Since they had entered into cooperation, it was only natural to learn about one another. Only then did Meng Zhao learn a little of this man's background.
According to the burly man, his name was Duan Hong, and he was a descendant of a martial arts family within Tiannandao Province of the Tianyuan Kingdom.
At the mention of the Duan Family, Meng Zhao immediately recalled it.
Like the Fang Family, it was a true top-tier great clan—not the one in Kaiyan County, but the one from the Fang Family Ancestral Court.
The Duan Family enjoyed considerable renown throughout Tiannan. It was a genuine top-tier martial arts family, and its inherited martial art, the Jade Severing Heart Sutra, was hailed as a supreme martial arts tome.
It embodied the profound culmination of Internal Cultivation. The internal force cultivated through it possessed a jade-like quality—pure and condensed—and was extraordinarily effective at neutralizing toxins and strengthening the body.
What truly set hearts racing was that the Jade Severing Heart Sutra possessed the trait of growing stronger when faced with strength. Its resilience was immense; even if one suffered a temporary setback, it would adjust itself in an extremely short time and then overcome that setback.
In other words, those who cultivated the Jade Severing Heart Sutra did not fear having no opponents. They only feared that their opponents were not strong enough. They were powerhouses who used battle to nourish battle, constantly shedding their old selves and transforming anew.
Even more remarkable, the Jade Severing Heart Sutra possessed tremendous vitality. Breaking and then rebuilding was not some rare exception, but a normal state of affairs.
Thus, the Duan Family produced one powerhouse after another, and it had an exceptionally large number of top experts. That was the true foundation of a top-tier family.