"There's one more thing neither of us may know: the Masked Old Man's identity. His identity is extremely mysterious, but one thing is certain-he has ties to the Heavenly Demon Hall. Who can guarantee he isn't one of the Heavenly Demon Hall's elders secretly nurturing experts of the younger generation? Perhaps you're the one he selected. In that case, the Heavenly Demon Hall's Hall Master or some of its higher-ups should know about you, making your position all the more secure when the time comes. You'd merely be stepping out of secrecy and into the open," Demon Phoenix said.
Huang Xiao privately thought that the Masked Old Man's ties went far beyond the Heavenly Demon Hall. He probably had ties to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and the God-Burying Hall as well.
After all, the Saber Manual he had given Huang Xiao included the other two halls' saber techniques.
Merely being a member of the Heavenly Demon Hall clearly would not give the Masked Old Man access to the other two halls' supreme arts. His identity probably went further than that.
"Many hands really do make light work. Now that you've put it that way, I think that must be what the Masked Old Man intended. There's no better explanation," Huang Xiao said, inwardly delighted.
He felt this conjecture was quite sound. Going to Imperial Province did not require him to take some "first place," nor did he necessarily have to defeat Sword God Yi or Li Chaoxun.
But there was one thing he absolutely had to do: find an opportunity to defeat Chao Jue. To take it a step further, it would be best to fight Pang Yi as well.
Huang Xiao did not have much confidence about facing Pang Yi, but he believed he would not lose to