Under the night sky, Western Lin City was no longer quiet because of Sun Hanxi and Bai Zhan. After the crowd around the ruins left, the people in the city could no longer fall asleep. The pitch-black city immediately became brightly lit. Under the moonlight, the atmosphere in the city gradually became lively. Almost everyone was talking about the incident that happened between Sun Hanxi and Bai Zhan.
On the other side, a human figure wrapped in a black robe slowly walked out from a spot not far from the ruins after the Sun and Bai clans had left.
The human figure slowly raised his head. The bright moonlight seeped through the gaps of the black robe, illuminating a pair of mirror-like dark-black eyes under the black robe that reflected the moonlight. Through the somewhat weak moonlight, one could vaguely see that under the black robe was a young face. From the looks of it, who else could it be other than Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan gently raised his eyes. He opened his dark-black eyes and looked in the direction that Bai Zhan's group had left. After which, he looked to the opposite side. That direction was where Sun Shuo and Sun Hanxi had left.
The corner of the mouth under the black robe was lifted into a cold smile. At the same time, Xiao Yan involuntarily felt surprised for Bai Zhan.
Based on what Gu You had said, Bai Zhan's true strength was that of a genuine two star Dou Di. This kind of strength was not inferior to the heir of the Zhuo clan. However, in order to hide his true strength, Bai Zhan was able to remain calm in the face of Sun Hanxi's humiliation. He ended up being viciously beaten by someone who was clearly weaker than him. Even with Xiao Yan's experience, it was likely that there were only a handful of people who could compare with Bai Zhan in Xiao Yan's memories!
Compared to Bai Zhan, Sun Hanxi was an extremely domineering person. He had only just broken through to the Dou Di class, but he was already so arrogant when he did things. With the strength of a Dou Di, he randomly bullied those who were weaker than him. Xiao Yan was curious. What would Sun Hanxi think if he were to learn of Bai Zhan's true strength?
However, Xiao Yan began to feel increasingly curious about the Bai clan when he thought about it. From the looks of it, it seemed that the Sun clan was unaware that Bai Zhan had reached the Dou Di class.
From the sudden appearance of Sun Shuo and Bai Ying tonight, it was clear that they had been lying in wait for a long time. Sun Hanxi had not only intentionally injured Bai Zhan, but also wanted to use this opportunity to probe Bai Zhan's true strength. Unfortunately, Bai Zhan had been forcefully enduring Sun Hanxi's ferocious attacks from beginning to end. No matter how Sun Hanxi forced him, Bai Zhan had been forcefully enduring. As a result, even when Bai Ying appeared in the end, Bai Zhan did not display his true strength.
Bai Zhan would rather be seriously injured by Sun Hanxi than reveal his strength. From this point, it seemed that the Bai clan was intentionally hiding something from the Heavenly Sword Sect. Even the other three large clans under them did not know about it.
At the same time, the thing that piqued Xiao Yan's interest the most was that while the Bai clan and the Sun clan were arguing, Xiao Yan had secretly sensed two other auras observing them. There was no need to think too much to guess who the owners of these two auras were. They were naturally the two leading Elders from the Zhuo clan and the Huo clan, Zhuo Bentang and Huo Ba.
From the beginning, the attention of these two people had been placed on Bai Ying and Bai Zhan. Clearly, they were also very curious about Bai Zhan's true strength.
After all, they were all part of the four large clans. Moreover, they were ranked third among the four large clans. Currently, even the Sun clan, which was ranked last, had a young master whose strength had already reached the Dou Di class. On the other hand, the Bai clan was indeed suspicious!
"Ke ke …"
Xiao Yan let out a soft cold laugh. No matter how much trouble the four large clans caused, it had nothing to do with him. Currently, Xiao Yan was only concerned about the matter of the Desolate Ancient Ruins.
Currently, there were only five days left until the opening of the Desolate Ancient Ruins. During these five days, Xiao Yan needed to raise his condition to its peak. Only in this way would he be able to obtain a share of the loot during this trip to the Desolate Ancient Ruins.
Xiao Yan raised his head and looked at the bright night sky. A beautiful woman appeared in his mind. His heart involuntarily became a little absent-minded. Immediately, he inhaled a deep breath of air. The black robe covered a small portion of Xiao Yan's face that was revealed. After which, his body, which was standing on the spot, trembled slightly. Soon after, Xiao Yan's body instantly disappeared from this place.
