"Elder Brother, Xu Taiping probably won't take the stage today, will he?"
On the day of the eighth round, in the pavilion stands where the siblings from Guangling Pavilion were seated, Mu Yuchen asked her brother Mu Yun beside her with some curiosity.
"Not necessarily."
Mu Yun shook his head.
"Unless he failed to notice anything unusual about Mo Yachu, why would he go up there to die?"
Mu Yuchen spoke with great certainty.
"And judging by how he secretly helped Dongfang Yuejian, the expert behind him might have noticed it even earlier than we did."
She added another remark.
"What if the expert behind him also has a way to deal with that thing?"
Mu Yun turned to Mu Yuchen with a smile.
At those words, Mu Yuchen froze for a moment, then shook her head.
"Impossible. However high that expert's cultivation is, Xu Taiping's cultivation ceiling is right there. Could he possibly improve his physique further in such a short time, or bring his Eight-Zhang Blade Domain to full perfection?"
Hearing this, Mu Yun interlaced his fingers behind his head, leaned back in his chair, and sighed.
"If I hadn't watched so many of his matches, I would probably think it was impossible too."
Mu Yuchen pursed her lips at his words.
"Brother, you think far too highly of him!"
"Then how about a wager?" Mu Yun turned to Mu Yuchen with a smile.
"What are we betting?" Mu Yuchen's interest was instantly piqued.
"If Xu Taiping takes the stage today, once we return to Peerless Nether Heaven, you must spend thirty years in seclusion preparing to break through to the Transformation Realm."
Mu Yun spoke very seriously.
"What if Xu Taiping doesn't take the stage?" Mu Yuchen did not agree immediately.
"Haven't you always wanted to visit