In the tavern of Hess City, everyone was in shock.
The powerful Lord 'Lege' had been utterly helpless against that straw-hatted youth, killed like a mere child. Moreover, it seemed that the straw-hatted youth obeyed the orders of that young man sitting at the table. That seated young man was even more terrifying!
"That couple?" Belitta clung to her father, staring in astonishment at Lin Lei and Bei Bei.
Lin Lei, however, was frowning.
"Lord, you called for me?" The middle-aged man with silver hair was completely on edge.
He understood that if Lin Lei and Bei Bei wanted to kill him, he would die without a doubt.
"My boss asked you to come over," Bei Bei glared and barked. The silver-haired man's body trembled slightly, and he obediently walked to the table, standing respectfully as he awaited Lin Lei's instructions.
"My name is Sadi!" the silver-haired man said honestly, offering his name.
"You're from the Gebada Plane Prison, aren't you?" Lin Lei asked calmly. As he spoke, he also activated his 'Domain of the Divine,' ensuring that the ordinary people inside the tavern could not hear their conversation.
"Yes, my lord," Sadi replied, extremely cooperative.
After all, Lege's corpse still lay on the ground nearby. Sadi understood that if either of these two terrifying beings became displeased, they could kill him at any moment. The only option now was to cooperate fully and keep them satisfied. That was the only way to survive.
Lin Lei's gaze suddenly sharpened as he stared at Sadi and said in a low voice, "I'm asking you — who is the master of Copper Gong Mountain?"
The master of Copper Gong Mountain!
This was the figure who concerned Lin Lei. Just before dying, Lege had claimed that his teacher was the 'Master of Copper Gong Mountain.' Anyone capable of being a teacher to a peak Saint-level powerhouse was no ordinary figure. Since Lege had been killed, Lin Lei had to find out the identity of this master.
"You mean my teacher?" Sadi was slightly taken aback.
Lin Lei nodded slightly.
"We don't actually know my teacher's name. Because he lives on Copper Gong Mountain, we all call him the Master of Copper Gong Mountain," Sadi said, and when he mentioned the 'Master of Copper Gong Mountain,' a look of reverence appeared in his eyes. "My teacher is the greatest powerhouse I've ever known."
"Oh?" Lin Lei narrowed his eyes to slits.
Sadi continued, "Although it's only been twenty years since we escaped from Gebada Plane Prison and returned to the Yulan Continent, in that time, two of the peak Saint-level powerhouses whom my teacher guided have broken through and become gods on their own." His eyes were filled with admiration. "A great powerhouse capable of helping us break through bottlenecks — how could he not be worthy of admiration?"
"What?"
Even the ever-composed Lin Lei's expression changed.
Even Bei Bei couldn't believe it and said, "You're saying that those two who recently reached the god level did so because of your teacher's guidance?"
A bottleneck was a bottleneck — by nature, it was difficult to break through. Even someone as powerful as Lord Belute, when he learned that Desli and the others were stuck at their bottlenecks, had only encouraged them to stay firm in their resolve. He couldn't do much else... A powerhouse who could guide peak Saint-level cultivators past their bottlenecks had to have a terrifying level of mastery over the laws.
"What level of powerhouse is this Master of Copper Gong Mountain?" Lin Lei asked immediately.
"I don't know," Sadi shook his head. "But my teacher's two brothers should be mid-tier gods."
Lin Lei and Bei Bei exchanged a glance.
His brothers were mid-tier gods? Then the Master of Copper Gong Mountain had to be at least a mid-tier god himself.
"I've made trouble for us," Bei Bei drooped his head and said to Lin Lei.
Killing the disciple of such a powerful being — even with Bei Bei's thick nerves, he understood that things had gotten complicated.
Lin Lei gave a reassuring smile. "Bei Bei, it looks like our journey of wandering the world is about to end." Having provoked such a formidable enemy, it was best to return to Dragonblood Castle as quickly as possible.
"Mm." Bei Bei nodded.
"My lords need not worry," Sadi said, having picked up on Bei Bei's thoughts from their conversation. "Please rest assured — no one will come after you for killing Lege."
Lin Lei and Bei Bei were somewhat taken aback.
"Oh?" Lin Lei looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
But it was Bei Bei who spoke: "Sadi, won't your teacher stand up for his disciple?"
Sadi hurriedly replied, "My lords, the Master of Copper Gong Mountain — what kind of status is that? Lege and I are merely peak Saint-level cultivators. How could we possibly become his direct disciples?"
"But you call him 'teacher'?" Bei Bei asked, puzzled.
Sadi laughed self-deprecatingly. "My lords, we call the Master of Copper Gong Mountain 'teacher' — that's just what we call him. The Master of Copper Gong Mountain has never considered us his disciples."
Lin Lei frowned. "Explain more clearly."
Sadi elaborated, "My lords, we all escaped from the Plane Prison. After that, we came to live here, and later we heard that on Copper Gong Mountain there was a supreme powerhouse who occasionally guided cultivators who came to pay their respects. Many powerhouses went to visit the Master of Copper Gong Mountain — Lege and I were just two among them. The reason we call him 'teacher' is simply that we both received some guidance from him. But the Master of Copper Gong Mountain has never acknowledged us as his disciples."
"If we truly had such a teacher, we wouldn't have had such a miserable time in the Plane Prison."
Lin Lei and Bei Bei suddenly understood.
"You're all pretty thick-skinned, huh," Bei Bei said with a grin.
Sadi could only laugh awkwardly.
"Still, the Master of Copper Gong Mountain truly is a remarkable individual," Lin Lei remarked with admiration. For such a powerhouse to occasionally guide those who came to visit him — at the very least, he wasn't the type to hoard his knowledge.
"You just said that the two who recently became gods on their own did so thanks to the Master of Copper Gong Mountain's guidance?" Lin Lei still found it hard to believe.