"Brother Xu, Young Master Zhu, once the gentleman from the Relic-Seeking Studio arrives, shall we go together to Heaven-Character Room Number One on the sixth floor to discuss this?"
Chu Xiaoxiao, who had not noticed anything unusual about Xu Taiping, invited him again.
Xu Taiping took a careful look at Chu Xiaoxiao before him, then nodded.
"All right."
Fairy Lingyue had told him that, once the first level of the tribulation ended, the appearance of anything related to the second level meant that the second level had already begun.
The most troublesome thing about the Seven-Kill Tribulation was that he could not avoid it; he could only face it.
So Xu Taiping had to find a way to face the tribulation now.
"Wonderful. Young Master Zhu, please feel free to browse the Relic-Seeking Studio for a while. Qing'er and I will ask the Head Shopkeeper to act as our guarantor. We'll meet in Heaven-Character Room Number One on the sixth floor in an incense stick's time."
Seeing Xu Taiping agree, Chu Xiaoxiao happily made the arrangements.
"Sorry for the trouble, Your Highness Xiaoxiao."
Young Master Zhu of the Cloud Emergence Kingdom smiled and saluted Chu Xiaoxiao with cupped hands.
"Then we'll meet in Heaven-Character Room Number One at the Relic-Seeking Studio in an incense stick's time."
Xu Taiping also smiled and nodded.
Qing'er and Chu Xiaoxiao promptly hurried off to find the Head Shopkeeper of the Relic-Seeking Studio.
"Brother Xu, shall we browse together?"
Young Master Zhu of the Cloud Emergence Kingdom extended an invitation to Xu Taiping.
"Please forgive me, Young Master Zhu, but I still have to find a friend of mine. Please feel free to look around on your own."
Xu Taiping spoke with a hint of apology.
"Attend to your business, Brother Xu. I won't disturb