For a moment, cries of astonishment rose from the spectating cultivators below the platform.
But immediately afterward, a cultivator asked in confusion:
"Wait, that's not right. The Ten Thousand Edges Sword can only unleash its innate Great Dao Power once it has been refined into a Life-Bound Divine Weapon."
"Wasn't her sword supposed to be borrowed? How could she refine it?"
Another cultivator immediately teased with a laugh:
"Isn't it obvious? Xu Taiping didn't lend her the sword. He gave it to her!"
Someone eager to stir things up chimed in:
"Sure enough, even heroes cannot pass unscathed through a beauty's gates. Even Taiping Sword Champion is no exception."
Meanwhile, in the corner at the very back of the crowd below the stands, Lin Buyu's previously unruffled face suddenly took on an exaggerated look of astonishment.
Then she cried shrilly:
"Heavens! Xu Taiping actually gave an Immortal Sword of divine-weapon caliber like Ten Thousand Edges to a female cultivator he'd only met once!"
Yet the instant she finished speaking, her cool, otherworldly face returned to its indifferent, icy expression.
Clearly, the one who had just spoken was Lin Buyan, not Lin Buyu.
Seeing that Lin Buyu had actually not blamed her for using her body without permission, Lin Buyan asked with some concern:
"Buyu, you don't really care that much, do you?"
Lin Buyu said calmly:
"No."
She added:
"Whether he lends it or gives it away, that's his business. It has nothing to do with me."
Lin Buyan sighed in relief:
"It's certainly better if you can think that way."
But immediately afterward, Lin Buyan, who shared a body with Lin Buyu, suddenly felt nauseated and miserable. A sour ache welled up in her heart aperture, throbbing faintly.
After a brief daze, Lin Buyan abruptly realized something:
"Lin Buyu,