Chapter 882: Sides chosen

Even though he felt the young man was mysterious and was likely much more powerful than him, Duan Hu threw caution to the end as he openly scrutinized the young man trying to identify his origins. 

When Gong Jie mentioned he was the founder, he automatically assumed it was the founder tied to the Gong clan, but as far as he knew their founder Gong Zhi had died when he ventured to the Bestial Churning Sea trying to procure some ingredients that could help him improve on his blacksmithing skills.

But from what he read from the chronicles of the Red Maple Empire, Gong Zhi died on that venture. When he analyzed the facial features of the man before him, he could not see any resemblance between him and Gong Zhi, or any of the other founding families.

Because of his gender, he had automatically ruled out the Gui family and his family, the Duan family. 

Just as he had steeled himself to ask the young man his identity, he saw him speak as he addressed Gong Jie.