Feng Jun's question hit a sore spot, and the Guo father and son found it hard to answer.
After a long while, Elder Guo finally sighed softly. "My Guo Clan... actually inherited the lineage of Mount Weiyu."
"What?" Feng Jun thought he had misheard and could not help raising a brow.
Elder Guo looked even more ashamed. "Mount Weiyu's Incense Faith has truly dwindled, and its former prosperity is gone..."
He could not help feeling ashamed. Weiyu Heavenly Grotto ranked second among the Ten Great Heavenly Grottos, while Martial Ancestor could not even rank among the Thirty-Six Lesser Heavenly Grottos and might not even hold steady among the Seventy-Two Blessed Lands.
"I understand." Feng Jun nodded considerately. "That was never a place for secluded cultivation. Without Incense Faith, it could not gather people's support. Trying to accomplish anything more would have been futile."
Guo Haiyun was somewhat displeased by that. He glanced at Feng Jun. "Feng Mountain Lord, my patriarch obtained an opportunity from Weiyu and inherited its legacy across generations. Weiyu's decline has nothing to do with us."
The way the father and son addressed Feng Jun was rather interesting. Elder Guo called him Fellow Daoist, while Guo Haiyun called him "Feng Mountain Lord." Otherwise, would the father and son not have to call each other Fellow Daoist?
Feng Jun felt that "Feng Mountain Lord" sounded rather interesting as well.
But the key point was that Elder Guo and the others considered themselves inheritors of Weiyu, yet not of the current Xuanzhen Lineage. They inherited the legacy of Ancient Weiyu. More than six hundred years ago, their patriarch, who had received the inheritance across generations, had once tried to reclaim the Daoist grounds, only to be driven away by the authorities.
Later, the Weiyu inheritance gradually shifted toward Martial