"I'll go with you."
Xu Taiping thought it over carefully, then held out the string of Buddhist Prayer Beads in his hand to Little Monk Xuanzhi and said:
"Brother Xu, you..."
Monk Xuanzhi clearly had not expected Xu Taiping to go with him and was momentarily stunned.
"I have my own selfish reasons. If possible, I want to find that Spirit Bone Stele."
Xu Taiping pressed the string of "All Beings Are Equal" Buddhist Prayer Beads into Monk Xuanzhi's hand.
If he could successfully find the Spirit Bone Stele, reopen the Blood Rain Forest's barrier restrictions, and activate the Teleportation Array, his journey to Phoenix Cry Mountain would be much smoother.
It would amount to taking one great risk to spare himself many smaller ones.
"But Brother Xu, the imperial clans of both nations, along with the sects and aristocratic clans, have searched the Blood Rain Forest for so many years without finding a clue. Relying only on that scene of the Blood Rain Forest's past you saw in your dream, it would be very difficult for you to find the Spirit Bone Stele in a short time."
Monk Xuanzhi's expression grew grave once more.
If Xu Taiping had agreed to go with him to search for the Spirit Bone Stele, he would certainly refuse.
"Master Xuanzhi, is it possible that the Spirit Bone Stele was never lost, but was instead returned to some mechanism inside Golden Toad Valley for some reason and sealed away again?"
"Later generations never knew how to activate the mechanism, which is why they have never found it."
Xu Taiping shared his conjecture with Monk Xuanzhi.
Assuming the scene his left eye had seen was real, this was the only explanation he could think of for the Spirit Bone Stele's disappearance.
Otherwise, even if the