Chapter 417

"What on earth is going on here?"

Di Renjie, standing to the side, said, "It seems this is yet another speck of dust buried in the long river of past history."

"This Mr. Li really is full of surprises at every turn!"

Upon hearing this, the Empress nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, who could deny it?"

"I wonder when Mr. Li founded this Bai Xiao Hall."

At this moment.

One could see the Mysterious Faction List in the firmament.

Images began to appear.

It was a pavilion deep within the mountains.

A man dressed in plain cloth was writing furiously.

The image froze there.

Then, one could see on that Mysterious Faction List.

Lines of large golden characters began to appear.

【Two hundred and forty years ago, Bai Xiaosheng, the persona of Li Changsheng, emerged into the world.】

【He called himself Bai Xiaosheng, often mingling in taverns, teahouses, marketplaces, and inns to collect and exchange all kinds of information.】

【He was always able to grasp all sorts of affairs within the Jianghu through his extensive connections.】

【One day, on a whim, he felt the Jianghu lacked some amusement, so he established the Bai Xiao Hall at Langya Pavilion in Jiangzuo.】

【He began to recruit various talents to travel to all corners of the world in his stead, collecting all kinds of intelligence and information, and started ranking the newly emerged figures of the Jianghu.】

【The Peerless List, the Heaven's Pride List, the Weaponry Spectrum, and the Beauty List began to emerge as the times required!】

【With the appearance of these lists, the name of Bai Xiao Hall grew ever more resonant!】

【It stirred up massive waves within the Jianghu!】

【In a mere ten years, the name of Bai Xiaosheng had already resounded throughout the Nine Provinces of the world.】

【However, very few people had ever seen the true face of Bai Xiaosheng!】

【Li Changsheng helmed the Bai Xiao Hall for thirty years; in order to write the Alarm List, he personally traveled to the Eastern Wasteland to investigate and verify.】

【To collect various information about Xiao Sanxiao, he even personally pursued Xiao Sanxiao's tracks, eventually confirming Xiao Sanxiao as the final alarm of the Alarm List—the Twelve Alarms!】

【Of course, at that time, Xiao Sanxiao had no idea who Li Changsheng was.】

【He did not even know that Li Changsheng, incarnated as Bai Xiaosheng, had listed him in the Alarm List.】

【Once the Alarm List was released, it caused a huge sensation in the Eastern Wasteland.】

【The reputation of Bai Xiaosheng thus spread into the Eastern Wasteland.】

【The thirty years Li Changsheng managed the Bai Xiao Hall basically determined the development path of the Bai Xiao Hall.】

【Collecting intelligence from the Nine Provinces and the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, and creating top-tier lists, became the purpose of the Bai Xiao Hall.】

【Also because of the appearance of the Bai Xiao Hall, there was an extra bit of great excitement within the Jianghu.】

【Many people, in order to rank higher on the lists published by the Bai Xiao Hall, practiced their martial arts even more diligently than before.】

【At that time, a saying circulated in the Jianghu: "The Jianghu calls him Bai Xiaosheng, who knows all the myriad affairs of the Jianghu," used to praise the breadth of Bai Xiaosheng's knowledge.】

Whoosh!

Following the appearance of these lines of large characters.

The images on the Mysterious Faction List in the firmament also began to change slowly.

One could see in the images that Bai Xiaosheng, the persona of Li Changsheng, appeared in various places.

His footprints covered the Nine Provinces and the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands.

Those scenes, falling into the eyes of the people of the world, were all deeply shocking.

The Empress watched Bai Xiaosheng, who traveled in all directions, collecting intelligence from all over the world.

A trace of emotion flashed across the Empress's face.

"Mr. Li is indeed Mr. Li, traveling across the four corners."

"Just for the accuracy of the lists, it is truly admirable."

"However, I still do not quite understand why he would do this."

Di Renjie said from the side, "Mr. Li's actions are indeed unfathomable."

"Why would he establish such a Bai Xiao Hall!"

……

Great Ming.

Mount Wudang.

Before the True Martial Hall.

Zhang Sanfeng looked at the second and third place Mysterious Factions that had just appeared on the list.

When he saw that the founder of both these major factions was Li Changsheng, a trace of shock flashed across his face.

"Mr. Li is not only the founder of the Luo Wang, but also the founder of the Bai Xiao Hall!"

"This really is somewhat beyond one's expectations."

"Whether it is the Luo Wang or the Bai Xiao Hall, since they can make it into the top three of this Mysterious Faction List, they must be extremely powerful factions."

"Moreover, the various lists published by the Bai Xiao Hall were indeed all the rage in the Jianghu of the Nine Provinces back then."

"They even became the authority in the eyes of many people."

"Especially the Heaven's Pride List and the Martial Emperor List published by the Bai Xiao Hall, which caused I don't know how many Jianghu people to fight fiercely just to compete for a ranking on the list."

"It's just that such a grand occasion has not been seen since thirty years ago, when the Bai Xiao Hall suddenly stopped announcing any news about any lists."

Yu Daiyan, standing to the side, widened his eyes and said, "Master, since the influence of the Bai Xiao Hall was so great, why does it seem like we can no longer hear any news about the Bai Xiao Hall in the Jianghu now!"

Zhang Sanfeng shook his head, looked toward the firmament, and said, "This, your master does not know!"

"Thinking about it, there must be a hidden story behind this!"

"If we continue to watch, we should be able to know the reason why the Bai Xiao Hall suddenly disappeared!"

"Since the Bai Xiao Hall can appear in second place on this Mysterious Faction List, it means that the Bai Xiao Hall has not yet disappeared!"

"It has only hidden itself!"

……

Eastern Wasteland.

On that desolate mountain.

Di Shitian looked at the Bai Xiao Hall and the Luo Wang that had just appeared on the list.

He was so angry that he was burning with rage!

"What!"

"It's this Li Changsheng again!"

"To think it's this Li Changsheng again!"

"These Bai Xiao Hall and Luo Wang were actually both founded by him!"

"How is this possible!"

"This Li Changsheng is simply my nemesis!"

"He is simply my lifelong enemy!"

"The Bai Xiao Hall and Luo Wang he founded are actually both more secretive and more powerful than my Heavenly Gate!"

"How is this possible!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

"Li Changsheng, you just wait for me!"

"Once my holy body reaches completion, sooner or later I will destroy you!"