Deep within Profound Leaf Mountain, at the Main Peak, inside a grand hall.
Ye Liang closed his eyes, his face twisted as if enduring great pain, with cold sweat trickling down his forehead.
He sat cross-legged on a Cyan Willow Cushion. Beside him was an elderly man with white hair, who seemed to have not many years left to live, intently examining Ye Liang's already scabbing broken arm with piercing eyes.
"How did it end up like this?"
At the uppermost position of the grand hall, a middle-aged man in a purple robe with black hair and beard, whose face was stern and upright, frowned slightly and looked at Ye Liang with displeasure.
"According to my son, it happened in the Profound Ice River, ambushed by a sinister and despicable person. That person's cultivation is likely between Qi Refining Middle Stage and Qi Refining Tenth Layer, possessing an Earth Wall Technique near Perfection Level. My son was caught off guard, and that's why..."
