Three days later.
Once again, at Five Elders Pool on the Main Peak.
This time, however, Xu Taiping stood beside the Seventh Peak's Command Flag on the Sword Platform, just like Eldest Senior Sister, Second Senior Brother, and the others.
"The rules for this contest are as follows: after drawing lots, the two sides will each send out four disciples in turn to suspend iron weights from their swords and carve characters. In each bout between two disciples, whoever bears the greater weight on their sword while completing the Qingxuan Seven Verses wins."
"Whichever side has the most winners will win this contest."
As usual, Elder Black Dragon briefly read out the rules for the contest.
"Eldest Senior Sister! Junior Brother!"
"Junior Brother Taiping!"
Just then, Xu Taiping faintly heard someone calling his name from the Cloud Tower stands.
He turned toward the voices and discovered that it was Eighth Senior Brother and the others.
Besides his senior brothers, Xu Taiping also saw Senior Sister Ziyan and Lin Buyu from the Sixth Peak.
Senior Sister Ziyan was even smiling and waving at them.
Xu Taiping promptly gave them a polite wave in return.
"So you're Xu Taiping?"
Before he could lower his hand, a somewhat familiar voice came from beside his left ear.
Turning to look, he found a male disciple from the Sixth Peak next to them.
The disciple had a round face and was not particularly tall, with a stocky, sturdy look.
Xu Taiping thought he looked familiar, so he gave it some serious thought. Finally, a name surfaced in his mind-"Lin Buyu's seventh senior brother."
While watching the contests from the Cloud Tower over the past few days, he had often seen this round-faced disciple greeting Xu Ziyan and Lin Buyu with extraordinary enthusiasm.
"You're... Buyu's seventh