Chapter 2481
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Xu Taiping looked at the line of handwriting in the military exploits book and frowned in some confusion, saying：
“Huh？ The Dragon-Slaying List… Why is the reward suddenly announced at this time？”
Dongfang Yuejian leaned her head over, took a look, and then her eyes lit up and said：
“Thirty thousand military merits? When did the Dragon-Slaying List become so generous?”
Xuanzhi also took a look at the military exploits book in Xu Taiping’s hand at this time, and then with a hint of confusion in his eyes, he also said：
“Isn’t the purpose of observing our trip to the South Heaven Gate to show the situation inside the South Heaven Gate ruins to the world？ Is this okay？”
It is not a good thing to let ordinary cultivators come into contact with such a great secret too early.
If they see some existences that go beyond common sense, it is even possible that the Dao hearts of some cultivators will collapse.
Dongfang Yuejian shook her head and said：
“But since the Dragon-Slaying List dares to issue this reward, it means that there is no need to worry about this matter.”
Master Xuanzhi nodded and said：
“Or it can be said that the importance of showing the situation inside the South Heaven Gate ruins to the world at present has exceeded the harm of the collapse of the Dao hearts of a small number of cultivators.”
However, Xu Taiping shook his head and said：
“No matter what the purpose of the Dragon-Slaying List is, the disadvantages of letting outside cultivators observe our trip to the South Heaven Gate cannot be offset by just thirty thousand merits.”
After hearing this, Dongfang Yuejian also agreed and said：
“This trip to Nantianmen will inevitably expose our cards, and that’s not a good thing.”
Xuanzhi also nodded and said：
“If we get some great opportunity, I’m afraid we’ll also be targeted by outside cultivators.”
Although the current major enemy of the Shangqing cultivators is still Jiuyuan, within the Shangqing cultivation world, the competition for cultivation opportunities has never stopped.
“In that case, we won’t accept this reward.”
Seeing that Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi also said so, Xu Taiping immediately put away the battle merit book in his hand.
At this time, Gu Yu, who was originally negotiating with the local guide villager, suddenly walked quickly back to the three of them and said：
“Three immortals, that hunter is no longer willing to lead the way forward. We have to find our own way up the mountain.”
Dongfang Yuejian frowned and asked：
“What if we triple the price？”
The old hunter with a dark face not far away, as if hearing what Dongfang Yuejian just said, immediately waved his hand at the few people from a distance and said：
“Girl, even if you offer ten times the price, your old man here still doesn’t dare to go any further！”
As he spoke, he saw the old hunter with a dark face point to the sky and continued：
“See that？ Three suns in the sky, this is a very ominous sign！”
Xu Taiping looked up and found that it was indeed as the old hunter said. At this moment, there were indeed three suns appearing in the sky in a triangular formation.
However, very soon, Xu Taiping discovered through the power of his spiritual sense that the two suns below were actually just phantoms of the one above.
Dongfang Yuejian, who also noticed this, immediately furrowed her brows and looked at the old hunter, saying：
“Old man, there is no such thing as three suns in the sky. The two additional suns are just two phantoms, mirages of the sun.”
The old hunter still shook his head and said：
“This is the rule of our Huosha Town. Whenever there are three suns in the sky, we cannot go up the mountain or hunt. We must fast and pray at home.”
The old hunter hesitated for a moment and then furrowed his brows and said：
“If the four of you don’t mind, you can stay at my home for a day, and it won’t be too late to go up the mountain with me another day.”
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yuejian, Xuanzhi, and Gu Yu all looked at Xu Taiping.
Obviously, the three of them were waiting for Xu Taiping to make a decision.
Xu Taiping didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he looked up at the towering mountain in front of him that was constantly spewing flames, and at the same time, he once again fully released the power of his spiritual sense.
“Rumble…”
As a result, just like the previous few times, accompanied by the appearance of bursts of explosive fire in the sky the spiritual sense released by Xu Taiping was all bounced back by the restrictions around the mountain.
Seeing this, Dongfang Yuejian immediately furrowed her brows and said：
“Still not working？”
Xu Taiping nodded and said：
“Some troubles.”
Although they had the map to the entrance of the secret realm, they still hired an old hunter at a high price to lead the way because they had discovered in advance that there were numerous restrictions on the mountain road leading to the crater.
If one was not careful, they would be burned to ashes by the restrictions.
According to the locals, these invisible flames wandering in this Red Sand Desert were also called Yin Fire.
Once contaminated with Yin Fire, even if it was extinguished with water or sand at the moment, it would still self-ignite after a while.
Only by going up the mountain along the road passed down by word of mouth among the locals could all the Yin Fire be bypassed.
At first, when they heard this, they also wanted to see if they could resist it with their cultivation, but after several attempts, they found that the price was too high, so they chose to give up.
That’s why they hired an old hunter at a high price.
At this time, when the old hunter saw that Xu Taiping and the others did not respond for a long time, he immediately stomped his foot angrily and said：
“Taking my kindness as a donkey’s liver and lungs, this old man is too lazy to serve you anymore！”
With that, the old hunter turned around and left, walking alone towards the Fire Sand Formation behind.
Seeing this, Gu Yu looked at Xu Taiping anxiously and said：
“Taiping Immortal, this forbidden area really cannot be barged into forcefully！”
However, Xu Taiping smiled and said：
“Don’t worry. I just thought of a way to break through this restriction. If it doesn’t work, we’ll go back and look for that old hunter.”
Upon hearing that Xu Taiping had a way, Dongfang Yuejian’s eyes immediately lit up and she asked：
“Brother Taiping, what’s the way？”
Xu Taiping didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he looked at the volcano in the distance and said：
“Let me give it a try first.”
As he said this, the power of small deduction in his left eye and the true meaning of lingering attachment in his right eye were almost activated at the same time.
In an instant, the lotus pupil in his left eye opened, and a green light also flashed in the pupil of his right eye.
At the same time, Xu Taiping once again released a force of spiritual sense induction and sensed towards the direction of the volcano.
“Boom！”
Amid the loud noise, just like before, even though it was only a force of spiritual sense induction, it was still burned to ashes by the Yin fire floating in this desert.
Looking at the group of Yin fire still burning in the air in the distance, Dongfang Yuejian’s eyes immediately dimmed again and she sighed and said：
“It still doesn’t work？”
However, when she looked at Xu Taiping, she found that Xu Taiping’s eyes were still staring fixedly ahead, as if he was still trying.
What Dongfang Yuejian didn’t know was that at this moment, in Xu Taiping’s eyes, starting from the burning Yin Fire, the entire world was filled with the silk threads transformed by his True Meaning of Lingering Attachment.
This was one of the supernatural powers of the True Meaning of Lingering Attachment, which could see the invisible silk thread between one thing and another related thing.
