After Xiao Lin withdrew the Three Paths of the River Styx, the Old Man of Sound Valley regulated his breathing for a moment before slowly walking over.
At that moment, the look he gave Xiao Lin was quite complicated.
It was not that he refused to accept defeat. Rather, the instant he lost, he had suddenly realized something.
"Sir Lin Xiao, you must be more than an Intermediate Half-Saint, correct?"
Although he phrased it as a question, the Old Man of Sound Valley sounded utterly certain!
"Oh? Old Man Yin, what makes you say that?"
Xiao Lin did not think he had given himself away, so he was rather surprised.
"So you admit it?"
The Old Man of Sound Valley posed another question.
Then he saw Xiao Lin shrug without confirming or denying it.
Clearly, Xiao Lin wanted to know how the Old Man of Sound Valley had guessed the truth.
"The Dou Qi cultivation and soul realm you displayed matched mine down to the slightest detail. That was the flaw!"
The Old Man of Sound Valley explained with a serious expression.
Although he said little, he had undoubtedly grasped the crucial point.
Sure enough, after hearing his explanation, Xiao Lin paused, then looked thoughtful.
"I see. It seems I was a little too deliberate."
At this point, Xiao Lin acknowledged his mistake.
Were there two people in this world whose Dou Qi cultivation and soul realms were completely identical?
It was not necessarily impossible, but such cases were certainly few and far between.
No matter what, there would still be some slight difference.
Some differences were simply so minute that they could be disregarded.
Take Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi, for instance. Both possessed an emperor realm soul and Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint cultivation.
But could anyone say there