Everyone looked at one another, stunned.
Bai Menya stood and walked up to the screen.
The image on the screen reflected across his handsome, fair face, as though his face itself had become part of the display.
It made him seem even more profound and troubled.
"Tiangang, Earthly Fiend, Old Man Wu... they all once believed in the existence of the Heavenly Tribulation."
"They were all wrong. They left the martial world in disappointment, went into seclusion, and hid from the ridicule of this world."
"But... less than a year ago, they began becoming active one after another. Their activities centered on the Northern Country—more precisely, on Xue City..."
"After that, Lu Chengwen went to the provincial capital, and they followed him there. When Lu Chengwen came to Bingzhou, Ming Disha, Fishing Elder, and Nan Ji also arrived in Bingzhou one after another... This wasn't a coincidence."
Bai Menya turned and looked at Jiang Xiaohu and Xia Ying. "I don't believe it."
The corner of Jiang Xiaohu's mouth twitched. "So... my masters still believed some Heavenly Tribulation would descend, and the person destined to break it in the future was Lu Chengwen?"
Xia Ying said, "I understand now! No wonder Lu Chengwen was always so guarded against Old Man Wu and the others, saying they wanted him to go in and die! Old Man Wu and the others were grooming Lu Chengwen to use his life against the Heavenly Tribulation someday!"
"But... the Heavenly Tribulation doesn't exist at all!"
Xia Ying shook her head. "Lu Chengwen believed in the Heavenly Tribulation. Otherwise, he wouldn't resist Old Man Wu and the others so fiercely! With his abilities, if he didn't believe it existed, he could have fully exploited that fact, taken whatever he wanted from them, played both sides, and profited