At that moment, Xiang Zhaoling had already jogged back to the competing disciples' seats.
"Well? Impressive, wasn't I?"
She swung her little feet, laughing merrily.
Song Yan considered briefly, then said seriously, "Junior Sister Xiang, your Gu insects are truly wondrous. Could they be from a cultivation lineage of the Southern Border?"
"That's right, that's right."
Unsurprisingly, the girl admitted it at once.
Song Yan nodded with a look of realization. "Then if we meet on the Sword-Discussion Platform later, I'll have to learn a thing or two from you."
"Sure, sure! I have lots of other really interesting Gu insects."
"Interesting Gu insects?" Song Yan asked instinctively.
Xiang Zhaoling gave a sinister little grin. "Hee-hee. For example..."
"For example, the Great-Power Shit-Excreting Gu."
"..."
Song Yan dared not ask what extraordinary effects this rather crudely named Gu insect might have.
Judging from the name alone, could it make an enemy cultivator start having uncontrollable diarrhea?
What a truly vicious Gu insect...
The bouts on the Sword-Discussion Platforms continued. Meanwhile, Li Yi's battle ended extremely quickly.
His opponent conceded before even taking the platform.
Thinking about it, that was perfectly normal. For many cultivators, making the top twenty-two in the selection round, catching the eyes of the sect master and elders, and receiving the first round's rewards were already enough to satisfy them.
Especially for Li Yi's opponent, number thirteen, who had the bad luck to draw a formidable opponent, there was even less reason to go looking for suffering.
Still, being unable to fight left Li Yi rather dejected.
Senior Brother Lin Qing's contest with his opponent also ended very quickly.
This was also Song Yan's first time seeing Senior Brother Lin Qing fight someone with his arts. The offensive Law Technique he activated with Spiritual Power seemed to