Pearl City.

Shortly after going to work the next day, Liu Zonghao submitted his resignation, and the reason given was that he retired due to illness.

The news spread quickly and caught many people off guard.

Lord Liu has always been in good health, why did he resign? Many people were very puzzled, but Shu Zhenguo and Zhao Dingbang both guessed some reasons.

Liu Zonghao was afraid of Ye Xiu, couldn't afford to play, and didn't dare to play, so he chose to quit, so as not to encounter something more terrible.

This is very bad news for the Zhao family.

The worse news is that after Wang Qihong returned to the capital to report the situation, his father Wang Yangqi called Zhao Dingbang.

"Zhao Dingbang, my Wang family will build momentum for you and call people to stand on your platform. What are you doing to eat such a good card?!

"Lord Wang, Dingbang is deeply guilty. But please be calm, I will definitely not disappoint the expectations of the Wang family. ”

Two pieces of bad news in a row disrupted Zhao Dingbang's next deployment.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Dingbang called Ling Yongchang: "Brother Ling, you can go to Xiufeng Mountain." ”

Ling Yongchang was overjoyed, and immediately prepared a generous gift and went to Xiufeng Mountain.

Xiufeng Mountain is not the highest peak in Mingzhu City, the altitude is only 180 meters, but it is the most famous scenic spot in Mingzhu City.

First of all, because of its beautiful scenery, especially at the foot of the mountain, there is a maple forest, you can see the red maple leaves, the forest is dyed, and it is beautiful.

The second, and most important reason, seems to be infested with immortals on Xiufeng Mountain.

More than one person saw that on the opposite side of the undeveloped mountain, a white-clothed immortal faintly appeared.

There are two hills on Xiufeng Mountain, but for some reason, the other mountain has not been developed, and the two mountains are separated by dozens of meters, and the middle zone is full of barren grass, thorn bushes and trees, and there is no road at all.

Rumors of immortal haunts should have started circulating more than ten years ago.

According to a tourist's sworn account, that day he and his girlfriend went to Xiufeng Mountain to play, camping on the top of the mountain, and in the middle of the night he got up to relieve himself, and one accidentally stepped on the air and fell down the mountain.

There is a drop of more than 20 meters in the place where he is relieved, and if he falls, he will be seriously injured if he does not die.

Just as he was screaming in fright, suddenly a white-clothed immortal appeared from the sky, caught him from mid-air, and sent him to the top of the mountain.

The tourist was stunned for a few seconds, and by the time he came back to his senses to express his gratitude, the white-clothed immortal was gone.

After that, after a few years, people saw a man in white on the opposite hill.

This rumor, although there is no direct evidence, has become a folklore.

Later, a big boss paid to build a small temple on the mountain, and tourists often went there to worship the Xiufeng immortals.

As the saying goes, the mountain is not high, but the name of the immortal.

Therefore, Xiufeng Mountain has become the most famous scenic spot in Pearl City.

At this time, on the top of that undeveloped mountain, an old man was sitting cross-legged on a large tree.

The old man had a white beard and a face that looked like he was only in his forties, he was dressed in white, surrounded by branches and maple leaves, and he sat cross-legged on a slender branch that was only two fingers thick, and he was as steady as Mount Tai.

This branch, about three stories above the ground, is surrounded by lush foliage, and outsiders can only faintly see that little bit of white through the gaps in the branches.

The old man put his left hand on his lap, palm up, and dragged his right wrist. The right hand extends an index finger and points to the ground.

From his index finger, a thin white line spread like a substance, and this white line spread downward, reaching the ground, and submerging into the dead leaves. Aside from the unknown length of the white line underground, the white line on the ground alone is ten meters long.

If there is a martial arts master present, he will definitely be extremely shocked when he sees this scene.

The white line in the old man's hand is a release of anger!

There is no doubt that this is a grandmaster.

However, there are strong and weak grandmasters, although ordinary grandmasters can condense the Gang Qi, but the Gang Qi released cannot last, and it will often dissipate after just one blow.

And the old man has been sitting on this branch for a day and a night, and the white thread in his hand has always existed, as if it were a real string!

