A Blessing in Disguise

This was an aura utterly different from Hidden Star Master's: one that looked down upon the four directions, with great power clenched in hand. It was an aura Hidden Star Master could never have cultivated.

A person's temperament was generally tied to their life experiences. As the master of the True Martial School's Law Enforcement Hall, Shi Daoling wielded immense authority. Among the many experts of the True Martial School, only a scant few could stand shoulder to shoulder with him, let alone compare with him in power and influence.

Moreover, only by presiding over law and discipline for so long could he have developed such an aura. Although Hidden Star Master was immensely powerful and held lofty status within the True Martial School, Hidden Star Peak had declined for many years. Altogether, there were only two or three kittens there. Even including the outer disciples who served Hidden Star Peak, there were not many. Besides, he was a hands-off shopkeeper by nature and rarely involved himself in affairs. Naturally, he could not nurture that air of great power in hand. Yet he carried a few more traces of peace and ethereality.

These were two completely different auras, and no one could say which was superior.

Shi Daoling strode over. Unlike Hidden Star Master's restrained aura that neither showed mountain nor revealed water, Shi Daoling was brimming with imposing force, heavenly phenomena following him all the way.

"I never expected you to return. So the rumors from some time ago—that you had completed the Hidden Star Scripture—were true?" Shi Daoling looked at Hidden Star Master, seemingly somewhat surprised. Hidden Star Peak had already been so terrifying without the complete Hidden Star Scripture. With the complete version, it would be even more so. One only had to look at how Huang