Yang Xuyan looked at Hou Xibai before him. "You also think Master might not be dead. Then let's join forces this time, go in, and bring him back."
Both were Shi Zhixuan's disciples, having inherited the legacies of the Flowering Among Flowers Sect and the Heavenly Mending Pavilion respectively.
If not to save his master, Yang Xuyan would never have wanted to work with Hou Xibai.
Hou Xibai was an elegant young gentleman in the eyes of the world, while he was merely an assassin who could never see the light of day.
But who knew that he assassinated others not for money, but only to hone his martial arts? That was how he had gained such strength in so little time.
Unfortunately, the last time he had gone to Dali to spy on Lin Lang, Lin Lang's strange hidden weapon had struck him, leaving his entire body aching and itching, his life worse than death.
Fortunately, the cult leader of a mysterious sect had saved him. Not only had that cult leader helped him suppress the extraordinarily strange true qi within him, he had also taught him a supreme technique, taking his martial arts to another level.
He had even appointed him that sect's Atom. Only then had Yang Xuyan learned that its previous Atom was Wang Shichong, who had previously gathered a band of men in Great Sui, defeated the roughnecks of Wagang Stronghold, and occupied a considerable stretch of territory.
Unfortunately, the Li Clan had already destroyed Wang Shichong, but that was precisely why the position of Atom had fallen to him.
The sect had supported Wang Shichong in his bid for the realm, so he, as its new Atom, would surely have a chance as well.
This sect was called the Great Venerable Ming Cult. Not