"Pfft!"
He had barely moved before he dropped to one knee again and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
The sword qi on that flying sword was simply beyond what a cultivator at his level could withstand.
The pain that excitement had suppressed now began surging through his entire body like a tide.
"Xu Taiping, do you admit your fault?"
Just then, the Sect Master's voice exploded like thunder over the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform once more.
At the same time, with another ringing clang, the gleaming flying sword flew before Xu Taiping again.
A crushing pressure once again battered Xu Taiping like pounding waves.
"Sect Master."
Forcing down the churning qi and blood within him, Xu Taiping stood against that pressure amid the cracking of bones throughout his body. Then he looked past the flying sword before him, straight at the Cloud Tower opposite.
"What wrong have I done?"
His voice was calm as he looked at the towering Cloud Tower before him.
Yes, what wrong had he done?
It was Ye Xuan who had wanted to challenge him to a sword inquiry.
It was also Ye Xuan who had wanted to kill him after losing the sword inquiry.
What wrong had he done?
Was his fault defeating Ye Xuan?
At that moment, doubts also began rising in the hearts of the disciples on the Cloud Tower.
"Insolence!"
The Sect Master shouted angrily again, and an immense pressure poured down from the Cloud Tower.
"You're already this defiant before even becoming an official disciple. What will become of you once you are one?"
The Sect Master gave another cold snort.
After that cold snort, although everyone knew that the Sect Master was being unfair to Xu Taiping, no one dared say a word.
Because he was the Sect Master, the