Chapter 2594 The Returning Genius

Su Chen didn't have any objections. After all, Lian Fan had the highest level of cultivation and was a stable person. He was a good candidate to lead the team.

And at this moment, a sudden commotion was heard at the entrance of the hall.

"Eh? Senior Brother Xia?"

"Xia Hao? Are you back?"

Following the exclamations, a figure quickly walked in from outside the hall.

This is a thin young man. What is quite eye-catching is his hair. The black hair is mixed with strands of white hair, which makes the whole person look particularly special.

In addition, this young man's temperament is also somewhat gloomy. What surprised Su Chen the most was that the aura emanating from this young man was no less than that of Lian Fan!

Lian Fan is already the chief disciple of the Hunyuan Ling Sect, so where did this young man come from?

"Xia Hao!"

Among the people, the expression of the sect leader Mie Yunzi fluctuated the most. He called out the young man's name, and then his lips trembled slightly and he was speechless.

Deputy Sect Master Zhao was relatively calm. He took a few steps forward and greeted, "Xia Hao, your cultivation has improved again. You are worthy of being the Sect Master's direct disciple. You are very talented."

After the words fell, the young man named Xia Hao was seen motionless and showed no intention of responding, which made Deputy Sect Leader Zhao feel awkward.

"Uh... Xia Hao, it's good that you come back. After so many years of wandering outside, it's time to come back. Whatever happens, your master and us, we can discuss it together and bear it together."

Qin Taishang also opened his mouth to smooth things over.

However, the young man remained silent and just stared at Mie Yunzi.

And Mie Yunzi was also looking at him, with a look of pity, annoyance, and a bit of escape... This atmosphere did not look like an ordinary atmosphere between master and disciple.

After a while, the young man spoke up and said coldly to Mieyunzi: "Master, are you not planning to go to the Burning Territory Scorched Earth Battle this time?"

"Um?"

Mie Yunzi was sizing up the other party, as if in a trance. Hearing the other party's words, he seemed to come back to his senses, but he didn't realize what the other party had just asked, and just responded subconsciously.

And his vague response was obviously interpreted by the young man as a prevarication. I saw the young man's aura chilling again, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm really disappointed! Are all the teachers and commanders planning to bring down the hatred back then?"

"no!"

Only then did Mie Yunzi react and hurriedly said, "Xia Hao, my master is planning to tell you that we plan to go to this Burning Territory Scorched Earth Battle."

"Are you planning to go?"

The young man repeated in disbelief, then sneered, "This is not your style, Master!"

Su Chen on the side frowned slightly. From the perspective of an outsider like him, the atmosphere between this young man and Mie Yunzi was nothing like that of an ordinary master and disciple. He didn't know what was going on.

"Brother Lin, this person is definitely a direct disciple of the sect master? Why is he acting like an enemy?"

Su Chen sent a message to Lin He and asked.

"He is indeed the sect master's direct disciple and one of the top geniuses in the sect."

Lin He's face was complicated, and he replied via voice transmission, "He was not like this before, but what happened back then is difficult to describe in one sentence... Speaking of which, it is also related to the Scorched Earth War in Burning Territory. The reason why Xia Hao has been away from the sect these years Not coming back is also because of these things.”

As Lin He explained, Su Chen gradually understood the whole story.

It turns out that Mieyunzi has three direct disciples, not just Lian Fan as Su Chen thought before.

One of the two remaining direct disciples is Xia Hao, and the other is Xia Hao's brother, Xia Yang.

This Xia Yang is the leader who led the Hunyuan Lingzong team to the scorched earth of Burning Territory thirty years ago! At that time, Xia Yang was only in his twenties and was the most dazzling martial arts genius in the Hunyuan Ling Sect. He was extremely talented and high-spirited.

But Su Chen already knew the outcome, that is, Xia Yang and most of the other disciples perished in the scorched earth of Burning Territory, with no bones left.

When the news first came back, Xia Hao, who was only ten years old at the time, wanted revenge like crazy. However, Mie Yunzi and other high-level officials of the sect decided to swallow their anger and not pursue the matter out of consideration for the overall situation of the sect.

From that time on, Xia Hao became taciturn, but he practiced harder and harder. At just a teenager, he had the potential to surpass Xia Yang.

A few years passed in silence like this. One day, Mieyunzi discovered that he had not shown up for a long time. He went to his cave and found that he had left a letter and ran away. The letter said that since the sect could not avenge his brother, he would go out and practice on his own and rely on his own abilities to avenge him!

It has been more than ten years since he left, and today is the first time he has returned to the sect since he left. No wonder Mie Yunzi was so out of character just now.

"Sigh... Actually, Xia Hao's hair didn't look like this before. I don't know what he has experienced outside these years. He has so much gray hair at such a young age?"

Lin He sighed, knowing that behind these white hairs there must be unimaginable bitterness and danger.