From the initial seven or eight hundred, the ranks of those in the battle had dwindled to three or four hundred, drawing ever closer to the target of two hundred. Some speculated that the outcome would be decided within an hour.
During this time, Fang Chen’s spirit had been observing the cultivators in the arena, and he finally discovered two individuals who seemed rather strange. Everyone was focused on the battle, including the Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Golden Core Cultivators present, and even the few Nascent Soul experts. Because these Qi Refinement Cultivators came from all over, their techniques and methods were bizarre and varied. Sometimes, one could judge their background and foundations by observing their duels.
For a cultivator, gathering information is a crucial task, much like how the Old Patriarch Chai had been desperate to learn the details of the Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations. Some vital pieces of information can even dictate life or death. Yet, these two Qi Refinement Cultivators were not concerned with the battle at all; instead, they were skulking in the back, whispering to each other.
Chapter 217