"One more player on the board."
"Who are you?!"
With a furious shout, a figure charged out from behind Great Holy Son Li Chihai. He was a burly man with crimson hair, his long scarlet locks hanging loosely down his back.
In an instant, his body moved like lightning. The moment he appeared, he clenched his fist. A string of crackling pops rang out, and vast, boundless strength surged forth.
The force of this fist transcended ordinary martial divine abilities. It was like the dragon veins of the earth heaving before suddenly erupting.
Boom!
In that instant, it seemed as though some force deep beneath the earth was constantly writhing and rolling. Many present sensed an image like a great wash of ink spreading across the world—as if tectonic plates were shifting, carrying the immense momentum of mountains being raised and all living things nourished.
"Earth rises, abundance begets all things!"
The one who struck was naturally Tuo Longjia, the renowned chief steward of the Abundance Trading House. He had always been regarded as Great Holy Son Li Chihai's "loyal hound." The two worked together seamlessly. Though both were outstanding men among men, there was not the slightest suspicion between them, and their cooperation was exceptionally close.
After Li Chihai and Tuo Longjia joined the Abundance Sect, they had encountered many rivals as well.
The Abundance Sect's way of cultivating talent was to encourage the sect's chosen seeds to compete with one another, selecting the finest disciples for important positions within the sect. Yet through the two men's tacit coordination, their opponents were defeated one after another. In the end, Li Chihai became the Great Holy Son, while Tuo Longjia firmly claimed the throne of chief steward of the greatest Abundance bank under heaven.
Tuo Longjia had always secretly protected