"He probably learned the matchups in advance, then found a way to make you and Elder Qin draw the corresponding numbers. With preparations made beforehand, it wouldn't be very difficult."
Fairy Lingyue spoke to Xu Taiping through divine soul transmission.
Xu Taiping gave a slight nod at her words.
"Taiping, my young friend, after you."
Just then, Qin Yuan, whose hair and beard were both white, came up to Xu Taiping and gestured for him to take the stage.
"I wouldn't presume. Elder Qin, please go first."
Xu Taiping politely yielded.
"Very well. I'll go up and wait for you, my young friend."
Elder Qin laughed heartily, then lightly tapped his toes against the ground, his body floating onto the arena as lightly as a feather.
This move immediately drew another round of cheers from the crowd below, after which they all turned their gazes toward Xu Taiping.
"Why won't anyone use the steps?"
Xu Taiping still found it baffling.
"Taiping, don't use the steps this time. We can't lose in presence."
To Xu Taiping's surprise, Fairy Lingyue's competitive spirit had actually been stirred.
"All right."
Xu Taiping withdrew the foot he had already placed on the steps.
He could ignore other people's words, but he had to listen to Sister Lingyue.
Then, all the crowd saw was Xu Taiping's sleeves suddenly billowing before his body vanished from the spot with a boom, turning into a fierce gust of wind. When he reappeared, he was already in the arena.
This was the result of bringing the second step of Wind Shadow Step to great completion.
"What profound true qi."
"To have such profound true qi at his age-could this boy already have reached minor completion in the Gate Opening Realm?"
Some cultivators who had doubted Xu Taiping's strength and thought