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As the head of the Seven Heroes Assembly, Shen Wuming had a fiery temper, but he was not the sort to act recklessly. He would not provoke Su Xin at a time like this over some old grudge involving the younger generation. He merely wanted to test Su Xin's strength.
Although Su Xin's strength had already been described in great detail on the Earth Ranking, hearing was false while seeing was believing. Shen Wuming still needed to test him personally before he could determine just how far Su Xin's strength had reached.
Unfortunately, Su Xin's displayed control over his power was extremely formidable, even stronger than Shen Wuming's. Thus, Shen Wuming had not managed to probe out anything useful. Su Xin's hidden cards would only be revealed in a true battle.
After the brief test, Shen Wuming acted as though nothing had happened and led his people directly to their seats.
Following the Seven Heroes Assembly came the people of the Heroes Association. Ren Pingsheng and Chen Du merely exchanged what appeared to be ordinary greetings with Su Xin before taking their seats, while Shen Wuming and the others politely exchanged a few pleasantries with Ren Pingsheng.
Regardless of what they thought of the Heroes Association, its actions were at least worthy of respect. Moreover, the ancestors of the Heroes Association had once shown kindness to the Seven Heroes Assembly.
Not long after Ren Pingsheng's group arrived, Chen Du led in the people of Green Blood Green Mountain Hall.
The reputation of Green Blood Green Mountain Hall's Hall Master, the 'Nine-Change Divine Lord' Han Qianshan, was extremely poor in the jianghu. He bullied the weak and feared the strong, played both sides, and his conduct