Zhou Xiaoxiao and everyone else were also shocked: "Never did I expect them to be younger than one another, yet so immensely powerful. Even though I am several years—and even more than a decade—older than both of them, my own strength is worlds apart, completely incomparable." Zhou Xiaoxiao looked at the other contestants, blushed, and muttered to herself, "If only I could also take the senior as my master, I would be able to stay by the senior's side forever! Fortunately, I met the senior beforehand and was bestowed with a token. Through these past two days of cultivation, I've also advanced from Peak Foundation Establishment to Early False Core. Moreover, apart from Long Yu, whose Peak Foundation Establishment makes things slightly troublesome, nobody else on the field should be my match. It seems I can take first place in this tournament! Fortunately, Long Yuexi and Lin Xue aren't competing; otherwise, first place in the tournament would have nothing to do with me. I think as long as I perform well in the tournament, perhaps even if the senior doesn't take me as a disciple, I might still have a chance to stay by the senior's side! After all, though I used to be one minor realm higher than Long Yu, it was still very difficult to defeat him, and this time he has actually stepped into Peak Foundation Establishment. Good thing I used the senior's token to break through to False Core, or I would be in for another bitter fight."
Long Yu also noticed Zhou Xiaoxiao and said, "How…
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