Shua!
Looking to his right, a woman about 25 with a sword hanging by the waist appeared in the sight of the three men. She had an old but tidy costume that couldn't be deemed as that of a poor or a rich person.
"Gu Cia Xiao!" Hong Jun called out in surprise as his sight fell on the woman before him.
She was old Gu Tian's precious granddaughter. When it came to martial arts, she could be considered among the few talented women Hong Jun has ever seen.
After reaching the limit of marrow cleansing, she likes to venture out, hoping to grasp some inspiration by traveling to the outside world.
It has been more than three years since he last saw her. Even though she had not changed much in terms of appearance, he could tell she was no longer the same person from back then.
Looking at her closely, he realized she had something on her back.
More than that, her pale face was clearly not something that could be overlooked.
Hearing her name being called, she turned her head only to see three figures standing close, looking over with different expressions.
Her grandfather, Gu Tian, was looking over, but his eyes seemed to release endless coldness.
Behind her, the sound of something cutting through the air coming her way was obvious, and the old man vanished from where he was.
Only Hong Jun, who focused on the refinement of his eyes as his first target upon entering the grandmaster realm, barely saw the old man's phantom moving towards his granddaughter.
When he appeared, he casually slapped outwards, and that sound of metal colliding was heard.
Ding!
The old man retreated seven steps before stabilizing himself.
Hong Jun looked over and realized Gu Cia Xiao had a small baby about two years of age in her arms.
The sound of breaking through the air intensified, and Gu Tian's movements were also increasing.
"Is he already at the peak of the grandmaster realm?" Hong Jun voiced his confusion to the old master Ye beside him.
He only realized the old man was laughing instead of replying.
"Even though his combat power is no different from that of a person at the peak of the grandmaster realm, it has yet to break through." He then shut up and replied.
"What?" He indeed was shocked.
At the moment, he felt the old man was even more powerful than when he was fighting the monsters from before.
"You also?" He turned to look at old Master Ye with a strange look!
How could he not see that these old men were not weak at all and even their level of intent was probably higher than what they had shown when fighting the Wolf and Condor!
Looking at the half-smile on the old man, Hong Jun seemed to have realized something.
The fight from before was obviously them showing him fighting means at the grandmaster realm.
"This! Doesn't this mean that these two old guys are very strong and I can't even hold a move before them?" When Hong Jun thought of this, he was almost depressed.
Hong Jun wasn't the only one shocked; Gu Cia Xiao, who had already safely retreated behind her grandfather, was shocked too.
That wasn't all; she could feel like a wall was standing before her, and the impact of the collision between her grandfather and the flying sword never reached her.
Unlike Hong Jun, who had not left this territory, she was well informed due to having traveled to other villages and met a lot of people.
"Grandpa can actually withstand attacks from a top-grade weapon without falling behind using his physical body?" She exclaimed.
When Hong Jun heard her words, his expression remained unchanged; after all, he was the clan master.
He couldn't lose his composure in such situations.
"What kind of experience has Gu Cia Xiao been through in these past three years? Let alone that child she is carrying, her words clearly show that she has learned more." He looked at her with some newfound respect.
She was able to walk out of the village, venture into the world, and even return alive. This was considered a big deal, and he had to admire her for it.
But his focus wasn't distracted by these thoughts as he asked the woman before him, "Gu Cia Xiao! What is a top-grade weapon"?
Indeed! He was curious, and he wasn't ashamed to admit he was uninformed.
When the woman heard this, she turned around and realized it was Hong Jun.
"Clan master!" She finally reacted and realized others were present.
She had forgotten their presence due to stimulation by what she was seeing before her.
When she called him Clan Master, Hong Jun didn't know if it was imagining things but saw a hint of respect in this woman's eyes.
Right! It was respect, and this was something that was never present when she looked at him in the past.
But he didn't dwell on this, as she asked, "Grandpa! He?"
"Don't worry! Old Gu will be fine!" It was Old Master Ye that answered this question.
Hearing this, Gu Cia Xiao turned her head and greeted the old man too. He was keen and didn't notice the same respect she had when greeting him.
"Interesting! This woman's experiences out there seem to have been a lot". For this kind of change, Hong Jun didn't care much about it.
He couldn't control everything, and he knew this might be a good thing for Gu Cia Xiao's future martial path.
He turned his head back to the fight and could see the speed of the Gu Tian was not just increasing; his moves were becoming more and more refined the more he resisted the flying sword.
Its speed was fast, and it appeared before him in no time, but this time old Gu didn't just use his arms to resist; rather, he seemed to slap before him.
The air and sound seemed to have been vanquished by that slap.
The moment this happened, he seemed to have thought of something and exclaimed.
"Vacuum slap!"
This was just one of the basic moves of the old man.
But how dare he use it before a flying sword?
The next moment, under his stunned gaze, the speed of the sword not only slowed down, it paused as though trapped in a quagmire.
His fingers then followed behind the sword and pinched it.
Ding!
The sound of metal and metal colliding resounded in all directions.
"He! He withstood a Tog-grade weapon using bare hands? Even a rank two monster has to be careful when facing such a situation." Gu Cia Xiao was shocked the most at the scene.
Even though Hong Jun was astonished, it wasn't to this level.
"What is a top-grade weapon?"