"I never expected Kui Yong's cultivation method to be so impressive, capable of producing a young expert like you. Remarkable." Bi Hu looked Huang Xiao up and down as he spoke.
"I never expected an ancient realm late-stage expert like you to compete with us for these keys," Huang Xiao said, staring at him.
"Ancient realm late stage?" Mu Fucheng and the other two looked at Huang Xiao in surprise.
"That's right. He should be at the ancient realm late stage, much stronger than Wang Mengjiao," Huang Xiao said gravely.
Huang Xiao had felt all along that there must be experts lurking in the shadows. Now it seemed his suspicions had indeed been correct.
Wang Mengjiao had clearly been the strongest of those out in the open.
"Haha, I never expected you to see through my cultivation level." Bi Hu laughed heartily. "I wasn't all that interested in those golden keys to begin with. I should say that most ancient realm late-stage experts like me aren't particularly interested. At least, I haven't detected any other ancient realm late-stage fellows here. Of course, there might be even stronger experts whom even I can't detect. I only came here because I happened to pass through the Central Desert while out on business, so I stopped by to take a look. I never expected an opportunity like this-there was actually a second wave of keys. These silver keys look as though they should be more valuable than the golden ones."
Huang Xiao was not surprised that Bi Hu could discern some differences between the Golden Keys and the Silver Keys. After all, he was an ancient realm late-stage expert.
"You know the secret of the Golden Keys?" Huang Xiao asked with a frown. "You're not interested because you know they aren't much use