Eight Linglong (I)

Xinzheng's city gate was as bustling as ever.

Nothing was out of the ordinary.

But that was precisely the greatest abnormality.

To those unaware, they did not know they had brushed past death, or were about to brush past death. But to those in the know, although they had not brushed past death, it was because they knew exactly whom they could offend and whom they could not. As the saying went, prevent trouble before it arises. Naturally, they would not provoke people they could not afford to offend, and naturally, they would not court death. But that did not mean they were safe, or rather, it did not mean they felt safe because of it.

Looking across the world today.

There were many Grandmasters.

But there were also few.

Among the states at war, the strongest in terms of power were the Seven Kingdoms.

Suppose there were one hundred Grandmasters.

Split evenly among the Seven Kingdoms.

There would only be fourteen or fifteen in each kingdom.

Not to mention that there were not even one hundred Grandmasters in the world. According to Netherworld's statistics, there were sixty-seven known Grandmasters still alive in this world. Openly, the Yin Yang Family, Peasant School, Military School, and Confucian School held the largest shares; in the shadows, Netherworld and the Iron Blood Alliance held the largest shares. Together, these factions accounted for roughly half of that number—more than thirty people.

Netherworld had eight.

The Iron Blood Alliance had three.

The Confucian School had two, plus one Heaven-Human Realm powerhouse.

The Yin Yang Family had eight, plus one Heaven-Human Realm powerhouse.

The Military School had six.

However, because those six served different kingdoms, they belonged to different states. For example, Wang Jian served the Qin Kingdom, while Li Mu and Lian Po served the