"Those are all facts. How could I be putting on an act?"
The crab claw blocked the woman's view, so she hadn't seen Chi Jiuyu's face.
Hearing her speak so brazenly while slandering the Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect, the body cultivator woman shot to her feet. At over two meters tall, she was an imposing sight.
She'd taken part in the last Immortal Sect Grand Competition and even faced fellow disciples who cultivated martial arts alongside their other skills. They'd been Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivators.
And at that level, aside from that Chi Jiuyu, the Sword Sect hadn't had any particularly outstanding contestants in the last Immortal Sect Grand Competition. There was no way this could be such a coincidence...
She'd actually thought her words through carefully. Who said body cultivators were all brawny fools?
But the dissatisfaction in her heart vanished the instant she saw who was behind her.
"Ch-Chi... Chi Jiuyu?!"
How could it be Chi Jiuyu?!
Wasn't she always on her own? Where had she gotten a junior sister?
Chi Jiuyu raised an eyebrow and stood up too, waving the crab claw in her hand. "Who are you?"
Which of the things she'd just said hadn't been true? How was she putting on an act?
As she spoke, she floated up until she was level with the body cultivator woman.
Otherwise, standing there, she'd have been a whole head shorter, and all her presence would've vanished.
"..."
The body cultivator woman felt terribly awkward.
It wouldn't have been right for anyone else to say those things, but if it was Chi Jiuyu, then what she'd said really wasn't a problem.
Just then—
"The two guests in the Dueling Platform's Section C stands, please sit down immediately. Don't spoil the viewing experience for the other guests!" a