Huh...
That was how everyone listening reacted, and the scene instantly erupted into chatter.
"Impossible. Shi Chun couldn't possibly be a match for Li Hongjiu."
"Exactly, much less injure him."
"Against Li Hongjiu, Shi Chun could only run."
"With Li Hongjiu's strength, calling him the strongest beneath the Human Immortal Realm would hardly be an exaggeration."
"We saw it with our own eyes. Shi Chun wielded a whole pile of magical treasures, and Li Hongjiu still sent him fleeing in disgrace..."
The messengers sent back by the various sects all spoke over one another to vouch for Li Hongjiu, as though he were their own Martial Uncle. The spectacle left Guang Haoyou and his group utterly bewildered.
It was also through these people that Guang Haoyou and the others learned what their Martial Uncle had experienced after parting ways with them.
Their accounts sounded genuine, but what baffled Guang Haoyou's group was the enormous difference between their Martial Uncle's two encounters with Shi Chun. Listening to these people, they hardly seemed to be describing the same man. It felt as though their Martial Uncle's strength had suddenly soared another great leap.
The problem was, if their Martial Uncle really had such strength, how could Shi Chun have injured him earlier, forcing him to resort to deception to escape?
Now they understood why the messengers from the other sects doubted them.
The Treasure-Evolving Sect's elder was puzzled as well as suspicious. He could see no reason for these disciples to band together to deceive him, so he immediately asked, "When did you see Shi Chun defeat your Martial Uncle?"
Guang Haoyou pointed toward the people from the other sects. "After that masked assassination attempt by Shi Chun they mentioned, Martial Uncle chased after him to intercept him. The two fought, and