"Oh? So you two really had a grudge. Looking at that little thing in her hand, although its cultivation had been forcibly raised with Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, it was still a genuine Foundation Establishment stage. If she chased you down during this competition... tsk, tsk, tsk." Hanxu Zi's tone carried an inexplicable hint of gloating.
"...Ancestor, you still haven't left?"
"If this old man leaves now, that old ghost Yunyang will come right after. Believe it or not." Hanxu Zi spoke leisurely.
"Ancestor, you really... I'm going to cry myself to death."
She had thought that once Yunyang left, he would leave as well. She had not expected Hanxu Zi to simply stay behind and keep watch.
But for this ancestor, was there really any difference between dozing outside the Library Pavilion and dozing in the skies above Coiled Dragon Canyon?
Bai Lan was moved for a moment. She casually stowed the system away in her Void Stone, then stepped into the Defense Array set up for the competition.
The instant they entered the array, ten Qi Refining stage cultivators from each of the five sects were teleported to different locations.
The token in Bai Lan's hand glimmered faintly. After sending a thread of spiritual power into it and sensing it briefly, she could feel the number of points within: "Zero."
With a flip of her hand, Bai Lan took out the Soul Severing Spear. She then retrieved the Hidden Spirit Robe from her Storage Bag and draped it over herself, concealing her aura.
"Oh? That spear of yours is pretty good. Which unlucky fellow from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion did you strip that robe off?"
"..." Bai Lan said nothing and extended her spiritual sense to search for Bai Ling's whereabouts.
"Oh? Foundation Establishment stage spiritual sense,