Outside Divine Sword Villa.
Watching Sun Ming at that moment, Zhao Yulong felt immense pressure.
Only now did he understand that the strongest person in Divine Sword Villa was not Shangguan Guyun, but the outsider before him.
This was the Martial Path Sun who had broken the Shangguan Clan's monopoly on the position of villa master.
He could not help recalling the information he had gathered about Sun Ming.
Although he had not grown up in Dongling County, he was a native of Dongling County. After coming to Dongling County to take office the previous year, he had read through a great many past events, large and small, as well as records concerning the various important figures.
Sun Ming was an extraordinary figure in his eyes.
He had grown step by step from a miscellaneous worker and weapon-forging apprentice into one of Divine Sword Villa's high-ranking members.
As an outsider, he had broken the Shangguan Clan's nine-consecutive-term hold on the position of villa master and become the nominal number one person in Divine Sword Villa.
After reading through Sun Ming's history, he had already felt that Sun Ming was far from ordinary.
Divine Sword Villa was the foremost force in Dongling County apart from the official institutions, and nearly every important position was held by members of the Shangguan Clan.
Eight out of ten people in the entire villa bore the surname Shangguan.
Outsiders could hardly receive important positions unless they changed their surname.
Sun Ming, however, was different.
As an outsider, he had taken the position of villa master of Divine Sword Villa.
As for Shangguan Jincheng, he was merely the head of the Shangguan Clan and had to obey Sun Ming's orders.
He had originally thought that he already regarded Sun Ming highly. That was why he had