In front of the Dragon Gate Hall.
"Lingyue, did you see those light spots in the sky? I feel like they've been staring at me the whole time."
Xu Taiping looked up at the two spots in the sky and asked Fairy Lingyue in his mind.
At this moment, he had already drawn his lot and held his lot card.
"It's probably some kind of magical artifact like a mirror or a reflection, capable of transmitting the scene here to a place a thousand miles away, just like the mystic mirror in your hand."
Fairy Lingyue speculated.
"There must be cultivators on the mountain watching this competition."
Xu Taiping nodded silently and then withdrew his gaze.
"I wonder if Linglong and Qingxiao can see this. Forget it, maybe they've already forgotten about me."
While thinking this, he walked to the side of the Earth Numbered Arena with his lot card in hand.
"Who is Earth Number Eleven!"
Before Xu Taiping could reach the arena, a somewhat impatient shout came from below the arena.
Xu Taiping felt it sounded familiar, so he looked down at his lot card.
It was indeed Earth Number Eleven.
Xu Taiping responded calmly and then quickened his pace.
"Which family's little brat is this, so fussy, do you even want to compete?"
A short but exceptionally muscular man in green clothes cursed and pushed through the crowd to look at Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping didn't look at the man but turned to the examiner beside him.
The examiner replied indifferently and continued with his own business.
"You and I are the first, but you can't come early if it's not time. Dilly-dallying like a woman."
The muscular man glared at Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping ignored him and placed his bag on the seat, taking out a long white cloth strip and began to wrap it around his hands.
This cloth strip was made of silver silkworm silk, which even swords and knives could not easily cut.
Binding it would provide some protection for his fists while ensuring their flexibility, making it very suitable for those who use their fists. Xu Taiping had found it by chance in the West Wind Pavilion's storage.
"Huh? Is this the young man who defeated Qin Yuan and Sun Hu a few days ago?"
At this moment, a cultivator beside the arena suddenly recognized Xu Taiping.
Qin Yuan's name was not insignificant among the outer sect cultivators, so the news of his defeat quickly spread among the outer sect disciples.
Some had even obtained Xu Taiping's portrait.
"That's right, it's him, Xu Taiping from Green Bamboo Cottage!"
After confirming it was Xu Taiping, the crowd gradually gathered around him.
"Kid, I heard you used a set of Green Ox Fist to break Qin Yuan's Immovable Power?"
Upon hearing that Xu Taiping was the one who defeated Qin Yuan, the green-clad muscular man put away his contemptuous attitude but still spoke in a tone that invited a beating.
"Just a lucky win over Qin Yuan by a half move."
After binding his fists with the cloth, Xu Taiping looked up and calmly met the green-clad muscular man's gaze.
"You kid has some self-awareness."
The green-clad muscular man sneered and then pointed to his chest with his thumb.
"Since you know Qin Yuan, you must have heard of my name, Ghost Shadow Foot Tian Qi, right?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd around them was once again in an uproar.
Clearly, many present had also heard of Tian Qi.
"Tian Qi, wasn't he the one who kicked someone to death in the last Seven Peaks Selection?"
"I remember him too. Although he stopped at the Dragon Gate Meeting last time, in every match he won, his opponents either died or were crippled."
"He kicked to death four people in that Seven Peaks Selection."
Through the whispers around him, Xu Taiping finally had a better understanding of the man in front of him.
But the problem was, he really hadn't heard of this person before.
"Sorry, I've been in the mountain for a short time and don't know much about these things, so this is the first time I've heard of Mr. Tian Qi."
Although he heard the whispers around him, Xu Taiping thought for a moment and decided to speak the truth.
Upon hearing this, Tian Qi's face immediately darkened, and a murderous aura spread across his rough, butcher-like face.
The murderous aura was so intense that it startled the surrounding cultivators, who quickly scattered, silent as cicadas in winter.
Why does this person have such a heavy murderous aura?
Xu Taiping frowned, his fists clenching, and muttered to himself in confusion.
However, if the cultivators who knew Tian Qi's personality were present, they would not be surprised by his display of murderous intent.
Because Tian Qi was a jealous, easily angered, extremely petty, and extremely proud person.
He liked to belittle and mock others but could not tolerate even the slightest hint of contempt from others.
This twisted personality directly led to his strong murderous intent, and over the years, he had killed many cultivators over just a few words.
However, Xu Taiping did not show any sign of fear and continued to meet his gaze.
Is Tian Qi's murderous intent stronger than that of the demon tiger in Green Peak Gorge or the Fire Pattern Python in Bamboo Creek Valley?
"Xu Taiping from Green Bamboo Cottage, Tian Qi from Willow Leaf Village, the time has come, both of you quickly ascend the stage."
Just as the aura around Xu Taiping and Tian Qi became more intense, the examiner's voice suddenly rang out, breaking the tense atmosphere.
"Xu Taiping, the murderous intent in this person carries a hint of a fierce beast's madness. He must be practicing some evil cultivation method, using killing to nourish his qi. Be careful."
As Xu Taiping ascended the stage, Fairy Lingyue's soul transmitted a warning to him.
Xu Taiping nodded silently in response.
He had actually sensed something unusual about Tian Qi just now, and now that Lingyue had said this, it confirmed his intuition.
The bamboo grove in the back courtyard of the Mystic Profound Cottage.
"What's going on with these people? Why are they surrounding little Taiping, bullying him because he's young?"
"And that green-clad little fatty, why does he have such strong hostility towards little Taiping? What did little Taiping do to him!"
"These guys are definitely taking advantage of little Taiping being alone, with no one to back him up."
Seeing Xu Taiping's lonely figure surrounded by the crowd in the bronze mirror, Zhao Linglong immediately became indignant and began to stand up for Xu Taiping, wishing she could fly to the Dragon Gate Hall to support him.