Dong Yuan's intentions naturally could not be hidden from Liu Ying. But many times, even when one knew the other party's motives were far from pure, one could not help but think along the lines they hoped for.
That was human nature, and it was also an open scheme. That was why Dong Yuan could be so brazen about it.
Although Liu Ying had chosen to endure because he feared Liu Bai's strength, this knot in his heart had always remained. The way he looked at Liu Bai and Xia Youran had already darkened to the extreme.
"Senior Sister, are we all just waiting here now?" On the other side, after Liu Bai and Xia Youran had exchanged a few words as fellow academy members, he asked.
As a "newcomer" entering Sacred Spirit Mountain for the first time, it was only natural for him to have such doubts.
Xia Youran naturally did not suspect anything. She directly raised a jade-like finger and pointed toward the highest point of the sky. "Do you see it? The Sacred Spirit Baptism will descend from there shortly..."
A huge sphere of light was continuously shrinking and writhing in the sky, as though some terrifying thing was being nurtured within it. Faintly, Liu Bai could sense a vast and frightening fluctuation emanating from the light sphere.
"I see. So the Baptism Power of the Sacred Spirit Baptism is contained there..."
"Correct." Xia Youran nodded and continued, "The higher one stands on the Nine Heavens Ladder, the stronger the Baptism Power one can absorb. The experts below can only absorb the scraps left behind after those above have taken their fill."
"But Baptism Power is not endless. The fewer people there are on each level, the stronger the Baptism Power they receive."
At this point, Xia