"Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump..."
Listening to the rhythmic throbbing and looking at the heart that kept beating, Xu Taiping was rather dumbfounded.
Yes, this heart was the fourth treasure the Earth Fruit had found beneath Phoenix Cry Mountain.
"Sister Lingyue, did the Earth Fruit find the wrong thing underground?"
Xu Taiping lifted the heart slightly and asked Fairy Lingyue in some confusion.
Fairy Lingyue had been lost in a daze, but Xu Taiping's words startled her awake. Wild delight immediately spread across her face as she said:
"Taiping, your Phoenix Marrow Stone is secured!"
Fairy Lingyue's tone was utterly certain as she said this.
At her words, joy likewise stirred in Xu Taiping's heart.
But looking at the strange heart in his hands, with its seven holes, Xu Taiping once again felt more confused than pleasantly surprised.
"Sister Lingyue, just what is this strange heart?"
Unable to help himself, he asked Fairy Lingyue with curiosity written across his face.
"What I wanted the Earth Fruit to find this time was a Sage's Literary Heart, a sacred treasure of the Confucian Sect nurtured with vast righteous qi by a Supreme Sage and Worthy of the Confucian Sect over a lifetime of effort."
"When this treasure appears, a hundred ghosts scatter before it, and ten thousand evils cannot invade."
"That Immortal Elder Wuji of the Abyssal Pavilion cultivates both the Confucian and Daoist paths. With this offered in exchange, he will certainly bring out the Phoenix Marrow Stone."
"And the reason I was certain there would be a Sage's Literary Heart here was a secret account I read in the Archives of my Huangting Dao Palace."
"More than a hundred thousand years ago, a Supreme Sage Teacher of the Confucian Sect fought a decisive battle here against a Demon God to protect the