Xu Xiaoshou suddenly felt enlightened.
He had known from the start that Zhang Xinxiong had suppressed his cultivation, waiting only for the Royal City Trial.
Later, after entering the White Cavern and seeing geniuses from many great factions, he found that none of them had surpassed the Master stage.
It seemed they were all doing so for the trials of their respective royal cities.
But he had never imagined that the so-called Royal City Trial would directly determine one's qualifications to enter the Holy Palace.
"No wonder..."
Counting on his fingers, Xu Xiaoshou's thoughts began to race.
After witnessing so many geniuses, he knew that there was no shortage in this world of people who could fight above their cultivation level.
At the very least...
Cultivation could not simply determine everything.
And if it were a great city like East Heavenly King City, with the bait of Holy Palace Trial qualifications calling everyone forth, then the people one would encounter there would truly be the elites from every region, right?
Xu Xiaoshou did not know how elite those elites could be, nor did he care.
But at the very least, such a place might have Spirit Cultivators everywhere, right?
"Spirit Cultivators mean Passive Value."
"What would happen if I put on a black robe there, picked up the Yousi Sword, raised my arm, and shouted, 'I am Ba Zunan'?"
Xu Xiaoshou chuckled.
He felt that he might instantly max out a Master-level passive skill.
But the greater possibility was that the moment he finished maxing out the passive skill, White Robes would take him away.
This idea was honestly a little dangerous...
After thinking for a while, Xu Xiaoshou asked, "Before Elder Sang... ah, ptooey, before he was captured, he did mention East Heavenly King City to me, but he