"Yes!"
Hearing that Sword Immortal Qionghua had no objection, Chu Yinan felt a surge of joy and agreed at once.
Martial God Zhu Huai, beside him, grinned, clasped his hands behind his head, and leaned back in his chair, laughing.
"Well played, Xu Taiping! This is no invitation. You're challenging the entire younger generation of cultivators across the Five Heavens to a Sword Inquiry!"
Zhu Huai was right.
Xu Taiping was challenging every cultivator below the Transformation Realm under heaven to a Sword Inquiry, especially those who had participated in the Golden Scale Assembly alongside him.
Ordinary disciples were one thing, but for experts such as Third Prince Chu Yinan, Zhu Qiongmo of Chenglong Heaven, and Ji Ye of Guangling Pavilion, refusing his sword would inevitably leave a flaw in their Dao hearts.
"Brother Taiping, even if I didn't want to meet this sword of yours, I'd have to."
Inside Mu Yun's study at Guangling Pavilion, Ji Ye sat suspended in midair and leaned back helplessly.
"Impressive, truly impressive!" Mu Yun grinned beside him. "Neither threats nor inducements, but an open, honorable Sword Inquiry to every cultivator under heaven, in a cultivator's own fashion. Just what I'd expect of Xu Taiping."
"What's so impressive? He's only trying to goad you. Eldest Brother, Little Ye, don't fall for it."
Mu Yuchen hurriedly warned them.
But no sooner had she spoken than Ji Ye and Mu Yun turned their burning gazes on her, then said in unison:
"If we didn't go, could we still call ourselves men?"
Mu Yuchen was struck speechless.
Just as they thought Xu Taiping's address to the Five Heavens would end there, a question suddenly rang out from the Spirit Mirror-
"Junior, this Sword Inquiry of yours is certainly splendid. But have you considered how many talents