"It was him. It had to be Cheng Xinyin. No wonder he looked so familiar when I saw him just now! I never imagined that this once-renowned prodigy of the Xikang Cheng Family, hailed as a once-in-a-century talent, was still alive!"
"Indeed, this is truly... astonishing. The Cheng Family was wiped out overnight back then. I thought he'd perished with them, but who would've guessed he survived!"
"If he's Cheng Xinyin, then does that mean the massacre of the Cheng Family back then... was the work of Xuanxin Shangren and the Taiyi Sword Sect?"
"That's very likely. Otherwise, why would Cheng Xinyin have said all that just now?"
"But wasn't the Cheng Family on good terms with the Taiyi Sword Sect back then? If I remember correctly, the old family head—the father of Cheng Xinyin—was the closest of friends with Xuanxin Shangren. Why would Xuanxin Shangren and the Taiyi Sword Sect wipe out the entire Cheng Family?"
"That is strange. I also remember the old Cheng family head being a close friend of Xuanxin Shangren. There must be a lot more to this than we know..."
As many older-generation powerhouses discussed the matter, some people who had never even heard of the Xikang Cheng Family could no longer hold back and began asking questions.
"Elders, may I ask what happened with this Xikang Cheng Family you mentioned?"
"Yes, was this Xikang Cheng Family—and that Cheng Xinyin—really so formidable?"
Hearing the younger generation's questions, the older powerhouses who knew of the Cheng Family and Cheng Xinyin began to explain. "The Xikang Cheng Family was once a top cultivation clan. In Xikang Province, it was on par with the Taiyi Sword Sect—or, in some respects, even surpassed it."
"As for Cheng Xinyin, he was the Cheng Family's head at the time, hailed