Apart from Xiao Hongchen, the rest of the Illustrious Virtue Hall's experts naturally cast suspicious and awe-filled gazes toward that mysterious middle-aged man. Besides his benefactor Kong Deming, there were very few people across the entire Sun Moon Empire capable of receiving such courteous treatment from the Hall Master of Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Because the Illustrious Virtue Hall's experts had been busy with reconstruction matters previously, they had no time to watch the finals of the Underground Soul Engineer Tournament, nor did they usually need to attend the Morning Court. Consequently, they did not yet know the identity of the man before them.
He was precisely the Northern Douluo who had shaken the Holy Spirit Cult at the soul engineer finals and broken into the Sun Moon Imperial Palace during the Morning Court a few days ago.
His resolute face was like the Frost that had accumulated for ten thousand years in the Far North, causing anyone merely sharing a room with him to involuntarily feel an oppressive aura piercing straight to the soul throughout their entire body, truly living up to his Northern Land title.
Before Jing Hongchen could introduce him, everyone in the Illustrious Virtue Hall had guessed his identity to varying degrees. After all, the struggle for the Imperial Throne was closely intertwined with their own interests; no matter how busy they were with work, they dared not fail to take it seriously.
The elderly Level 9 Soul Engineer whom the others called Elder Wu spoke up: "Hall Master, there are still some people who haven't arrived. Aren't you going to notify them?"
Jing Hongchen said in a deep voice: "Those people all harbor their own little schemes in their hearts, so let's not call them over. If they are smart, they naturally know what to do;