"Mm."
Jiang Zhi smiled and nodded.
Naturally, she did not take Xu Taiping's words of comfort seriously.
Ordinary flight atop a controlled object would have been another matter; switching to another treasure would have worked. But the weight one had to bear while engraving suspended iron was too great. It could only be done with a Natal Treasure or a spirit sword. As far as she knew, Xu Taiping had not refined his own Natal Treasure. Thus, without a sword, three hundred jin of suspended iron was his limit, and that weight could not possibly beat the competitors from First Peak.
"If you don't use a sword, the pain of soul weeping you must endure will double."
That was the warning Fairy Lingyue had just given Xu Taiping.
But if things truly reached that critical juncture, Xu Taiping would have no choice.
No matter what, he had to win this round.
He had already made an agreement with Second Senior Brother: he would claim the top spot for Seven Peaks, and Second Senior Brother would challenge the Sect Master to a sword inquiry.
"Xu Taiping."
Just as Xu Taiping silently made up his mind, a familiar voice reached his mind.
"Buyu?"
He tentatively asked through divine soul transmission.
"It's me."
The voice sounded again.
This time, Xu Taiping was completely certain it was Lin Buyu.
Barring anything unexpected, the reason he could hear her but not see her was that Dharma Robe of hers.
"I just used the Wind-Listening Art to eavesdrop on a conversation between First Peak's Jin Hezhi and his junior brother Huang Qi. I noticed a few things that were off."
Xu Taiping's heart tightened at those words, and he immediately asked through voice transmission:
"What was off?"
"Jin Hezhi told Huang Qi to suspend eighteen hundred