Chapter 1074

The great hall was silent.

Everyone was shocked by Su Chen's commentary; they never imagined there could be such Heaven's Prides.

No Martial Dao talent, no heart for the Martial Dao, and no will for diligent practice, yet divine manuals come knocking at their door, and they are destined to become supreme experts of the Jianghu.

Such Heaven's Prides can only be described as 'cheaters'.

The crowd of Jianghu heroes was so envious, jealous, and hateful that they could vomit blood.

They practice until they are exhausted, yet their cultivation stagnates, and they spend their whole lives achieving nothing.

Yet these two can rise to the top in one step and directly become supreme experts of the Jianghu.

Where can they go to reason with this?

As for the identities of these two, they were also relished by the crowd.

When Su Chen previously commented on Brother Duan Yanqing and Xuan Ci, everyone was curious about the situation of their illegitimate children.

Now that the truth was finally revealed, it made people sigh at the mysterious nature of fate.

More people looked toward the Bai Yu Platform with burning eyes.

The Heaven's Pride Imperial List had already been announced up to the fifth place.

The Heaven's Prides further down the list likely all have the potential to cultivate to the Quasi-Saint Realm.

This is no ordinary matter.

No matter which Jianghu it is, even in the Great Han Jianghu, Quasi-Saint experts are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and among them are many old monsters who have lived for three to five hundred years.

Heaven's Prides who can cultivate to this realm are destined to be the pillars of the Jianghu in the future; the crowd cannot help but take them seriously.

Not to mention, if these Heaven's Prides on the Imperial List obtain heaven-defying opportunities, they still have a certain chance to break through to the Martial Saint Realm.

Especially the sect leaders in the various private rooms on the third floor; their eyes were all wide as copper bells.

The Heaven's Prides in the top four of the Imperial List are absolutely the pride of heaven; if one could be recruited, the sect would flourish for a hundred years to come.

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On the Bai Yu Platform.

Su Chen sipped some clear tea, took in the gaze of the crowd, and smiled slightly:

"Next, I will comment on the next Heaven's Pride on the list."

"Fourth place on the Heaven's Pride Imperial List: Ye Kai and Fu Hongxue."

"Both of these individuals come from the Great Ming Jianghu, but they have not yet made a name for themselves, so you fellow Jianghu travelers should not have heard of them."

"Their life stories are also different from ordinary people, and there is a great connection between them in the dark."

"If you want to sort out their life stories clearly, you must start from that great battle between the righteous and the demonic back then."

"Back then, the leader of the Western Regions Demonic Sect, Bai Xiaolou, had mastered his demonic arts and led the experts of the Western Regions Demonic Sect to dominate the Great Ming Jianghu, annexing countless sects."

"The various sects of the Great Ming Jianghu worked together to resist the Demonic Sect, and one of the leading experts was the master of the Divine Blade Hall, Bai Tianyu."

"At that time, Bai Tianyu was hailed as the Great Ming's number one Blade God, known as the Invincible Divine Blade, and he fought Bai Xiaolou at the peak of Mount Tianshan, eventually winning by a single move."

"Afterward, Bai Xiaolou kept his promise and led the Demonic Sect back to the Western Regions, but secretly sent his daughter, Hua Baifeng, to approach Bai Tianyu and steal his blade technique manual."

"At that time, Bai Tianyu was already married, but he was still captivated by Hua Baifeng and fathered a child with her."

"Bai Tianyu's wife was well aware of this and naturally did not want the child to remain in the Bai family, so she executed a scheme to swap the child."

"The swapped infant was Fu Hongxue."

"He was originally the son of the Sword Peerless Hu Bugui."

"Later, Hu Bugui was murdered, and on his deathbed, he sent the newborn Fu Hongxue to the Divine Blade Hall, intending to entrust him to Bai Tianyu's care."

"But he did not expect that Lady Bai would intercept him halfway and swap this infant with the child born to Bai Tianyu and Hua Baifeng."

"Bai Tianyu and Hua Baifeng were completely unaware of this and treated Fu Hongxue as their own son, teaching him with care."

"As for Bai Tianyu's biological son, he was secretly sent away by Lady Bai and handed over to an ordinary couple named Ye to raise, naming him Ye Kai."

"The two infants thus formed a fateful connection."

As Su Chen's voice fell, a burst of exclamations came from the great hall.

Almost no one in the hall knew about Fu Hongxue and Ye Kai, who were on the list this time.

But the name of Bai Tianyu was like thunder to the ears; he was the Great Ming Blade God who shook the world back then, pursued by countless blade users.

No one expected that after that great battle between the righteous and the demonic, such a sequel would occur between the Western Regions Demonic Sect and Bai Tianyu.

Even less did they expect that the two Heaven's Prides on the list this time were both closely related to Bai Tianyu.

One was Fu Hongxue, who had no blood relationship with Bai Tianyu but was raised by him as his own son.

The other was Ye Kai, the biological son who shared Bai Tianyu's bloodline, but was swapped away by Lady Bai to another family.

Fu Hongxue and Ye Kai—the two had no relationship, yet could be called brothers, and were both ranked fourth on the Heaven's Pride Imperial List.

Many Jianghu heroes could not help but sigh; this was indeed a wonderful connection.

More people looked toward the Bai Yu Platform with burning eyes, looking forward to Su Chen's next commentary.

Compared to Fu Hongxue and Ye Kai themselves, they were more concerned about another matter: the death of Bai Tianyu!

That Bai Tianyu, who had driven away the Western Regions Demonic Sect with his own strength, had received god-like praise, but he had suddenly died violently in a snowy night more than a decade ago.

This accident shocked almost the entire Great Ming Jianghu.

After all, that person was Bai Tianyu, the existence of the Invincible Divine Blade; who could kill him?

This murder case thus became a mystery in the hearts of countless Great Ming Jianghu heroes.

Now that this mystery was likely to be solved, how could the crowd not be extremely excited?

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