Chu Yi nodded and said:
"I'll go take care of it!"
But just as Chu Yinan was about to reach the entrance of the Dragon-Trapping Tower, Xu Taiping suddenly called out to stop him:
"Brother Chu!"
Chu Yinan turned to look at Xu Taiping in confusion.
Xu Taiping spoke with great solemnity:
"Brother Chu, before you've beaten me, you must not lose to the Nine Abysses!"
Chu Yinan froze for a moment, then his gaze sharpened as he said:
"Rest assured, Commander-in-Chief Taiping! Until you return, I, Chu Yinan, will lose to no one!"
After watching Chu Yinan leave the Dragon-Trapping Tower, Xu Taiping suddenly drew a deep breath and said:
"I hope I haven't made the wrong choice this time."
With that, he turned and headed straight toward the room leading to the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, murmuring as he walked:
"I wonder how Buyu's cultivation in the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden is going."
The Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden.
Inside the wooden house where the Dragon-Slaying Stele stood.
"Buyu, you didn't go cultivate?"
Xu Taiping looked at Lin Buyu inside the wooden house, somewhat surprised.
Lin Buyu's face was as still as a tranquil lake, her tone calm:
"Lin Buyan said you would return to the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden today, so I didn't go train in the spirit garden. I came here to sit for a while."
Beside her, Lin Buyan rolled their eyes at Lin Buyu and said:
"You call that a while? You've been sitting here for nearly a day!"
Lin Buyu glanced back at Lin Buyan and said expressionlessly:
"If you don't know how to speak, you can say nothing."
Lin Buyan pursed their lips and said no more.
Xu Taiping then asked Lin Buyu with some curiosity:
"Junior Sister Buyu, how much mastery