This means that the majesty of the Gang Qi in his body, as well as his ability to control his internal strength, have reached the realm of transcendence! This hand alone is stronger than the vast majority of Transformation Realm Grandmasters in this world!

A grandmaster is a figure who stands at the pinnacle of the martial arts world.

And the old man in front of him is a peerless powerhouse standing at the peak of the Grandmaster Realm!

I don't know how long it took.

A rustling sound came from nearby.

The two most powerful bodyguards of the Ling family, with great effort, finally brought Ling Yongchang to the top of the mountain.

They climbed up the hill from a hidden trail. But this trail, the Ling family has only walked two or three times a year, and after such a long time, it has long been covered with wild grass and thorns.

Without two bodyguards, Ling Yongchang would not have been able to come up at all.

When they reached the top of the mountain, the two bodyguards stayed where they were. The terrain on the hill was already relatively flat, and Ling Yongchang came up alone just to spend a little more effort.

Ling Yongchang, the richest man in Xiangnan Province, walked under the big tree in front of the old man, although his age was not much different from the old man, but he knelt down respectfully, put his forehead on the ground, and shouted respectfully: "Ancestor!"

"Hmm. Xiao Ling, why are you here?" the old man slowly withdrew the thin white thread in his hand and asked lightly.

Unless there is a major festival such as the Spring Festival or the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Ling family will not casually go up the mountain to disturb the retreat of the elderly. Today is just an ordinary and ordinary day, Ling Yongchang suddenly went up the mountain, something big must have happened.

Ling Yongchang gritted his teeth and said: "My Ling family has suffered a great humiliation, this is a humiliation that I have never suffered in my life, and my Ling family has reached a critical juncture of life and death, Xiao Ling dares to beg the ancestor to help!"

What Ling Yongchang said was a little exaggerated.

Their Ling family had indeed suffered a humiliation that they had never encountered, but deep down in Ling Yongchang's heart, he didn't feel that the Ling family was facing an existential crisis. Although Zhao Dingbang's current form does not look good, Ling Yongchang believes that Zhao still has a chance to turn around.

The reason why it is exaggerated is, of course, that I hope to persuade the Blood Demon Ancestor to make a move.

"What's going on?" the old man's voice was hoarse and slow, as if he had not communicated with anyone for many years, making him speak a little hard.

But on the whole, this "murderous maniac" in Zhao Dingbang's eyes, the bloody ancestor who kills people when he doesn't like them, doesn't have any fierce aura on his body, he looks more kind, and even has a bit of fairy wind bones.

However, Ling Yongchang knew that these changes had only happened slowly in the past ten years. The bloody ancestor more than ten years ago, with that murderous and evil aura, made Ling Xiuze, who went up the mountain for the first time, have nightmares for a month after returning home.

But more than ten years ago, the Blood Demon Patriarch seemed to have broken through some kind of shackles, or realized some heaven and earth truth, and the whole person slowly became more and more peaceful. In the past, the most he did was kill people, but since then, he has started to try to save people.

This is the legend of the white-clothed immortal.

Ling Yongchang said hatefully: "There is a young man who bullies the weak and humiliates my Ling family! And the reason why he is so unscrupulous, in addition to the fact that he is Shu Zhenguo's son-in-law, the most important reason is because he is a grandmaster!"

"Hmm. The Blood Demon Patriarch nodded indifferently: "And then?"

Any martial artist would be afraid or adored when he heard the name of the grandmaster, but his face did not change in the slightest. Obviously, in his opinion, the Grandmaster is nothing more than that.

Ling Yongchang reminded: "Ancestor, that young man is only 24 years old!"

"What?" the Blood Demon Patriarch was slightly moved: "Are you sure?"

Ling Yongchang hesitated for a moment and said, "Everyone says so, and the masters of the martial arts world also say so. I'm not from the martial arts world, and my eyesight is not good, so I can't see what kind of cultivation that person is. But he had defeated two super powerhouses standing at the peak of a half-step grandmaster in the ring, and they were all defeated in one move!"

"I guess it's really a grandmaster. The Blood Demon Patriarch was thoughtful.

It is not uncommon to kill a half-step grandmaster in one move.

But the person who did all this was just a 24-year-old young man, which is really a bit unusual.