Nine Springs Wuzhong

True Monarch Yepo murmured, "I think I've heard of it... This seems to be the legacy cultivation technique of that Hanhai Mist True Chi, 'Nine Springs Wuzhong'... The Hanhai Gu Clan—could they really be connected to a True Chi?"

"Oh?"

Hearing news related to Gu Yeqi, An Jing immediately looked up and asked, "True Lord, do you know anything more about it?"

"After all, this body once had dragon blood from the Northern Sea Royal Court."

True Monarch Yepo shook his head slightly. "Senior Wuzhong was born in the Northern Sea. Later, he signed a pact with Da Chen and guarded the Hanhai Devil Nest. He was the True Chi whose body came closest to a dragon, yet he did not follow the True Dragon path of elevating his bloodline. Instead, he divided his soul and took another True Dragon path, one that evolved Heaven and Earth."

"As the saying goes, a snake's heart must endure a hundred refinements before it can become a divine dragon. I truly never expected that humans could learn this kind of cultivation technique, too."

True Monarch Yepo was merely marveling that humans could learn the methods of dragonkind, but An Jing was thinking much further ahead.

"According to Gu Yeqi, nearly all the elders in her family are dead. Only her grandfather and she remain, and she had no choice but to leave Da Chen and seek refuge in Chenli."

"Then what exactly did Old Master Gu Yunzhi do back then to bring about such a calamity?"

By now, the answer seemed obvious.

Gu Yunzhi was probably the greatest victim of the Hanhai True Chi's furious departure from Da Chen.

Whether he had been made the scapegoat or something else had happened, the Hanhai Gu Clan—so closely tied to the True Chi—had lost most