Profound Seclusion Abode.
"So Taiping and Senior A Meng really do know each other!"
Seeing A Meng step forward in the Spirit Mirror to get Xu Taiping out of his predicament, everyone's faces lit up with delighted surprise.
A rare trace of envy even appeared in Second Senior Brother Qingxiao's eyes.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness. That really scared me to death just now. The way Taiping was acting, he looked ready to fight that Xiao Ye to the death."
Once she was certain the two sides would not come to blows, Zhao Linglong patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.
"What a pity."
At her words, however, Qingxiao shook his head.
"What's a pity?"
Zhao Linglong looked at Qingxiao in confusion.
Xu Ziyan looked just as puzzled.
"Senior Brother Qingxiao, do you mean it's a pity that Xu Taiping lost the state he was just in?"
Lin Buyu spoke up then.
Qingxiao gave Lin Buyu a long, searching look, then nodded.
"Once a blade cultivator enters the state of no-self, even someone a realm above him could slip up against him. All the more so when Taiping's set of blade techniques is far from ordinary."
"So although Senior A Meng seemed to be getting Taiping out of trouble just now, he was actually protecting Xiao Ye. After all, Taiping practices the blade."
He went on to explain.
"You mean Taiping could have won even with a whole realm between them?"
Zhao Linglong looked astonished.
Xu Ziyan, however, understood now.
"With that strike just now, Taiping wasn't thinking about winning. He was thinking about killing his opponent, even at the cost of his own life."
She explained to Zhao Linglong with a wry smile.
"As the saying goes, practicing the blade strengthens courage, while practicing the sword