"Hehe, there's no one down there anyway. Junior Brother Li, want to go down and try your hand?" Wang Xuanyu asked with a smile when she saw that the arena was empty.
"Isn't that only for challenging disciples ranked below ninetieth?" Li Xiaoya asked, looking tempted.
"It's not just for Star Plucking Ranking challenges. As long as no one's fighting inside, disciples can go in and spar freely! Otherwise, how could ranking matches alone provide enough magic power to sustain it?" Wang Xuanyu explained. She hadn't forgotten Li Xiaoya's previous agreement with them. Although the other three weren't present, this was still a good opportunity to build a friendship with him.
"Then please give me some pointers, Senior Sister Wang!" Her words reminded Li Xiaoya of his purpose in coming here, and he spoke humbly.
"After you!" Though a female cultivator, Wang Xuanyu was no less forthright. She gestured invitingly, then jumped into the arena first.
"Look! Someone else is going to spar!"
"Huh, isn't that Senior Sister Wang of the Four Friends of the Wang? Is someone challenging her?"
"No way. They're probably just sparring among themselves, right?"
"But I don't see the others."
"..."
As soon as Wang Xuanyu jumped into the Dueling Formation, the surrounding cultivators broke into a flurry of discussion. The Four Friends of the Wang certainly seemed to enjoy considerable renown among True Cultivation Stage disciples.
Seeing that Li Xiaoya had yet to come down, Wang Xuanyu beckoned to him. "Come down, Junior Brother Li!"
"All right!" Li Xiaoya quietly bolstered his courage, then leaped down, landing a short distance in front of Wang Xuanyu.
"Huh?! Who's that?"
"No idea. Never seen him before!"
"But judging by his cultivation method, he's at the ninth layer too!"
"Oh, looks like he's a disciple from Heavenly