"Hai Bodong, have you finished what I asked you to do?" At Xiao Yan's words, Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and the others felt their hearts jolt. Truth be told, when Xiao Yan turned his gaze toward them, even veterans who had weathered great winds and waves could not help feeling afraid, terrified that he might make an example of them on a whim. Yet once they registered what he had said, they froze.
Xiao Yan... was actually giving Hai Bodong orders?
Although they had already known that Yan Xiao and Hai Bodong were acquainted, it now seemed that the relationship between them ran far deeper than they had imagined.
"Reporting to the Gate Master, everything is ready." Hai Bodong rose to his feet and spoke with utmost respect.
"Gate Master?" Hai Bodong's form of address shocked Jia Xingtian and the others once again.
The Mittel Family's incorporation into Xiao Gate was no secret to the major powers of the Jia Ma Empire. After all, Xiao Gate's specially made emblem had hung outside the Mittel Auction House for years; it would have been strange if they had not known. Besides, Hai Bodong had never concealed the matter.
It was not as though they had never tried investigating just what sort of mighty entity Xiao Gate was, but their efforts had ultimately yielded nothing. All they knew was that after attaching itself to this faction, the Mittel Family had soared to glorious heights, and Hai Bodong himself had even broken through to the Dou Zong level because of it. That alone showed how terrifying this faction was.
Yet now, that mysterious Xiao Gate Master had appeared right before them, and he was someone they considered a junior. The gulf between their expectations and reality was simply too great.
"Bring them up." Ignoring