Wang Jiu and Fan Zhongkun had both harbored some suspicions about what the Masked Old Man said.
Wang Jiu might have been somewhat better off. He believed that as long as he kept improving, perhaps the Masked Old Man would accept him and let him remain in charge of Tiger Wing.
Fan Zhongkun, however, was far weaker. With strength like his, he could not possibly possess Inugami. Both he and Wang Jiu considered him merely its temporary custodian.
"This outing has brought one pleasant surprise after another. Good, very good." The Masked Old Man was clearly in excellent spirits. He continued, "Since you two are descendants of the Wang Family and the Fan Family, perhaps another great opportunity awaits you."
At these words, a thought stirred in Wang Jiu's mind. "Senior, could the Three Great Families still exist?"
Hope appeared in Fan Zhongkun's eyes as well.
But the Masked Old Man shook his head. "As far as this old man knows, the Three Great Families have all but vanished like smoke and clouds. Of course, there must still be descendants like you. Some people were fortunate enough to survive, after all. But without their heritage, those cultivation methods and supreme arts probably were not passed down. Even the Heavenly Evil Sect possesses pitifully few of the Three Great Families' supreme arts. Back then, the fighting between the Three Great Families and the Heavenly Evil Sect's other factions was exceptionally brutal. Having lost the Three Great Evil Blades and suffered a tremendous loss of strength, the Three Great Families ultimately could not hold out. However, none of them yielded. They never handed over their important supreme arts, which may now be lost."
Sorrow appeared on Wang Jiu's and Fan Zhongkun's faces. This was, after all, the calamity that had befallen their