Sun Hong asked Wang Xiao about his experiences over the past few years and also tested his understanding of the Dao of Formations.
Wang Xiao wasn't afraid of the test; he hadn't been slacking off for the past three years. Under Yan Ruoyun's supervision, he had put in a lot of effort into formations.
After the test, Sun Hong was very satisfied with Wang Xiao's performance!
After the master and disciple chatted for a while, Wang Xiao asked, "Master, the person you were fighting with in the sky earlier, I heard it was the Grand Alliance Master of the Black Gu Master Alliance, why did he come to fight you?"
Sun Hong thought for a moment and said, "You know a little about Master's identity. I am the previous Dean of the Sky City Gu Master Academy, one of the ten Great Elders of the Academy Alliance, and I have also served as the Alliance Master for several terms..."
The old man briefly recounted his past, and Wang Xiao gave a thumbs up, saying, "Master, you're awesome!"
Sun Hong continued, "Last month, a theft occurred at the Sky City Gu Master Academy, and a batch of precious documents and materials were stolen! After investigation, it was found that this matter was done by an inside agent. A teacher from the academy had defected to the Black Gu Master Alliance and stole a batch of things before leaving!"
Wang Xiao asked, "Then does this matter have anything to do with Master?"
Sun Hong nodded, "Some of the documents were my research materials. The other things don't matter, but there was a letter from my old friend among them! He entrusted me to keep something safe, which is why I've been living in seclusion in Golden Bell City!
This letter fell into the hands of the Black Gu Master Alliance, and they learned about this thing I have. That old fellow 'Demon Locust' came to snatch it!"
Wang Xiao asked curiously, "What is it? It even attracted the Grand Alliance Master of the Black Gu Master Alliance!"
Sun Hong hesitated for a moment and then said, "Do you know the origin of Golden Bell City?"
Wang Xiao nodded, "I know, it was established jointly by the ancestors of the Jin and Zhong families, hence the city is named after the surnames of the Jin and Zhong families!"
Sun Hong nodded, "That's right, the Jin and Zhong families are the creators of this city! The Yan and Hua families only rose to prominence later! But more than thirty years ago, the powerful Jin family was exterminated overnight..."
Wang Xiao cursed inwardly!
Could it be that Master's stay in Golden Bell City has something to do with the Jin family?
Even his mother-in-law hadn't mentioned this!
Could it be that his mother-in-law doesn't know this secret either?
Sun Hong continued, "When I was young, I ventured out with a few young people. At that time, we didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, and we entered another world through a spatial passage.
That world was very dangerous. Out of more than a dozen of us, only two survived. One was me, and the other was a member of the Jin family. He later became the patriarch of the Jin family. We had a life-or-death friendship!
More than thirty years ago, I was still outside researching an ancient ruin when I suddenly received a plea for help from the Jin family's ancestor!
I immediately rushed back, but I was still too late. The Jin family had already been wiped out!
However, according to the clues left by my old friend, I received a letter from him, as well as a treasure! He entrusted me with it, saying that if any descendants of the Jin family returned to Golden Bell City in the future, I should hand this thing over to them!
So, I stayed in Golden Bell City, waiting for more than thirty years, but the descendants of the Jin family have never appeared!"
Wang Xiao finally understood why his master had been holed up in Golden Bell City all this time!
For the sake of a promise, he had delayed for more than thirty years!
Even Wang Xiao couldn't help but admire his master's commitment to his promise!
He wondered if his mother-in-law knew about this matter. Perhaps she didn't, otherwise, why wouldn't she come to retrieve the treasure?
Wang Xiao asked again, "Master, what exactly did the Jin family leave behind?"
Sun Hong said, "The thing is a good thing, but unfortunately, the Jin family suffered disaster because of it!"
Next, Sun Hong began to introduce the treasure.
This treasure was extraordinary, involving the secrets of an eighth-level Gu Master advancing to the ninth level!
The higher the level of a Gu Master, the greater the difficulty of advancing, and each advancement requires very precious resources!
Among them, an eighth-level Gu Master advancing to the ninth level requires a ninth-level magical beast's magic crystal!
Naturally, there are no ninth-level magical beasts in the Gu Master world. Therefore, to obtain a ninth-level magical beast's magic crystal, one can only go to another world!
Then the problem arises: even if you find a ninth-level magical beast in another world, you can't defeat it!
