The crowd below the arena was almost twice its usual size today.
Even Lu Tianqi, who hated Su Jiu to the marrow of his bones, was there, with several former Azure Tide Sect disciples standing behind him. Only Ran Chao trailed behind the other Heavenly Dawn Sect disciples.
Since Bai Su had left, the two had stopped maintaining even a facade of peace. Lu Tianqi, in particular, had kicked Ran Chao out of the group first thing once he began growing rapidly in strength.
As Ran Chao watched the girl on the platform, his feelings were complicated. She had been the reason they were forced to leave the Azure Tide Sect, but hadn't they been the ones to strike first?
Bai Su had abandoned them and run away, and he and Lu Tianqi had never gotten along. Although he had long sensed that they would drift apart, he had never expected Lu Tianqi to all but hunt him down to the last man, leaving no one at his side.
And every time the disciples following Lu Tianqi saw him, their eyes shifted evasively. What was there left for him not to understand?
His spirit root had never been good. In his early years, he had taken countless pills to make himself worthy of Bai Su. His hunger for quick success had left his meridians clogged, making foundation establishment all but impossible in this lifetime.
And Lu Tianqi? Cultivation took him almost no effort. His craving for pills had never been as great as Ran Chao's, and he had taken relatively few, sparing him the same tragedy.
Aside from him, the disciples behind Lu Tianqi were also filled with complicated feelings.
They had known long ago that the Heavenly Dawn Sect could not compare with the Azure Tide Sect, but hearsay