Sun Yiding said with a fawning smile, "Hall Master, I truly couldn't tell. I only knew that his lightness skill was exceedingly exquisite. Even while leaping through the air, he could change direction, and his internal strength was profound. Young Master Zhao looked like a hen in his grip, while that wandering peddler looked like a chick. He never spoke, nor did he exchange moves with me. I guessed he was a young disciple from some great sect, sent out to gain experience. He did not cover his face because he feared anyone seeing his true appearance, but simply because he did not wish to stir up unnecessary trouble."
Hall Master Zhao nodded. "What you said matches my thoughts. With martial arts as strong as his, there was no reason for him to fear us. Moreover, for one so young to possess such skill, he must be a disciple of some major sect. Think about it—although our Fierce Tiger Gang has many disciples, which young disciple among us has such cultivation? Even you, I suspect, would not be his match."
Sun Yiding said shamefacedly, "Hall Master Zhao's eyes are like torches. That is indeed so. I dared not step forward because I was protecting Young Master Zhao, but even if I had faced him, if that man did not wish to fight, then with that lightness skill alone, I would have found it impossible to even glimpse his heels."
Hall Master Zhao smiled. "You need not belittle yourself. Which disciple of those famous, upright sects was not carefully cultivated from childhood? You and I simply lacked such conditions. Hmm, judging from the lightness skill you described, it seemed somewhat like Great Forest Temple's Crossing the River on a Reed, somewhat like the Righteous Path Alliance's Ladder Cloud Leap, and somewhat