Wu Tao, the Roadblocker (Seeking Subscription)

Seeing Wu Tao agree, Ji Lingxu was delighted.

In truth, he was not a petty man. He would not want to use Li Mo's slip of the tongue as an excuse to teach him a lesson. As the saying went, if not for the monk's face, then for the Buddha's—this Tier 3 Mid-Grade Artifact Refiner before him was, after all, the husband of a disciple of Hall Master Wen, the Artifact Refining Hall Master of the Ethereal Void Immortal Sect. He had to show some respect.

The reason he wanted to spar with Li Mo was truly as he had said: he wanted to see whether the artifact refiners of the Star Sea Cultivation World differed from those of the Immortal Origin Realm.

Artifact refiners generally spent their time refining artifacts and rarely went to the front lines for spell battles, so they had virtually no opportunity to spar. That was why Ji Lingxu had used the other man's verbal slip as an excuse to force him into a spar.

Once the spar was over, Ji Lingxu would solemnly apologize to him.

Thus, he smiled and said to Wu Tao, "Rest assured, Daoist Li. I'll hold back a little."

"Then many thanks, Daoist Ji." Wu Tao cupped his hands toward Ji Lingxu, while inwardly thinking that he would certainly have to lose against him. But he had to lose with style. How much strength should he conceal to make a loss at Ji Lingxu's hands seem reasonable?

"Please, Daoist Li." Ji Lingxu extended a hand in invitation.

Wu Tao nodded, then pulled away from Ji Lingxu. The two faced each other from afar as the aura of Ji Lingxu's Golden Core Layer 5 cultivation slowly spread out.

Wu Tao, however, did not release the aura of his own Golden Core