"You're still young, you don't understand. It's too late to blame you now, so let's not bring this up anymore." Ji Ziling sighed softly.
Only then did she look again at Li Tianming and the others, her face instantly returning to the lofty majesty she had worn while announcing the rules.
The moment Wan Yao and the others noticed that gaze, their hearts tightened.
Naturally, Li Tianming was excluded. He was still silently sorting through the full sequence of events in his mind.
Moreover, he had noticed that ever since Ji Ziling appeared, the surrounding space seemed to have been temporarily sealed off, such that the other participants had not noticed what had happened between them.
To outsiders, it looked as though they had already entered the Inverted Tower. Nothing unusual had happened.
Ji Ziling swept her eyes over them and said flatly, "Which sects do you people belong to?"
Li Tianming was the first to clasp his hands and reply, neither servile nor overbearing, "Reporting to the Grand Princess, this subordinate is Li Tianming of the Li Heavenly Emperor Sect."
"Reporting to the Grand Princess, Chaos Dao Ruins..."
"Reporting to the Grand Princess..."
One after another, they announced their origins.
After hearing them out, Ji Ziling said somewhat indifferently, "I've never heard of any of them. I'm not trying to insult you, but your sects are all third-rate, aren't they?"
"They are indeed third-rate," Xiang Qin admitted frankly.
There was nothing embarrassing about it. After all, each of them had barely managed to produce a disciple capable of advancing. They were simply telling the truth.
By then, Ji Xuanjian had completely broken free of Ji Ziling's control and moved in front of her "brothers" protectively.
Huangfu Yu looked like he wanted to cry but had no tears, having been