Bat Young Master, Yuan Suiyun!
A character from Gu Long's novel Chu Liuxiang's Legend: The Legend of the Bat.
His martial arts were exceptional, his intelligence supreme, and he ranked among the ten great ruthless overlords in Gu Long's works.
On the surface, he was the young master of Wuzheng Manor, the foremost martial family, a refined scion of noble bearing, gentle and courteous. In secret, however, he became the terrifying Bat Young Master, seeking to dominate Wulin.
To fulfill his ambitions, he established a lavish den of extravagance on Bat Island, a remote island in the Eastern Sea, specializing in auctions of rare treasures, martial arts manuals, Jianghu secrets, and even people.
Anyone who bought something there would leave leverage in his hands, which he would then use to blackmail his customers into serving him.
Yet there was no denying that the goods auctioned on Bat Island were indeed treasures rarely seen.
Thus, every Bat Island auction drew countless Wulin experts to the island.
Although this world was not simply the world of Chu Liuxiang, legends of the Bat Young Master did indeed exist in Great Qing's Wulin.
Only, decades had passed since the legends of the Bat Young Master first appeared.
Yuan Suiyun was no longer Wuzheng Manor's young master, but a venerable Wulin figure who had ruled the manor for decades, possessing exceptional martial prowess and prestige, with an illustrious standing in the Jianghu.
Wuzheng Manor likewise ranked among the Jianghu's foremost powers.
However, this time, Wuzheng Manor had not answered the Banner Sect's call to assemble at its headquarters.
Yet Yu Huatian had never expected Yuan Suiyun to hold a Bat Island auction just after the battle at the Banner Sect ended.
And among the goods, there happened to be the lower half of Bodhidharma's remains,