"Fellow Daoist, my senior brother has quite a temper. If you know what's good for you, put down that Chaos Stone and leave quietly."
The cultivator surnamed Liang looked at Xu Taiping with a cold expression.
Now that everyone on his side had arrived, he could no longer be bothered to keep up the act.
Hearing that Xu Taiping also had a Chaos Stone, the cultivator surnamed Qin beside him immediately brightened, his gaze filling with greed as he looked at Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping was not at all surprised by the Liang cultivator's change of face.
But he had already asked everything he needed to ask. Unwilling to waste any more time tangling with these people, he prepared to have Bai Yu take them away.
"Benefactor Taiping, please stay."
Just as Xu Taiping was about to leave, Venerable Jiaye's voice rang out in his mind once more.
"What is it, Venerable Jiaye?"
Xu Taiping asked inwardly.
"Benefactor, the restrictions on this Buddha Statue will take another hour to take effect. If it is damaged now, all our previous efforts will come to nothing. Please guard it for another hour."
Venerable Jiaye pleaded, a hint of tension in his voice.
After three years of contact, Xu Taiping already knew that the strand of divine sense communicating with him was a hundred and eight thousand miles removed from the actual Ancient Buddha Kasyapa, so he was not surprised to hear him speak in such a tone.
"Venerable Jiaye, as you can see, there are a lot of them."
Xu Taiping swept his gaze over the Cloudview Palace cultivators before him, looking somewhat troubled.
"Benefactor Taiping, the Buddha will bless you."
Venerable Jiaye continued pleading.
"Venerable Jiaye, a monk does not lie."
"If Benefactor Taiping is willing to act, this humble monk