As space warped, Bai Yi's vision went black. The crashing sound of rushing water rang out again, and everyone in the Secret Realm returned to the waterfall where they had been before.
"The Secret Realm has closed!"
"Looks like Big Brother Xun Yan has finished refining the Bixin Wood Bead."
"Congratulations, Big Brother Xun Yan!"
The Huang Household members who had emerged from the Secret Realm all turned to look at Huang Xunyan.
Amid the crowd, Huang Xunyan heard his clansmen offering their congratulations and couldn't help covering his face with one hand. He truly couldn't bear to show his face.
Although the ancestor had allowed the White Household Daoist Son to enter the Secret Realm, making it a fair contest, Huang Xunyan was the Huang Household's Daoist Son and had every advantage of time and place. Yet he had still been forced out.
Even now, he couldn't understand. He had been born with a trace of the Life Resonance of the Bixin Jade Willow Tree.
How could he have lost at the final trial to a Sword Cultivator?
"Ah... I really have been having terrible luck lately."
Seeing Huang Xunyan's reaction, the Huang Household members around him understood what had happened. In an instant, everyone's gaze converged on Bai Yi in the crowd.
Their Huang Household's once-in-decades Daoist Son had actually lost?!
Ignoring the gazes around him, as scorching as flames, Bai Yi walked straight up to the White Household ancestor and said with a smile,
"Ancestor, I only won by a narrow margin."
"Hahaha, Young Master Huang, it seems my White Household's Qilin Son was fortunate enough to win by just a little."
Hearing Bai Yi's reply, the White Household ancestor laughed heartily, then turned and patted Huang Antian on the shoulder.
"Your chosen talent certainly lives up