Elder Guo's voice transmission had barely ended when, as if deliberately confirming his analysis, the argument between Green-faced Elder and Long-faced Elder stirred an uproar throughout the crowd.
As the saying went, "Don't scold a monk in front of a bald man." In front of so many trial disciples who had just passed the Trial Grand Competition, Green-faced Elder had bluntly praised Xu Yi's excellence.
He had even pointedly declared that if Xu Yi had taken part in the competition, the top ten rankings in this Trial Grand Competition would certainly have changed.
They had drawn far too much hatred with that.
"What Xu Yi? I've never even heard of him. He didn't even dare enter the Trial Grand Competition. What's so impressive about him?"
"I've heard of him. They call him the Empty Void Young Master or something. He can solve a few math problems, and got lucky killing a weak Middle Corpse, only because his magic treasure gave him the edge. Then he sang his own praises and made a bit of a name for himself, until he's become some big shot. What a joke."
"Since Elder Bai thinks so highly of Xu Yi, why not invite him here and see whether he's a mule or a horse?"
"If Xu Yi doesn't show up today, we won't accept it. It makes it sound as if we're all undeserving beneficiaries."
"..."
For a time, murmurs rippled across the crowd, then swelled like a cloud of mosquitoes. Before long, they roared like wind, fire, and thunder.
The talented trial disciples at the front of the formation said nothing, but their cold, arrogant expressions spoke volumes.
The disciples who had placed in the top ten of this competition, especially, had even begun chatting and laughing. Clearly, they didn't take Xu Yi