After all, with all-out war against Nine Abysses coming next, the Five Emperors' Army needed vast quantities of pills and materials for weapon refining.
Lin Buyan immediately grew serious.
"I've already opened a passage from the foot of the mountain to its halfway point. With Xiaohei's help, reaching the summit is only a matter of time."
Xu Taiping asked gravely:
"How long?"
Lin Buyan considered it carefully before answering:
"Three months at the earliest, half a year at the latest."
Xu Taiping immediately breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
"That's not too long."
Now that they had taken Heavenly Thunder City and Yanyuntai in succession, Xu Taiping and the Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army, the first army to take shape, had secured their footing.
With the two cities supporting each other, along with the passage that allowed them to reach either city instantly, they could hold out for a long time even if the Nine Abysses Demonic Army attacked.
Moreover, as more and more of the Five Emperors' Army gathered, the fighting strength of these two cities would increase substantially.
So, for at least six months to a year, there was no need to worry about the army's survival.
Just then, Xu Taiping seemed to think of something and asked Lin Buyan curiously:
"Fairy Buyan, you didn't need to come here in person just to tell me this, did you?"
Aside from bringing his master, Lü Daoxuan, inside, the reason Xu Taiping had made a special trip to this little house today was that Lin Buyan had specifically sent him a message asking him to wait there.
Lin Buyan said seriously:
"You're right. If that were all, I really wouldn't have needed to make this trip."
As she spoke, she suddenly took a jade box from her sleeve and placed it