The man behind the ghostly mask was none other than King Jin, famed throughout the land as a merciless killer. His voice possessed a uniquely magnetic, low timbre. As for the man he was addressing—Xixia—he had suddenly appeared in the Jin Kingdom over a decade ago. Back then, amid a bitter struggle for the throne, Xixia had been hunted down and left at death's door when this seemingly unrestrained man dropped from the skies to save him.
At first, King Jin had merely taken him for a martial arts hero from the pugilistic world with unfathomable kung fu, perhaps a recluse from some hidden sect. Yet the more they interacted, the more unfathomable and mysterious Xixia proved to be.
Still, King Jin trusted him completely and had never probed deeply into his background.
Chapter 394