Huang Xiao did not know what the outcome would be if his patriarch faced Ling Tianya, nor how many Peerless Realm masters remained in sects such as Shaolin and Dragon Tiger Mountain. Still less did he know how many masters of the demonic path and the Evil Dao remained in the Jianghu.
Considering that the Beggar Gang had possessed seven Peerless Realm masters back then, Shaolin and Dragon Tiger Mountain probably had no fewer, given their standing as the Mount Tai and the Big Dipper of the righteous path.
Huang Xiao suddenly felt that he had been far too complacent. He had thought that his Mid Peerless strength, together with several extraordinary arts to protect him, was enough to let him roam the Jianghu unchallenged.
Now it seemed that he was still far too weak.
There truly were heavens beyond the heavens and people beyond other people. Even a Peerless Realm master could not claim to be the greatest under heaven.
Huang Xiao now had only one thought: to increase his internal power and advance his cultivation. If he wanted to become a master who could stand shoulder to shoulder with them, he first had to ensure that he survived.
"Junior Brother Huang, you needn't dwell too much on these things. They're still far beyond you and me. All we can do is train as hard as we can. Perhaps one day we, too, can reach their realm!" Liaochen said when he saw that Huang Xiao had fallen silent.
When he had heard these things from his Grand-Grand Martial Uncle back then, his reaction had been much the same as Huang Xiao's.
He simply could not believe that such formidable masters existed in this world. Yet that was the truth, and there was no changing it.
"Phew... They're all old