“Father has united all the evil path experts to form the Blood Dragon Hall, intending to seize all the Galaxy Orders this time. We cannot let one person ruin the grand plan. Since he refuses to join my Blood Dragon Hall... the title of Swordmaster Hill is enough to make an example and intimidate those unruly evil path experts!”

“I understand what to do.”

Stephen Ward nodded, his eyes icy cold.

“You’re already being watched by those flies from the Martial Arts Association, so it’s not wise to act rashly for now. Isn’t Old Abbey currently in Green Province? I’ll have Old Abbey carry out the task... No one can stop my Blood Dragon Hall’s determination to step into the Dragon Gate.”

……

“President.”

Lily and Emma Sullivan greeted respectfully.

“Lily is our association’s staff member, and Emma Sullivan comes from the main association. She is the granddaughter of Master Brian Sullivan of the Shen family in Nanyang Province.”

Mark Evans briefly introduced the two to the martial arts masters.

“Master Brian Sullivan’s own granddaughter?”

The martial arts masters’ expressions became a bit more serious, and their gazes toward Emma Sullivan changed.

Adam Cooper naturally already knew about Emma Sullivan’s background and wasn’t surprised. He asked directly, “Just now I heard Lily calling out. Did you two see Stephen Ward?”

“Yes.”

“When and where?”

Adam Cooper’s expression immediately turned serious, and the other vice presidents and martial arts masters also focused their attention on the two.

“This morning... at the The Carter Family villa...”

Lily hesitated for a moment, but quickly replied.

“This morning, at the The Carter Family villa?”

“Was it for the Flying Immortal Sword Grace Carter?”

Several vice presidents and martial arts masters interjected at once.

“Could it be that Grace Carter offended him? Otherwise, this old monster has been in seclusion for three years—why would he suddenly rush from Huangpu Province to our Green Province this time?”

With Stephen Ward gone, Andrew Scott naturally no longer spoke with the previous respect.

“Grace Carter was invited by the direct disciple Ethan Reed of Sect Master David Thompson, and is currently in Yunchuan City, the capital of Chuanhe Province. She won’t be back until tomorrow, so she happened to avoid this old monster.”

“The Flying Immortal Sword Grace Carter is the most outstanding genius in our Green Province, and together with Little Hill’s disciple, Sky-reaching Finger Henry Foster, they are known as the Twin Stars of Green Province. Even if Grace Carter offended him, we must find a way to resolve this grudge.”

The martial arts masters all spoke up.

Emma Sullivan originally wanted to mention William King, but... Stephen Ward visiting William King was only her guess, with no evidence. In this setting, it was clearly inappropriate to voice a mere suspicion.

“Isn’t President Evans’s fiftieth birthday in ten days? At that time, we can invite Grace Carter to the banquet and gather to find out what’s going on.”

“That’s the right thing to do.”

“Let’s do that for now. Recently, we should also pay more attention to Stephen Ward and these evil path monsters.”

The martial arts masters quickly reached an agreement.

In less than a moment, everyone dispersed.

Each of them was a prominent figure in Linjiang City, and some were even the real power holders behind certain groups and companies, busy with countless affairs, so naturally they wouldn’t linger at the airport for long.

“Feiyun...”

“Lily, use your phone to connect to the database and investigate William King.”

Emma Sullivan and Lily got into the car together and headed to the branch office.

“William King? You suspect that Stephen Ward came to Linjiang City not for the Flying Immortal Sword Grace Carter, but for William King?”

Emma Sullivan didn’t answer directly, only said, “I just feel that William King is not a simple person.”

Lily nodded and kept searching the database.

“How is it?”

Half an hour later, as they were about to enter the city, Emma Sullivan finally asked.

“I logged into the city public security bureau’s database. William King’s information is very ordinary, nothing unusual.”

“It’s strange precisely because there’s nothing unusual. Back then, Brian Carter was the head of the The Carter Family, with extraordinary insight. If William King was just an ordinary person, why would he force his most outstanding daughter Grace Carter to marry William King at the cost of his own life?”

As Emma Sullivan spoke, she pondered for a moment, then said, “Maybe we should start with Master Brian Carter and check his information.”

“Master Brian Carter... there’s a lot of information on him...”

Lily quickly found information related to Brian Carter.

After a moment, she seemed to discover something: “Huh, the reason Master Brian Carter was seriously injured back then... was because of the Galaxy Strife... It’s said he went to that mysterious place in the Kunwu Mountains at the time... William King learned about the Galaxy Strife—could it be because of this? Are we completely mistaken?”

“This...”

Emma Sullivan couldn’t answer.

Lily shrugged. “Actually, I think it’s all just a coincidence. William King is just an ordinary person. Master Brian Carter married his daughter to him because he wanted her to live an ordinary life. As for Stephen Ward, this evil path monster came because of the Flying Immortal Sword Grace Carter. As for the Galaxy Strife, William King just happened to hear about it from Master Brian Carter. We’re probably just overthinking it.”