Xu Taiping froze for a moment, then frowned and asked:
"Is that allowed?"
He immediately added:
"I arrived so late."
The corners of Chi Fan's mouth lifted slightly as he said:
"You are an honored guest of our Flame Court. You are not like them."
Although the words "honored guest" still left Xu Taiping deeply uneasy, he began seriously weighing the matter.
"What! Too scared?"
Just then, the cultivator who had shouted earlier called out again.
Some other cultivators who disliked cultivators from the Lower Realm also began muttering, their words mostly mocking and derisive.
After seriously considering it, Xu Taiping finally nodded and said:
"Then sorry for the trouble, Brother Chi Fan."
To avoid more trouble arising as the night dragged on, getting the Demon-Slaying Token early would not be a bad thing.
Chi Fan's face immediately lit up with delight.
At the court master's request, everyone in the Flame Court had watched Xu Taiping's battle against Xiao Huang that day.
Naturally, Chi Fan was overjoyed to be able to watch him fight up close today.
He immediately picked up his Flame Guard token and ordered the Flame Guard A Zhu:
"I'll arrange the next match. Leave it to me."
Hearing Chi Fan's voice transmission, A Zhu responded from the platform in great trepidation:
"Yes, Commander Chi Fan."
Chi Fan was no ordinary Flame Guard, but the commander of the Scarlet Flame Guard, one of the Flame Court's twelve guards. Ordinary Flame Guards naturally dared not take his words lightly.
Then Chi Fan glanced at Xu Taiping with a smile and said:
"Please wait a moment, Daoist Taiping."
With a light tap of his toes against the ground, his figure transformed into a ball of flame and landed on the trial platform with a boom.
Then, under the astonished