"A Yellow Tier Blade-Sharpening Boy certainly isn't strong, but when-when did it become so fragile that someone could shatter its body with a single slash?"
"Could this Blade-Sharpening Boy have already been damaged?"
"Very likely!"
Staring at the fragments strewn across the floor, the spectating Profound Elixir Palace disciples all wore expressions of disbelief and talked among themselves.
After their brief, stunned daze, Fu Liu and the Jiang siblings also showed doubt in their eyes.
Then, after exchanging a glance with Fu Liu, Jiang Ping called out to the elder overseeing the Sixth Floor:
"Elder Niu, could the Blade-Sharpening Boy's Yellow Tier puppet body have been damaged beforehand?"
Hearing this, Elder Niu frowned slightly, cast Jiang Ping a displeased glance, and said coldly:
"That is impossible."
Although Elder Niu was also greatly surprised that Beiguo Xiao had shattered the Blade-Sharpening Boy's Yellow Tier puppet body with one slash, he knew full well how extraordinary these puppet bodies' origins were, and Jiang Ping's foolish question irritated him even more.
Elder Niu continued, his face cold:
"Every one of the Blade-Sharpening Boy's puppet bodies was personally refined by the Palace Master. The instant any damage occurs, he can sense it!"
At these words, Jiang Ping was immediately left speechless.
Fu Liu and the others all knitted their brows.
Following Elder Niu's explanation, the Profound Elixir Palace disciples inside the tower also shifted from arguing over whether the puppet body had been damaged to discussing Beiguo Xiao's combat strength and blade techniques.
Hearing someone actually speculate that Beiguo Xiao had been concealing his strength all along, Jiang Yan found it utterly laughable, and said with a somewhat sarcastic edge:
"The Blade-Sharpening Boy's Yellow Tier puppet body is meant for challenging disciples to test their blades against. Even if you chop it into dust