Old Man Nong was somewhat curious about Lu Yin's relationship with Nong Zaitian.
Madam Hong's gaze was icy. "Senior Nong, your family has been hiding this relationship very well."
Old Man Nong raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
Madam Hong sneered. "That Lu Yin's friends all cleared the checkpoint on their own, yet your family's junior was the only one he personally sent through. Does that relationship really need explaining?"
The other Sixth Continent experts all looked at Old Man Nong, though none of them questioned him.
Among those present, Old Man Nong was one of the very strongest. He was a Cosmos Imprinter. Madam Hong dared to mock him only because she herself was close to reaching that level.
"Madam Hong, look carefully. Zaitian was thrown over, not sent through. That was quite a bit of force," Old Man Nong said.
Madam Hong's voice was icy. "Are you trying to tell us that your family's junior has no connection to Lu Yin?"
Old Man Nong said no more. Anyone could see that the two knew each other, and that they were quite close.
Madam Hong had only made a sarcastic remark to vent her frustration over Hong Ying's grievous injuries. She had no desire to make an enemy of Old Man Nong.
The monsters' invasion had cost the Sixth Continent dearly. Although the Three Ancestors had intervened in time and prevented too many experts from dying, a number of them had still been killed. Ancestor Di, a Cosmos Imprinter, had died at the monsters' hands, as had four other Cosmos Imprinters.
With the number of Cosmos Imprinters reduced, those who had survived were naturally more esteemed. Although Madam Hong did not fear Old Man Nong, she did not want to openly make an enemy of him.
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