Time turned back a few breaths.
When everyone saw Lin Buyu put away her sword, no longer intending to continue her match against Ye Xuan, regret showed on their faces.
However, quite a few disciples also felt that Lin Buyu had made a wise decision.
The gap between her cultivation and Ye Xuan's was plain to see. Stopping after that last strike had both shown everyone her talent and spared her from injury beneath Ye Xuan's sword. It was truly a wise move.
In particular, the senior sisters of the Sixth Peak and Peak Lord Meng Qingqiu all let out long sighs of relief upon seeing Lin Buyu sheathe her sword.
To them, Lin Buyu was the hope of the Sixth Peak's future rise, and they absolutely could not let her be cut down here.
At first, Xu Taiping thought the same as everyone else-that Lin Buyu was wise to sheathe her sword now. But when she turned and walked toward Elder Black Dragon, the Ghost-Sealing Talisman in his left palm suddenly stirred.
"There's the aura of a demonic beast."
Fairy Lingyue's voice rang out in his mind.
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately released his divine sense and began searching the entire venue.
He found no trace of a demonic beast's aura, but he did sense killing intent coming from Ye Xuan.
Since gaining the Lotus Eye in his left eye, he had become extremely sensitive to killing intent and cultivators' auras. No matter how well they were concealed, he could sense them.
And as he examined it carefully, he discovered that the person who filled Ye Xuan with killing intent was none other than Lin Buyu.
Just as Xu Taiping was wondering why Ye Xuan still harbored such intense killing intent toward Lin Buyu when she had voluntarily