Chapter 1193: Guests' Eyes Turned Green Across Ten Thousand Acres of Blue Waves
By the shore of Autumn Qi Lake, a short man in padded clothes and straw sandals disliked wearing his saber at his waist. He was accustomed to cradling its sheath in his arms. He raised his gaze slightly and saw a green-robed man with a jade hairpin approaching him.
Judging from the other man's breathing, the weight of his footsteps, and his bearing, he seemed to be a martial artist of middling attainment. That was only normal; none who could enter Autumn Qi Lake territory were ordinary folk.
The man smiled, both hands tucked into his sleeves. "Are you Wu Jiang?"
Though Wu Jiang, one of the rising stars of the younger generation in the martial world, had not been invited by Gao Jun to discuss matters, it was not strange at all for him to appear here.
Wu Jiang nodded.
Being too famous in the martial world was troublesome too.
People were always sidling up to make connections, yet hardly any were willing to offer anything worthwhile. Couldn't they at least buy him food or wine?
This fellow kept both hands hidden in his sleeves as he walked. Was he perhaps some unorthodox master well versed in hidden weapons?
The man asked with a smile, "Was the one who taught you saber techniques named Lu Tai?"
Wu Jiang frowned tightly. After hesitating a moment, he said, "Straightforward people do not speak in riddles. He counts as half a grandmaster to me."
From his master, to several martial uncles, and then the Demonic Cult leader who was that half-grandmaster of his—all of them seemed to have vanished overnight.
He had spent several years traversing the martial worlds of the Four Kingdoms, yet failed to find even a