"Pan Zhu, why put it so obscurely?" Another equally young Witch Elder, with long, slanted cheeks, said bluntly, "In this old man's view, this child's father must have had the same purpose as Ye Yu: to go to Shebi Village, win Ji Man's favor, and seize the Fu Man position. Alas, this child's father was a romantic fool. He met this child's mother and, for the sake of an unremarkable woman from Shebi Village, abandoned even the Fu Man position and eloped with her! Heh heh, the women of our Meng Mountain are full of affection. Shebi Village lies near the edge of Meng Mountain and has many dealings with the sword cultivators of the Sword Domain. Things like this used to happen often; it is hardly anything unusual, is it? Zhe Min, was this old man right?"
"Zhe Min, was Feng Xu right?" The Witch Elder of Houtu Village wore a smile, clearly having guessed as much himself, and pressed the question.
"Yes. This old man cannot remember the woman's name clearly. She seemed to have been a maid serving Ji Man of our Shebi Village during his lifetime." The Witch Elder of Shebi Village no longer looked particularly displeased as he said blandly, "If nothing unexpected happened, Feng Xu should be correct."
"Heh heh... who would have thought it?" Feng Xu laughed. "A lowly maid, and the son she bore with a Sword Domain swordsman, actually possessed such an incomparably pure Great God bloodline! The strangeness within this truly is... difficult to fathom!"
"Zhe Min, you should investigate this maid, this swordsman, and that Ye Yu thoroughly... There may be an exceedingly interesting story hidden within!" An elderly man who had remained silent all along, tall and thin with especially long, slender legs, said with a smile. "This