Supreme Martial Arts: Unlock Boundless Power!

Chapter 123

In a spacious room, a warm fireplace radiated with vibrant charcoal fire, creating a stark contrast to the outside world. However, at this moment, Fan Shuhe felt a bone-chilling coldness enveloping his body.

In his room, at an unknown moment, there appeared an additional person.

This individual's temples showed hints of gray hair, yet his gaze was clear and slightly stern. His face, tinged with a purplish-brown hue, displayed a remarkable fullness on the forehead, cheeks, eye sockets, and ears, exuding an oddly lively and animated aura. Accentuating his rectangular face were well-defined thin lips, stubbornly downturned and slightly recessed.

With an icy stare, he fixed his gaze upon Fan Shuhe, as if in his eyes, this expert at the tenth level of internal strength was no different from a beggar on the street, incapable of stirring even the slightest ripple within his heart.

It was precisely this calm gaze that filled Fan Shuhe with shock and an indescribable sense of fear. As the current head of the Fan family, he was undoubtedly a well-traveled individual, having achieved the peak of the tenth level of internal strength before the age of sixty. His talent and efforts surpassed the imagination of ordinary people.

Similarly, in order to revive the Fan family, he had cultivated friendships with many highly skilled individuals. For instance, the Xiao brothers from the Xiao family were friends he had spared no effort to win over. However, among all his acquaintances, he had never encountered someone as profound and inscrutable as this person, and he had no clue as to when this person had entered his room.

After pulling his son, Fan Haori, behind him, Fan Shuhe took a step forward and a step back, assuming a stance that was both offensive and defensive. With composure, he asked, "May I know who you are, and what brings you to my humble abode?"

Fan Haori stole a glance from behind his father, and the shock in his heart was no less than that of his father's. It was the first time he had seen his father's slightly panicked expression moments ago.

He had always believed that his father was an indomitable man, a ten-level internal strength expert who could remain unperturbed even if Mount Tai collapsed before him. Therefore, when his father showed signs of fear, it stirred up a tumultuous storm within his own heart.

The peculiar figure, with slightly grayed hair yet brimming with vitality, did not respond nor acknowledge them. Instead, he turned around and seated himself on the grand chair in the middle of the room. His movements were not swift, but they evoked an unparalleled sense of gravity in Fan Shuhe and his son.

"You said it correctly," the man spoke slowly. His voice wasn't loud, yet it carried a daunting power.

Fan Shuhe was taken aback. How did this statement relate to his previous question? Cautiously, he respectfully asked, "Sir, are you referring to..."

"My disciples, indeed, are not the kind to flee at the critical moment," the man interrupted.

Fan Shuhe gasped, his eyes widening. "You... You are the master of the Xiao brothers?"

The man replied coldly, "What? Those two rascals didn't tell you?"

Fan Shuhe hesitated briefly, drawing back his feet and standing upright, he respectfully spoke, "Esteemed senior figure, the Xiao brothers have never mentioned their mentorship to me. They claim that only when their internal strength reaches the tenth level are they qualified to reveal the identity of their master."

Though his words seemed peculiar, they were undeniably true. Prior to this, Fan Shuhe had subtly inquired about the Xiao brothers on multiple occasions, but their responses had always been evasive, with the same statement.