On the other side, Sun Shuo and his son, who had just returned from the Sun clan's encampment, had smiles all over their faces. This was not just because Sun Hanxi had beaten up Bai Zhan.
"Ha ha, Hanxi, father is now almost certain that the strength of that little bastard from the Bai clan has not reached the Dou Di class!"
After returning to the living room of the encampment, Sun Shuo sat down on a chair. The smile on his face was not hidden at all. The joy in his heart was completely displayed on his face.
"Ha ha, that's right. Father, during the process of me attacking just now, that fellow did not even have the slightest ability to retaliate. He could not even block an ordinary attack of mine and was seriously injured by me three times in a row. The current Bai Zhan is likely to be seriously injured. I believe that he, the young master of the Bai clan, will definitely not be able to participate in this trip to the Desolate Ancient Ruins!"
Sun Hanxi, who was seated opposite Sun Shuo, similarly revealed a cold smile on his face. The corner of his mouth was lifted into a mocking smile. His words were filled with disdain and ridicule.
At the same time, within the Huo clan, Huo Ba and the young master of the Huo clan were standing on the same roof. The two of them also firmly believed that Bai Zhan's strength was a nine star Ban Di. After all, there was almost no elite Dou Di who could endure such humiliation. To be stepped on by someone whose strength was inferior to theirs. This kind of humiliation was something that no one could endure!
However, the atmosphere in the Zhuo clan's encampment was different from the previous two clans.
Zhuo Bentang's old face contained a smile. His figure appeared respectful as he stood in the small courtyard. In front of him was a spotless white-clothed Zhuo Lin, who was seated beside a stone table in the courtyard. His hand was gently lifting a lustrous jade cup. His sharp eyes stared at the jade cup in his hand. His face revealed an expression of deep thought.
"You said that Bai Zhan was crushed by Sun Hanxi?"
"Yes, young master."
Zhuo Bentang's face was respectful as he replied.
Although the strength of Zhuo Lin in front of him could not compare with him, the latter's position caused the few upper echelon Elders in the clan to have no choice but to treat him with respect. Even though Zhuo Bentang was the leader of the Zhuo clan in front of everyone during the day, he knew that the true decision making power of their group was in Zhuo Lin's hands.
"Did he resist?"
Zhuo Lin gently placed down the jade cup in his hand and asked faintly.
"Yes, he did. However, in front of Sun Hanxi, it was useless."
Zhuo Bentang told the young man in front of him all the information that he had found out. The latter would occasionally frown and nod his head. A moment later, Zhuo Lin finally opened his mouth and asked.
"What do you think of Bai Zhan's strength?"
Zhuo Bentang involuntarily raised his eyebrows when he heard that Zhuo Lin had actually passed this question to him. He felt surprised in his heart. Could it be that his young master was still doubting Bai Zhan's true strength?
Even though he was doubtful in his heart, Zhuo Bentang did not dare to rashly act rashly in front of Zhuo Lin. He could only carefully consider in his heart before answering honestly.
"Young master, this subordinate thinks that Bai Zhan's strength is indeed that of a nine star Half Martial Emperor. Otherwise …"
"If even you think so, then I'm sure that the Huo clan and the Sun clan would also think so. They both think that Bai Zhan is only a nine star Half Martial Emperor."
Zhuo Lin's feminine slender fingers lightly tapped on the ice-cold table. The words that came out of his mouth caused Zhuo Bentang, who was standing respectfully to the side, to feel as if he had suddenly woken up from a dream. The expression on his face rapidly changed. Immediately, an extremely shocked expression emerged from the bottom of his heart.
If it was truly as his young master had judged, then this Bai Zhan was truly too frightening. To be able to endure being forcibly stepped on by someone whose strength was clearly inferior to his, how frightening was Bai Zhan's temperament?!
If it was truly like this, then when Bai Zhan displayed his strength in the future, it was likely that even the Four Great Sects would be shocked!
"Young master, this, this shouldn't be possible, right?"
At this very moment, even with Zhuo Bentang's cunning temperament, he could not help but feel a wave of shock in his heart. At the same time that he looked at Zhuo Lin, his mouth involuntarily spat out doubtful words.
Hearing that, Zhuo Lin's cold and indifferent expression did not fluctuate much. He only slowly inhaled a breath of air. After thinking for a while in his heart, he once again asked Zhuo Bentang, "Let me ask you.
How many years has it been since Bai Zhan became an advanced nine star Half Martial Emperor? "
Hearing those words, Zhuo Bentang's expression was slightly startled. Immediately, he rotated his eyes and hurriedly replied,
"Young master, it has already been thirteen years."
