Seeing that Xu Taiping still had not appeared, everyone in Spring Rain Pavilion suddenly wore expressions of bewilderment and confusion.
In the spectator seats around the Dragon-Suppressing Platform, however, the spectating cultivators all looked disappointed.
Because of the earlier Test the Blade Assembly, the vast majority of cultivators present had personally witnessed Xu Taiping agree to Qin Yun's request to come to Dragon Gate Pass and help.
As the image of the Yan Kingdom's military formation grew clearer, everyone became increasingly certain that Xu Taiping was not among them.
A spectating cultivator then shouted in displeasure:
"Xu Taiping clearly gave Qin Yun his word, yet he still broke it. Does he really mean to be a man whose word means nothing?"
After that shout, more and more voices of discontent rose from the spectator seats.
Some cultivators in the spectator seats beside Spring Rain Pavilion even knew that the people watching inside were Xu Taiping's friends, and deliberately vented their dissatisfaction with him at the top of their voices.
Everyone in Spring Rain Pavilion immediately turned livid.
Even so, even Chu Xiaoxiao, who had dared to trade insults with other cultivators earlier, merely clenched her fists and gritted her teeth in anger now.
For even she understood perfectly well that, under these circumstances, any explanation offered on Xu Taiping's behalf would seem pale and powerless before the defenders of Dragon Gate Pass, who continued to suffer deaths and injuries.
Just then, the Old Martial God, Zhu Huai, suddenly spoke expressionlessly:
"We all know Xu Taiping's character very well. He could never be someone whose word means nothing."
"Let us watch carefully for now."
Xiahou You nodded then and said:
"Elder Zhu is right. This situation is exceedingly strange. Let us take our time and watch."
"Perhaps there is more to