Outside the city gates.
"Young Master Xu, you really needn't take this risk for us."
Although Dongfang Yuejian was deeply grateful, after giving it serious consideration, she still did not want Xu Taiping to brave the danger with them.
"Indeed, Young Master Xu. Everyone in this city regards my daughter and me as a plague. That you dared ride here on horseback is a chivalrous kindness we both appreciate. Please don't throw your life away."
Su Qingtan, too, spoke to Xu Taiping with a solemn expression.
"Daoist Su, Miss Dongfang, didn't we agree on this yesterday? Today, you need only follow my plan, and both of you will surely turn danger into safety."
At their words, Xu Taiping looked at Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian with complete confidence.
In truth, he was somewhat worried himself, but he absolutely could not show it before the mother and daughter. Otherwise, it could easily cause the plan to go awry.
Faced with Xu Taiping's confidence, Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian actually found themselves at a loss for words.
"Please, trust me. If I could help you survive the fifth and sixth tribulations, I can certainly help you survive this seventh one."
Xu Taiping looked at the two of them again, his gaze resolute.
"Then... then what should we do, Young Master Xu?"
Dongfang Yuejian asked, half believing, half doubting.
"I borrowed this carriage from Youyun Pavilion. As long as no Heaven Questioning Realm expert attacks, it can certainly hold out for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, however fierce the attacks may be."
Xu Taiping patted the carriage.
"That old fiend indeed won't show himself before we reach Blood Rain Forest, but he has at least five Transformation Realm disciples under him. Though they're all in the Heaven Gazing Realm,