Xu Tong stretched. "Oh, right. You should know more about Heavenly Dao Lake than anyone, Senior."
"But perhaps you don't understand it all that well, either."
Old Man Quan turned to look at him. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Quan Wuxiang." Xu Tong called out that name. "Liu Banruo died in this lake, didn't she?"
Killing intent suddenly surged through Old Man Quan's entire body!
"You..."
"Don't wonder how I know," Xu Tong said. "Because I still have plenty of questions to ask you."
Old Man Quan clenched his fists. "Twenty years! It's been twenty years! I sealed away all my power and lived in seclusion, hiding from the world!"
"And someone still found me!"
"Tell me! Did Chiba send you?"
Geng Shu looked stunned. "What... are you talking about? Senior, why are you radiating so much killing intent?"
"Little Geng Shu," Old Man Quan said. "Stay out of this for now. It has nothing to do with you."
But Xu Tong said, "I think Geng Shu might share my view on this."
"Don't think I can't beat you," Old Man Quan said. "I also practice..."
"Dual cultivation." Xu Tong had guessed that long ago.
Old Man Quan had been playing the fool all along, but even with his power sealed, he could still discern their cultivation levels.
That could only mean one thing: this fellow's strength far exceeded Xu Tong's imagination.
"And you still dared to come, knowing that?" Old Man Quan demanded angrily.
Xu Tong picked up a stone and tossed it into the water, but the surface behaved just like that of any ordinary lake.
There was nothing remarkable about it.
A splash, a ripple, then nothing!
But Xu Tong wasn't merely testing it. He also wanted to show Old Man Quan that he was relaxed, that