The Eight Lords had stated their intentions outright, startling Zhou You.
Such frankness meant they regarded him as one of their inner circle?
After arriving in the capital, Zhou You had crammed a great deal of knowledge about Grandmaster's Marks, and understood why Zhou Nanwang had "silenced" him.
When he had displayed his Grandmaster's Mark in Northern Profound Prefecture City, Zhou Nanwang had joined forces with several prefectural lords to seal away the memories of the words "Grandmaster's Mark" from everyone present in the Strong Martial sect.
The citizens of the prefectural city had collectively had that brief stretch of memory erased!
All to eliminate hidden dangers.
For in this world, Grandmaster's Marks had come first, followed by countless vicious secret techniques designed specifically to attack them.
For example, there was a secret technique called the Blood Arrow Robe. Paired with a specially refined Calamity Bewitching Treasure, it could shatter the target's Grandmaster's Mark from afar.
As for the other secret techniques, they were even stranger and more unpredictable, impossible to guard against.
But where there was a spear, there was a shield. Since there were secret techniques for attacking Grandmaster's Marks, there were naturally secret arts for defending them.
Zhou Nanwang had once mentioned that the Glazed Longevity Light Fist possessed a secret technique capable of protecting a Grandmaster's Mark, but it had been lost for many years. To this day, no clansman had been able to reconstruct it.
Beyond defense, there were also secret arts such as Substitute Peach for Plum. Put plainly, they meant finding a scapegoat to die in one's place.
Though Zhou Nanwang had pledged himself to the Eight Lords, he still cherished his own younger kin. He feared that once Zhou You's secret was exposed, he would be forcibly drafted and made into the