The rogue cultivators looked toward the voice, only to see that, in the Spirit Mirror's projection, a cultivator who had yet to leave was still standing in front of the small building.
At this sight, the rogue cultivators in the pavilion who had been about to leave all sat back down.
One rogue cultivator even said excitedly:
"This young brother has real backbone! Whether he succeeds or fails today, at least he'll let the Shangqing Cultivation World know that we rogue cultivators of True Martial Heaven are no cowards!"
Hearing this, the other rogue cultivators echoed him excitedly.
Besides wanting more cultivation resources, these newly risen rogue cultivators also yearned desperately for recognition from the Shangqing Cultivation World.
For instance, in this challenge to reach the summit of Ten Thousand Evils Peak, aside from competing for a place in the True Martial Sword Champion Assembly, their more important goal was to prove that rogue cultivators like them were no weaker than cultivators from sects and aristocratic clans.
That was why they had been so dejected when they saw the rogue cultivators who had gone to challenge Ten Thousand Evils Peak retreat down the mountain, one after another, out of fear of Sword Immortal Chen Sheng's test.
And now, the appearance of "rogue cultivator Chu Ping'an" gave these watching rogue cultivators a feeling no less powerful than that of fishermen adrift on a boundless sea suddenly catching sight of lights along the shore.
Yet while some rejoiced, others worried.
Upon discovering that Xu Taiping had not changed his mind because of Chen Sheng's appearance, Zhao Linglong suddenly frowned and let out a long sigh, then said with a wry smile:
"Junior Brother's temperament hasn't changed one bit since he was little."
Keeping her gaze fixed on Xu Taiping in the projection,