"Bzz-"
Yet just as those people were about to fall into the water, a gentle Jin Force suddenly supported their bodies, holding them in place.
At the same time.
A white-robed figure appeared on the water, his hair loose, a silver-gray longsword at his waist, his aura sharp.
"Hm?!"
Steward Huang started. "What thief dares trespass on the Hong Family's grounds?!"
Even Wei Sheng, hidden in the shadows, was secretly startled. This white-robed swordsman moved lightly and swiftly, even faster than One-Ear, who had trained Grass-Skimming Flight to perfection.
Clearly, he too had mastered a movement technique to perfection!
To think Black Mountain had an expert like this.
But why had he never heard of him?!
"Whoosh!"
The white-robed swordsman casually waved his hand. Those people felt a gentle force push them to the pool's edge, while their bindings were instantly severed, freeing them at once.
The white-robed swordsman walked across the water and stood at the pool's edge, staring coldly at Hong Chengyuan, bone-deep hatred showing in his eyes. "Hong Chengyuan, after all these years, you're still just as cruel. Feeding living people to a demon!"
Hong Chengyuan studied the white-robed swordsman's features, his expression suddenly darkening. "You're that little bastard from the Gao Family!"
"The Gao Family?!"
Wei Sheng froze.
He could not help recalling some old accounts and secrets he had read in the Fish Scale Pavilion.
Over twenty years ago, the Hong Family had not been among Black Mountain City's three great lineages.
They had been the Liu, Lin, and Gao families!
Supposedly, Hong Chengyuan had been only an impoverished fisherman then. His skill at catching treasure fish had won the appreciation of the Gao Family's head at the time. He married a Gao daughter, became a steward of the Gao Family, and reached the pinnacle