"Four-Silence Sect? I've never heard of it. What sort of illustrious lineage is it?"
Fang Qing held back a laugh and asked.
"You do not know, Fellow Daoist. Among the many lineages in this world, one must at least have produced, or have had among one's ancestors, a Purple Mansion True Person before one can be considered a proper house, worthy of catching the eye of Northern Zhou's Nine-Rank Impartial and Just system..."
"And to be called a great lineage, one must at least have produced a Golden Core True Lord!"
Yin Kaitian spoke eloquently, carrying himself with an air of calm confidence.
"That differs somewhat from what I know. Shouldn't a truly illustrious lineage originate from the four paths of Great Sun, Lunar Yin, Metal, and Fire?"
But Fang Qing did not expose him and simply listened in silence.
"Like the northern Nine-Heavens Fire Manor and the southern Wuyue Sword Pavilion... their patriarchs were Golden Core True Lords, so they are both considered great lineages."
Yin Kaitian's face had flushed with excitement.
"Could it be that the Four-Silence Sect also has a True Lord behind it?" Fang Qing asked with an amused smile.
"No! It is someone even greater than a True Lord—[Year Guardian]!"
Yin Kaitian wore the proud expression of someone who had powerful backing.
Fang Qing could not help falling silent.
The Immortal Calendar was widely circulated throughout the world, and quite a few cultivators knew the title [Year Guardian].
If someone used that tiger skin as a banner, gathered a sect, and bewitched the masses, there would be nothing strange about it.
But as a specific cultivation realm, [Year Guardian] stood above Golden Core True Lords. That was no commonplace piece of information.
Even Fang Qing himself had obtained such "cultivation knowledge" from the remains of