Founding a Sect

Facing the aggressive Sima Xiao, Luo Hong showed not the slightest surprise. After all, he had deliberately triggered the restriction to lure the other man over.

Sima Xiao's Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivation was already unmatched in Guangnan Prefecture. Luo Hong was certain that the man would be able to provide the answer he wanted.

As Luo Hong assessed Sima Xiao, Sima Xiao was also assessing him.

His youthful appearance and obscure, unfamiliar mana aura—those two points alone overturned Sima Xiao's previous assumptions.

This man was definitely not a cultivator from Guangnan Prefecture. Could it be that the Righteous and Demonic Paths had noticed something?!

The moment that thought arose, Sima Xiao's expression became extremely grave. Staring intently at Luo Hong, he probed, "May I ask who you are, Fellow Daoist? Why have you trespassed into my Sima Family?"

Hearing This, Luo Hong did not answer at once. Instead, he glanced at the dozen or so Core Formation family heads behind Sima Xiao, his gaze flashed slightly.

Their arrival had not been part of Luo Hong's plans. Originally, even if he wiped out the entire Sima Family, it would only draw the attention of the forces backing them. It would not cause too great a stir throughout Guangnan Prefecture. After all, the destruction of Cultivation Families was a common occurrence here.

Yet if he killed all these Core Formation family heads to preserve secrecy, setting aside whether that accorded with his principles, the commotion it would cause alone was beyond what he could accept.

Any force able to gain a foothold in a peculiar region like Guangnan Prefecture would surely have some connection to the Righteous and Demonic Paths. To claim otherwise would be a lie.

Perhaps even the ancestors who founded these families had originally been disciples of the Righteous