Even though Lu Yin’s answer had no holes in it, the fact remained that Xia Xing had only traveled to the Middle Realm because of Yu Hao. The youth had even requested the sect master by name. This was something that Xia Ziheng was unable to get past, as the spark that had triggered everything was Yu Hao insisting that he needed the sect master’s word, as a Semi-Progenitor’s word was not good enough.

"Yu Hao, it's time for you to meet with someone. This is to show my Shenwu’s Sky’s sincerity to you," Xia Ziheng said before pulling out his communication crystal and sending a message. "Let’s go. You’ll want to go see this person."

Headmaster Wen was instantly on guard. "Are you going to take Prof. Hao Yu away?"

Xia Ziheng indifferently answered, "Just to meet with someone. Don’t worry, it's just outside Virtue Archives."

Headmaster Wen and “Yu Hao” glanced at each other and then moved together, following Xia Ziheng out of the academy. Once they arrived in a forest beyond Virtue Archives, they saw a tired looking old man.

Lu Yin’s expression changed the instance he saw the old man, and he moved forward and called out, "Old man!"

Naturally, this old man was Yu Chuan, the former city lord of Yu City who Yu Hao’s father had betrayed and turned in to Star Alliance.

Lu Yin had not expected Xia Ziheng to bring Yu Hao’s grandfather to meet him.

Xia Ziheng paid close attention to “Yu Hao” as he greeted Yu...