"A thousand years?" Ren Lingrong asked tentatively.
The weathered old man shook his head. "The Ancient Immortal Sect's legacy has endured for ten thousand years."
"What? Ten thousand years? How is that possible?"
Even though she had been mentally prepared, Ren Lingrong still could not help crying out in shock upon hearing this.
"Does it not look like it?" the weathered old man asked in return.
"Not exactly, but if it has a ten-thousand-year legacy, how did it end up in such a state today?" Ren Lingrong hurriedly shook her head.
"Alas!"
The weathered old man sighed softly, then began to recount the story at length.
"In its heyday, the Ancient Immortal Sect was renowned throughout the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land, standing head and shoulders above the rest. Unfortunately, during the war between the Demon Race and the Cultivation World, the War of Dao and Demons, the Ancient Immortal Sect's elite were nearly all killed due to the schemes of certain ill-intentioned people. From that day on, the Ancient Immortal Sect declined with each passing day."
"A thousand years ago, before this old man entered seclusion between life and death, the Ancient Immortal Sect still retained some strength. I never expected that when this old man emerged from seclusion a hundred years ago, the Ancient Immortal Sect would be all but extinct in name."
"If this old man had not rescued them in time and taken in several little ones anew, this ten-thousand-year legacy of the Ancient Immortal Sect would likely have been completely severed."
As he spoke, the weathered old man repeatedly shook his head and sighed. Mentioning the Ancient Immortal Sect's plight filled him with endless sorrow and reflection.
Hiss... a ten-thousand-year legacy!
Within the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land, sects and factions possessing such a legacy could be