Xu Taiping and Lu Rushuang also turned their gazes over.
After the fourth round, the Golden Scale Ranking would redraw the matchups for every round, so they could no longer predict their opponents for the next round, or even the round after that, as they had before.
"They're out!"
Just then, pairs of names emerged within the azure halo on the Spirit Mirror.
"Eldest Brother Taiping's opponent in the next round... his opponent is... Zhou Yuanqing of Western Liang's Mystic Blade Sect?"
Chu Tiancheng found the name of Xu Taiping's opponent and read it out, word by word.
"The Mystic Blade Sect?"
At the words "Mystic Blade Sect," Xu Taiping could not help feeling a jolt in his heart.
Mo Yu, who had abducted Duan Xiaoyu back then, had come from the Mystic Blade Sect.
"Wait, why did I have no impression whatsoever of Zhou Yuanqing from the Mystic Blade Sect before this round?"
Xu Taiping suddenly asked in some surprise.
Hearing him say this, Lu Rushuang beside him looked equally astonished.
"I don't seem to have any impression of that name either."
Over these past days, apart from competing, they had spent all their time studying the disciples listed on the Golden Scale Ranking. By rights, they could not possibly have overlooked Zhou Yuanqing.
"Could someone have cast a Mind-Blinding Curse on Zhou Yuanqing's name before the competition?"
Something suddenly occurred to Lu Rushuang.
"What is a Mind-Blinding Curse?"
Xu Taiping looked at his Little Martial Aunt Lu Rushuang, somewhat puzzled.
"The Mind-Blinding Curse is a spell that makes those nearby unconsciously ignore or forget something. But its transmission is secret, and the backlash against the caster is immense. Once the spell wears off, the caster loses their sanity, so most sects have already classified it as a forbidden