Before he came, Second Senior Brother had told him about gifted disciples from the various sects. Xiao Ye was one name he had mentioned repeatedly.
Of course, what had left the deepest impression on Xu Taiping was that Xiao Ye had broken through the Nether Gazing Realm at nine and the Mystic Understanding Realm at eleven.
He was a true genius.
"He killed Senior Brother Chen Sheng?"
Only after studying Xu Taiping for a long time did Xiao Ye turn toward the girl in yellow beside him.
"I found Senior Brother Chen's other half of the Soul Pursuit Lock on him."
The girl in yellow took out the half of the Soul Pursuit Lock, then looked at Xu Taiping in anger.
"Although you carry no trace of a demon cultivator's aura, if the Soul Pursuit Lock says you're the killer, there can be no mistake."
The young boy Xiao Ye spoke to Xu Taiping in his youthful voice, which was still breaking.
"And?"
Xu Taiping was taking out his Communication Token to contact Huang Que. Only upon hearing this did he raise his head and glance at Xiao Ye.
"So I have to kill you."
Xiao Ye spoke mildly.
With those words, his slightly oversized blue Daoist robe began fluttering without wind. Within his broad sleeves in particular, two terrifying masses of sword qi were gathering. The sword cries they occasionally released sounded like the low growls of two fierce beasts before they confronted an enemy.
At the same time, an immensely powerful pressure began spreading from his small body.
Many of the surrounding cultivators could not withstand it and were forced back several steps. Some even had to use treasures to protect themselves.
There was no helping it.
Among the younger generation of disciples, Xiao Ye of the Pure