Chapter 1748

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　　Zhao Qian and Du Gu Qingxiao looked at each other, and then only heard Du Gu Qingxiao frown and say：
　　“These Nine Mansions clearly executed Chu Ping’an secretly but are unwilling to admit it and keep searching.”
　　Zhao Qian shook his head helplessly and said：
　　“If they don’t do this, I’m afraid those loose cultivators in Liuxian Town will rebel.”
　　Immediately, the two said as they got up and walked towards the door.
　　“Bang！”
　　As the door of the guest room was heavily closed, the room suddenly became deathly silent.
　　But just a moment later, an apple placed on the table suddenly shook, and then “dong dong dong” rolled from the fruit bowl onto the tabletop.
　　Then, with a “click” sound, a snow-white little monkey jumped out from the cracked apple.
　　Next, I saw this little snow monkey hug the Asking Sword Order on the table, and then took out a jade tablet from its mouth and transmitted a voice to this jade tablet, saying：
“The Bagua gang Technique that you taught me, sister, is really useful!”
　　Not long after, a woman’s voice came from the other end of the jade tablet——
　　“Ping’an, did you get the Asking Sword Order？”
　　The little snow monkey immediately held the jade tablet in both hands and responded in a low voice：
　　“Sister Lingyue, I got it. I’ll send it to Big Brother Taiping right away.”
　　……
　　In a very remote inn in Liuxian Town.
　　“Ping’an, it’s good that you got the thing. Be careful when you come back.”
　　Fairy Lingyue was transmitting a voice to Ping’an, who had sneaked into the residence of the head of Qingxuan Sect.
　　Next to him, Xu Taiping also let out a long sigh of relief after hearing the conversation between the two.
　　Although his name has been on the list of those who will ask the sword at the Sword Master Conference tomorrow, if he doesn’t have the Sword Asking Order, he won’t be able to enter the arena.
　　And he didn’t want to alarm the sect leader and the others in advance and cause some unnecessary troubles.
　　So he asked the little monkey Ping’an to quietly go and get it.
　　If he really couldn’t get it, there would be no other way.
Fortunately, when Ping’an was in the Golden Court Inner Cave Heaven, he learned the Heavenly Gang Eight Techniques from Fairy Lingyue and knew some shallow transformation techniques Coupled with the fact that Xu Taiping originally had a token of the Qingxuan Sect on him he was able to successfully sneak into the sect leader’s room and find the opportunity to get the Sword Asking Order.
　　However, just when Xu Taiping thought that the Sword Asking Order could be successfully obtained, Ping’an’s somewhat anxious voice suddenly sounded in the jade token——
　　“Sister Lingyue, it seems that the sect leader and the others have suddenly come back.”
　　“Sister Lingyue, he seems to be here to get the Sword Asking Order！”
　　Hearing this, Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue looked at each other and then made a prompt decision and said：
　　“Ping’an, put the Sword Asking Order back in its original place and hide yourself！”
　　Ping’an, who was a little panicked, immediately responded：
　　“Okay！”
　　The Fairy Lingyue beside put down the jade token and then said somewhat regretfully：
　　“Just a little bit more and we could have taken the Sword Asking Order back.”
　　Xu Taiping nodded and then said somewhat helplessly：
　　“Now it seems that we can only ask the sect leader for it face to face tomorrow.”
　　Fairy Lingyue then proposed：
　　“Taiping, why don’t you go and meet with Sect Leader Zhao Qian and your Second Senior Brother in person?”
　　In her opinion, even if Xu Taiping were to expose his identity in front of Sect Leader Zhao Qian and Dugu Qingxiao at this moment, there wouldn’t actually be any major problems.
　　Xu Taiping firmly shook his head and said：
　　“No way.”
　　Fairy Lingyue asked in great confusion：
　　“Why？”
　　Xu Taiping let out a bitter laugh and explained：
　　“Sister Lingyue, I’m afraid that if I see them, I won’t be able to take on this Sword Questioning as fearlessly as I am now.”
