Huang Zhihuan finally remembered where he had heard the name Lu Ye before. The Shared Breath, Connected Branches Dao Pattern had been personally brought back from Blue Water by Huang Zhen, causing no small stir on their home star at the time. Over the years, many of the home star's powerhouses had been studying this Dao Pattern, trying to use it as a foundation to create Formation Plates. Yet because the materials were scarce, progress had been minimal.
Huang Zhen was of the Huang Family and stood in an uncle-nephew relationship with Huang Zhihuan. During a casual chat, he had mentioned Lu Ye and spoken very highly of him.
Moreover, Huang Zhihuan had heard of some of Lu Ye's recent experiences. Huang Zhen deeply regretted them, for back on Blue Water, he had sincerely tried to recruit Lu Ye as a retainer of the Huang Family, only to be politely turned down.
Had Huang Zhen known what Lu Ye would suffer afterward, he would surely have forcibly taken him back to their home star, sparing him those later calamities.
"Exactly!"
The moment Lu Ye's words fell, Huang Zhihuan shot toward him like an arrow loosed from the bow. He reached out and struck a palm at Lu Ye, Dao Force surging in his palm, showing no mercy at all.
Yan Hong was greatly alarmed. "Brother Huang, stop!"
Huang Zhihuan's sudden attack had completely taken him by surprise. There was simply no time to stop him.
Lu Ye had not expected this man to attack so suddenly either. Yet no matter how formidable Huang Zhihuan was, he was ultimately only in the Dao Entry Realm. Lu Ye merely raised a hand and blocked Huang Zhihuan's attack.
Dao Force surged, then settled. Within the great hall, two figures faced each other. Lu