"But, but we can't just let this kid off!"
Zhou Gu still felt somewhat unwilling.
"What do you suggest we do? Find someone to take care of the kid? If the kid was still unknown like before, it would be easier, but today he made a big splash and will definitely catch the attention of those above. If we move against him now, I think you're asking for trouble!"
Zuo Ke sneered at Zhou Gu.
"If I had known, I should have found an opportunity to get rid of him back then!"
Zhou Gu scratched his head forcefully and then said with a fierce look.
"Is the person who helped you switch the sign reliable?"
Zuo Ke suddenly asked Zhou Gu.
Zhou Gu patted his chest and assured Zuo Ke.
"That's good. Today's competition was too eye-catching; the people on the mountain will definitely notice. We must not leave any handles."
Zuo Ke nodded with a frown.
"Brother, it shouldn't be that serious. If they investigate, they'll only check if the kid took any elixirs to cheat. They won't investigate the sign-switching. We can't be that unlucky."
Zhou Gu patted Zuo Ke's shoulder and laughed.
"Shut your crow's mouth!"
Zuo Ke shook off Zhou Gu's hand and glared at him with a helpless look.
"Senior Brother, how did Xiao Taiping perform yesterday?"
Early in the morning, Zhao Linglong rushed to the Sword Testing Ground of the Seven Peaks and immediately asked Dugu Qingshao about the situation of the Four Mountains Meeting yesterday.
Qingshao stood in the center of the Sword Testing Ground, smiling and waving a letter in his hand.
Zhao Linglong said and leaped forward, trying to snatch the letter from Qingshao.
Qingshao simply sidestepped and then tapped Zhao Linglong's forehead with his finger, saying, "Let's look together."
"Fine, let's look together, but why did you hit me?"
Zhao Linglong covered her forehead, looking aggrieved.
Qingshao ignored her and opened the envelope himself.
"Huh? This handwriting, why does it look so familiar?"
Zhao Linglong suddenly looked surprised.
"It's from your Sixth Peak's Senior Sister Ziyi. Her junior brother was assigned to oversee the Four Mountains Meeting at the West Wind Pavilion."
Qingshao answered while unfolding the letter.
"What do you mean 'my' Senior Sister Ziyi, she's clearly your junior sister, right?"
Zhao Linglong chuckled at Qingshao.
"If you keep smiling like that, even if I borrow the Mountain Patrol Mirror in a few days, you won't be able to watch the Dragon Gate Meeting with me."
Qingshao threatened with a straight face.
"Second Senior Brother, I was wrong."
Zhao Linglong quickly admitted her mistake.
However, as she said this, Qingshao, who was standing next to her, didn't react much, completely absorbed in the letter.
"Could it be that Xiao Taiping lost?"
Zhao Linglong's heart tightened, and she quickly turned to look at the letter—
"Senior Brother Qingshao, the Xu Taiping you asked me to inquire about performed exceptionally well at the Four Mountains Meeting at the West Wind Pavilion yesterday. He first defeated a martial artist of the Opening Gate realm with one punch, then broke the Indestructible Technique and Flowing Water True Qi of the old cultivator Qin Yuan. After that, he continued to win easily in the competition, securing his qualification for the Dragon Gate Hall."
"Let's not talk about the other matches, just the match with Qin Yuan..."
At this point, Zhao Linglong first looked back with surprise, then leaped up, saying happily, "Great, Xiao Taiping won, and he won big!"
"It's not just a big win."
Qingshao, who had already finished reading the letter, shook his head.
"What do you mean, Second Senior Brother?"
Zhao Linglong, still excited, looked at Qingshao in confusion.
"According to the description of Senior Sister Ziyi's junior brother, when Taiping broke Qin Yuan's Indestructible Technique and Flowing Water True Qi, he used only the Green Ox Fist. When breaking the Flowing Water True Qi, a demon ox shadow even appeared. Therefore, he deduced that Taiping must have comprehended the true meaning of the Green Ox Fist."
Qingshao answered with a serious expression.
"True meaning of a fist? How could Taiping, who is so young, comprehend the true meaning of a fist technique?"
Zhao Linglong looked incredulous.
"This is just a guess by Senior Sister Ziyi's junior brother. After all, he wasn't responsible for the platform where Taiping was. We need to see it with our own eyes to know Taiping's true strength. We'll have to wait until the Dragon Gate Meeting."
Zhao Linglong nodded repeatedly, eager to see the Dragon Gate Meeting.
"But isn't Xiao Taiping's luck a bit too bad? He encountered two experts in a row. According to Senior Sister Ziyi's letter, both of them have the strength to participate in the Dragon Gate Meeting."
She took the letter from Qingshao and glanced at it again, then said casually.
Qingshao's eyebrows furrowed.
"Yes, it's really too bad. I'll go to the Five Ancestors' statues on the peak and pray for Xiao Taiping's protection."
Zhao Linglong looked serious as she planned.
"This doesn't seem like bad luck."
It was better that Zhao Linglong hadn't mentioned it; now, Qingshao's sharp intuition as a high-level cultivator was triggered.
"Not bad luck? Second Senior Brother, do you think someone is deliberately doing this?"
Zhao Linglong also realized.
She was indeed carefree, but she had been trained for many years and still had some caution.
"Junior Sister, you don't need to worry. I'll handle this."
Qingshao took the letter from Zhao Linglong and put it back in the envelope with a straight face.
"Although the selection for the Seven Peaks can only rely on Xiao Taiping himself, if someone thinks they can bully Xu Taiping because he has no one behind him, they are greatly mistaken."
Qingshao said with a cold tone.
He had a cold exterior but a warm heart. Since he had decided to help Xu Taiping, he would see it through to the end.
Some things, if the higher-ups want to investigate, no one can hide them.
At the West Wind Pavilion, Pavilion Master Liu Songshan first kicked Zhou Gu, sending him flying, then slapped Zuo Ke across the face.
Liu Songshan, with veins bulging on his forehead, pointed at Zhou Gu and Zuo Ke and shouted.
"How dare you treat the Four Mountains Meeting, such an important event, as a joke? You even dared to switch the sign-ups. You have some nerve!"
Liu Songshan almost shouted these words.
"Pavilion Master, this was all my doing, and it has nothing to do with Senior Brother Zuo. Please plead for me to the mountain and only expel me."
Zhou Gu got up and begged Liu Songshan.