　　Upon hearing Xu Taiping’s words, Fairy Lingyue immediately understood.
　　She nodded and said：
　　“A person’s state of mind is indeed unpredictable. It’s probably better that you don’t meet those old acquaintances at this time.”
　　Xu Taiping then added：
　　“Moreover, with the eyesight of the Sect Leader and my Second Senior Brother and their understanding of me, there are some things I’m afraid I won’t be able to hide from them. When the Sword Questioning competition starts tomorrow and I go to ask them for the Sword Questioning Order, even if they want to ask, it will be too late.”
　　If Sect Leader Zhao Qian and Second Senior Brother Dugu Qingxiao were to find out that the opponent Xu Taiping will face tomorrow is not a cultivator from the Five Regions of the World, but a demonic cultivator carefully selected for him by Jiuyuan, they would never agree to let Xu Taiping step onto the stage to ask the sword.
After seriously thinking about it, Fairy Lingyue also felt that it would be more secure to ask for it in tomorrow’s competition and immediately nodded again and said:
　　“Then wait until tomorrow to ask for it.”
　　Just as the two were talking, the jade slip that had been quiet for a long time in Fairy Lingyue’s hand finally rang again——
　　“Sister Lingyue, the Sect Leader took away the Sword-Questioning Order. When leaving, he also said a strange sentence to Brother Qingxiao beside him.”
　　Fairy Lingyue immediately asked curiously：
　　“What sentence？”
　　“Cough cough cough, this is what the Sect Leader said.” Ping’an in the jade slip transmitted his voice, imitating the Sect Leader’s tone：
　　“When we parted, your little Martial Uncle repeatedly told me to always carry this Sword-Questioning Order of Taiping with me.”
　　“He has always believed that Taiping will definitely catch up with this Sword-Questioning.”
　　“Alas, if Taiping really doesn’t catch up this time, he will probably be a bit disappointed.”
　　“After all, he probably won’t be able to wait for the next Sword Champion Meeting.”
　　“Alas…”
　　“Taiping, Taiping.”
　　“Do you know that we are all missing you.”
　　Hearing this, Fairy Lingyue gently sighed, and then her gaze looked towards Xu Taiping on the side.
　　Xu Taiping seemed to be in a daze, quietly looking at the bright moon outside the window.
　　After a long time, he turned his head and looked at Fairy Lingyue with a smile and said：
　　”Sister Lingyue, I really like the feeling of being missed by others.”
　　As he spoke, Xu Taiping raised his hand and clenched it, then lowered his head and continued with a somewhat desolate expression：
　　”After Grandpa left, I thought that in this lifetime, there would never be a second person who would miss me as often as Grandpa did.”
　　After a moment of silence, Xu Taiping raised his head and smiled again：
　　”But now it seems that I was wrong.”
　　Upon hearing this, Fairy Lingyue stretched out her hand with a hint of pity in her eyes and gently patted Xu Taiping’s head as she did when he was a child.
　　Then she smiled and said：
　　”Taiping, this is what you deserve.”
　　Xu Taiping nodded heavily and said “um”.
　　Then, he took a deep breath, pressed his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and his eyes became extremely firm as he said：
　　”At that time, I couldn’t cure Grandpa, but now it’s different.”
　　”Unless, break my hands and feet.”
　　”Unless, break the knife in my hand.”
　　”Otherwise, no one will be able to take them away from me！”
　　Listening to Xu Taiping’s sonorous words, Fairy Lingyue, who was standing behind, suddenly had the illusion that the person standing in front of her at this moment was a mountain rather than a person.
　　……
　　The　next　day.
Taiyue Mountain, Tianzhu Peak, Sword Ping.
　　”Please ask the thirty sword-questioning cultivators of the Tianjian Sect to come to the stage！”
As the voice of the mountain-guardian elder boomed, the noise on the west and south grandstands of the Sword Flat immediately quieted down.