Su Xin's thoughts naturally couldn't escape Judge Cui. He smiled and said, "The Underworld's structure is very simple. All its inner members take their names from the divine offices of the legendary Underworld, and wear their masks to conceal their original identities.
"Within the Underworld, the highest-ranking figure is Lord Ksitigarbha. He was also the one who founded the Underworld.
"Lord Ksitigarbha has been in seclusion for many years, so the Underworld is governed in turns by Lady Meng Po and Lady Houtu.
"Apart from those three, all the other members of the Underworld are equal in status. And even when one of the three lords wants us to help, they issue it as a mission rather than giving us a direct order."
Su Xin asked, "Just how powerful is Lord Ksitigarbha?"
Su Xin had a good memory. He remembered that when Judge Cui had first recruited him, he'd said that the Underworld had enough clout to demand a person from Xuan Ku, the "Arhat Due" and abbot of Shaolin Temple.
And "Arhat Due" Xuan Ku was a genuine True Martial Realm expert, a man listed on the Heaven Ranking. Since the Underworld could demand someone from him, one could imagine how powerful Ksitigarbha, its leader, must be.
Judge Cui smiled. "You guessed right. Ksitigarbha is indeed a great master of the True Martial Realm."
Hearing Judge Cui confirm it, Su Xin couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.
It wasn't that he lacked experience. It was that True Martial Realm experts were figures of legend. Some people in the Martial Arts World weren't even lucky enough to see one in their entire lives.
There was a saying in the martial world that described True Martial Realm experts: "True Martial takes to the skies; a Land Deity on earth!"
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