Many cultivators watching through the Spirit Mirrors echoed the shout when they heard it.
But immediately, a new question arose among those watching before the Spirit Mirrors-
"How exactly did Zhao Linglong come to know the Daoist arts and swordsmanship Lin Qingnu cultivated like the back of her hand?"
Had Lin Qingnu been an ordinary cultivator, it would have been easy enough to explain.
After all, any cultivator with some measure of cultivation would inevitably have left traces in the cultivation world.
The problem was that Lin Qingnu was one of the true bodies of Lin Qinggu, the former sect master of the Taihao Sect, following his corpse liberation. Aside from participating in this Sword Champion Assembly, he had never ventured into the cultivation world.
The Taihao Sect even regarded their existence as a sect secret.
Before this True Martial Sword Champion competition, only a handful of cultivators had even seen Lin Qingnu's true face.
That was precisely why everyone was so astonished by Zhao Linglong's actions now.
For Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue, however, the fighting strength Lin Qingnu displayed now was actually further confirmation of their earlier conjecture.
At that moment, Xu Taiping was unwilling to sit and await death any longer. He turned to Fairy Lingyue and said:
"Sister Lingyue, I'm going to open my eye."
As he saw it, only by finding the person behind the scenes guiding Zhao Linglong to challenge Lin Qingnu in a sword inquiry, and uncovering the root of the problem, could he get Zhao Linglong to stop.
This time, Fairy Lingyue did not stop him either. Instead, in perfect understanding, she said:
"I'll find a way to conceal your aura."
But just as Xu Taiping took out a large gold essence stone and prepared to push it into his left eye,