The Second Valley Master fell silent for a long while when he heard Lu Feng asking about Old Hu's origins. In the end, he still refused to answer.
"Some matters are beyond your current strength to touch. Knowing too much would do you more harm than good."
After a pause, the Second Valley Master added, "For now, just assume that Old Hu came from the hidden race known as the Beast Clan."
"The Beast Clan!?" Lu Feng was startled. Though he knew this world was not inhabited solely by humans—the Blood Clan was a prime example, and the Soul Control Clan and others he had encountered were all beings beyond humanity—he could not help but be shocked upon hearing of the Beast Clan firsthand.
Unlike the other races, which more or less shared the same physical traits as humans and could still be considered human, differing only in their cultivation methods—
According to ancient texts, the Beast Clan had flourished during the First and Second Tribulation Eras. They bore the forms of beasts. Even those with human shapes retained certain beastly body parts, existing in half-human, half-beast forms.
Lu Feng had assumed that, after being washed by the river of time, the Beast Clan had nearly vanished from the world.
Yet now he had learned that Senior Hu, the man whose background he sought to uncover, had actually come from the Beast Clan...
If that was the case, could Zhao Yan have been taken into Beast Clan territory?
The Second Valley Master seemed to have recalled something. A trace of sorrow suddenly surfaced on his face, and he no longer wished to speak further. He merely said, "This old man knows only so much. If one day you are fortunate enough to find Old Hu, ask him yourself."
Seeing the