"Everyone, a moment."
Under the astonished gazes of the cultivators, Xu Taiping stood and slowly paced as he said:
"I may have a way."
At these words, the eyes of everyone in the room lit up.
Lü Daoxuan, Kang Cangzi, and the others who knew something of Xu Taiping's great deductive power all wore expectant expressions.
Meanwhile, as Xu Taiping paced, he directed his divine sense toward his sea of consciousness.
More precisely, toward the enormous lotus pond within his sea of consciousness.
As though sensing Xu Taiping's gaze, the enormous lotus pond suddenly began to sway.
The Lotus Eye's voice rang out at that moment:
"When the time comes, a golden lotus will bloom."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping began staring unblinkingly at the lotus pond.
"Hmm?"
For some inexplicable reason, something suddenly stirred in Xu Taiping's mind.
At that very moment, a golden lotus in the pond abruptly blazed with light.
By the time Xu Taiping looked over, that golden lotus had already fully bloomed.
At the sight, Xu Taiping immediately let out a long breath and murmured:
"It seems my judgment was correct."
With that thought, he stirred his divine sense, and the divine soul mark within the golden lotus appeared in his mind.
At the same time, the golden lotuses in the pond withered all at once.
When Xu Taiping looked again, only two remained in the pond.
Just as he was about to examine the divine soul mark, Xu Taiping asked the Lotus Eye in some surprise:
"Why are there still two golden lotuses?"
The Lotus Eye said gravely:
"What you deduced before were the disasters of this journey. But the golden lotus just now arose solely to resolve your present predicament."
Xu Taiping's expression immediately grew grave as he said:
"So these two golden lotuses