The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage smiled and said:
"I cannot tell you just yet, Ninth Madam."
Somewhat displeased, Ninth Madam said:
"The next time you bring someone here, if you don't notify me first, he can forget about getting in."
Beside him, Heavenly Lord Hanjian clicked his tongue and said:
"Ninth Madam, if you can't afford to lose, change the rules of your Bronze Sparrow Platform sooner rather than later!"
Ninth Madam snorted coldly and said:
"Lin Hanjian, if you don't shut that foul mouth of yours, I'll throw you out of the Black Prison first!"
Heavenly Lord Hanjian naturally had no fear of her.
"If you've got the guts, then-"
"Boom!"
But just as Heavenly Lord Hanjian was about to retort to Ninth Madam, a thunderous crash from the Bronze Sparrow Platform cut him off.
He looked closely.
The Cloud Pillar swirling around Xu Taiping had actually burst apart completely.
And Xu Taiping, who had been sitting on the Bronze Platform, had now risen to his feet.
Then, under the astonished gazes of the cultivators, Xu Taiping turned to the boy behind him and said:
"Sir, I have finished resting. May the competition begin early?"
The boy initially seemed to want to confirm this with Xu Taiping, but then, as though he had received some order, he nodded repeatedly and said:
"I'll make the arrangements at once!"
Seeing what was going on, Heavenly Lord Hanjian immediately muttered in a deeply disdainful tone:
"She can't even bear to part with that little bit of spiritual power, yet she claims she isn't an iron rooster that won't shed a single feather."
Almost the instant his words fell, Ninth Madam's voice once again rang out simultaneously in his mind and the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's:
"Lin Hanjian, once I'm done here, I'll be sure