Of the Four Old Ancestors, one said, "Sixty years ago, our four brothers and eight other experts—a total of twelve Martial Venerables—followed the previous Sword Pavilion Marquis to slay an evil dragon. Everyone else was poisoned by the Evil Dragon Poison and died soon afterward. Only we four brothers suffered the lightest poisoning. After consuming the evil dragon's heart source, we were fortunate enough to preserve our lives. But all four of our legs were crippled, and we could only remain here to guard the Sword Pavilion and the Marquis Mansion's treasury."
Another old man said, "Everyone believed we had died sixty years ago, so our names had long since been forgotten."
Time was the most merciless thing. Let alone sixty years—even ten years were enough to make people forget someone completely.
Sixty years ago, the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion had been several times more prosperous than it was now. Even compared to the present Great Golden Roc King Residence, it would not have been much weaker.
Back then, the Sword Pavilion Marquis had been hailed as the court's greatest expert. He had even fought the Academy Master of that era, receiving twelve of the Academy Master's moves head-on. Though he had lost, it had been a glorious defeat. One had to know that the Academy Master had already been invincible beneath heaven at the time. Those capable of receiving even a single move from him could be counted on one's fingers.
Sixty years ago, the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion had also possessed an enormous number of martial arts experts and countless great generals. Even many Martial Venerables had come to seek refuge with the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion and become its retainers.
It was also at that time that the Sword Pavilion Marquis led twelve Martial Venerable-level experts to