"More or less!" Huang Xiao said with a sigh.
"You might have obtained the Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship by chance. Could the Heavenly Demon Skill have been the same?" Zhangsun Youyue asked.
This was Zhangsun Youyue's conjecture. Although it differed somewhat from the truth, as long as Senior Li had not taught him personally, it could more or less count as something he had obtained by chance.
"I overstepped," Zhangsun Youyue apologized when she saw Huang Xiao's troubled expression.
Huang Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Although I know the Heavenly Demon Skill, I really have no connection to the Heavenly Demon Hall or the Demon Hall. But saying I obtained the Demonic Art by chance isn't entirely accurate either. I'm truly sorry, but there are some things involved that I cannot reveal yet."
Of course, Huang Xiao did not dare reveal the truth behind this.
Zhangsun Youyue did not press the matter. Many things had to be taken slowly.
"Let's leave that aside. There are some things about the Ranking Contest I'd like to discuss with you," Zhangsun Youyue said, changing the subject.
"Please go ahead," Huang Xiao said.
"Some information about previous Ranking Contests, as well as details on the experts participating this time. I think they'll be of some help to you," Zhangsun Youyue said.
Huang Xiao's eyes lit up at those words.
The information he could currently obtain was all what circulated in the Jianghu. For experts on the Dragon Rankings, for instance, he only knew their names, some cultivation methods they specialized in, or some of their past accomplishments in battle.
Such information was too commonplace to make it easy to judge someone's true strength.
What Zhangsun Youyue was about to tell him would certainly not be such things, but assessments of these experts' strength.