With Ji Haodian's imperial edict in hand, Lin Zongyue and Ji Xuanyuan were quite willing to do him a favor. Both agreed to act as intermediaries for Su Xin.
Besides, they wanted to see how a clash between the Esoteric Sect's experts and Shaolin Temple's experts would turn out.
When Su Xin returned, Xuan Ming saw that Lin Zongyue and Ji Xuanyuan had agreed to step in, and that Tang Xian had brought Ji Haodian's imperial edict. He had no choice but to accept the arrangement. He obtained the records of the Indestructible Diamond Divine Skill and the Indestructible Golden Body from Kong Xing and handed them to Lin Zongyue and Ji Xuanyuan. Su Xin also gave them the Buddha Bone Relic he had been holding.
Xuan Ming let out a long breath. "Who goes first?"
"No rush," Su Xin said. "We'll draw lots to decide. That's only fair. And since there are more people on the Esoteric Sect's side, we'll have a best-of-three. How does that sound?"
Xuan Ming thought it over. Seeing no trickery in Su Xin's proposal, he agreed at once.
At this point, there was no need for Su Xin to play any tricks.
His aim was to set the Esoteric Sect and Shaolin Temple against each other. Now that Shaolin Temple's people had arrived, he didn't need to say anything more. Given the nature of the two sects, they could fight until blood was running hot without Su Xin uttering a single word.
Everything was ready. All that remained was to see what the Esoteric Sect could do.
If the Esoteric Sect won this match, it would prove that they still had a chance of contending with Shaolin Temple.
If they still lost, they might as well hurry back to the Western Frontier and keep