The following evening.
Rumble...
In the rear courtyard of Famous Sword Mountain Manor, after Xu Taiping tossed the keepsake he had obtained while challenging the Tower Spirit into the nearly dried-up pond, the rockery in the pond slowly moved aside. A rust-covered bronze treasure chest rose slowly on a stone platform.
"Young master, go and take it!"
Beside the pond, Zhai Mo stood to Xu Taiping's left and looked at him with a smile.
"Young master, you earned this."
Gongshu Nanxing smiled at Xu Taiping as well.
Bang!
Just then, however, a deafening crash suddenly came from the gates of Famous Sword Mountain Manor.
They all turned to look and saw huge rocks hurtling down from the sky.
But every one of those boulders was deflected by the barrier over the manor.
"Good thing Elder Zhang repaired the manor's formation barrier in time. Otherwise, we'd have to spare the effort to deal with those demon cultivators."
Zhai Mo grinned.
Facing the rocks raining down from the sky, the three of them not only remained unruffled, but all smiled instead.
"The fish have taken the bait."
The corners of Gongshu Nanxing's mouth lifted. Then she turned to Xu Taiping and said:
"Young master, take the things. Elder Zhang said earlier that the outer formation couldn't be fully restored and would only hold for a short while."
Xu Taiping nodded, then leaped into the air and landed on the stone platform in the middle of the pond.
Click!
The treasure chest seemed able to sense the presence of someone rewarded by Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland. The moment Xu Taiping's hand touched it, the chest opened on its own.
To Xu Taiping's slight disappointment, however, there were only two rather unremarkable objects inside-
A jade slip and a black iron token.
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