"Look! Li Xiaoya and Xu Chuling really are going to fight!" Seeing Li Xiaoya and Xu Chuling walk toward the white-robed elder in golden armor, a cultivator called out to his companions. At his words, everyone turned in unison to look at Li Xiaoya and Xu Chuling.
"Looks like Xu Chuling really isn't willing to let this go!"
"Of course not! Would you pass up an opportunity like this?"
"What opportunity? Xu Chuling brought that bad luck on himself. If he hadn't refused to challenge anyone above him, how could he have been replaced?"
"Uh! True! So, do you think he can beat Li Xiaoya?"
"How would I know? Li Xiaoya only arrived recently, didn't he?"
"Right! Looks like we're in for a good show!"
"...!"
Listening to the cultivators' discussion, Li Xiaoya remained perfectly composed. He had already made up his mind. He must not display too much strength, or challenging other cultivators would become inconvenient...
Xu Chuling, meanwhile, felt anger flare in his heart at their words. Few people in the Inheritance Secret Realm thought much of one another. They were all rivals, so naturally, they hardly lived in harmony. With a gloomy expression, he walked toward the white-robed elder in golden armor.
Within the crowd, two cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Race watched the pair, exchanging voice transmissions.
"Huh? That's Li Xiaoya? He doesn't look all that formidable!" said one Heavenly Demon Race cultivator with a slightly yellowish face and dark-purple hair, transmitting his voice to a shorter cultivator with pale skin beside him.
"Tsk! Right! Doesn't he look like someone from the Bull-Head Race? How did he become a Legacy Disciple?" the pale-skinned cultivator asked in puzzlement.
"Exactly! Which great ancestor recommended him? How strange!" the dark-purple-haired cultivator said, equally baffled.
"Never mind! Didn't Lord Titan