"Discovered by the One-Leaf Book...?"
Xu Taiping froze at first, then asked with some self-reproach:
"Was it because you used your own power when you helped me activate the Asura Armor, Sister Lingyue?"
"No."
Fairy Lingyue shook her head firmly.
"The truth is, I lied to you."
She gave a bitter smile as she continued.
"Lied to me?"
Xu Taiping was puzzled.
"As soon as I leave True Martial Heaven and enter Youyun Heaven, the One-Leaf Book will discover me, whether I use my own power or not."
Fairy Lingyue explained.
"But Sister Lingyue, to let the Earth Fruit find that treasure and thereby gain a bargaining chip for a trade with Immortal Elder Wuji at the Abyssal Palace, you had no choice but to enter Youyun Heaven."
Picking up where Fairy Lingyue had left off, Xu Taiping lowered his head and voiced his conjecture. Only then did he raise his head again to look at her and say:
"That's why you said this was a huge gamble."
Fairy Lingyue said nothing, merely nodding.
Only after a long while did she say, her face full of apology:
"I'm sorry, Taiping. I shouldn't have kept something so important from you."
Xu Taiping shook his head firmly, then said with great seriousness:
"It's fortunate you kept it from me, Sister Lingyue. Otherwise, knowing my own nature, I would never have taken this kind of risk."
At those words, Fairy Lingyue immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then does that mean you agree to take this gamble with me, Taiping?"
She asked tentatively.
"Sister Lingyue, how does the scenery above the Transformation Realm compare with that of Profound Connection and Spirit Refining?"
Instead of answering directly, Xu Taiping asked a question of his own.
Lingyue gave it serious thought before answering:
"If we