"Why?" Huo Lian chuckled. "Simple. I didn't want anyone else to see that sentence. Although it didn't say what price had to be paid to return to the Central Plains, anyone who saw it would know there was still a way back. It was enough for me alone to know about this. No one else needed to. They could speculate, but they would never be certain whether returning to the Central Plains was possible."
Hearing his patriarch's explanation, Huang Xiao was somewhat speechless.
When he and his eldest senior brother had discovered that concealed sentence, they had entertained quite a few guesses and concerns.
He had never expected his patriarch to be the one responsible.
At the time, he had even suspected Senior Li Bai of doing it.
"As it turns out, what I did back then showed foresight," Huo Lian said. "Take Wu Xuancang. He has no idea how to return. But I can roughly deduce what it would take. At the very least, we would need the formation here and the Supreme Demon Saber. Once we return to the Central Plains, we can avoid Kui Yong."
"Once Senior Ou succeeds, we'll know whether it's feasible," Huang Xiao said.
Huo Lian nodded, then fixed his gaze on Hong Yi. "Boy, there seems to be a powerful force within you that you haven't absorbed yet."
Hong Yi was startled, but then he recalled that the man before him was the previous Demon Hall Master. Even the First Clan Chief and the others said they were no match for him, so it was only natural that he could see through him.
"Yes," Hong Yi said. "Several years ago, Senior First Clan Chief bestowed their clan's supreme treasure, the Dragon Crystal, upon me. I've been absorbing the energy within it to improve