More importantly, he had just stolen the show. Right now, more than half the Loose Cultivators below the arena were still buzzing about his performance.
Their conversations were filled with nothing but the highest praise.
Given his youth, one would expect him to be affected by such widespread adulation. Even if he didn't become arrogant, it should be hard to remain completely unmoved.
Yet Xiao Chen remained entirely undisturbed by the outside world, calmly focusing his mind on his cultivation.
Such a thing was simply unheard of!
This level of superhuman self-control would be normal for an old man, wizened by age, or even a middle-aged man tempered by worldly experience.
However, looking at that exceptionally young face, He Ming True Monarch felt a surge of complex emotions.
On the one hand, he was worried. Xiao Chen's performance was simply too brilliant, making him without a doubt the most difficult champion to handle.
