"This man is far too mysterious."
After hearing the full story from Protector Xia, President Hong of the Ancient Coin Merchant Association could not help remarking.
He had first learned of Lin Shuguang because of the Medicine Garden.
That day, he had flown into a rage and berated his subordinate for acting on his own authority. How could he so readily give an outsider a share of something as precious as the Medicine Garden? But Luo Qiuyi had ultimately persuaded him to agree to part with it.
The facts had also proven that he had not made the wrong choice.
With Lin Shuguang involved, some bandits who had been itching to act shelved their plans again after hearing his name.
After all, Lin Shuguang was a ruthless man who had personally slain King Ma. No one wanted to lose something big over a small gain.
President Hong of the Ancient Coin Merchant Association had originally thought Lin Shuguang was already their strongest fighter. But yesterday, Mr. Blood had entered Mystic Profundity and slain Xu Qiansheng in fury. Merely hearing others describe it was enough to convey the overwhelming disparity in power.
"Have you found out exactly what relationship that Mr. Blood has with him?"
Protector Xia seemed unsurprised by President Hong's question. Ever since deciding to swallow up the Cloud Sea Merchant Association yesterday, President Hong had asked him that quite a few times.
Despite spending the entire night investigating, he still shook his head. "I couldn't find any information about this Mr. Blood through public channels. All we know is that he's close to Huang Qisheng at the Elemental Ore mine... barring anything unexpected, that Elemental Ore mine also came from Mr. Lin, who left Senior Blood in charge... so I suspect Senior Blood must be Mr. Lin's trusted