‘Back then, she was the lackey, the underling, the attack dog of the Four Tyrants of the World.’ Cang Wuyin recalled.Along with the Wandering Sages’ Sect, the Hao Sect possessed the greatest information network in the Central Plains. Yet both organizations had eventually fallen under the shadow of the Four Tyrants of the World.More precisely, the Four Tyrants of the World had deliberately drawn the Hao Sect to their side by offering something the organization had desired for generations.They gave the Hao Sect access to martial arts that had once been firmly guarded by prestigious families and great sects.As a result, techniques that had previously been completely out of the Hao Sect’s reach began flowing into their hands.‘Hao Sect’s craving for supreme techniques was tremendous. But they didn’t know that masters aren’t born through martial arts alone.’The Hao Sect had been founded by people of low birth who had gathered together and built an organization of their own.Because of

From early morning, the Wei Family Estate had been in an uproar.More precisely, the entire estate had become a sea of tears.For the first time in his life, Wei Zhenhe was leaving home. Every member of the family, along with the household retainers, had come out to see him off, and many of them were crying openly. His mother and grandmother were the worst of all. They held both of his hands between theirs and refused to let go, as though releasing him would make the separation real.“Please don’t worry too much. I’ll learn a lot from Su Yueli and come back.”“You’ll make sure to keep in touch regularly, right?”“Wherever you go, don’t skip meals. Serve Young Master Cang well. You know that, right? Never forget, not for a moment, that Young Master Cang is your benefactor.”His two older brothers only had reddened eyes, but his mother and grandmother shed tears without restraint. Wei Zhenhe’s own eyes became moist as he listened to them, yet he stubbornly refused to let the tears fall.

At the same time, Cang Wuyin still held onto a faint hope.The Northern Sea might not have been comparable to the Central Plains, but perhaps there was some force here strong enough to keep the Northern Sea Ice Palace in check.‘So it really isn’t for nothing that they’re called the overlord of the Northern Sea.’Unfortunately, that hope had remained nothing more than a hope.After seeing the situation for himself, Cang Wuyin understood why the Northern Sea Ice Palace had earned that title. There was not a single force in the region that could stand on equal footing with it.Several minor sects existed throughout the Northern Sea, but none dared raise a banner against the Northern Sea Ice Palace. If anything, they all seemed to operate under its authority.‘I had aimed to use one enemy to restrain another.’Cang Wuyin had always believed that the best way to prevent a war was to make sure it never started in the first place. That was why he had come to the Northern Sea. He wanted to f

“I’ll do it. I’m curious too, about how much you’ve grown.”“You won’t be disappointed. I really worked hard.”Jiang Wuyou’s eyes brightened at the answer.There was something else he wanted to say, but he ultimately kept it to himself. No matter how close they were, bringing it up now would still have been embarrassing.“Um, Young Lord.”“Ah, let’s go inside.”Perhaps they had spent too much time talking outside. A warrior who had been standing nearby finally approached with some hesitation and spoke carefully.That was enough to bring Jiang Wuyou back to reality.“We did talk for quite a while.”“You knew?”“You were the only one who didn’t.”“Then you should’ve said something.”“You looked excited.”Cang Wuyin shrugged at Jiang Wuyou’s sideways glare.His friend had been genuinely happy to see him, and telling him to stop talking would have been unnecessarily harsh. Cang Wuyin had no choice but to indulge him for a little while.Jiang Wuyou seemed to understand that as well. With a

Clang-clang-clang!From early morning, crisp metallic sounds rang through the front courtyard of the detached annex where Cang Wuyin was staying.Under his guidance, Jiang Wuyou and Wei Zhenhe were in the middle of a sparring match.“Eek!”Wei Zhenhe had entered the fight full of confidence, but less than fifteen minutes later, his face was already twisted in pain and disbelief.At the beginning, he had thought that winning would be difficult, but he had not expected to be completely overwhelmed. After all, he had only formally begun learning martial arts recently, yet he possessed seventeen years of accumulated Extreme Yang Energy and a level of innate talent that was difficult for anyone else to match.Jiang Wuyou also came from the prestigious Jiang Family, but unlike Cang Wuyin, he was not a rising junior whose name had spread throughout the martial world. Because of that, Wei Zhenhe had unconsciously underestimated him.Tap.That had been arrogance, and more importantly, it had b