"Back then, this old woman left Qiu Long Mountain and followed my husband to live in Poyang Town. His family could also be considered a martial arts lineage, but there were few descendants. By his generation, there was only him left, barely better off than this old woman. When he was young and had only just laid the foundation for his inherited martial arts, the old man passed away from injuries and illness before he could properly teach him the later techniques. Thus, when this old woman married into the family, his martial arts were still mediocre!"
"Later, in Poyang Town, he met a lay disciple of Great Forest Temple. That disciple introduced him to the temple, where he became a lay disciple. Unfortunately, lay disciples were never Great Forest Temple's priority; they were merely a means of consolidating its secular influence. My husband could not receive guidance from any exceptional master there and could only bustle about with a group of lay disciples, expanding Great Forest Temple's influence."
"Just as my husband gradually came to understand and began to regret it, he encountered the Holy Emissary of the Heavenly Dragon Divine Cult. That Holy Emissary displayed a miraculous martial art and stated that, as long as my husband could learn the Heavenly Dragon Divine Cult's alchemy and refine the pills they required, he would be allowed to cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Divine Cult's Internal Energy Cultivation Method. Naturally, my husband was tempted and wished to agree on the spot. But the Holy Emissary said there were others who would be leaving with her, so she told him to consider it for a day. When she brought those people back that evening, they would return to the Heavenly Dragon Divine Cult together!"
"Who could have known that when night came,