lü Daoxuan spoke with rare excitement and pride.
Xu Taiping said solemnly:
"Master! Today, I am taking you and all our fellow Qingxuan disciples home!"
At these words, a trace of mist unwittingly clouded Lü Daoxuan's eyes.
He let out a long breath and nodded repeatedly.
"Good! Home! We'll go home together!"
Lü Daoxuan, who had already given up on living, suddenly rekindled with vitality, like a withered tree greeting spring once more.
"Home?"
Zhao Xuantan's voice suddenly came from below.
Everyone looked toward the voice warily.
Zhao Xuantan was also looking up at them, a sneer on his face.
"Lü Daoxuan, this disciple of yours really is naive."
Boom...!!
As he spoke, a Blood-Garment Great Ghost charged at them with an enormous Blood Banner, accompanied by a piercing ghostly