Zhuo Lin gently nodded his head. He softly repeated Zhuo Bentang's words. After that, he softly muttered, "Thirteen years?
"Thirteen years, huh? I also used eleven years to raise my strength from a nine star Half Martial Emperor to a two star Dou Di."
Once these words were spoken, Zhuo Bentang by the side immediately appeared to have thought of something. The pupils of his eyes suddenly shrunk and an expression of disbelief was revealed on his old face. The breathing from his nose became slightly sluggish at this moment. The shock in his heart could not be described with words.
"Young master's words, could it be that …"
However, immediately following this, Zhuo Lin suddenly raised his hand and stopped Zhuo Bentang's action of continuing to speak. At the same time, a clear and cold voice was once again spat out from his mouth.
"Don't rashly jump to conclusions about anything. Perhaps, I am simply thinking too much. However, you only need to remember that you must be careful of the Bai and Huo Clans. As for that Sun Clan … they are nothing more than a group of useless wild dogs. Raise them when you need them, and slaughter them when you don't need them."
Once these words were spoken, Zhuo Bentang by the side immediately bowed and nodded. Although Zhuo Lin's words sounded extremely calm, the chilling killing intent hidden within them caused one's hair to stand on end. Even Zhuo Bentang, who was also a member of the same clan, was no exception to this.
The Bai clan's encampment.
There was not a single person in the quiet courtyard. Although this was the Bai clan's encampment, everyone in the Bai clan had been ordered to stay in their rooms. Without the clan leader's summons, no one was allowed to take even half a step out of their rooms. Hence, even though the commotion outside had been great, all the members of the Bai clan could only stare blankly from within their rooms. Even though they wanted to investigate, they were blocked by the aura that enveloped the courtyard. Helpless, the group of Bai clan members could only obediently stay in their rooms.
At this moment, the blood-covered Bai Zhan and the gloomy-faced Bai Ying were seated in a spacious hall that was empty of people in the courtyard.
After swallowing a tier 3 medicinal pill, the injuries on Bai Zhan's body had clearly recovered. The bleeding wounds on his body had already stopped, and the dark red blood swiftly condensed into a layer of blood scabs. Bai Zhan's silly white face also recovered its rosy color.
"Zhan 'er, are you alright?"
The atmosphere in the hall was silent for a long time. Only then did Bai Ying open his mouth and ask Bai Zhan with an ugly expression.
"Haha, father, don't worry. I'm fine. I only suffered some superficial wounds. As for the rest, with the medicinal pill, it's nothing."
Hearing Bai Ying's slightly complicated tone, Bai Zhan chuckled and said with an indifferent expression.
"Zhan 'er, this is all your father's fault. If I didn't insist that you hide your strength, how could that little bastard from the Sun clan be your match?!"
Bai Ying glanced at Bai Zhan and slowly lowered his head. His face was filled with guilt.
"Haha, father, why are you sad? You should be happy. It doesn't matter that I was beaten up by that guy. Most importantly, I believe that apart from the Zhuo clan, the other two clans already believe that my true strength is that of a Nine Star Half Martial Emperor."
Hearing Bai Zhan's words, Bai Ying slowly frowned. Indeed, it was as Bai Zhan had said. Of the Four Great Clans, the other two were easy to deal with. However, the Zhuo clan, especially the Zhuo clan's heir, Zhuo Lin, was very suspicious and observant of everything. Even if the Bai clan's trick could easily fool the Sun clan and Huo clan, it would still be very difficult for them to get past Zhuo Lin.
"Hmph, the Zhuo clan is merely relying on the might of the Heavenly Sword Sect. In the end, it's nothing more than a dog under the Heavenly Sword Sect's feet. Once the Heavenly Sword Sect falls, let's see who your Zhuo clan can use as protection!"
Bai Ying's eyes narrowed as he fiercely slammed his hand on the armrest of his chair. At the same time, wood chips exploded as he slowly spoke those cold words.
The night was still fine and the city below had gradually returned to its calm state. After returning to his residence, Xiao Yan heavily lay down on his bed. His normally tense body had completely relaxed. In just a short moment, he had sunk into his dreams …
In the next few days, more and more experts arrived in Xi Lin City. The crowded city could be said to be overcrowded. As for the Four Great Clans, they didn't take a single step out of their homes. They were completely entrenched and quiet. Until the fifth day, the day when the Desolate Ancient Ruins opened …
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