"Strange. Didn't our spies in the Heavenly Realm receive word that Ye Xiwen might be coming with one of the Martial Sect's slots? Why hadn't he shown up at this point?" Feng Nantian frowned slightly. It did not match the intelligence they had received, leaving him somewhat troubled. "We also inspected Hidden Valley's slot. There was no problem with it. The one who came was most likely a pure-blooded Kunpeng. The Kunpeng lineage rarely appeared in the world, but whenever they did, without exception, they were invincible figures. It did not matter if the marriage alliance was with Hidden Valley. The Sky Phoenix Lineage possessed incomparably noble blood, foremost among the ten divine birds, while the Kunpeng stood foremost among the ten savage birds. It would not disgrace the Sky Phoenix Lineage. Once they united, we could bring one of their descendants into our Ancient Phoenix World. That would mean we had indirectly obtained the Kunpeng lineage's bloodline as well, which would be extremely beneficial to our Ancient Phoenix World. In short, anyone was acceptable—except Ye Xiwen!"
"But he seems different from the person Hidden Valley originally reported. It appears the slot was replaced at the last minute!" someone said discontentedly. "They could replace someone at the last minute for something like this? They clearly looked down on us!"
"Forget it. Replacing him is fine too. A pure-blooded Kunpeng is stronger than anything else. Besides, so many peerless monsters came this time that even a pure-blooded Kunpeng might not necessarily be able to overpower the crowd. It was hard to say!" Feng Nantian shook his head. "But that Ji Renwang—could he be from the Ji branch within the Martial Sect?"
"Yes. Speaking of which, Ji Renwang and I were from roughly the same generation. Even back then, he was already