We've Got Connections Now

As the saying goes, "Be one step ahead and you're a pioneer; be two steps ahead and you're a martyr!"

Or, as another saying goes, "The tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind; the one who stands above others is the first to be resented by all!"

If word got around the cultivation world that a twenty-year-old had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, people would call him a genius.

If word got around that a twenty-year-old was a Golden Core True Person, it wouldn't just be the great sects that took an interest in Hao Shuai. The great demons and fiends would also do everything they could to eliminate him.

After all, who could say how far a twenty-year-old Golden Core True Person might go?

If Hao Shuai were allowed to grow without hindrance, the entire cultivation world would live in his shadow for a long time.

No one wanted to spend their whole life in another person's shadow.

So, when they heard True Person Huayang's order, everyone present promised to keep the matter secret.

No one dared to disregard True Person Huayang's words, either. The Maoshan Sect had powerful connections down below. If they said they'd send you to the Eighteen Levels of Hell, they'd never settle for sending you to the seventeenth.

"Thank you for your kindness, Grandmaster!"

Hao Shuai, the person at the center of it all, bowed in thanks.

Hao Shuai didn't care whether word got out. With his current strength, as long as no one from the heavens came down and no one from the underworld came up, there was little he had to fear.

But he still had to appreciate the kindness and concern of his elders. It was a matter of attitude.

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