An elderly man with graying hair suddenly appeared in the hall, his loose hair hanging all the way to his waist.
He looked like a withered log, devoid of any vitality—more like a dead man than a living one.
Li Yao and his wife hurried forward to greet him, and he merely nodded in silence.
His murky eyes were fixed intently on Jia Yi in the distance.
Though this was a virtual space, his reputation was simply too great. Many people knew that he possessed the strength to challenge for the position of the fifth Speaker.
Quite a few people immediately noticed that there was something off about the way he looked at Jia Yi.
Although the two had never openly clashed before, they had always instinctively avoided each other in public.
But today, such a major event had occurred.
Their gazes finally met, inevitably!
Jia Yi was short, and his presence was somewhat weaker than Yan Hai's.
But he was surrounded by many people. Not only were there Mount Hua disciples, but nearly half of Huaxia Nation's war gods had instinctively gathered around him.
This formed a stark contrast to Yan Hai, who had only Li Yao and his wife by his side.
More importantly, today's absolute protagonist, Bai Yang, had been personally discovered by him!
Everyone knew about this matter. Back then, many had even discussed it in private.
What exactly had Jia Yi offered to win over this young man?
At his age, why did he still care so much about some genius?
Had he gone senile?
But everything that had happened today proved one thing!
He had been right!
In fact, only the innermost core of Mount Hua knew just how immense the returns Bai Yang had brought them!
The two stared solemnly at each other,