"Is this Xu Taiping the Little Madman who killed a Spirit Refining cultivator and over a hundred Profound Connection cultivators at Lotus Temple in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom?"
"That's him. I never thought he'd actually come back alive."
"I heard someone in the Ghost Market offered sixty thousand Gold Essence Coins for his life."
"Sixty thousand Gold Essence Coins? Have those people gone mad?"
"Mad or not, he made it back to Qingxuan alive. Looks like they failed."
"But this time, the Sect Master clearly intends to put the Seventh Peak under the knife. Yesterday, this brat shattered the dantians of seven First Peak disciples right under Peak Lord Jin's nose. He'll probably face retaliation in this Seven Peaks Grand Competition."
"With his strength, among Qingxuan's disciples of this generation, probably only the First Peak's Eldest Senior Brother Yan Bing and Second Senior Brother Jin Hezhi could give him a fight."
"You're all giving Xu Taiping far too much credit. From what I know, he only fought so valiantly in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom because he obtained a secret treasure there. Outside the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, that treasure is useless."
"We'll know how strong he really is once we watch."
Xu Taiping had only just appeared when an uproar rose from the surrounding stands.
There was no helping it. By now, Xu Taiping's name as the Little Madman had spread through nearly half the Cultivation World of the Nine Prefectures. There might have been more cultivators who knew of him than knew of their Sect Master.
"Junior Brother, ignore them and focus on the competition."
Though they were far away, the clamor from the surrounding stands still reached Xu Taiping, Zhao Linglong, and the others.
"Don't worry, Senior Sister. I won't pay any attention to it."
Xu Taiping smiled faintly