Human Gu Masters have compiled statistics on the comparison of combat power between themselves and magical beasts!
According to statistics, when human Gu Masters control spirit Gu to fight magical beasts, they can completely defeat magical beasts when facing low-level magical beasts.
The main reason is that low-level magical beasts are not as intelligent as humans and do not have a unified social structure!
For example, humans can study formations, refine pills, refine Gu, and study the evolution direction of spirit Gu, so humans are stronger than magical beasts!
But in the later stages, the intelligence of high-level magical beasts that have grown up increases, and they awaken various abilities, so their combat power is very terrifying!
The higher the level of the magical beast, the more difficult it is to deal with!
In the history of the Gu Master world, there have been Gu Masters who fought ninth-level magical beasts in another world, and as a result, more than a dozen eighth-level Gu Masters, leading hundreds of sixth and seventh-level Gu Masters, still suffered a crushing defeat!
From this, it can be seen how powerful ninth-level magical beasts are!
In today's Gu Master world, there are many eighth-level Gu Masters, but only one ninth-level Gu Master!
The main reason why there are so few ninth-level Gu Masters is that they can't find the resources to advance!
The treasure that the Jin family obtained was a ninth-level magical beast's magic crystal!
With the Jin family's strength, even if they were ten times stronger, they couldn't kill a ninth-level magical beast!
But the Jin family's hunting team didn't know what luck they had. When they entered another world to hunt, they happened to encounter two beast kings tearing each other apart!
These two beast kings were both ninth-level magical beasts, each leading a large number of magical beasts in a fierce battle!
One of them died on the spot, and the other was seriously injured and retreated!
The Jin family's hunting team urgently called in family experts, lost a large number of people, and finally snatched the ninth-level magic crystal from the beast herd and escaped back to the Gu Master world!
This was originally a great joy, but for some reason, the news leaked out, and someone created the Jin family's extermination tragedy in order to snatch the magic crystal!
However, the Jin family's patriarch had prepared in advance and sent the thing out, so the murderers did not get the ninth-level magic crystal.
After listening to the story told by Sun Hong, Wang Xiao asked, "Master, who exactly created the Jin family tragedy?"
Sun Hong snorted coldly, "Over the years, I have been sitting in Golden Bell City, firstly, to prevent the Jin family's descendants from returning and suffering another disaster; secondly, to find out who the murderers are! Although there is no conclusive evidence, I have a general idea in my heart!"
Wang Xiao quickly asked, "Who are they?"
Sun Hong glanced at Wang Xiao, "Why do you care about this?"
Wang Xiao said with a smile, "I'm curious, Master, please tell me quickly, who committed the tragedy!"
Sun Hong snorted coldly, "Such things must involve the Black Gu Master Alliance! There are also internal agents in Golden Bell City involved! As for who it is, don't ask! If it weren't for the lack of conclusive evidence, I would have wiped out all these people long ago!"
The Black Gu Master Alliance, and internal agents in Golden Bell City!
Wang Xiao suddenly understood why Jin Jingxuan's confidence in revenge was not so strong!
She couldn't deal with the Black Gu Master Alliance alone!
Wang Xiao asked again, "Master, do you think the Zhong family is involved in this matter?"
This was what he was most worried about. If the Zhong family was involved in this matter, it would be troublesome!
On one side was his mother-in-law's family, and Zhong Li was his brother.
If the Zhong family was also involved in the Jin family's extermination tragedy, who would he help then!
Sun Hong shook his head, "The Zhong family is not a problem! The Jin and Zhong families have been intermarrying for generations. When the Jin family was exterminated, the Zhong and Yan families did their best to support them. In that battle, Zhong Laogui himself was seriously injured, and two of his three sons died! If it weren't for the Zhong family's great loss of strength, the position of city lord wouldn't have been taken over by the Xiao family!"
Hearing what his master said, Wang Xiao was immediately relieved!
After brewing some emotions, Wang Xiao suddenly cried, and his tears were like a torrential downpour!
Sun Hong was immediately dumbfounded!
"Wang Xiao, why are you crying so hard!"
"Wuwuwu... Master, now that things have come to this, this disciple will not hide it from you anymore!"
Wiping away his tears, Wang Xiao said to Sun Hong, "Master, I'm not pretending anymore, I'm coming clean! In fact, I am a descendant of the Jin family! Please give me that ninth-level magic crystal quickly!"
