"That Morning Dew Sect disciple Lu Hu was clearly lured by the bounty into challenging Taiping to a Sword Inquiry. Yet the Sword Chief Ranking actually approved it?"
In the stands, Zhao Linglong was equally bewildered when she saw that the Sword Chief Ranking had approved Lu Hu's Sword Inquiry against Chu Ping'an.
Like Huang Que in the stands on the other side, Zhao Linglong had originally believed that even if Wang You Valley posted a bounty in the Old Dragon Court, the Sword Chief Ranking would never allow these cultivators to challenge Xu Taiping to Sword Inquiries for the sake of earning it.
But contrary to her expectations, the Sword Chief Ranking had not stopped them at all.
Beside her, Bai Yu suddenly asked Zhao Linglong with some curiosity, "Senior Sister Linglong, could it be that the Sword Chief Ranking doesn't know about this? After all, although it has a spirit, it cannot perceive everything."
Zhao Linglong shook her head and said:
"Even if the Sword Chief Ranking cannot perceive everything, it should at least be able to distinguish the purpose of anyone who steps onto the platform for a Sword Inquiry."
While the Nine Prefectures were preparing for the True Martial Sword Champion Assembly, Zhao Linglong had accompanied Dugu Qingxiao and witnessed the Sword Chief Ranking manifest its divine power several times.
To her, the very existence of the Sword Chief Ranking was a miracle.
Fairy Lingyue, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke:
"Could it be that the Sword Chief Ranking's considerations reach further than what we can see before us?"
Utterly puzzled, Zhao Linglong asked Fairy Lingyue:
"What do you mean, Fairy?"
Her gaze fixed on the platform, Fairy Lingyue explained without turning her head:
"Linglong, try thinking of the Sword Chief Ranking as