A Capable One!
"Could Old Mei tell me where the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk are located?"
Lin Bai gazed at Old Mei with longing, staring straight at him.
Old Mei was speechless for a moment. To ease the awkwardness, he rose from his seat, clasped his hands behind his back, and walked to the pavilion railing, gazing out at the spring scenery of Moon Gazing Pond. "Young Friend Qing Luo, do you know the origins of the Heng Province Alliance?"
Lin Bai smiled. "Old Mei mentioned it just now. I only recently joined the Eternal Devil Sect, so I know very little about the Thirteen Provinces Alliance!"
"Then let this old man explain it to you." Old Mei chuckled. "Within the Heng Province Alliance of the Eternal Devil Sect, there is one leader and seven vice leaders, eight people in total. Throughout the successive generations of leaders and vice leaders of the Heng Province Alliance, none of them have escaped these eight surnames: Wu, Li, Wang, Zhao, Qian, Murong, Shangguan, and Situ."
"Does Young Friend Qing Luo know what these eight surnames represent within the Eternal Devil Sect and the Eternal Thirteen Provinces?"
Lin Bai toyed with his teacup with two fingers, narrowing his eyes. "I await your explanation."
Old Mei said, "Within the Eternal Thirteen Provinces, these eight surnames are known as the 'Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province.' They are prominent clans that have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years in the Eternal Thirteen Provinces. Their foundations and strength are unfathomably deep. Even the current higher-ups of the Eternal Devil Sect must give the Eight Great Noble Families some leeway."
"In other words, the Heng Province Alliance within the Eternal Devil Sect is the power of the Eight Great