Chapter 9 – Everyone Is Shocked; How Is He So Fast?
The other youth was traveling as fast as Li Guanqi.
He wore white robes with jade pendants hung around his waist. When he passed Li Guanqi, he even snickered mockingly.
Li Guanqi frowned. The other person did not look like he had reached the Body Tempering Realm, so how was he moving so quickly?
Then, he spotted the two Clear Wind Talismans beneath the youth’s feet.
Li Guanqi shook his head, regulating his breathing and the rhythm of his footsteps. He did not know how many steps there were, so he had to conserve his energy as best he could.
At the thousandth step, many people sat on the ten-zhang-wide staircase. Only a two-chi-wide pathway was left for other candidates to pass.
If the people in front slowed down, the people at the back had no choice but to wait too. The young men and women resting on the steps watched every passerby with a mocking look, some of them not even hiding their smirks.
Word-of-mouth must have brought these people together, gradually forming a dense crowd. Only a narrow path remained, just wide enough for one person to pass at a time.
Li Guanqi smirked coldly when he saw the crowd. “These people are trying to break another person’s umbrella after getting soaked in the rain![1] Hmmph!”
Li Guanqi observed his surroundings with full alertness using his heart's eye. He saw hand railings on one side of the staircase and a thousand-zhang cliff on the other.
Despite the terrifying drop, Li Guanqi stepped off the ground with all his might, springing high into the air. When he was two zhang high up in the air, he stepped on another youth’s shoulder to leap even higher.