The True Sun Altar principal had been pushed onto a duck-toarsed perch from the start, all along hoping those strongmen and bigwigs up in Shuxuan Tower would forget about him. Now, with mishaps springing forth left and right, he was completely dumbfounded, collapsing limply into his seat and not knowing what to do. He could only shift his gaze and beg Zhang Tianji for help.
What an absolute disaster of Wu Wang!
Both Zhang Tianji and Ao Yang cursed inwardly, Ao Yang most of all.
That Lu Jiujie had brought up the matter of cheating too crudely, completely devoid of any subtlety, to the point of turning a clever maneuver into a blunder and inadvertently tossing away the initiative.
Madam Xia framing her question in such a manner was clearly meant to seal their mouths shut!
At a time like this, counting on the True Sun Altar principal was impossible, yet they were forced to make a statement. Unfortunately, Wandering Cultivator Tianfeng was a guest official of the Sea Merchant Guild, leaving Ao Yang no choice but to bite the bullet and stand up. Enduring the not-insignificant schadenfreude from the various cultivators' gazes, he cursed Madam Xia, Yu Ci, and that Lu Jiujie a thousand times over in his heart.
Yet once the words left his mouth, they came out entirely differently.
"Reporting to Madam, right now the Daoist friends Tianfeng and Qianbao are in the midst of their Talisman Combat at its most splendid moment. We onlookers are merely watching the spectacle and awaiting the outcome; we cannot discern what tricks might lie within. As for Daoist friend Lu, we have never had any dealings with him in the past, so we do not know what grounds his words are based upon nor what his intentions are."
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