"Black Fiend Mountain? Do you mean that former first-rate sect in the Deqing Empire, Senior? Several hundred years ago, the three Old Ancestors of our Luoxia Sect joined forces and wiped out Black Fiend Mountain."
At Qin Fengming's question, the middle-aged cultivator raised his eyebrows and answered in a decidedly casual tone.
His words stirred Qin Fengming's heart. He immediately asked, "You said Black Fiend Mountain was wiped out several hundred years ago. What were the names of your three Old Ancestors?"
At this question, the middle-aged man and his companion froze, doubt flashing through their eyes.
"The three Old Ancestors restored our Luoxia Sect to prosperity. Forgive me, but I dare not speak their names directly. Two of them bore the surname Qin, while the other bore the compound surname Sima. Could it be that you knew our three Old Ancestors, Senior?"
After this powerful young man appeared before them, he had shown no hostility whatsoever. The male and female cultivators were somewhat surprised, and thus answered without either servility or arrogance.
"So it really was those three. Good. Please lead the way. I wish to meet your sect's Old Ancestors." Qin Fengming nodded, his expression unchanged.
By now, he could be certain that Luoxia Sect's three Old Ancestors were most likely Qin Xing, Qin Yun, and Sima Hao.
He did not know why the three had returned to the Great Liang Kingdom and reorganized Luoxia Sect, but there must have been a reason.
"You wish to meet the three Old Ancestors, Senior? That is quite impossible. All three have already passed away." The middle-aged man's expression darkened as he spoke.
Qin Fengming froze, then immediately understood.
When he had returned to the Qin Family and met Qin Xing and the other two back then, he had spent fewer