Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Huo Wen’an said he’s going to blow up the Central Cave this afternoon.

To Huo Canghai, this sounded almost like Huo Wen’an saying he was going to destroy his ancestral grave.

”Blow up the Central Cave?” Huo Canghai suspected he heard wrong, ”Are you talking about the Central Cave on our island? The one imprisoning Huo Wenbei?”

”Yes.” Huo Wen’an was very calm.

Huo Canghai sat back in his wheelchair, frowning, feeling that this matter sounded inconceivable. ”Why?”

Huo Wen’an asked him, ”Do you know of Divine Hidden Crane?”

”Divine Hidden Crane...” Huo Canghai thought for a moment, then said, ”Sounds a bit familiar.”

”Divine Hidden Emperor,” Xu Xingguang mentioned a name renowned in the Divine Martial Realm.

Huo Canghai immediately realized, ”How do you guys know about the Divine Hidden Emperor?” Thinking about what Huo Wen’an and the others had been investigating recently, Huo Canghai guessed the reason, ”Did that woman named Zhang Zhiyi tell you?”

”She only mentioned a little,” Huo Wen’an told Huo Canghai, ”This time when we returned to the Huo Family Village, we blew up the top floor of the Huo Family Sacrificial Tower.”

In fact, it was cleaved by him with a sword.

Huo Canghai’s expression changed again, ”What did you say? You blew up the top floor of the Huo Family Sacrificial Tower?” Huo Canghai didn’t know whether to admire Huo Wen’an or scold him.

He wiped his face, speaking with a complex expression, ”Last time when I went to the Sacrificial Tower to pay respects, I also thought about blowing up the top floor.” But he never went beyond thinking about it.

Never imagined, the thing he didn’t dare to do back then, his youngest son accomplished.

”Blown up is blown up.” What else can be done?

”After blowing up the top floor, did you find anything?” Huo Canghai was more concerned about this.

”Yes.” Huo Wen’an nodded towards Xu Xingguang, who then used her powers to retrieve a long sword with a bamboo joint shape from thin air.

The fact that Xu Xingguang had the divine power to retrieve objects from a distance had already spread amongst international dignitaries, and although Huo Canghai stayed on Divine Concealment Island without stepping out, he was the first to receive those international updates.

Seeing Xu Xingguang retrieve a Bamboo Sword from thin air, he straightforwardly asked, ”What is this superpower of yours?”

Xu Xingguang repeated to Huo Canghai the story she used against Dean Su, ”My grandfather is from the Ying Family in the Divine Martial Realm, this ability to retrieve objects might be inherited from him.”

”You can trick other fools with that story.” Huo Canghai snorted coldly, ”Your grandfather isn’t related to you by blood.”

Xu Xingguang: ”...”

Her expression unchanged, a lie ready at her lips, ”My mother is also from the Divine Martial Realm.”

Huo Canghai raised an eyebrow.

Regarding the adopted children of Ying Tu, Huo Canghai had conducted investigations. He found that Ying Ziyao was originally a child from the Ying Family in the Mortal World and from a blood relationship perspective, should be one of Old Madam Ying’s grandsons.

About the other girl, the famous writer Mo Yinshu, Huo Canghai had not found any information.

Huo Canghai had suspected Mo Yinshu was from the Divine Martial Realm.

Therefore, hearing Xu Xingguang say her mother was from the Divine Martial Realm, Huo Canghai, though doubtful, somewhat believed.

Huo Wen’an glanced at Xu Xingguang, a word popped into his mind—

Spouting nonsense.

He lowered his head, pressed his lips into a smile, and went along with Xu Xingguang’s lie.

”Let me see.” Huo Canghai reached out his left hand towards Xu Xingguang.

Xu Xingguang handed the Bamboo Sword to Huo Canghai with both hands.

While carefully examining the sword, Huo Canghai noticed that the handle was carved with the words ’Divine Concealment’ in red vermillion. Huo Canghai felt a bit shaken inside.

The appearance of this sword in the top floor of the Huo Family Sacrificial Tower indicated a complicated connection between the sword’s owner and the Huo Family.

He spoke thoughtfully, ”Whose sword was this originally?”

”Divine Hidden Emperor.”

”The Divine Hidden Emperor’s sword appears in our Huo Family Sacrificial Tower. Ever since our family records began, the Huo Family has always resided in the village, living simply as humble farmers. Why would the Divine Hidden Emperor have connections with our family?”

More importantly, the Huo Family members who first built the Sacrificial Tower did not record this fact.

Did they want to erase the existence of this sword, or were they trying to hide it from outsiders?

”I have indeed been to the Divine Martial Realm and heard the honorific title of the Divine Hidden Emperor. I even once suspected our island’s native Divine Hidden Clan might be descendants of the Divine Hidden Emperor.”

”But after secretly observing the Divine Hidden Clan for decades, I haven’t found anything unusual about them.” Round and round, the ones truly linked to the Divine Hidden Emperor turned out to be the Huo Family clan.

”How is this sword related to your decision to blow up the Central Cave?” Despite his perceptive nature, Huo Canghai couldn’t fathom the connection.