Azure Sect was able to establish its foundations in the heart of Manzhou without being driven out by powerful Demon Cultivators. It was also able to let the many low-level cultivators who had just joined make great advances in cultivation within just a few years, and even persuade so many Nascent Soul cultivators to join the sect willingly.
As for the reason behind these unimaginable things, if Fairy Cai Lian had not explained it, no one else could possibly have imagined it.
Everyone present could be said to be Azure Sect's most loyal people. Almost all of them were connected to Qin Fengming. Qin Fengming could not guarantee anything about the other cultivators, but he could beat his chest and swear that not one of these people would betray Azure Sect.
Thus, Fairy Cai Lian's very first words left everyone present except Shang Lingxi utterly stunned.
"Azure Valley's earliest founder was originally a Demon Cultivator at the Integration realm from Manzhou."
With that single sentence, Qin Fengming suddenly understood why Fairy Cai Lian had chosen to travel all the way to Manzhou to recover her cultivation.
As Fairy Cai Lian slowly continued her explanation, everyone present finally understood everything.
It turned out that Azure Valley's founding ancestor had been one of the Soaring Sky Rats, the largest clan in Manzhou.
Although the Soaring Sky Rat was not among the foremost spirit beasts on the Spirit Beast Ranking, it still held a place there. What made it terrifying, and what distinguished it most from other spirit beasts, was its astonishing ability to reproduce.
Moreover, Soaring Sky Rats did not interbreed with other spirit beasts, so their bloodline was relatively much purer.
There were tens of thousands of Soaring Sky Rats throughout Manzhou. Although they were vastly inferior in number to humans,