The place where Dugu Qingxiao and Xu Taiping hid was an abandoned temple.
Because the temple lay buried deep beneath the snow, and large numbers of savage beasts often prowled the surroundings, the cultivators searching for them had yet to discover them.
"Tap, tap..."
At that moment, Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao were walking down a dilapidated corridor.
"So, Second Senior Brother, from the moment you and Senior Sister Ziyan obtained the Flood Dragon Token, you'd already fallen into their trap?"
After hearing Second Senior Brother Qingxiao's account, Xu Taiping could not help frowning.
He felt that he had still underestimated the schemes and machinations of the Cultivation World.
It turned out that years ago, when Second Senior Brother and Senior Sister Ziyan began searching for the Flood Dragon Token, the people secretly plotting today's events had already set their sights on them.
"Even if our obtaining the Flood Dragon Token wasn't directly connected to them, they must have been stirring the waves behind the scenes."
Qingxiao nodded.
"And it wasn't just the Flood Dragon Token. They knew the cultivation techniques Ziyan and I practiced, and exactly how many treasures we carried."
"So from the moment we stepped into the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, we became puppets under their control, right up until we opened that box and awakened the Bodhi Seed."
Dugu Qingxiao's expression darkened as he said this.
After a pause, he continued:
"The only thing they hadn't anticipated was that the pair of bracelets you and Buyu gave us could eavesdrop on other people's thoughts."
"Without those bracelets, we wouldn't even have known that Bodhi Fruits had been planted in us, nor could we have escaped when they harvested them."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping fell silent for a moment before asking:
"Senior Brother, in your letter written in