There was no denying that Ling Tian was quite "cunning." By making Feng Ying the one responsible for protecting Bi Yun, he could make many people give up on competing with her. After all, Feng Ying was an expert of the same generation as Feng Lingzi in Fengyun Pavilion. Now that he had spoken, there was probably no one in the entire God Realm who wouldn't give him some face.
Clearly, Ling Tian was using this method to redirect the "hatred," and it worked quite well. Besides, he had made a perfectly reasonable case for letting everyone compete fairly.
Out of respect for Feng Ying, no one dared lay a hand on Bi Yun. What's more, she had already demonstrated her strength. In this Small World, only a handful of people, such as Ling Tian and Fairy Meng Shang, could defeat her. The others, like Fei Peng, didn't stand much of a chance; at best, they could manage a draw.
Given all that, Fei Peng and the others might as well simply let Bi Yun have one of the spots.
It made sense. Feng Ying had already acknowledged that Bi Yun could join Fengyun Pavilion, so these people naturally couldn't keep competing with her.
"Tsk, tsk, Ling Tian, you're one sneaky fellow. You've pinned the whole thing on Feng Ying, so now these people wouldn't dare set their sights on Bi Yun again," Po Qiong praised. "Retreat in order to advance—quite a good tactic."
"I had no choice. It's also the truth, and doing this will spare me a lot of unnecessary trouble," Ling Tian said.
"Heh, it was Feng Ying and the others who acknowledged Bi Yun's status, not you. Fei Peng and the others naturally won't hold it against you," Po Qiong said with a strange laugh. "If