When Zhu Fancheng revealed his true appearance, the sight was utterly startling.
His head was gaunt, little more than skin stretched over bone.
His skin was blackened, and only a few sparse, yellowing hairs remained on his scalp.
His eyes were sunken deep in their sockets and looked dull and lifeless.
After hearing Zhu Fancheng's words, Huo Lian's expression shifted slightly, and his pupils abruptly contracted.
However, his expression soon returned to normal.
"It certainly isn't easy to make the Demon Hall Master's expression change," Leng Guhan said with a soft chuckle.
He had still caught the change in Huo Lian's expression, and he felt that he should be able to negotiate what came next.
That change in Huo Lian's expression had at least given him considerable confidence.
"It seems it's been quite some time since you came out from within the Evil Water Region. I should have thought of it long ago," Huo Lian said calmly.
"What are you referring to, Senior?" Leng Guhan asked.
"What your Sword Pavilion has done over the years has surprised me greatly. By rights, these secrets should have been impossible for your Sword Pavilion to know. Though your legacy is also ancient, those predecessors of your Sword Pavilion were not qualified to come into contact with these secrets. Even if you inherited the Sword Pavilion's secrets, you still could not have known these hidden matters. Breaking the Longevity Death Formation on Dragon Mountain, in particular, was something your Sword Pavilion could not have accomplished, yet you did. Back in the era of the Three Great Families, the Heavenly Evil Sect put considerable thought into laying its hands on the Longevity Death Formation on Dragon Mountain. Though they ultimately failed, they still made many discoveries. In familiarity with the Longevity Death Formation, they ranked