Li Fan, seeing the enthusiastic feedback from the audience, also heaved a sigh of relief.
When he had seen Yuan Xuanbao wounded by "Profound Knowledge" and the demeanor of the Swordmaster Qin as if facing a powerful enemy, he had speculated that the Taishu skills and divine secret methods, which even he found disheartening, might be effective on the others. They probably had a small chance of gaining enlightenment but a high likelihood of going mad.
But he couldn't be certain it was the same for everyone; at least those with high cultivation like Master Liang probably wouldn't be affected much. If the other side had someone like that, Li Fan could be cut down by a flying sword before he even finished speaking three lines, and wouldn't he then look like a fool reciting poetry on the dueling stage...