"Ningyuan Hall Su Family?" Ji Yancheng immediately frowned.
To casually produce one Soul Fusion Realm martial artist and five Spirit Transformation Realm martial artists—even a first-rate sect could not manage such strength.
But Ji Yancheng was fairly familiar with the sects of the Jianghu, yet he had truly never heard the name Ningyuan Hall Su Family.
Gao Yue explained, "It's perfectly normal that you haven't heard of them, because the Ningyuan Hall Su Family has lived in seclusion for over ten thousand years. They have appeared in the Martial Arts World only a few times, so their reputation is not widely known.
"The origins of Ningyuan Hall can be traced back to the ancient era of the Human Emperor. At that time, the First Dynasty had split apart, the Central Plains were engulfed in war, and they had even fractured into dozens of small states locked in endless conflict.
"Back then, many families of civil officials and military generals under the Human Emperor were unwilling to take part in such struggles. Thus, they chose to withdraw from the world and devote themselves to studying martial arts, remaining so until this day.
"Several families went into seclusion alongside the Ningyuan Hall Su Family, but only three remain now: the Ningyuan Hall Su Family, the Weiyuan Hall Lin Family, and the Zhiyuan Hall Zhang Family.
"Do not be fooled by their lack of fame. Their strength can rival the foremost Jianghu sects. At the very least, each of these three families currently has a Yang Spirit Realm martial artist holding the fort.
"These people pride themselves on their ancient heritage, as former retainers of the Human Emperor. Even their ancestors once fought and bled for the human race.
"They believe that without their ancestors, humanity would never have flourished to its present