After hearing Chen Changsheng's words, Jiang Shan also realized the severity of the problem.
But to be safe, Jiang Shan still raised several hypotheses.
"Could it have been a cultivator who came here to spread the teachings and deliberately passed down the original version?"
"Impossible!"
"Very few people in this world know this special version of the Immortal King cultivation method."
"Only those from the Ascension Road era knew it, because this realm was personally carved out by the Supreme Sage."
"Although Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li reached that realm before the Supreme Sage, he had charged straight through it by relying on his overwhelming talent."
"Therefore, his Immortal King cultivation method was completely different from the Supreme Sage's as well."
"Back then, it was precisely because this original version of the Immortal King method was too difficult that the Supreme Sage went to great lengths to simplify it."
"After that, all that circulated in the world was the Immortal King cultivation method simplified by the Supreme Sage."
"The simplified Immortal King method was easier to cultivate, yet its power was no weaker than the original version's."
"Over time, this original version of the Immortal King method was naturally forgotten."
Hearing this, Jiang Shan seemed to have sorted out some of his thoughts as well.
"Sir, are you saying that my entire family being killed should also be related to this matter?"
"Almost certainly!"
"Jian Fei was the greatest swordsman of the Chang Sheng Epoch. The tomb he left behind was not something ordinary people could discover—at the very least, the Great Song Dynasty could not."
"Even if the Great Song Dynasty discovered that a powerful expert had 'fallen' here, they had no reason to kill your entire family. They could have simply gone looking for the tomb."
"After all,