The white crane raised on Azure Cloud Peak was plump, powerful, and over two meters tall. Ordinary people were naturally no match for it. Listening to the middle-aged man go from spluttering with rage to howling like a ghost, then finally begging for mercy on his knees, made it clear just how formidable this white crane was in a fight.
Ouyang and his two companions watched the battle between man and bird not far away, surrounded by a crowd of spectators, with expressions of complete indifference. All three lowered their eyes and stilled their minds, acting as though they had never met the handsome middle-aged man trading blows with the white crane.
In the end, the white crane pecked the middle-aged man's clothes into strips of ragged cloth hanging from his body. Only after he lay limply on the ground, with no strength left to resist, did the crane march away with its head held high.
"Who is that?"
"You don't even know this martial uncle? The former Peak Master of Heavenly Evolution Peak, that lunatic-"
"Do you have a death wish? You actually dared to say that name?" His companion swiftly clapped a hand over his mouth and cursed under his breath.
"The Peak Master of Heavenly Evolution Peak? Former?"
"Yeah, I heard he was driven out of Heavenly Evolution Peak for offending the Sect Master!"
"Oh? How did he offend the Sect Master?"
"I heard it was because of the Peak Master of Jade Maiden Peak..."
"Holy shit... tell me everything!"
The handsome middle-aged man on the ground was none other than Hu Yun. He had only returned today. After reporting to his senior brother, the Sect Master, he had been about to head back to check on his own mountain when this white crane stopped him