"Ji Nan?" Ye Tian found the name somewhat familiar, but he had forgotten where he had seen it before.
"Ji Nan had originally been one of the Tai Xuan Sect's candidates for sect master. But later, Ji Chang emerged from seclusion like a bolt from the blue. Various indicators showed that he was far superior to Ji Nan, so after discussion among the sect elders, Ji Chang transformed in one leap into the Tai Xuan Sect's Holy Son, seizing the position that had originally belonged to Ji Nan."
Tu Gao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly as well. He had not expected Ji Nan to take such a perilous and unconventional path. Somehow obtaining the Heavenly Desolation Blood Sacrifice Method, he had actually lured tens of thousands of cultivators here for a blood sacrifice. Such scheming could not be called anything but formidable.
"It is said that Ji Nan's original surname was Bai. He was a descendant of a small lineage and was taken in by a Tai Xuan Sect elder during his travels."
Yu Huachi recalled what he had heard about Ji Nan before. Supposedly, his original lineage had suddenly appeared in the Central Holy Continent and, in merely a few thousand years, developed into a colossal force that occupied its own territory. One of the Four Guardian Holy Cities was even under the Bai lineage's jurisdiction.
Ye Tian propped his chin up with his hand. The surname Bai... the person who had told them about this place was also surnamed Bai. Could those two have come from the same roots and set up such a dangerous trap together to draw cultivators in?
Ji Nan stood before the stone stele. Scarlet threads extended from the blood-colored crystal in his hand, wrapping around him and forming a cocoon attached to the