Naturally, the commotion on Returning Origin Island was heard by the other cultivators. Though everyone whispered among themselves, they did not discuss it too much. Discussing their host's affairs in the host's home was hardly wise.
Everyone turned their attention back to the arenas.
There were plenty of registrants for all five arenas. Su He estimated that the contests would barely finish before the seventh day of the seventh month.
The arena competitions dazzled his eyes. Unfortunately, he could not understand formations or talismans. The only one he could make some sense of was the Battle Arena.
He thought highly of several people. One was a man dressed head to toe in red, wielding one side of a handkerchief as his weapon. Though exceedingly effeminate, he was truly formidable. The handkerchief could coil and wind, defend and attack, and was unharmed by water or fire. It was surely no ordinary magical artifact.
There was also that Gourd Brute. He always seemed unable to defeat his opponent, yet at the critical moment, he would invariably erupt with power and blast them from the arena with a single hammer strike.
As night gradually fell, the Battle Arena had already withdrawn, but the alchemy grounds remained in full swing. Alchemy could never be rushed. Originally, each arena had an artifact-refining competition alongside it, but this time the artifact refiners had cheated. More than half of them had adopted a new method, making them more than ten times faster.
In an instant, the sky filled with stars. Star-power formations that had been unsuitable for daytime competition now revealed their might. From the formation arena came Tiger's Roar and Dragon's Cry, Gale and Sudden Rain...
A Paper Crane flew over and bounced before Su He, transforming into a letter: Come to Longevity Island.
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