One martial artist after another emerged from the Heng Province Alliance, only to be defeated by Lin Bai and sent back inside.
This cycle continued without interruption.
Time flew by. Dusk gradually approached, and with less than an hour remaining before sunset, another martial artist walked out of the Heng Province Alliance and came before Lin Bai, clasping his fists in salute. "Junior Brother Qing Luo... No, Senior Brother Qing Luo. With your current cultivation and strength, you're more than worthy of us addressing you as Senior Brother."
The cultivation world had never honored people based on age. It had always respected strength above all else.
Take Liang Ke and Zhong Yuan, for example. They had both cultivated within the Eternal Devil Sect for many years, with some having cultivated for over a century. If seniority were determined by age, Lin Bai should have addressed them as Senior Brothers. Yet back in Arid Dragon City, Liang Ke and Zhong Yuan had addressed Lin Bai as Senior Brother.
Lin Bai did not find this inappropriate in the slightest. After all, the rule of the cultivation world was, "The accomplished are honored as senior." Regardless of age, if one's cultivation and strength surpassed yours, he was your elder brother. Of course, blood relations and the hierarchy between master and disciple were another matter.
"Hehe, you've called me Senior Brother, so be it. Now you can leave the arena." Lin Bai smiled. "For the sake of you calling me Senior Brother, go down on your own and spare yourself a beating!"
The martial artist clasped his fists. "I admit that I'm no match for you, Senior Brother, but the alliance has given its orders, and I dare not disobey. When we exchange blows later, please don't hold back. If I'm unfortunate enough to