Su Jiu spoke directly through Secret Voice Transmission. "For Sect Leader Li to catch the true mastermind in a single morning, I imagine you lent a hand as well, Senior Brother Xia."
Xia Jue merely smiled, leaving Su Jiu's question unanswered. "Do your best in the next match."
Su Jiu raised an eyebrow. It seemed she had guessed right again.
As luck would have it, Su Jiu's opponent this time was also a Nascent Soul disciple from the Water Moon School.
The man facing her was at the nascent soul middle stage, just like her, and his smile toward Su Jiu was as gentle as a clear breeze.
Yet at the very beginning, she had still caught the flash of jealous hatred in his eyes.
Yes, jealous hatred.
Su Jiu glanced at the bone age of the man before her, then considered his Cultivation Level, and understood at once. This man had probably also raised his Cultivation Level through unorthodox means.
Her opponent cupped his hands and smiled faintly. "I am Duan Song."
Su Jiu returned the salute. "Su Jiu."
Duan Song nodded. "Actually, I would have known who you were even without an introduction." After all, there was only one personal disciple on the Azure Tide Sect's Ice Veil Peak, and with her peerless beauty, who would not know her?
Neither wasted many words before the match. Almost in the next instant, both summoned their magic treasures.
Her opponent also summoned a sword, though his was only a superior-grade spirit artifact.
Under the influence of Duan Song's spiritual qi, the sword shone with a faint radiance.
Su Jiu could tell that he was not particularly strong. In fact, he was somewhat weaker than an ordinary nascent soul middle stage disciple.
In her view, perhaps this was the price