Hearing this, Xu Taiping frowned slightly.
Destroying Shang Jiu's saber hand had been the most important part of his plan. Now that it had failed, defeating his opponent would inevitably be harder.
"Then I'll just have to trust the saber in my hand."
He tightened his grip on the Spring Tiger Saber.
As though responding to him, Spring Tiger Twenty-One gave a humming tremor.
Crack!
Just then, the Buddhist Prayer Bead on Xu Taiping's wrist suddenly shattered.
The time under All Beings Are Equal that he had obtained in exchange for a month of his sense of taste had finally ended.
Shang Jiu clearly noticed as well. But rather than seize the opportunity to attack Xu Taiping immediately as he had before, he asked with interest:
"You obtained your power of All Beings Are Equal by paying some sort of price, didn't you?"
Xu Taiping merely glanced at Shang Jiu without answering.
At the same time, another Buddhist Prayer Bead appeared at his wrist.
The power of All Beings Are Equal, which had only just faded, returned at once.
This time, Xu Taiping had exchanged his sense of touch for the power of All Beings Are Equal.
After losing his sense of touch, he could barely even feel the saber in his hand.
Fortunately for him, gripping and swinging a saber had already become bodily instincts. He had no need to feel them at all.
"Is it worth doing this? For cultivators, over the course of our long lifespans, we encounter countless people. You can't save them all."
Saber in hand, Shang Jiu paced, testing him out as he looked at Xu Taiping and spoke.
"Is that what you did, Elder Shang?"
Xu Taiping asked as he settled into a stance to strike.
"Indeed. Ever since I stepped onto the