Imperial Palace Mountain, the Two-Faced Clan, Wangtianmen Island, "Devil Lord" Qin Guanchan... what unknown connection existed between them? Thoughts raced through Ding Songyan's mind as he considered the possibilities.
After a moment, he weighed his words and said:
"Qin Guanchan was also a seeker of the Heavenly Realm. Could he have visited Imperial Palace Mountain, encountered the Two-Faced Clan there, and founded the demon seed path?"
"Possibly. The Two-Faced Clan escaped from the foot of Imperial Palace Mountain during the rebellion of the Hundred Tribes, only a few years before our Xiaoming Sect was besieged by demonic and heterodox forces. Qin Guanchan should already have been a Great Grandmaster by then." Zheng Zhuxi's starry eyes shifted slightly as she struggled to recall the history and verify Ding Songyan's conjecture.
They discussed it for a while without reaching any firm conclusion, then Zheng Zhuxi volunteered:
"We should report it to the Imperial Court first and see what response we get. The 'Devil Lord' has been active for nearly three hundred years, longer than our Xiaoming Sect's history since its rebuilding. There are many things in his past that I know nothing about, and even the sect has no reliable records of them. But the Imperial Court might. Combined with what we discovered this time, perhaps they can deduce something.
"Once I've fully recovered, we can visit Wangtianmen Island under the pretext of sightseeing and see whether we can find any clues."
The present Zhao Kingdom had been reestablished by a branch of the original imperial family after their flight south, and many documents and case files had been lost. However, a large portion of the leading powers among the Six Sects and Four Factions had always been south of the Great River. They had suffered less during that upheaval and preserved