Meng Zhao and Liang Muqiu were both greatly shocked after hearing this. They had thought some lucky fellow had obtained the Self-Sacrificing Art passed down from the vicious monk, never expecting him to be the vicious monk's disciple.
"This... Senior, if he truly was the vicious monk's disciple, then after that vicious monk vanished without a trace, how could his disciple have returned safely to Lingwu City and brazenly built up such a vast family fortune?"
This was also what Meng Zhao and Liang Muqiu could not understand. Back then, Monk Huikong had run rampant through the Jianghu Martial Arts World and swept across the land. Hailed as the greatest devil and fiend of his generation, he had committed countless bloody sins. Anyone connected to him should have faced reckoning. It was impossible for their identities to have been washed completely clean after the vicious monk disappeared.
Especially since Li Ya'er had now investigated these connections so thoroughly, and this was many years later. Back then, how could Hui Kong's disciples possibly have escaped the watchful eyes of the major powers?
Even if the righteous side of the Jianghu had turned a blind eye for some reason, how could the relatives and friends of those ravaged by Hui Kong simply let the matter rest?
Li Ya'er revealed a trace of mockery and disdain.
"Young Master Meng, there were many hidden circumstances surrounding those events. Much of what was concealed has been buried completely with the passage of time, but some secrets have remained. For instance, among Hui Kong's disciples, there were loyal men willing to follow him unto death, and naturally there were also traitors.
"When the vicious monk was being hunted by the entire Jianghu Martial Arts World, several disciples saw that the situation had turned dire. They secretly