"They were all hiding their depths so well!"
Chu Di sat on the dragon throne, rubbing his brow with an utterly harried look.
Apart from Ku Chan Temple, which stayed aloof from worldly affairs, the other Five Great Families and Six Great Sects of Chu were as docile as lambs on the surface before Chu, but beneath their wool was a vicious wolf.
Back then, when Lin Bai represented Tianshui Sect at Heaven and Earth Gate for a martial contest and discourse, Tianshui Sect feared that Heaven and Earth Gate would use the opportunity to kill Lin Bai. Thus, Lin Bai invited Xiao Cangsheng, known as Chu's number-one expert, to go with him.
The reason Xiao Cangsheng agreed to Tianshui Sect's request was partly because of Sect Master Chu Xi, and partly because he had obtained Chu Di's permission to secretly investigate Heaven and Earth Gate's foundations.
Chu Di had also discovered that the Five Great Families and Seven Sects of Chu had hidden many secrets over the years.
But what could he do...? When the Five Great Families and Seven Sects of Chu had declared their allegiance to Chu, successive Chu Dis had promised that so long as the Five Great Families and Seven Sects harbored no thoughts of rebellion, the Zhao Xing Office absolutely would not infiltrate them.
Thus, the Zhao Xing Office had not deliberately monitored or investigated the foundations of Chu's Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
Back then, when Heaven and Earth Gate saw that Xiao Cangsheng had come, its higher-ups chose to conceal themselves.
As a result, even though Lin Bai had caused a huge disturbance within Heaven and Earth Gate and killed so many prodigies that it had painstakingly nurtured, Heaven and Earth Gate still made no move whatsoever.
But that was merely