The Legend of Min Hong

This was the message Min Hong passed to them, and they got it point blank…

They all wore sandals with roped that tied it up to their shin, but everyone within the hideout were all looking at the duo at the entrance of the hot springs…

Their similar looking bangs [which was made by the princess as her symbol of love to him] made them appear like they were a perfect match made from heaven, a true King and Queen, and every single expert present were ready to follow their lead…

Even Ki Ting had to admit, they really looked made for each other, and there was this confidence that was about the princess at this point, she seemed more complete than before; like she looked more fit to rule;

It was like she had this invisible regal diadem which they were seeing, and it was more pronounced in Min Hong because his own sovereign aura was more forceful, brutal but gave them a sense of security…

The princess on the other hand had a strong aura of sovereignty which was less physical and more of emotional, supportive and gave them a deep sense of being cared for…

Min Hong looked over everyone within the hideout and spoke;

"Let's begin!"

Instantly, everyone moved to the square which was spacious enough since all the residence were hung on the walls of these underground hideout…

The core court disciples, the chiefs of the Dark and Light Stone Tribes, as well as Jun Tao, Yu Min and the old man who was part of Yu Min's group all gathered together, and for the first time, Yu Min met the person she had been looking for, and all the confidence she had in herself shattered instantly…

Be it the princess beside her, his appearance, the way he carried himself, the aura around him, the control he had over all these men, and the level of respect they had for him, or the fact that he was actually from one of the top strongest sect in the Dogon Empire, and even a core court disciple of such sect;

There was no part of Min Hong, no angle or perspective with which one could look at him which was not heavens apart from Yu Min's level, and she knew that, and it was that very truth that made her lose all confidence like a lit match thrown into an EF-40 tornado…

"Gong Yi…" Min Hong called out and Gong Yi stood up;

"We will discuss everything in three schemes;"

"Firstly, we would need information on our enemies and their activities in the past one week…"

"Secondly, we will evaluate out battle capabilities, and finally, we will discuss our battle formations and tactics…" Gong Yi spoke before taking his seat;

"Alright, who has these information?"

Min Hong asked as he looked around; the way they sat was in a large C shape, with Min Hong at the middle of the C facing the 1300 experts directly…

Then he was followed by the Princess to his right, then beside the Princess was Ki Ting, Su San, Pi Xi, Yu Min and the old man that came with her…

To Min Hong's left was Gong Yi, Xiao Gui, Tong Tian, Rin Chen, Bai Fan, Jun Tao, and the two Elders of both tribes…

They all faced the experts, and when Min Hong spoke about the information, they all looked towards the young Yu Min, and when Min Hong looked over to her, she instantly got mesmerized by his eyes, and whilst she was still stunned, the old man beside her spoke in her stead, rapidly covering up for her lapse in concentration…

Min Hong noticed the old man's quick thinking and he nodded in respect towards the old man; something everyone saw and instantly increased their respect for the man…

It was like whatever Min Hong did was the law or culture…

The princess also noticed Yu Min's reaction, but she wasn't angry about it [after all, this was pure, unrestricted ogling of a man, right in front of his woman], rather she was a little happy;

At least this was testament to her man's charm, and she was lucky to have been picked by him, and that is not even considering that she had seen his eyes when they were shining very brightly and was able to regain her composure shortly after…

But for Yu Min, who in her own right was very pretty, she only saw it in a normal state and still got stunned by it;

Thus to the princess, it was a way of affirming that her class, level and charm was much stronger than Yu Min's, something which pleased her even more as she revealed a little smile…

"Our lady had just witnessed one of her core members beheaded by Gu Ya some days ago, and she is yet to fully recover from such a huge loss, thus, she spaces out sometimes…"

The old man spoke up for Yu  Ming who finally regained control of herself with a furious blush…

It wasn't a romantic blush, but one of sheer embarrassment that she ogled another person's man so much that she got caught and still couldn't snap out of it, it damaged her pride a lot;

"It's fine, if she wants you to take over the explanation, it is also fine by me…"

Min Hong waved his arms leisurely and spoke with a kind smile, as Yu Min went straight into another ogling overdrive…

She was just like someone who had lived in the sewer all her life, only to be taken to the Hawaii the next day; such a change of scenery, sight and energy would definitely stun her, and thought everyone couldn't relate, the old man could…

After all, they usually never surface from their underground hideout except when it was time for a mission, which meant they usually lived like underground nomads through naturally forming caves like the one she was currently in out of the need to retain anonymity and security, because their line of business is a very dangerous one…

As a result of all that, she had barely seen any other man apart from the ones she worked with, and even when people did business with them, she usually sent people to do the transactions;

Whenever someone of high status even came around, she would send the old man as a sign of respect, except they request for her presence specifically, and there were few people who had the status to do that in the entire Land of Stones…

Thus, she had never truly seen anyone handsome, except when Gu Ming the leader of the Diamond Crust Mercenary called for her and she met Gu Ya who was the most handsome figure she had ever seen all her life;

Though she was also stunned back then too, but she recovered in less than 5 seconds, but the lecherous Gu Ya and his strong father caught on the action, and ever since then, Gu Ming had given Gu Ya the go ahead to wife her if he wanted…

But when she realized how lecherous Gu Ya was, she had grown to hate him and how he usually flocked over her any chance he got to the extent that she had nicknamed him a pest…

But now she was seeing someone who was the direct opposite of Gu Ya and more than 144 times prettier [yes, prettier], thus, she couldn't be helped and as a result had herself dazzled and stunned over and over again…

She was speechless and could only nod her head as the old man took over the task in her place;

"Alright, I will get straight to the point…" The old man began as Min Hong commended his decisiveness once again;

"Gu Ming has finally formed an alliance with the Nirvana stage expert and he had also gathered seven of the remaining top ten Saint stage experts, along with their troops and they have moved to the Diamond Crust Inn which is where I believe they would want this battle to happen…"

The old man revealed and Min Hong commended the level of simplicity in the explanation, and though he could already see little fear beginning to surface in the faces of all the experts around…

If it was as this man had said, then this battle would definitely be the last for most of them…

"Thanks a lot…" Min Hong commended the old man;

"Thanks a lot younger master, but it was Yu Min who did all the work, I simply narrated it the way she had wanted to present it to you…"

The old man added and Min Hong began to grow to like the old man's level of maturity and wisdom;

"I think you entire group deserves to be thanked…" Min Hong said as he gave a clap which the rest of the experts also joined in;

"You guys have really done some solid but dangerous tasks, and we all appreciate it…"

Min Hong added as they all continued to clap as Yu Ming, the old man, and the 30 or so spies that were under Yu Min got emotional as this was the first time they had ever been truly praised for the dangerous work they have been doing all their lives…

Whenever they sell information, they were never praised as it was just simply business and they got paid, and those who even praised them only did it to get discounts and thus it was never genuine and true…

But here they were being given a standing ovation by over 1200 experts simultaneously, they would be lying if they said they weren't moved, and this only made them integrate on a deeper level with the rest of the group…

The old man and the leaders of both tribes including Jun Tao saw this and praised Min Hong's leadership abilities;

Just a simply action, and he had not only lifted the morale of the group but even increased the level of camaraderie amongst them…

It was simply a superb ability that couldn't be faked nor easily learnt, it had to be bred into someone right from birth…

"Alright, onto the next scheme; an overview on the power level of our enemies…"

Gong Yi stood up and brought everyone back to the matter at hand;

But just as the old man tried to stand up once again to explain the matter, Yu Min held him and signifying that she was going to take over the explanation, and the man smiled and nodded at her;

He had seen something only a few people amongst them could notice to have changed about the current Yu Min…