The trials of a ruthless lord

"The most precious treasure in Huagai Grotto-Heaven, the Huagai Jade Register, has fallen into an Otherworlder's hands..."

Jiang Yao hesitated before speaking slowly.

Jiang Yao naturally understood the Huan King's anger. With the Meng Clan and Wang Clan joining them, the Huan Kingdom's strength at the highest level was indeed a match for any Jianghu power or Otherworlder Faction. It even had five Loose Immortals it could call upon—a truly terrifying deterrent.

One could say that although Western Chu's overall power now far surpassed the Huan Kingdom's, it had fewer top experts. As for Loose Immortals, there was no comparison: it had only Master Jiao Li and Eastern Overlord Xiang Jie.

In the Jianghu, however, the Huan Kingdom was the undisputed uncrowned king. Neither Jianghu figures nor Otherworlders dared clash with it head-on; all treated it with the utmost respect and courtesy.

"What Otherworlder is beyond your ability to handle?" Jian Shang asked gravely.

The most powerful, most terrifying Otherworlder... Di Wushuang, had already joined the Huan Kingdom's camp. Jian Shang truly could not imagine what other Otherworlder his people could not handle.

"It isn't that we can't handle this person. They just didn't dare use force..." Jiang Yao replied awkwardly, stealing a glance at Jian Shang.

"Didn't dare use force?!" Jiang Sheng blurted out in bewilderment.

Although Jiang Sheng had always been stationed in Hidden Dragon Commandery, he knew a fair amount about the Jianghu powers. The Huan King even dared fight the publicly acknowledged strongest man under heaven... King Wu of Qin. Was there really anyone against whom the Huan Kingdom dared not use force?

"The name is..."

Feeling everyone's strange gazes upon him, Jiang Yao answered with a bitter smile:

"Yun Feng!"

"Uh..."

Everyone present froze, then immediately understood Jiang Yao's predicament. As one, they turned to