"Why isn't the Setting Sun Sect's Ancestral Grounds inside the Setting Sun Sect?"
Black Horse pulled the enormous carriage along the forest road, its wheels stirring up faint clouds of dust.
Su Mo looked at the scenery outside the window, feeling very curious.
Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother immediately perked up at Su Mo's question.
"We know this one. It's because most sects' ancestral grounds are the little places where they were first founded. Later, as the sects grew and expanded, those little places no longer suited them. So most sects chose to relocate, which is why most sects and their ancestral grounds aren't in the same place."
"Then wouldn't the ancestral grounds have lots of guards?" Su Mo asked again.
"No. Most ancestral grounds only have a few old monsters guarding them, or no guards at all," the fourth senior brother said, shaking his head.
Su Mo immediately grew interested too.
"Why is that?"
"Because every sect makes enemies to some extent. Having too many people there would only draw the attention of hostile forces."
"Secondly, a sect's ancestral ground generally only holds its ancestors' graves. Sect members who die after the sect relocates generally aren't buried there."
"So most sects' ancestral grounds are secrets, and only each generation's sect master knows where they are."
Su Mo slowly lowered his head to look at the densely packed markings on the enormous map in Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother's hands, his face full of disbelief.
"Are you sure ancestral grounds are every sect's secrets?"
"Then is this map of yours for real?" Su Mo looked skeptical.
"Ah..." His fifth senior brother waved a hand smugly. "I'm not bragging to you..."
"We brothers know the ancestral grounds of every sect under heaven, big or small. We could even work