The Ji Family clansmen lived in the city at the foot of the mountain, having rented out an entire district of courtyard residences.
After Huo Yuanhong sat down for a bowl of Medicinal Cuisine and some meat, he met with the Ji Family's Second Elder once more.
"At tonight's Hongmen Banquet, this old man will do his best to hold Sang Ruiqian back. The Life-and-Death Sect's people will be restrained by the Xingyi Sect, but those old fellows from scattered sects who have thrown in with the Life-and-Death Sect... I'm afraid you'll have to deal with them yourself..."
The Ji Family's Second Elder calculated the various experts who might attend the banquet, his expression grave.
"No need. You can sit to the side and eat when the time comes. I'll handle them."
Huo Yuanhong shook his head slightly.
So many Grandmasters had delivered themselves to his doorstep—naturally, he would not waste them. Even a mosquito's leg was still meat.
Back in the modern world, even if he gathered every Grandmaster on the planet who could fight, there might not be enough to fill a single table.
The Second Elder hesitated. Then, remembering how many experts the Xingyi Sect had, he figured they truly would not be lacking one more like him, and nodded.
"Fine. Be careful."
He could vaguely guess what Huo Yuanhong intended to do.
Number one under heaven!
For a contest over the title of number one under heaven, one first needed enough renown to qualify. Otherwise, if just anyone could issue a challenge, and Lu Pingsheng and Sun Lutang had to respond, that would be utterly unrealistic.
And judging by the skill Huo Yuanhong had displayed earlier, he was even stronger than Guo Yunsheng. Fighting the Grandmasters of those scattered sects, breaking them one by one, should