Li Xiaoya wandered around for a while. Ordinary cultivator disciples would not pay any attention to a mortal like him, but neither would they provoke him. More or less all the other cultivator disciples had received warnings from their elders or senior stewards not to provoke or bully Li Xiaoya, on pain of severe punishment.
Even so, these cultivators would not take the initiative to befriend a mortal like him. On Heavenly Capital Peak, apart from Yang Sanfan, who had shown him around, the only person he knew was Lin Xuandao. In fact, he had only met Lin Xuandao at the steward's place after spending over a month on Heavenly Capital Peak. Neither of the two was particularly interested in him, though; their acquaintance amounted to casual chats and greetings.
"Hey! Come and watch! Someone's about to fight a duel at the Dueling Arena!"
Li Xiaoya was wandering aimlessly through the trading area where low-level disciples gathered to set up stalls, looking at the intriguing Dharma Artifacts and strangely shaped materials, when he suddenly heard someone shout.
"Come on, come on! Let's go watch!" At those words, everyone rushed in the same direction. Some impatient cultivators simply summoned their Flying Swords and shot away.
"Someone's fighting a duel?"
Li Xiaoya murmured to himself. Yang Sanfan had taken him to the Dueling Arena once before. It was a circular platform several dozen zhang across, usually used by low-level disciples to spar with their spells. Those bouts generally stopped short of inflicting injury, but he had just heard someone call this a duel. Curiosity stirred in his heart, and he followed the crowd toward the Dueling Arena.
After running for a while, he caught sight of the Dueling Arena. Hundreds of cultivators were already hovering above it on flying Dharma Artifacts of