Martial Peak has its first Alliance Leader, which has left Little Mo deeply touched and pleasantly surprised. Thanks to Alliance Leader 'Block My Slaughter' for the 100,000 floating red reward! The Alliance Leader is mighty, the Alliance Leader is magnificent! This chapter is an extra update for the Alliance Leader~~~~~~
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There, it turned out to be covered in restrictions. The disciples quickly reported this discovery upward.
After getting the news, Hu Man hurried down to inspect it personally, but he couldn't understand these restrictions at all, nor could he fathom their nature.
Within the Blood Battle Gang, Long Zaitian was the eldest, possessed the broadest knowledge, and he already knew about the situation here. Therefore, Hu Man had him lead the effort to break these restrictions and see what exactly was hidden within.
Hu Man had a feeling that what was hidden inside the restrictions was some incredible secret. If the Blood Battle Gang could obtain this secret, their strength would certainly leap to a whole new level. Forget comparing to the long-established Eight Great Families of Zhongdu—they could at least stand on equal footing with those first-tier powers.
Hu Man also felt some remorse. At the time, Hu Meier had repeatedly stressed that this matter must be kept secret, but he hadn't taken it to heart at all. Now, the entire gang's leadership knew about it.
That day after returning from the mining area, Hu Man had quickly gone to find Hu Meier, wanting to probe how she knew about the secret hidden beneath the mine.
To his surprise, Hu Meier actually had a huge argument with him over this. In the midst of the quarrel, Hu Man learned that his youngest daughter had received guidance from an expert, and it was that expert who told Hu Meier about the mystery beneath the mining area.
But because of his own carelessness, his daughter had also let down that expert's trust. That expert seemingly did not want the Dragon family to know this secret.
"Daughter, what kind of expert was this?" Hu Man felt deep respect for the mysterious expert. To be able to see at a glance a secret buried dozens of zhang deep underground—this expert's strength must be extraordinary.
In Hu Man's imagination, this person must possess heaven-shaking, ghost-weeping power.
"What kind of expert?" At that moment, an image of Yang Kai surfaced in Hu Meier's mind, and her face flushed slightly. She shot her father a look: "I'm not telling you!"
Seeing her expression, Hu Man was immediately startled. Could it be that his daughter had feelings for this expert?
After a round of indirect probing, Hu Man was utterly shocked.
This expert was actually a young man not very advanced in years. Someone of such caliber—how could his background be poor?
"Daughter, have you fallen for him?" Hu Man asked with great enthusiasm. In his view, daughters had to be married off eventually. But to whom was the main question. If she could marry into one of the Eight Great Families of Zhongdu, that would be ideal—the Blood Battle Gang would soar from branch to phoenix. But this young man with such keen eyesight certainly wasn't bad either.
"So what if I have?" Hu Meier sighed softly.
"If you like him, then go spend more time with him! My daughter is so beautiful, could he possibly not be interested?" Hu Man urged wholeheartedly. "Oh, right—does he perhaps already have a wife? That's nothing. It's perfectly normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines."
Hu Meier twisted away, glaring at him: "It's all your fault! Now I've let down his trust, how can I even face him again? Humph!"
Hearing this, Hu Man could only smile awkwardly. How could he have known his daughter was telling the truth back then? If he had, he wouldn't have shared this secret with others.
It had to be said, Hu Man had completely misunderstood Yang Kai. If he knew that the expert in his mind, who came from a remarkable background, was currently nothing more than a Trial Disciple of Lingxiao Pavilion, he would probably have Hu Meier avoid him like the plague. How could he possibly encourage her to get close?
His thoughts returning to the present, Hu Man sighed again. What a mess this had become—it was truly vexing. His youngest daughter had been secluded in closed-door cultivation these past days, not at all like before when she loved to run around. Her strength had improved considerably, but if she didn't get to know that young man, how could she ever have a chance to marry him?
Below, the group of Hall Masters and Section Leaders were still loudly flattering him. To Hu Man's ears, it sounded as bland as chewing wax—completely tasteless.
He was just about to rise and leave when Hu Man's movements halted abruptly. He snapped his head up and looked toward the door, a solemn expression involuntarily appearing on his face.
The next moment, all the Hall Masters and Section Leaders also quickly shut their mouths and turned their heads in unison.
An invisible pressure descended upon them, as if the sky itself were crushing down, making everyone's hearts tremble.
An expert had arrived at the Blood Battle Gang! Everyone in the council hall sensed the visitor's aura.
Immediately after, a somewhat aged voice sounded in everyone's ears: "Where is Long Zaitian?"
The voice was very flat, betraying no hint of joy or anger. But everyone present couldn't help but shudder involuntarily. They vaguely sensed that this suddenly descended expert was not here with good intentions.
Looking for Vice Leader Long? The group exchanged glances, filled with doubt.
"Follow me, let's see what's happening." Hu Man rose to his full height and strode out, with the various Hall Masters and Section Leaders hurrying to follow close behind.
Once outside, they all saw an elderly man suspended motionless in mid-air. His hair and beard were completely white, his expression deep as water. A pair of sharp eyes swept over them, like a hawk surveying the earth, carrying an air of arrogant pride and unbridled freedom that looked down upon the world itself.
Being caught in that gaze, everyone involuntarily felt a sense of insignificance.
"The peak of the Shenyou Realm!" Hu Man gasped in a low voice, his rough face twitching slightly.
"The peak of the Shenyou Realm?" someone exclaimed in shock. "Could he be the Sect Leader of Lingxiao Pavilion?"
Within a thousand-li radius, there were some experts at the Shenyou Realm, but speaking of one who had cultivated to the very peak, there was only that elusive, rarely-seen Sect Leader of Lingxiao Pavilion.