After the carriage bound for Demon-Repelling Pass arrived safely, Yue Chen paid a visit to the Assassin Temple headquarters to meet Saint Moon, its current temple master, and Sheng Lingxin, the Military Commander-in-Chief of Demon-Repelling Pass.
As it happened, Sheng Lingxin had studied under Long Xingyu in his youth, just like Yue Chen, so Yue Chen really ought to have addressed him as his senior fellow disciple.
But Yue Chen only entertained the thought. He did not presume to call him that, especially since Long Xingyu had not even acknowledged him as a disciple back then.
"Commander Sheng, I've long heard of your reputation." Fully aware of their respective positions, Yue Chen saluted him respectfully. "Marshal-Rank Demon Hunt Squad No. 61 reporting to you."
Unlike Yue Chen, however, Sheng Lingxin did not see him as his junior fellow disciple. Through Long Haochen and a few rumors from the temples, he had learned about this young knight whom the neighboring Knight Temple had brought into the public eye.
In particular, his own son-in-law had told him that this young knight named Yue Chen was one of only four people in the Temple Alliance who had mastered Long Xingyu's self-created ultimate technique, the Slaughtering Circular Sword.
As Long Xingyu's most fervent admirer in the entire Temple Alliance, Sheng Lingxin could hardly fail to understand what that meant.
He himself had only been able to become Long Xingyu's disciple and learn his world-famous technique because he had grown up hearing stories about him, and because both their temples and their families enjoyed excellent relations.
As for Long Haochen, who had also mastered the Slaughtering Circular Sword, that was because he was Long Xingyu's son. Otherwise, how could Long Xingyu, a leader of the Knight Temple-one of the temples that placed the greatest emphasis