These old fellows had already lived for over a thousand years ten thousand years ago. Their lifespans must have been nearing their end.
That was why they had wanted to use slumber to live until ten thousand years later.
But for these previous Hall Masters, there seemed to be no need.
The candidates competing for the Demon Hall Master's Seat were never very old. When the Patriarch and Pang Ji had competed for the Hall Master's Seat, they had been among the older candidates across the generations.
Thus, the vast majority of Hall Masters had been younger than the Patriarch and his peers. Not long after becoming Hall Master, they had gone into slumber. The time they had truly spent in this world probably amounted to no more than a hundred years.
After living for only a hundred years, they had to fall into prolonged slumber. Such a fate was probably not voluntary.
If they had lived for over a thousand years, falling into prolonged slumber would have been understandable.
"They were all forced," Huo Lian said with a long sigh. "That old bastard Kui Yong really does have a trick or two up his sleeve."
Huang Xiao understood now. This still had to do with the First Hall Master.
"This old man once forbade you from practicing the Demon Refining Formula. After you practiced it, this old man racked his brains trying to undo it," Huo Lian said. "It was precisely because this old man didn't want you to fall under Kui Yong's control after becoming Hall Master."
"What?" Huang Xiao's eyes widened. "Are you saying those Hall Masters were all under his control?"
Huo Lian nodded. "Did you think you could suddenly obtain such tremendous power without paying a price? Where in this world would you find such