In front of Dragon Gate Hall.
"Sister Lingyue, do you see those points of light up there? Why do I feel like that thing keeps watching me?"
Xu Taiping looked up at the two points in the sky as he asked Fairy Lingyue in his mind.
By then, he had already drawn his lot and collected his lot token.
"It's probably some sort of magic artifact like flowers in a mirror and the moon on water, capable of transmitting the scene here a thousand miles away, much like that Profound Mirror you have."
Fairy Lingyue offered her guess.
"There should be cultivators up on the mountain watching this competition."
She added another remark.
Xu Taiping nodded inwardly, then withdrew his gaze.
"I wonder if Sister Linglong and Brother Qingxiao can see me. Never mind, perhaps they've already forgotten me."
With these idle thoughts running through his head, he carried his lot token over to the Earth-Rank Arena.
"Who's Earth Eleven!"
Before Xu Taiping reached the arena, a somewhat impatient shout came from below it.
"Earth Eleven?"
It sounded familiar to Xu Taiping, so he glanced down at his lot token.
It was indeed Earth Eleven.
"That's me."
Xu Taiping answered calmly, then quickened his steps and walked over.
"Where did this little brat come from? Dithering about like that-are you competing or not?"
A short, stocky but exceptionally muscular man in green pushed through the crowd, cursing as he looked at Xu Taiping.
"Is it time?"
Xu Taiping did not look at the man, instead turning toward the examiner beside him.
"No."
The examiner replied flatly, then went back to his work.
"You and I are up first. Couldn't you come early even if it isn't time yet? Dragging your feet like a woman."
The muscular man glared at Xu