Dense Clouds of Suspicion! A Personal Test!

In the days before heading to the Ming State imperial palace, no matter how frequently all manner of major, hotly debated events emerged in the martial world, Jiang Dali only paid them occasional attention.

He devoted most of his energy to arranging his own affairs and meeting with special talents such as Hell God Monarch and Yu Yue.

As for trivial matters like guiding public opinion in the martial world regarding Leifeng Pagoda and War God's Hall, Jiang Dali entrusted them entirely to Liao Rushan, who was most adept at hiding behind the scenes and fanning the flames.

The small factions that had originally been exploited by schemers and were clamoring to crusade against Divine Iron City over the blood refinement incident quickly fell silent one after another because Liao Rushan personally dispatched assassins from Cangying Fort, including Black and White Impermanence, to pay them visits.

As the leading figures of every faction that had spoken out were assassinated, many large and small factions that had acted on a momentary rush of blood immediately shut their mouths. Attention on Divine Iron City swiftly shifted to Leifeng Pagoda and War God's Hall.

After conquering the notoriously infamous Hell God Monarch through force, Jiang Dali treated the honest and simple blacksmith Yu Yue with ample courtesy, offering him a hefty sum to join Divine Iron City.

The result was unsurprising: Yu Yue tactfully refused.

Yu Yue himself was no ordinary man. He possessed formidable martial strength and had once been an unquestionably prominent figure in the martial world with a story of his own. Otherwise, he could never have survived the Fire Qilin disaster of old unharmed even after his left arm was stained with Fire Qilin's reverse blood.

It was merely that, for reasons unknown, he had ultimately chosen to withdraw