Elder Leader Hou Tianba viewed the battle imageries inside the jade swords with his divine sense and he saw that Ye Fan had finished his battle rather quickly.
It was uncommon for two beginning combatants to exchange hundreds of strokes, often intimation strokes than actual ones.
The longest beginning martial fight that Huo Tianba had ever seen was by 2 beginning combatants that lasted slightly more than 1 hour; they were simply just running around and trying to scare off each other than any actual fighting.
So, he commented, "This Ye Fan is really good. I am beginning to have a little interest in him."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi turned to him to express a surprised look, "Oh really? I saw 5 others that are equally just as good. Why are you so particularly interested in him? Or do you have a fetish or something?"
Huo Tianba laughed weakly, "He is an energy nascent cultivator too. That's why I am interested in him. Don't tell me that you don't have an interest in him?"
"I don't." Fairy Xuan Xueqi said nonchalantly as she looked away.
Hou Tianba: …
Even Elder Leader Yu Haixian was looking smiling weakly, "Actually I think this Ye Fan is good too. I'm thinking of taking him as my core protégé. Haha…"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi turned to look coldly at him, "Junior Brother Haixian, just in case this slips your mind. No matter how good this Ye Fan is, don't ever forget that he is an ex-protégé of the Thousands Sword Divine Sword. He may not be loyal to you or to our Profound Cloud Sect. So don't let down your guard."
Yu Haixian did not mind being reprimanded and instead he chuckled, "I've just checked his records. It seems that his invitation card is from my Senior Sister Xueqi."
All of a sudden Fairy Xuan Xueqi had a sudden flush on her countenance as she stammered, "This… he begs me to give him… a chance to enter the martial meeting. Do you think that I really want to give him an invitation card? I am just taking a pity on him instead!"
Yu Haixian laughed softly when he had heard her.
Even Huo Tianba was laughing, "Of course I believe my Junior Sister Xueqi. After all, she is the ruthless Witch Xuan Xueqi that is actually kind hearted enough to give a personal invitation card to an outer court protégé just because he is begging her. Haha…"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi: …
Yu Haixian laughed along with Huo Tianba, "When a woman says she isn't interested, she may actually be interested. When a woman says she is interested, she may not really be interested. Hahaha…"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi: …
"The two of you already knows that I've given this Ye Fan an invitation card and is that why you keep mentioning his name in front of me?"
Huo Tianba laughed, "Haha, we just want to know how our Fairy Xuan Xueqi will react…"
Yu Haixian chuckled, "After all, this Ye Fan is also a fine looking young man too."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi hummed coldly, "Do you think that I will be interested in a young punk like this Ye Fan?"
Yu Haixian replied with another chuckle, "At 200 years old, Senior Sister Xueqi isn't that old. We cultivators all have long life anyway. Hahaha…"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi had suddenly stood up and she had storm off angrily.
Yu Haixian was stunned…
Huo Tianba shook his head weakly, "Junior Brother Haixian, do you know that it is taboo to mention a maiden's age? You shouldn't have done that."
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Ye Fan saw that he was now in a white circular arena after he had entered the shimmering portal in the jade sword.
There were 10 other candidates in here and they were the candidates that had completed almost the same time as him.
Ye Fan noted that 5 of them were also outer court protégés and they were also looking at him as though he was an enemy.
But he just ignored their stares and picked a spot to sit down as he waited for the current trial to finish.
This may not end anytime soon for there may be some slow combatants or simply some sadistic combatants that like to torture their opponents.
Time quickly passed and more of the candidates had appeared in this arena.
He even spotted Jin Yizhong as one of the candidates that had made it through to this round but he had several wounds.
In fact, many of the candidates that appeared in the arena after him also had injuries; their fights were not an easy one.
There was no sight of Chen Yuyan or Lin Yingxiong.
But eventually, Ye Fan had spotted Chen Yuyan appearing in the arena and she looked a little pale.
However, there was no sight of Lin Yingxiong.
Chen Yuyan had also spotted him and she asked him panicky, "Have you spotted my Brother Lin Yingxiong?"
Ye Fan shook his head weakly, "Brother Yingxiong isn't here yet. Maybe he will be here soon."
Chen Yuyan slowly nodded but there were tears in her eyes as she sat down next to Ye Fan.
The time quickly passed and there were now 220 candidates that were left and there was still no sight of Lin Yingxiong.
Ye Fan could only surmise that Lin Yingxiong had been disqualified from the trial.
Chen Yuyan looked extremely woeful as she said quietly to Ye Fan, "Brother Ye Fan, from now on, I can only depend on you…"
The profound voice of Elder Leader Yu Haixian could be heard echoing from above them, "The second trial has now ended. There are 220 of you that qualify for the third trial now…"
"Now for the third trial…"