Chapter 1102
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“Sister, you must remember.”
“Inside the Xuanhuang Tower, every choice you make when facing life and death is more important than your mind, cultivation, and even your fortune.”
“Because this Xuanhuang Tower was originally transformed by the divine soul and will of the Xuanhuang Great Emperor.”
“Every choice you make in the Xuanhuang Tower is actually a test of you by the Xuanhuang Great Emperor.”
“And once your choice conforms to the Great Emperor’s mind or the answer he is pursuing, at least at that moment, you will receive the blessing and protection of the Xuanhuang Great Emperor.”
“Sister, you must remember that even if you ascend to the outer heavens, the several great emperors are still watching this world.”
“The Golden Scale Pool in Youyun Heaven and the Mysterious Desolation Tower in Mysterious Desolation Heaven are their eyes watching the world.”
After seeing the actions of the tower spirit in response to Xu Taiping’s choice, Gu Qingcheng’s heart couldn’t help but recall the last admonition her eldest brother gave her before they parted.
“Logically speaking, without the request of the common people in the Mysterious Desolation Tower, we foreigners cannot receive the task reward. The tower spirit’s response to Rusty Lion’s choice this time…”
Thinking of this, in Gu Qingcheng’s pair of cold and beautiful eyes, a sudden excited look appeared, and then she muttered：
“This is the response of the Mysterious Desolation Emperor！”
“Miss Qingcheng？”
At this time, Gu Qingcheng, who was lost in thought, was suddenly awakened by a voice.
Turning her head to look, she found that Xu Taiping and Zhai Mo and the others were looking at her strangely, and then she realized that she should have been distracted just now.
“Rust… Rusty Lion Young Master, what are your orders？”
She quickly said seriously.
“I just said that you, Nan Xing, and Elder Zhang and Yu Zhu will settle the rescued refugees in the stone castle. I and Zhai Mo will guard the entrance of the stone castle. How many can be saved is how many.”
Xu Taiping repeated what he had just said.
The reason for this arrangement was that among this group of people, only he and Zhai Mo could rely on their blood energy to fight against the demonic beasts.
“Don’t worry, Young Master Rust Lion. I will do my best to assist Nan Xing and Elder Zhang and the others.”
Gu Qingcheng immediately nodded and said.
Xu Taiping was a little surprised that Gu Qingcheng would agree so readily.
However, he didn’t think too much about it and just smiled and nodded slightly at Gu Qingcheng.
“Young Master, wait a moment.”
But just as Xu Taiping was about to turn around, Gu Qingcheng suddenly called out to him again.
“What’s the matter？”
Xu Taiping thought that Gu Qingcheng was causing trouble again, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Gu Qingcheng didn’t answer but put his hand into his sleeve and pulled out a long knife from it.
This long knife, both the scabbard and the handle were purple-gold in color. It was impossible to tell what kind of material it was made of. Before it was unsheathed, the power of thunder kept spreading out through the gaps in the scabbard.
“Young Master, take it.”
Gu Qingcheng threw the long knife in his hand to Xu Taiping, and then without waiting for Xu Taiping to ask questions, he directly explained：
“This knife is called Thunder Soul. It is a relic of a Great Emperor that my elder brother found in the Mysterious Wilderness Tower. It can be lent to the young master for the time being.”
“A relic of the Mysterious Wilderness Great Emperor？”
Xu Taiping’s heart trembled.
And after feeling the heavy weight of the long knife in his hand, which was as heavy as a thousand catties, and the thunderous power like a roaring angry lion in the scabbard, he no longer doubted Gu Qingcheng’s words.
“Rumble！ ……”
Just as the two were talking, those giant rats, which had been chasing the fleeing refugees, appeared in their line of sight.
“Thank you, Miss Qingcheng, for lending the knife.”
Xu Taiping didn’t stand on ceremony with Gu Qingcheng. He picked up the long knife in his hand, turned around, and looked at the approaching rat swarm with a vigilant expression.
For him at the moment, a good knife would be of great help to him.
And with regard to Gu Qingcheng’s Thunder Soul, even without drawing the knife, he could already sense that it was several times stronger than the spiritual weapon he originally had in his hand.
After seeing that Xu Taiping had accepted the Thunder Soul, Gu Qingcheng didn’t hesitate any longer and immediately walked into the stone fortress with Nan Xing and the others.
After sensing that Gu Qingcheng and the others had all entered the stone fortress, Xu Taiping looked at Zhai Mo and said：
“I’ll go over and intercept the rat swarm. You stay here and guide those refugees, and send as many people in as possible.”
“Okay！” Zhai Mo didn’t say anything else and just nodded heavily.
Although the rat swarm was very dangerous, he still believed that Xu Taiping had the ability to intercept them.
“Ceng！”
After explaining things to Zhai Mo, without saying a word, Xu Taiping immediately drew his saber out of its sheath.
“Boom！”
Even though he didn’t use any true essence, at the moment the saber was drawn, the blade of the Thunder Soul Saber still emitted an extremely terrifying fluctuation of aura.
This aura fluctuation full of thunder power even shocked the rat horde that was still a thousand zhang away and made them stop in their tracks.
There was no time to sigh about the strength of the Thunder Soul. Xu Taiping immediately took advantage of this gap. While continuing to fly towards the rat horde with extremely fast steps, he loudly shouted：
“Everyone, run this way. There is a place of refuge here.”
Because Xu Taiping used his true essence when saying this, when he shouted this, it could be clearly heard within a few li radius.
The originally distraught refugees, upon hearing this voice, immediately seemed to have grasped at a life-saving straw and they all turned around and rushed towards Xu Taiping at full speed.
Xu Taiping roughly glanced around and found that the number of refugees who came running upon hearing his shout should be sixty or seventy people.
Some other refugees also wanted to come over, but before they could run a few steps, they were scattered by the rat horde behind them.
“Saving sixty or seventy people is not bad either.”
In this current situation, Xu Taiping had never thought of being able to save everyone.
“Boom！”
When the distance from the group of refugees was almost only a hundred zhang, Xu Taiping immediately did not hesitate to consume his true essence and Cast the Zhichi Tianya Step.
“Sou！”
In just an instant, Xu Taiping had already arrived behind the group of refugees.
“Continue to run forward with all your might. I will cover your retreat! Behind that Random stones, there is a stone castle. After arriving there, someone will guide you.
Xu Taiping raised the long knife in his hand and shouted loudly with his back to the crowd.
“Thank you, young hero！”
“Thank you, young hero！”
Although most of the refugees were running for their lives, there were still sporadic voices of thanks passing in Xu Taiping’s ears.
“This is enough.”
The corner of Xu Taiping’s mouth raised slightly, and then he suddenly opened his mouth and used the Borrowing Fog Technique to spit out a mouthful of fog towards the group of rats in front.
In an instant, the entire mountain forest was filled with a hazy fog.
For a while, many giant rats lost their bearings and began to scurry around in all directions in the mountain forest.
However, even so, there were still several hundred giant rats that rushed out of the thick fog in unison and charged towards the path where Xu Taiping was located.
“Boom！”
Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of breaking wind, a silver saber light Twinkling electric light slashed upwards from the necks of the front row of giant rats with a “shua” sound.
