The martial artist heard Lin Bai's question and sighed directly, saying, "Just a moment ago, Li Chou was defeated successively by over seventy experts on Martial God Mountain. Qi Xuan happened to arrive right then and caught sight of Li Chou possessing a bit of potential, so he wanted to recruit him into the Qi Faction."
"Yet Li Chou stated instead that he already had someone he followed and would not join the Qi Faction, refusing flatly."
"Just think about it, what kind of person is Qi Xuan? He is presently one of the five Sword Paragons of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, a figure who commands the wind and rain within the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect. Yet Li Chou rejected Qi Xuan in front of hundreds of thousands of sword cultivators on this Martial God Mountain, so how could Qi Xuan fail to be furious?"
"Subsequently, Qi Xuan covertly pulled a shady trick, provoking Li Chou and making Li Chou fight Meng Chunrui, while also setting a wager."
"If Li Chou lost, then he was to leave behind his own treasured sword."
"If Meng Chunrui lost, then Meng Chunrui was to leave behind his treasured sword!"
"Yet Li Chou's strength was obviously stronger than Meng Chunrui's by more than just a little. Just during the sparring match a moment ago, right when Li Chou was about to achieve an overwhelming victory over Meng Chunrui, suddenly a streak of spiritual light flew out from the spectator stand, struck Li Chou's body, and heavily injured Li Chou."
"Only then did Meng Chunrui defeat Li Chou in one fell swoop!"
"You see, upon returning to Small Spirit Creek, Li Chou presumably recounted this matter to Nie Xiong, and that is why Nie Xiong brought the seventy-two sword cultivators of Immortal Cave Mountain