Faced with the voices of doubt all around him, Beiguo Xiao acted as though he had not heard them at all. He leaped down from the raised platform and swaggered through the crowd.
Seeing that Beiguo Xiao had no intention of keeping a low profile, Xu Taiping asked him curiously:
"Aren't you afraid that acting so conspicuously will draw resentment and envy?"
Beiguo Xiao smiled casually, then asked Xu Taiping in his mind:
"Upper Immortal, even if I keep a low profile, as long as my surname is Beiguo, others are bound to resent and envy me."
"Since that's the case, I might as well be conspicuous."
At this point, Beiguo Xiao paused before continuing in his mind:
"And to be honest with you, Upper Immortal, I'm not doing this merely out of vanity this time. I have another reason."
As he said this, Beiguo Xiao's tone grew extremely grave, as though he had become another person.
"Beiguo Xiao!"
Just as Beiguo Xiao was about to step onto the stairs leading to the third floor, Jiang Ping suddenly blocked his path and said in a deeply hostile tone:
"I don't know about anyone else, but I know you all too well. An ignorant good-for-nothing like you could never pass the Eight Pillar Challenge without cheating, much less take first place on this second floor!"
This Zhang Ping had undoubtedly voiced what everyone present wanted to say but dared not. For a moment, some Profound Elixir Palace disciples who had been hesitating over whether to speak up joined in, loudly condemning him.
"Elder Zhou, even we can see that he's cheating. I don't believe your Martial Champion Tower hasn't noticed."
"I think the Martial Champion Tower must have taken favors from the Beiguo Aristocratic Clan to help Beiguo Xiao enter the