Xu Tong grunted in acknowledgment. "Chiba definitely wouldn't tell the truth. Having someone who was actually involved would certainly help confirm it."
"Give up on that idea," Hong Wu replied. "Quan Wuxiang and Liu Banruo were chased all the way to Heavenly Dao Lake back then."
"Both of them died in the lake."
"Quan Wuxiang?" Xu Tong asked in surprise. "How old was Quan Wuxiang at the time?"
"About our age," Hong Wu replied.
Xu Tong was somewhat speechless. He had thought Old Man Quan was Quan Wuxiang.
If he was about their age, Old Man Quan should only have been in his fifties.
His hair and beard shouldn't have been completely white.
"I remember that Quan Wuxiang had also achieved complete mastery of the water element," Hong Wu said. "The technique he created back then was called something like the Ultimate Intent Body Technique."
Xu Tong shot to his feet. It really was Old Man Quan!
"What are you doing?" Hong Wu jumped in fright.
Xu Tong hurriedly asked, "Are you certain it was called the Ultimate Intent Body Technique? Could you recognize it if you saw it again?"
"The technique? Yes!" Hong Wu replied. "I saw him use it back then."
"Actually, no one knew how strong Quan Wuxiang and Liu Banruo really were."
"All anyone knew was that they kept challenging people in the arena, the place that's now called the Strongest Arena."
"It was established right at the beginning, and those two fought everyone without finding a single worthy opponent."
Xu Tong wasted no words. Instead, he suddenly took a step back.
Naturally, he used the Ultimate Intent Body Technique.
He seemed to step backward, but his movement followed no discernible pattern. It was more as though he had appeared out of thin air at his