"May I ask why you sought me out, Senior?"
When no one came into his office to investigate even after he had spoken using Dou Qi, Fa Ma knew that his office had been screened off.
And the only person capable of doing all this was the mysterious black-robed man before him.
The man had appeared in his office without a sound, and the aura Fa Ma sensed from him was as unfathomable as an abyss. That instantly made Fa Ma adopt a more deferential attitude.
Clearly, this man's strength far surpassed his own!
Yet the man had not attacked him outright, which lent a certain credibility to what he had said.
"Hehe, Chairman Fa Ma, you met me once before. Have you forgotten?"
Rather than state his purpose directly, the black-robed man asked a question in return, wearing the faintest hint of a smile.
"Hmm? We've met before, Senior?"
A trace of bewilderment immediately crossed Fa Ma's face.
After all, he could recall no such person!
Seeing Fa Ma's puzzled expression and his continued failure to remember, the black-robed man shook his head.
"More than twenty years ago, at the Sect Tournament held in the Cloud Empire..."
The black-robed man offered him a hint.
"More than twenty years ago? The Sect Tournament? Ah, you're the senior who defeated Xie Biyan of the Cloud Empire back then!"
With such a clear hint, Fa Ma would truly have been a muddleheaded old fool if he still failed to remember!
After all, that Sect Tournament remained fresh in his memory!
It was also after that Sect Tournament that the balance between the Four Great Empires-the Jia Ma Empire, the Cloud Empire, the Falling Goose Empire, and the Mulan Empire-had changed completely.
The Jia Ma Empire, which had once ranked almost at the